Center Texas guns show

[vancelw]

Quite a few levers today. One that caught my eye was a 1982 EMF (?) Hartford in .45 Colt with a stainless octagon barrel. Guy wanted 750. If I didn't already have a .45 Colt 92 I'd have tried to bargain or trade with him.

Also say a 1887 Shotgun imported by Century arms for $310. Anybody have any experience with one of these? Looked Chinese. Cheap enough I was tempted to buy and play, but I have so many shotguns....

One table had more Henrys than I've ever seen in one spot.

[pwl44m]

Any Lubra sizers ? JK, I think I have this one licked.
Perry

[vancelw]

Didn't see any...and I usually notice things like that in those small shows

At our local show one time a guy had a table full of used reloading junk and was wanting $200 for the whole lot.
I cherrypicked and gave him $80 for the things I saw value in...

I went home with a 450 Lubrisizer, two lyman 4-cavity moulds with handles, lead cast iron melting pot, and sizer dies and top punches for the moulds I bought. I've yet to use that Lubrisizer but I bet I need to clean it out before I ever mount it. Gonna leave it set up for .45-70 since that's the bullets I size the most and don't need a heater for that lube.

One guy had reloading stuff but everything he had was peak panic prices.

[kokopelli]

I've had 2 of those IAC/Norinco '87's. First one was in a known range of serial numbers/year made to have FFF/FFE problems, and mine was no exception. I later found another one that was supposed to be the best run of them, 2009-ish? with a 'drop 2' carrier setup and it was still very finicky. Really neat looking gun and fun when it ran, but nothing more than a novelty range toy.
The Italian made Chiappas seem to have a god reputation but of vourse their triple the money.

[vancelw]

That"s kinda what I figured. At $310 it was sure tempting but I spent all my money yesterday on a Remington 750 in .35 Whelen and then proceeded to burn up the net ordering scope mount, dies, bullets.... So now I'm at the casino...go big or go home...

[vancelw]

I got home and looked up that guy's EMF Hartford rifle...looks like $450 to $500 would have been a better starting price. I figured he was a little high, but not that much. He was real proud of it like he had a rare collectible. Fit and finish looked okay. Would have been an interesting toy.

[AJMD429]

That"s kinda what I figured. At $310 it was sure tempting but I spent all my money yesterday on a Remington 750 in .35 Whelen and then proceeded to burn up the net ordering scope mount, dies, bullets.... So now I'm at the casino...go big or go home...

I have SO 'been there' . . .