gun show report

[charlie cleveland]

today was the first gunshow in tupelo miss.. heres my findings...only seen one parker a 20 ga hammerless v grade was just a shooter did not ask price seen a coupla lc smiths field gradejust shooters..seen a 410 merkel with a price tag of 14000 on it..really made my 410 stevens look good..ha i t was a truly nice gun...i run into a fella with a nice 1873 winchester in 38-40 wanted900 just more than i had to spend...one of the gundealers offered him 850 for it but the owner took it home..i should have got his no. it was nice...seen a 25 calibe rimfire stevens pistol with abot a 18 in barrel on it at 450pretty interesting piece then seen a mint model 42 winchester 410 for 2500 it was nice seen lots of good buys in deer rifles..no good cheap ammo a box of 100 22 s was 10.00 some off of the wall ammo was there the real hard to find stuff at decent prices...heres what i bought today..11 federal 10 ga loaded steel shot for 5 dollars a nice old compass for 8 and a jews harp for 20.. my friend bought a flaying knife made in the usa for 10 then a old dasiy bb gun that had the box with it it was the spring loaded pump type for 30 and yes it shot except needed a trigger spring ... i did see some model 24 stevens over and unders in the 22-410 gona get me one of them someday... charlie

[Harryreed]

Thanks Charlie, I missed the last gun show here in Ga last weekend. A friend of mine said that .22 was $14 for a box of 100 or $7 a box of 50. I do not understand why .22 is in such short supply:banghead::banghead::banghead:

[Eldon Goddard]

Charlie what is a jews harp?

[William Davis]

I just paid 610 plus 38 bucks shipping for a case of RWS Target rifle .22. Case last me about 3 years. Down to half a dozen boxes on the last one.

Sounds expensive but some target .22s are 1500 dollars case. It's the cheap stuff that's scarce quality is available

Bill

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Eldon it is a harmonica Gary

[Bobby Cash]

Eldon it is a harmonica Gary

Are you sure it's not one of those metalic framed thingies (looks like an old bottle opener) with a metal spring like thingie in the middle that you put between your lips and pluck with a finger?

[Russ Lindsay]

A Jews Harp is an instrument that is played with the hand and mouth. The frame is placed against the open lips or teeth and the reed is plucked or strummed to produce a note. Below is a picture of a modern one.

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[wayne goerres]

Harry Were are you at in Ga. I am in lagrange and Mills Morison is in Savana. The last gun show I went to in Atlanta sucked so bad that it wasn't worth the trip. That also goes for columbus.

[Harryreed]

I live in Tate about 50 miles north of the Atlanta perimeter. The show was in Marietta. Eastman Gun Shows was the promoter. Gun shows not what they used to be. Don't see many classics like you used to. I have not seen a Parker at a show in a long time.

[charlie cleveland]

blue collar that for sure is a jews harp ...only differance in mine is it says england on it...the big ones the size shown are rare..my dad has one this size and the one i bought at the gunshow is the secound one i have seen...no i can not play this thing yet but i can make some weird noises maybe a big buck will come investagate... charlie

[Rick Losey]

My grandfather played one, it came to me when he passed while I was in high school.

it was stolen way back then out of my locker and I don't think i have seen another one in person since

[will evans]

Mr Reed, I live down in Atlanta. The gun shows here hardly ever have anything worth seeing. When someone has a Parker, the price is through the roof for a gun that usually has issues. Same for the Elsies. I usually see a few Schwartz restorations, but I'm not a fan of his colors. The most interesting thing I've seen is a Baker three barrel that I passed on because the barrels were shortened several inches. That was last year at the Cartersville show. Best thing I've gotten out of attending is walking around with a gun on my own shoulder to sell.

As for 22lr - seems the supply is starting to loosen up. I've managed to acquire a good bit in the last 6 months by stopping at Walmarts outside of the Perimeter. (The stores inside 285 don't sell ammo - I guess they are protecting us from the gangs) What I've found has been about $34/500. Buying the stuff in 100 round increments isn't worth it to me.

[Harryreed]

I pass the Ellijay Walmart regularly, will start stopping in and checking for .22's. Thats an OK price, thanks!

[will evans]

My experience is that Walmart usually receives shipments on the same days of the week. I suggest asking the person in Sporting Goods when you need to be there.

[David Noble]

I attended the Dallas gun show last weekend and found three Parker's. One guy had two of them, a pretty rough PH 12ga and a not quite as rough VH. The tag on the VH said it had been upgraded with Vulcan steel barrels! I chuckled a bit about that. However, the barrels were from a different gun and had two tapped holes in the rib on the breech end. The size and spacing of the holes looked about identical to the ones on a Parker Try Gun where the measuring bar attaches. I don't recall the pricing on either gun since they were not to my liking. Both were overpriced, but not grossly so.
The third gun was a VHE with 30 barrels. This gun was very tempting. It had 90 percent case colors on the receiver and I'm fairly convinced they were original. Two things that made me pause on this gun was the barrel finish and the butt treatment. The barrels had about 99 percent blue but looked too smooth (lack of carding lines). The stock had been poorly fit to a recoil pad. It looked as if someone had a pad that was a bit too small and just tapered the stock down to fit it. The taper extended at least an inch and a quarter up the stock. This gun could have been saved and the asking price was only $3000 but I am a bit gun poor from recent purchases so I passed. I hope I see this gun again so I can inspect it in better lighting to ascertain the originality of the colors and bluing.
I was surprised to see three Parker's though.

[Harryreed]

Thanks guys, I will find out Walmarts ammo delivery day an go from there. I love to plink in the summer with my daughter. We shoot everything from a .22 AR to Ruger single six and even some old Marlin lever rifles in .22. The fun is endless. My daughter can shoot the bottom out of a plastic 20 oz coke bottle through the mouth of the bottle with the lid off. My eyes aren't that good.

[Gerald McPherson]

Harry; Don't waste your time. Walmart in Canton shelves have been empty for ages. I have been looking for 22 mags for about a year. I found some in a pawn shop recently and also at a gun shop in Holly Springs. $13.99 for 50. Gun shows in Marietta and Atlanta had a few from $20 to $30. Just can't seem to make myself pay that yet.They tell me at Walmart that people wait in line for them to bring them out and buy them all instantly. They are selling them online. Gerald

[Gerald McPherson]

All these years I thought they called those things Juice Harps. LOL. Gerald

[greg conomos]

If you care to hear one, play The Who's 'Join Together' and you will hear one loud and clear in the opening lines.

[David Noble]

Gerald, you were actually correct thinking they were called juice harps. That is one of many names this instrument is know as by various cultures around the world.

[greg conomos]

The term 'juice harp' is one that was adopted in an effort to come up with a more 'politically correct' name. But it otherwise has no claim to the device. Similar to how we now say 'catch a tiger by the toe....'

[John Dallas]

A friend of mine (Viet Nam Infantry Lt, but gentle as can be) bought the last 10 boxes of .22 ammo from Wally World. A man behind him got mad, and asked him to sell some of those he had just bought. My friend said "No". This jerk then punched him in the shoulder and again said "Sell me some!". "No, thanks" said my friend. He walked out of the store and Mr Jerk followed him, loudly yelling to sell him some. He once again punched my friend in the shoulder. Friend caught the eye of a person nearby, and asked him if he saw the punch. Person said "Yes". My friend then hit Mr. Jerk in the Adam's apple with a knuckle which collapsed Mr. Jerk on the ground gurgling for about 20 seconds, at which time he got crying and coughing and apologized to my friend. I suspect that Mr Jerk learned more about manners in that exchange than anything he would read in Emily Post

[wayne goerres]

Harry.I was at Atlanta a couple of months ago. One of the dealers had a G grade for sale. It was about 60 percent and he was asking 2500.00. It was worth 1200.00 to 1500.00 max. He would'nt budge.

[will evans]

Harry; Don't waste your time. Walmart in Canton shelves have been empty for ages. I have been looking for 22 mags for about a year. I found some in a pawn shop recently and also at a gun shop in Holly Springs. $13.99 for 50. Gun shows in Marietta and Atlanta had a few from $20 to $30. Just can't seem to make myself pay that yet.They tell me at Walmart that people wait in line for them to bring them out and buy them all instantly. They are selling them online. Gerald


Keep trying, Harry. I've acquired 5000 rounds of 22 lr over the last 4 months. The supply is loosening up, but you can't expect it delivered to your door.

As for 22 magnum - $13 for 50 is what that stuff costs and has for some time. Sell your guns before you wait to acquire the stuff for less money on a consistent basis. Supply of 22mag and 17hmr has never been hard to find. Demand is not high. It was $13 a box before Sandy Hook. $13 after.

Most Walmarts won't sell you more than 3 boxes of any ammo at a time because otherwise some jerk will walk up and buy the last 10 boxes off the shelf right in front of you, and then laugh about it to their friends with some embellished story.

[Bill Zachow]

22ammo is starting to become available here in NY. Just bought two mimi bricks of Remington (225 hollowpoints) for $10.75 per mini brick. My son in law gave me a Remington 1/2 gallon tub of 22s for Christmas. He gave one to my son, also as my son was complaining that I shot up all his shells. My son in law is a real "keeper".

[ed good]

grown men fighting over 22 ammo? how sad...

[Gary Carmichael Sr]

Sorry, I have learned something new, shows you are never to old to learn new tricks , Gary

[Mills Morrison]

Our gun show in Savannah's motto is (or used to be) "bring your money and bring your honey, 'cos we've got jewelry too" I don't think there was any metal or wood in the whole show, unless it was on some of the jewelry. All synthetic plastic.