hang on to em guys!!!!......

whirlwind · 02-22-2003, 11:55 PM

i went to the grand national gunshow in tulsa today,scroungy beat up 91/30's were going for 175 and up!!!! and m-44's were getting 150 and up! and you dont even want to know what they were getting for swedish mausers!!!! rough ones were getting over 300!!!!!!!!!!! wow! i hope prices are better in april when wannamachers gun show comes back!!!

toolman · 02-23-2003, 12:09 PM

that's why I hardly ever buy from shows. our local Big 5 is selling rearsenaled 91/30's with all accessories including bayo for $129.99 while the last show I attended had one (and only one!)m-44 that looked like it had been used to drive tent stakes and the guy wanted $100.00. hmmm, I wonder which is the better deal? LOL...

whirlwind · 02-23-2003, 05:14 PM

wow!...hey, next time ya go to big 5, tell em they need to open a few stores in oklahoma!!!! lol

NRAJOE · 02-23-2003, 05:25 PM

I can't believe Swedes are going for $300 !!!! Back in the 80's I bought one at Woolworths for $69 bucks! Shot it about 30 times, then traded it for a 700 watt cb linear....stupid, stupid, stupid!

NRAJOE · 02-23-2003, 05:26 PM

P.S. Itwas in excellent condition....double stupid, stupid, stupid!!!

Snakebite · 02-23-2003, 06:05 PM

Bet ya dont have the linear any more either!

whirlwind · 02-23-2003, 06:47 PM

sorry to hear of your loss joe! man i hate that

JAMES · 02-23-2003, 09:41 PM

I'd sure like to see a BIG 5 somewhere handy in Oklahoma too, whirlwind. There is one down in Wichita Falls, TX. I jumped in my truck one Saturday morning about a year ago and drove down there. The inventory was very, very small. There was one military surplus bolt action rifle on the rack as I recall....a Swiss straight-pull. I wasn't impressed.

Perhaps things have improved there. Wichita Falls is a nice little town.

How bout we get SOG or Wholesale Guns to open an outlet down here!

whirlwind · 02-23-2003, 09:45 PM

hmmmm?....looks like im gonna have to plan a trip!!!!! (=

NRAJOE · 02-23-2003, 09:51 PM

Yep Snakebite,the linear's long gone too

toolman · 02-24-2003, 12:08 PM

yeah, you never know what they're going to have when you go in there. I don't know if it is the same at all Big 5's but ours receives all gun shipments on Thursday so I usually try to stop in on Friday morning when I'm home. FWIW they have locations in Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa which are within a reasonable drive from Ok. as well as several other stores in Tx, and N.M. and I have seen them in Az. and Ca. as well. the first time I went in to ours, I ended up passing on a mint cond. laminated 91/59 for $129.00 and when I made up my mind to buy it the following day it was gone and I haven't seen one in there since, @#$%^&*!!!

PAPA G · 02-24-2003, 12:12 PM

they don't have shopping carts at gunshows!!!

JAMES · 02-24-2003, 07:54 PM

Thanks for the Big 5 directory, toolman! I had not seriously thought about expanding the gun shopping horizons til I read your post.

Now, let me see.....if I leave at 0200, I could get to Wichita Falls, Abilene, Midland, and Odessa by lunch.....then Lubbock and Amarillo (or, as my youngest son used to call it: "Armadillo") by sundown.....or, stop to take in some George Strait and make Amarillo by morning....

Good stuff......good dreams......back to work.

Mosin Nagant. There; that should qualify this otherwise useless post.

02-22-2003, 11:55 PM	#1
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,730 Trader Rating: (0)	hang on to em guys!!!!...... i went to the grand national gunshow in tulsa today,scroungy beat up 91/30's were going for 175 and up!!!! and m-44's were getting 150 and up! and you dont even want to know what they were getting for swedish mausers!!!! rough ones were getting over 300!!!!!!!!!!! wow! i hope prices are better in april when wannamachers gun show comes back!!!

02-23-2003, 12:09 PM	#2
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,356 Trader Rating: (0)	that's why I hardly ever buy from shows. our local Big 5 is selling rearsenaled 91/30's with all accessories including bayo for $129.99 while the last show I attended had one (and only one!)m-44 that looked like it had been used to drive tent stakes and the guy wanted $100.00. hmmm, I wonder which is the better deal? LOL... __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

02-23-2003, 05:25 PM	#4
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,014 Trader Rating: (0)	I can't believe Swedes are going for $300 !!!! Back in the 80's I bought one at Woolworths for $69 bucks! Shot it about 30 times, then traded it for a 700 watt cb linear....stupid, stupid, stupid! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

02-23-2003, 05:26 PM	#5
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,014 Trader Rating: (0)	P.S. Itwas in excellent condition....double stupid, stupid, stupid!!! __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

02-23-2003, 09:51 PM	#10
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,014 Trader Rating: (0)	Yep Snakebite,the linear's long gone too __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

02-23-2003, 05:14 PM	#3
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,730 Trader Rating: (0)	wow!...hey, next time ya go to big 5, tell em they need to open a few stores in oklahoma!!!! lol

02-23-2003, 06:05 PM	#6
Snakebite Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tucson, Mexico Posts: 1,837 Trader Rating: (0)	Bet ya dont have the linear any more either!

02-23-2003, 06:47 PM	#7
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,730 Trader Rating: (0)	sorry to hear of your loss joe! man i hate that

02-23-2003, 09:41 PM	#8
JAMES Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: OKLAHOMA Posts: 575 Trader Rating: (0)	I'd sure like to see a BIG 5 somewhere handy in Oklahoma too, whirlwind. There is one down in Wichita Falls, TX. I jumped in my truck one Saturday morning about a year ago and drove down there. The inventory was very, very small. There was one military surplus bolt action rifle on the rack as I recall....a Swiss straight-pull. I wasn't impressed. Perhaps things have improved there. Wichita Falls is a nice little town. How bout we get SOG or Wholesale Guns to open an outlet down here!

02-23-2003, 09:45 PM	#9
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,730 Trader Rating: (0)	hmmmm?....looks like im gonna have to plan a trip!!!!! (=

02-24-2003, 12:08 PM	#11
toolman Mr. Fixit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: abilene,tx Posts: 5,356 Trader Rating: (0)	yeah, you never know what they're going to have when you go in there. I don't know if it is the same at all Big 5's but ours receives all gun shipments on Thursday so I usually try to stop in on Friday morning when I'm home. FWIW they have locations in Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, and Odessa which are within a reasonable drive from Ok. as well as several other stores in Tx, and N.M. and I have seen them in Az. and Ca. as well. the first time I went in to ours, I ended up passing on a mint cond. laminated 91/59 for $129.00 and when I made up my mind to buy it the following day it was gone and I haven't seen one in there since, @#$%^&*!!! __________________ Don't be messin' with my gun!

02-24-2003, 12:12 PM	#12
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0)	WELL WHIRLWIND, THATS WHY they don't have shopping carts at gunshows!!!

02-24-2003, 07:54 PM	#13
JAMES Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: OKLAHOMA Posts: 575 Trader Rating: (0)	Thanks for the Big 5 directory, toolman! I had not seriously thought about expanding the gun shopping horizons til I read your post. Now, let me see.....if I leave at 0200, I could get to Wichita Falls, Abilene, Midland, and Odessa by lunch.....then Lubbock and Amarillo (or, as my youngest son used to call it: "Armadillo") by sundown.....or, stop to take in some George Strait and make Amarillo by morning.... Good stuff......good dreams......back to work. Mosin Nagant. There; that should qualify this otherwise useless post.