Prof Young
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Went to Belle-Clair gun show today in Belleville IL. One vendor told me that yesterday the gate was only 300. Normally it's 12-15 hundred. Hmmmm . . .
So I bought . . .
Some American Ammunition for my 38 spl. Looks a touch old but 12 bucks for 50 rounds is not too bad.
Got some Mosin ammo . . . the good stuff with brass cases and FMJ bullets. Figure I am going to run out of the cheap historic stuff sooner or later and need to start learning to reload it. Paid 19 buck for 20 rounds. Pricey compared to the old stuff.
Got a very beat up AK bayonet. See pic below. Am trying to learn origins via the numbers on the finger guard and scabbard but no luck so far.
And I bought a small duffle that looks like my waders and fly fishing gear will fit in nicely.
Most amazing, but I didn't buy it, was a Sig P238. The kind with the sort of oil on water rain bow finish, NIB for only $425. Really. Poor guy behind
the table told me he had serious health issues and was liquidating his stock so his daughter would not have to deal with it when he passed. That is a $700 gun!!! Am thinking as I write this that I should have bought it and then resold it for some $$$. Ah well. And would that make me a fire arms dealer . . . illegally?
Oh and all the knife dealers were loaded with "switchblades" as they are now legal in IL.
One more, I sold my Ram-Line Syn-Tech 22 lr pistol for exactly what I paid for it. And it looked to me like the dealer had passed it on already only an hour later.
Life is good.
Prof Young
So I bought . . .
Some American Ammunition for my 38 spl. Looks a touch old but 12 bucks for 50 rounds is not too bad.
Got some Mosin ammo . . . the good stuff with brass cases and FMJ bullets. Figure I am going to run out of the cheap historic stuff sooner or later and need to start learning to reload it. Paid 19 buck for 20 rounds. Pricey compared to the old stuff.
Got a very beat up AK bayonet. See pic below. Am trying to learn origins via the numbers on the finger guard and scabbard but no luck so far.
And I bought a small duffle that looks like my waders and fly fishing gear will fit in nicely.
Most amazing, but I didn't buy it, was a Sig P238. The kind with the sort of oil on water rain bow finish, NIB for only $425. Really. Poor guy behind
the table told me he had serious health issues and was liquidating his stock so his daughter would not have to deal with it when he passed. That is a $700 gun!!! Am thinking as I write this that I should have bought it and then resold it for some $$$. Ah well. And would that make me a fire arms dealer . . . illegally?
Oh and all the knife dealers were loaded with "switchblades" as they are now legal in IL.
One more, I sold my Ram-Line Syn-Tech 22 lr pistol for exactly what I paid for it. And it looked to me like the dealer had passed it on already only an hour later.
Life is good.
Prof Young