The Tanner

[John Moses Browning]

Did anyone else go this last Sunday?

Wow, I haven't had my hopes up for the Tanner in a long damn time, but I was surprised at the disappointment this round.

Naturally, there's the usual gun show lingerers present. .
Navajo Joe was there selling worthless trinkets and horse blankets, and of course the two morbidly obese women selling beef jerky ( I think they ate more than they sold. )

One guy had some beat to Hell M1 carbines for $900 each. There were also numerous M1903's and M1917's for $800+, and M1's for over a grand. All of the ammunition there must have been gold jacketed, or at least it should have been for those prices. .

The highlight of the evening was the one fellow who wanted to trade an Israeli night vision scope for a Lady Smith. Gee, I wonder if it still worked?

And what gun show can be complete without the Stun-Gun guy? I swear, that thing was going off every other minute. For a moment there, I was contemplating on whether or not to scream out in pain just to make it seem like someone got shocked.

All in all, I walked out of there with some 7.62x54R, some 9mm, and a soft pistol case.

If you missed out, well, consider it $6 well saved. .

[Gman]

What did you expect from a Beanie Baby and Jerky show?

[7idl]

funshows are their own worst enemy...heck they're firearm owners own worst enemy

[StagLefty]

The deals at gun shows are few and far between any more.The internet is the way to go nowadays for deals and sales.A sign of the times I guess.

[hkOrion]

I go about once a year, SSDD. Maybe I should up it to every two years...

[pickenup]

I went once last year..........or was that the year before???

[USMC88-93]

What you didn't buy the little old ladies casserole dish warmer.

I did go and for the first time in 2 years bought something useful. At least I think I am going to love them.......

I bought a set of those form fitted silicone earplugs that those two girls are always selling. I had considered it for years and finally broke down.

[Wulf202]

I went once last year..........or was that the year before???

You went last year, i ran into you. That was the last time i was there also.

I find better deals on here anyways.

[Flyer]

I guess it depends on what you are looking for..I went Saturday. I picked up 550 .223 once fired brass cleaned and polished for 28.00. Reloading components have skyrcketed. Dads wholesale had 1000 WSR,s for 26.00. Those have been hard to find at any price lately. One guy had pmags out the door for 14.00. I scored a 20" barrel with Colt A2 handguards, gastube, and flashider for 170.00 out the door. Delta ring 3.00. Speer reloading manual 12.00. That was everything on my list so it wasn't a bad haul. I've just learned to never go there looking for great deals on collectable weapons.

Ray at sew what had pmags for like 24.95.....I asked "is that 2 for 1?" He said he could do 20.00 each. 2 for 1 and he would have closed the deal!

[SS109]

I took the wife on Saturday and the only thing we bought was rock candy from Mountain Man but the show was packed & it looked like 5280 & a couple other dealers were selling many guns.