gun show finds

[charlie cleveland]

went to a small gun show in TUPELO MISS..yesterday this is what i seen of real interest.... 2 nice fox sterlingworths 16 ga 850.00 each lc smith 16 ga nice field grade 750.00 remington model 32 over and under nice as they come and it was a skeet and skeet gun 1800.00 in my opinon a good buy...... a parker 20 ga v grade a nice shooter but a little high i thought at 2300.00......seen several nice winchesters lever rifles....didnot see the one im lookin for a 45 90 or a 45 - 110 at a decent price....well one of my gun buddys gave me a rem. 8 ga industrial slug in black plastic hull...so i spent 6 bucks getting in looked at guns for 4 hrs came home with the free shell and som changein my pocket... all in all i had a good day... charlie

[6pt-Sika]

Cool !

Back right before Xmas I saw a nice reblued recased Parker VH 20 gauge go for $4500 . Now maybe the gun had sentimental value to that guy . But I am thiking a decent un F'd with 20 gauge VH outta easily be worth $2300 .

The price for the Remington 32 seems a tad high to me . I recently (well in the last 2 years) sold a pair of skeet guns for $800 a piece . Now of course both had been reblued and refinished .

Never owned a Winchester 1886 but I did own 4 of the original Marlin 1895 in 33 WCF , 38-56 , 40-65 and 40-82 . The 33 was made about 1912 and the other 3 were all made in 1896 or 1897 . Actually killed a deer each with my own home cast bullets using the 38-56 and 40-65 .

We had a really nice extra light takedown half octagon pistol gripped checkered Winchester 1886 of 1900 manufacture in the 45-70 cartridge come in the shop for repair a couple months back . I tried my best to buy that rifle but the owner wasn't overly enthused with the idea . Gun needed a little TLC even after my gunsmith buddy got it functioning again . But it was certainly a diamond in the rough worth messing with if I could've gotten it for less then $2500 !

[ed good]

tupelo, ms...now that might be a fun place to go next winter...

ever been to ocean springs, ms. a delightful town on the gulf?

[charlie cleveland]

nope never been to ocean springs.. yep it was a good gun show im gonna tryto go to one of the big gun shows some day..i never tire of looking at the old guns and a few of the new ones... charlie

[Brush Buster]

Hi Charlie ,sounds like a nice day out !I enjoy Gun shows myself ,My Buddy Henry and I go together usually ,he is well read in all types of old guns ,I am more a shotgun guy ,he's a great Gun Show companion ,and makes the shows much more interesting , he is very familiar with the internals as well as the externals of the guns and really enjoys explaining the workins of as many as possible ! The 16 Ga. Sterly sounds like a nice buy if it had a little condition to go along with it ! Thanks for posting prices in the Miss. area Charlie ,always interesting to know how the economy is affecting our gun values in different areas of this Great Country ! Best ; Russ

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie, the Southern Side by Side would be your best bet for a "big gun show". You paid six bucks to look at a few guns for four hours. At the Southern, you can look at hundreds of really good guns for four days, for free. No admission, and no cooler check at the gate. You will love it. You might even find a nice eight gauge. There have been great eight gauges sold at the Southern.

[charlie cleveland]

sounds like the southern is the place i need to go....and a nice hammerless 8 ga find would make it a dream....yes is it not just wonderful that you can go and see guns and buy and trade...i doubt if theres another place on this old earth that we have these privilges....i sometimes forget to give thanks for what a great country we have the good ole USA .... charlie

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

went to a small gun show in TUPELO MISS..yesterday this is what i seen of real interest.... 2 nice fox sterlingworths 16 ga 850.00 each lc smith 16 ga nice field grade 750.00 remington model 32 over and under nice as they come and it was a skeet and skeet gun 1800.00 in my opinon a good buy...... a parker 20 ga v grade a nice shooter but a little high i thought at 2300.00......seen several nice winchesters lever rifles....didnot see the one im lookin for a 45 90 or a 45 - 110 at a decent price....well one of my gun buddys gave me a rem. 8 ga industrial slug in black plastic hull...so i spent 6 bucks getting in looked at guns for 4 hrs came home with the free shell and som changein my pocket... all in all i had a good day... charlie

My brother has one in 45/90...not sure if he'd ever sell though...I can ask if you're interested. He shot his biggest buck in Maine some years ago with that rifle...has lots of sentimental value I would guess...What is a "good price for an 1886?

[charlie cleveland]

sent you a pm walt.... charlie

[Walt Kowalski]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

sent you a pm walt.... charlie

Got it, thanks!