tmark
09-12-2009, 08:24
I attended a local gunshow this weekend. I took along my Winchester M1917 for a potential sale.
One vendor asked to see it. I let him examine it. He asked how much do I want for it. I traded for it originally but it did have an $800 price tag on it. I told him $800. He said he can't do that because he could never sell it for $800 and make $50 which would just cover his table fee.
I DO understand his wanting to make a profit. But the irony is that I looked at what he is listing his USGI Garands and M1 carbines for. They all had an $850 price tag. These arms showed wear on the metal, blemished wood, and mismatched color wood. My M17 was in better shape, in my opinion.
I went to another vendor who advertised an ALL MATCHING Winchester type 1 M1917 SN 477XXX. My W sn is 474XXX. Granted his metal bluing is a little better but his price for it is........hold on to your handguards.......$1800. I examined his M17. The forend of the stock of this ALL MATCHING Winchester had an E stamped on it.
Of course, any guilty feelings I had about possibly selling my W M17 for an overpriced $800 diminished when I saw that $1800 tag.
M1 carbine ammo had a $30 price tag for a box of 50; other high-power rifle ammo had a $25 to $30 price tag for a box of 20.
Gunshows are an education, especially when one gets some education before one attends.
The minority of vendors had some great deals on nonfirearm and nonfirearm related products. Wife scarfed them up! Top Hat is a vendor you can count on for consistent bargains for firearm related material such as solvents, holsters, snap caps, targets, lubricants, etc. His extensive and myriad displays are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get.
Thomas
One vendor asked to see it. I let him examine it. He asked how much do I want for it. I traded for it originally but it did have an $800 price tag on it. I told him $800. He said he can't do that because he could never sell it for $800 and make $50 which would just cover his table fee.
I DO understand his wanting to make a profit. But the irony is that I looked at what he is listing his USGI Garands and M1 carbines for. They all had an $850 price tag. These arms showed wear on the metal, blemished wood, and mismatched color wood. My M17 was in better shape, in my opinion.
I went to another vendor who advertised an ALL MATCHING Winchester type 1 M1917 SN 477XXX. My W sn is 474XXX. Granted his metal bluing is a little better but his price for it is........hold on to your handguards.......$1800. I examined his M17. The forend of the stock of this ALL MATCHING Winchester had an E stamped on it.
Of course, any guilty feelings I had about possibly selling my W M17 for an overpriced $800 diminished when I saw that $1800 tag.
M1 carbine ammo had a $30 price tag for a box of 50; other high-power rifle ammo had a $25 to $30 price tag for a box of 20.
Gunshows are an education, especially when one gets some education before one attends.
The minority of vendors had some great deals on nonfirearm and nonfirearm related products. Wife scarfed them up! Top Hat is a vendor you can count on for consistent bargains for firearm related material such as solvents, holsters, snap caps, targets, lubricants, etc. His extensive and myriad displays are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get.
Thomas