Casper WY gunshow report

[jnyork]

Casper WY gunshow this morning, much better show than some in the past, lots & lots of guns and gunstuff, only a few tables of stuffed toys, scented candles and bric-a-brac, not even any beef jerky.

TONS of EBR's and black handguns, tables and tables full. Quite a few old leverguns. The usual sporting rifles and a few target guns. Very few .22's of any description for some reason. Two different dealers had 3 tables each just packed with powder and primers. Not very much Alliant but most anything else. Powder at 30-35 bucks, primers at 45/1000, not a soul bought any that I saw, folks just glanced at the prices and walked on by. Same with the 50-75 buck boxes of Walmart bulk .22 ammo. Maybe people are just fed up and voting with their wallets, sure hope so.

I sold the rifle I took, Remington 141 in .30 Remington, before I even got in the door for what I was asking. Friend that went with me did some trading and buying and we both came home happy.

[Centennial]

Sounds like a good gun show, they make me feel good.

[Griff]

(soto voce)... Obviously you weren't asking enough!

Sounds like a good day!

[jnyork]

(soto voce)... Obviously you weren't asking enough!

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Yeah, it always makes me wonder when I make a quick sale like that, but I had taken it to 3 or 4 shows with no bites, and had researched it on GB, so I was pretty happy with the price I got. This afternoon I put an item on ebay with a HIGH "buy it now" price and it was gone in 13 minutes flat. Go figure.

[AJMD429]

Very few .22's of any description for some reason.

Simple...'cuz you can't get any ammo for them...!

[Mescalero]

That more than anything will drive Winchester and Remington to rectify the situation, and the other makers as well.

[Centennial]

I've been wondering since the shortage was only 6 months old and no sign of easing up; what are the firearms makers going to do?
I'd like to be a fly on the wall at a Ruger/Marlin board meeting.

[Leverluver]

The Casper shows got where they sucked so bad that I haven't been to one in over 20 years. Last one I liked was in Billings about 10 years ago. Of course, I am not in the EBR crowd so that limits things. Glad to see they are picking up some.

[Centennial]

I use to kid my friends about lever-less guns. If it didn't have a lever and walnut there was something wrong with it, it was defective, and I was not interested. I've come around a little bit. Gun show tables that draw my attention have levers, pumps, revolvers.........But at home what is always ready to grab and go has got a lever & walnut on it.