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BigDanS
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Miami Gun Show 7-26-2014... Sometimes the stars align.

I went to the show today with the intent of finding a vintage 45-70 that was JM made. I never expect a lot from the Miami Shows, because typically they are over priced on most things. I know many of the vendors because over time I show up again and again.
This first table that catches my eye, is Gun Country. Almost every show I attend he one thing I don't buy that I kick myself over. This was not going to be one of those days. I look down and see this....

A used GP 100, about 6 months old, and 2/3's the price of new at $400. I look it over and decide it has come home with me... I now have a heavy duty .357 stainless gun to train my students.
Next, I pass by Airport Pawn and Guns. I have been shopping them for years, and I look down and see this, a 1979 pre cross safety JM marked micro grooved model 336 in 30-30 with a Leupold mount and rings, and a Tasco World Class scope marked on sale... $300 out the door! I have no need for a 30-30, but it had to come home with me.

Finally, on my second go around, I spot a 1962 E. German Makarov wearing a Chinese grip, $239.00 and it had to be mine as well...

So how can this get better?
I turn around and there are Enzo ( Wambli )and Ron ( Diver43 ) there independently. We shop a few tables and I find some 7.62x54R brass with boxer primers, some 30-30 ammo and a case for my new rifle.
Lunch at Hooters with the guys ( 3:00), then home.
Without a doubt this show made up for the past 20... best gun show in a long time.
I am still without a 45-70, but now I need to learn about shooting the 30-30...
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This first table that catches my eye, is Gun Country. Almost every show I attend he one thing I don't buy that I kick myself over. This was not going to be one of those days. I look down and see this....


A used GP 100, about 6 months old, and 2/3's the price of new at $400. I look it over and decide it has come home with me... I now have a heavy duty .357 stainless gun to train my students.
Next, I pass by Airport Pawn and Guns. I have been shopping them for years, and I look down and see this, a 1979 pre cross safety JM marked micro grooved model 336 in 30-30 with a Leupold mount and rings, and a Tasco World Class scope marked on sale... $300 out the door! I have no need for a 30-30, but it had to come home with me.

Finally, on my second go around, I spot a 1962 E. German Makarov wearing a Chinese grip, $239.00 and it had to be mine as well...

So how can this get better?
I turn around and there are Enzo ( Wambli )and Ron ( Diver43 ) there independently. We shop a few tables and I find some 7.62x54R brass with boxer primers, some 30-30 ammo and a case for my new rifle.
Lunch at Hooters with the guys ( 3:00), then home.
Without a doubt this show made up for the past 20... best gun show in a long time.
I am still without a 45-70, but now I need to learn about shooting the 30-30...
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"A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." Mark Twain
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
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I want one.
Nice, nothing but nice!
AKA: Former Founding Member
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
Reason for editing: correcting my auto correct
Every Hog Hunter has need of a 30-30. It was born to kill hogs. And I've heard tell it will kill them just as dead as a 45-70.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
JAY
Just give it up Wambli. You're only fooling yourself at this point.
Nice guns Dan.
I turn around and there are Enzo ( Wambli )and Ron ( Diver43 )
So was Enzo buying ?.....LOL
Dad 5-31-13
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
So he bribed you two with some Hooters :tooth:
Hey, you did good on your purchases. :guns::guns::guns:
BC
Now I see how you were able to pick up 3........Moderator bribe money
I got a P-64 and CZ 82 in 9X18 MAK, but no real Makarov pistol....BC
I like all of those guns and would not have been able to walk away from such prices. :yousuck:
Mak's are not usually gently used like more expensive guns. The grips can be brittle so being a "cheap" gun replacing with the cheapest available grips would be the norm unless you are a Mak purist collector of course.
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
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Been wanting a Mak, and especially wanted one when ammo was so cheap. I like the brown grips, remind me of a pre-war PPK.
Congrats, you done good Dan!
I cannot agree with you. I have never found a brittle MAK grip. I replaced the chicom grips with the correct East German grips today from my stash, and added a second magazine. ( Oh I suppose I am a purist... )
I think it looks much better, and it is thinner as well.
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Paddle faster!!! I hear banjos.
Reason for editing: correcting my auto correct
I know how you roll..........downhill
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
So who feeds and waters the Swedish Bikini team when you are I the road?