Posted: 4/1/2007 1:58:53 AM EDT
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Also posted in GD. Prepare to feel like a trout swimming upstream. I don't remember it ever being that crowed. TONS of 1873 Springfields and also High Standard .22's. Weird how the TGS works. You always see lots of a couple of things each show. Lots of flintlocks also. Other than the usual suspects the prices were not bad in places. And people were willing to deal. What is up with people only selling to other FFL's? I haven't encountered this before. Three guys missed out on a buy from me because of this. Upper level, North side. Philly Cheese Steak. Best I've had in a while. Yum. |
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That was the largest gun show I've been to and it was really a treat. Even if I wouldn't have bought anything thee was plenty of toys to lust at. I really had a good time with no complaint at all. The shuttle bus was great especially carrying the load of ammo I left with. Its funny when you see a couple together and he leads her over to look at a table which holds interest to him and she acts interested in whatever the heck that is & acts that way from table to table. Speaking of acts of kindness, everyone I met and visited with was kind and easy going. The best people in the world (imoa) are shooters & hunters and it was good to be amidst them. 
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Thanks, sherrick13!  Now I'm gonna feel bad about missing what sounds like a good show. I love old military ordnance and historical weaponry.  I've seen THREE Colt Walkers in my life! One was at the Waco Texas Ranger Museum in 1979 - they left the glass open cleaning the weapon and I picked it up!  (Put it back down again quickly after the gal climbed all over me. She grinned though when I said - I actually handled a Colt Walker!!!!. )The second was at the Tulsa Gun show around 1980 or so. They wanted $5000 for the gun. Back then, that stuff was all over the gun show. I was young then, didn't have too much money because of a wife and small child!!! That same gun later sold at the Las Vegas Gun Show for $250, 000 in 2002.  The other Colt Walker I saw was in Hartford, Connecticut in 1999 at a state museum. Anyway, Tulsa was the outstanding gun show for collectors for years with all types of outstanding and unique firearms. Not so for the last few times I've been.  I hope what you're telling us is the way it will be from now on! 
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I saw three Walkers yesterday at the Tulsa show. Supposedly, they were the real deal. One of them had a letter from Colt, the other two are still suspect. All in the $135,000-$150,000 range. Winchester rifles were everywhere and priced sky high. Most 9422's were going for $525 and up. WalMart Ranger 30-30s were priced at $500! Craziness. Didn't see a single 30-30 for under $300. I picked up a nice older 9422 for $400 and was glad to get it. Also got a 20" smooth bore, rifle-sighted barrel with screw in chokes for my 870 for $120. Plus $25 of small 1911 parts. I had a good show. |
| This was my first time at Tulsa and I was kinda dissapointed, not in the size of the show or the amount of things to look at but in the shortage of modern stuff. Maybe I missed something in the ads or the talking that I've heard about it but I didn't realize that this is primarily an antique arms show! I appreciate old guns and like to look at them but not 11 acres of them when thats now what I'm looking for. I did see one Lancaster style flintlock that just about made the whole trip worthwhile, I think it was the most beutiful rifle that I've ever seen. I did sell my Marlin .444 so that was a plus but I couldn't find the Beretta 391 that I was looking for, one guy had the one that I want with a 26 inch barrel but I want a 28 inch. I did manage to pick up a rail handgaurd for the AR and a laser so it wasn't a bust. I'm glad that I went and it was a fun weekend but I doubt that I'll go back. |
That has always been my general feeling. At this point in life I want guns to use not to hang on the wall. The newer gear they do have is usually over-priced. |
I'm with you two. Everyone always talks like it's the holy grail of gunshows. I enjoy the little metcalf shows in OKC better! |
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I did very well again today, and talked with Jason, and he also had a very good show. I really liked the Magpul Magazine that I got from Him, and I will be getting some more. I always enjoy This show, I am good friends with about 25 or 30 Dealers, and I enjoy seeing and talking with them, Some are from out of state, and I only see them Two times a year. Also, it dose not hurt that my Moly Resin Shotguns always sell good at this show I am more upset about Table Prices ( $125.00 next show  ) than how Hot it was, or how crowded, or how many antique guns there were. |
| Bought two lower from Jason on Saturday afternoon and he was hooked up them, did mine and someone else at the same time. kinda felt sorry, he was working his ass off and I was shopping. Bye the way their nothing wrong with the lower with the help from sumoj275a pointing me in the right direction ( I ) left the spring out between the trigger & disconnector causeing the AR`S to run FULL AUTO fixed now! But the look on my 9yr old son face running 5 rounds at full auto was priceless, he is forever hooked!!!!!! |
I didn't need any so I didn't compare prices. From my past expirence though Attitude America always has the lowest prices on powder. I get bullets online. |
Yes, Outdoor America, they can be assholes thus the name. When you figure in the haz ship fee yes they are less expensive. But I only have to drive within the city. It is not worth coming from out of the city. They do have really good prices. And I will admit they aren't as much assholes as they used to be. |
Good luck finding any decent powder there now......... |
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OA don't stock the powder they used to, last time I was in there they had 5 types of powder, they do still have the best price on lead bullets though, localy sportsmans had a better selection, but I hadn't been up there in a couple of months, I've read they've changed a few things around. for powders and primers and your willing to buy in bulk, look at powervalley.com, they'll combine primers and powder on one hazmat up to 50lbs, as a plus they got winchester primers for $90/5k and AA powders are $99/8lbs. and they'll mix and match powder brands. right now, midways got aa2230 for $10/lb, handling and hazmat is $29, but thats not bad if you buy 50lbs of stuff. |
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First time there for me. Large building, crouds to me were very mild, plenty of room between tables, easy to stop and look at stuff. Biggest complaint is the flea market crap that is plaguing all the shows when the promotors only care about filling the tables and not about being a gun show. You had multiple beef jerky and peanut/candy salesmen. Everywhere was jewelry for sale, wallets and purses, R/C Helocopers and other toys do not belong. Just because the size of the building means there are a lot of guns, does not mean it's not turning into a county fair junk show as time goes buy. The solution is not to ever buy that crap from those vendors even if it is something you like/want. |
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I was really surprised when I saw the table with the RC helicopters! There were some jewelery and candy vendors but not too many, I went on Sunday, got there about noon and the crowds weren't too bad, I heard it was a circus on Saturday though! Many years ago there would be lots of dealers selling new guns, the laws have changed and you don't see very many of those anymore, but I decided to buy new guns from the established local dealers rather than at gun shows. Back about 85 or 86 I bought a new duty revolver at a gun show, a S&W Mod 66, I found out it had a timing problem, they cylinder would lock up, the cylinder lock wasn't releasing the cylinder soon enough, you had the pawl trying to turn the cylinder while the lock still had it locked, a really dangerous situation on a duty pistol, sent it to the authorized S&W repair in Tulsa twice, they didn't fix it either time, they sucked big time, I finally sent it to S&W and they fixed it right. When I had the problem I pulled out my receipt to find that the receipt didn't have a name, address or phone number on it! I was worried that S&W might not honor their warranty since the receipt didn't even show the name of the business that sold it, but S&W took care of it, I decided right then to only buy new guns from local established dealers, at least I can prove where and how I got it! |
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If you like firearms, you have to appreciate how they developed. History and old firearms are a track record of how firearms developed. If you don't understand, let me explain it to you. Your uncle has a Colt 41 he got for $50 and he offers it to you for $75 and you pass it up. If you don't know what a Colt 41 is worth, you just past up a possible profit of several thousand dollars. An obnoxiously drunk neighbor came over to the house one time offering to sell me a Winchester 44-40 Model 73. It was in great shape and all original, including the cleaning kit and dust cover. He kept telling me what I would give for it. I told him I couldn't afford it. He kept up with what will you give crap. I told him I had $55 in my wallet and $50 was all I could afford thinking he would leave before I had to get nasty. I was floored when he said OK!!!!! He just handed me a rifle worth $3500 at the time for $50. I told him I couldn't do that, he would be losing money. He told me his wife wanted it out of the house right then and he didn't care how much it was worth, he had to get rid of it!Damn, I sure hated to hear that! It paid for two ARs by the way when I sold it! Take a clue and pay attention to what old guns are worth. You may get a deal your way sometime that will put money in your pocket.
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I went looking for an honest WWII Garand, but all I saw were overpriced "prospector" guns, too few guns for sale to pick from. I did however pick up a matched SN pair of Superior arms lowers for $110 each, cheaper than paying shipping and FFL (it pays to ask for a discount : ) Now to decide what the hell to do with them !!! |
hell man, I'll tell you what to do with them. |