gun show report
 

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

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:

Charlie what is a jews harp?

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

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?

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.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...2527s_harp.jpg

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.

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.

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