Was on vacation the week before last and traveled all last week on business, so haven't been able to visit here as often as I'd like - the story of my life.
In the middle of helping my mother move out of her place of 25 years to an "independent living community". Plus getting ready for Y2K's upcoming "Court of Honor" for the Boy Scouts. Busy - as always.I did take a break this morning though to take Y2K to the "Dixie Gun & Knife" show in Charlotte. We got there early - around 9:15am (opened at 9:00am), and waited in the rain for 30-40 minutes to get through the line and inside. Three buildings - and they were full of vendors and people. Lots of guns, including plenty of black rifles at reasonable prices. Not nearly as many leveractions as I would like to have seen, and the ones I saw were highly-prized by their sellers. I didn't really bother looking at handguns as it is across the state line from me, and I don't want to go through the FFL transfer headache and costs. I wasn't really looking for a new (or used) firearm anyway (though I'm always in the market
). I really was looking for primers, and then some .22 LR ammunition.Well, unlike the last two shows, several vendors had primers. A brick of CCI Small Pistol Primers ranged from $48 to $30 (I bought them at the latter
). Glad to see them "back in stock". Saw plenty of powder too. .22 LR ammo was a whole different story though. Most ammo vendors had none. The few odd boxes I saw were way over-priced. I saw a couple bricks of Remington Thunderbolt for $60/brick! No thanks - I have plenty and will wait!
Did pick up a Ruger BX-25 magazine for $30. Saw plenty of these two, raning from $45 to $30 bucks each. Last show, only saw a couple, and they were $59 each - or more!
Well, powder, primers, magazines and AR-15's seem to be coming back in supply. .22 LR ammo will be a bit longer of a wait. Not a bad show - just too darn many people!
