Not that I should really be buying anything, but in my tribe, a Fun Show makes for a better place to do your Christmas shopping than Macy's.
Let's sing the Fun Show Song!
Flintlocks and Flop-topsMaybe I can stumble across a deal on some inexpensive grotty old Smith top-break in a variant I don't have. That'd be cool.
And Number Three Russians
Black-powder Mausers
From jackbooted Prussians,
Shiny Smith PC's from limited runs
These are a few of my favorite guns.
Socketed bay'nets
On Zulu War rifles,
Engraved, iv'ried Lugers
That make quite an eyefull
Mosin tomato stakes sold by the ton
These are a few of my favorite guns.
Rusty top-breaks!
Smallbore Schuetzens!
And all of Browning's spawn
I just keep on browsing my favorite guns
Until all my money's gone.
Hope you find what you're looking for! And I'm so jealous - we don't get fun shows here :(
ReplyDeleteCOULD YOU PRODUCE A VIDEO OF YOU SINGING
ReplyDeleteSET IN AN ALPINE MEADOW WITH SWEEPING VISTAS ALA JULIE ANDREWS ?
ID BUY THAT !
Good luck! I wouldn't mind a good show, been a while since I've been to a good one.
ReplyDeleteThe Stout Field one is pretty good, in my experience, for its size.
ReplyDeleteIt's like the Indy 1500 with most of the big new gun sellers weeded out.
If you're looking for good prices on case lots of ammo, want to comparison shop three AR part vendors, or are in the market for a new GockSIG&Koch, it's not so much, but if you like guys with one or two tables of middlin'-old guns, it's pretty good.
I need to start making a list of ones to hit up when I get back.
ReplyDeleteI bailed on a show in Birmingham yesterday when I arrived an hour after open and encountered a line to the door still about 50 yards long.
ReplyDeleteNothing I wanted was worth tolerating that much humanity.
I'm glad to hear you're feeling well enough to venture to the Fun Show.
ReplyDeleteThat song still cracks me up.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have shows like you describe here in OKC; not much, anymore. Same people, same stuff(usually overpriced), over and over.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to the clowns who run the fairgrounds, the cost to get in keeps going up.
Glad you're up and around, and enjoy the show!
ReplyDeleteI've got a Safety Hammerless 4TH in .38 S&W if you don't already have one.
ReplyDeleteShepherd K,
ReplyDeleteI do, in fact, have a 4th Model. Thank you, though!
I keep crossing my fingers, hoping to find a 1st-3rd in that "ugly-but-shootable" condition you sometimes see for <$200...
Yes, I agree, is good to join tribal migration to ancient fun show grounds. And yeah, film/audio of Tam performing the fun show song.....I'd buy that for a (few) dollar!
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever made a side-break revolver? Ever? Is there a reason it can't or shouldn't be done?
ReplyDeleteAny chance of a quick " after action report"?
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
There was a "fun show" this weekend, but it was in Springfield...bit of a trek these days with the flat wallet.
ReplyDeleteOf course...coincidentally, Friday is payday, and Saturday is the nearer, Westland "fun show"...
I'm starting to ponder the wear and tear on the Drewmobile, as the parking lot at the old Lazarus store has rapidly deteriorated from 2nd to 3rd world and I'd rather not have to get tire(s) or rim(s) replaced.
That and last time, 3 Franklins left my wallet for a .32 CZ83 in nice shape and I have yet to obtain a second magazine...
Lately I have to go help somebody set up on Friday evening and scrounge a dealer's badge if I want to get into the Springfield Mass. gunshow without half an afternoon's wait in line.
ReplyDeleteEither that, or walk in with a cop buddy, but I really think that one is cheating. I've done it, but feel kinda creeped out.