Gun Show Finds, fall 2023

[@knallis.hjemmelading]

Nice books and a good deal on bullets 😊

[@314299]

Yes I certainly feel I did well with the bullets, and really on most of the items.

[@jonlennon3348]

Those 30 cal 165 grainers are one of my favorites to shoot out of an 03 springfield. They run like match bullets.

[@314299]

I have a buddy who also says they shoot well.

[@jimhovater8755]

Yes, those are OEM S&W Mod. 39-2 mags from the 1960s-'70s.

[@314299]

Good to have verified, thanks for the info.

[@steveh4962]

Awesome day for you at the show! A lot of treasure! The prices you paid would have been a good deal 10 years ago!

[@314299]

I agree. Thanks for the comment.

[@ww321]

I rarely see anything I need at the gun shows here in central California. I did find a 1890s belgian fronteer army cheap that needed parts. I did a video on that. Mostly the sellers deal with new stuff. Guns, magazines. AR parts, knives and that kind of stuff. Thanks for the videos.

[@314299]

The gun show vendors here rarely have new guns, generally speaking most stuff is old and used, which suits me just fine.

[@ww321]

@314299 OK, rub it in. Even the gun shops around here rarely have more than a couple of used older guns

[@314299]

@@ww321 I think a lot of it is due to the age of a lot of vendors (they are on the whole an older group) and also the fact that only the part time /hobbyist types seem to get tables, the full time professional dealers dont often book tables as they dont seem to find it worth while.

[@markanderson5342]

Nice finds! Your shopping cart must have been pretty full when you left! 😊

[@314299]

My purchases required a couple trips to the vehicle. The small stuff can be stuck in pockets but big or heavy items call for a walk out to the the car.

[@AustralianShootingChannel]

Good haul there mate! Those magazines where a steal!! Stay safe and keep up the good work

[@314299]

Yeah I got a great deal on those. Good to hear from you.

[@G19Jeeper]

My last show I got a 50 ct box 200 gr .308” partitions for $25, full box Hornady .375 220 gr FP Bullets for $20, a almost full box Hornady .348” FP for $20 and $6 for a jar of 460 PCs .45 Auto brass. Got some other goodies too but it’s always a blast to hunt for deals like that

[@314299]

Yeah I like rooting around for reloading components and parts. Sometimes one gets lucky.

[@KRN762]

Great finds. The Norinco green box 9mm Mak gives me the warm and fuzzies.😊

[@314299]

I imagine it was quite common and cheap back in the 1990's.

[@STMwoodturning]

This reminds me of why I miss attending gun shows. I recommend testing those model 39 magazines. My dad got a couple of aftermarket ones years ago and although they functioned ok, they did not cause the slide to lock open when empty like the factory ones do

[@314299]

The model 39 mags will indeed get tested. I'm pretty sure looking at photos of factory mags that these ones are indeed original S&W produced ones.

[@STMwoodturning]

@@314299 that's good

[@robertl6196]

Nice haul. I always look for the old books.

[@314299]

It seems as though not as many people bring books to gun shows as they used to.

[@castbulletshooter3486]

What a haul! Thanks for showing us.

[@314299]

I was at a gun show yesterday but did not come back with nearly as much "stuff". On the plus side I did not spend as much money.

[@MsCheesebread]

I’ve also struggled trying to find factory 6.5x54 in Canada. When you do find it the cost is 50-60/box after taxes so I’d say you got a bit of a deal on the one you found.

[@314299]

Yes I suppose it was a decent deal as it was a "tax included" price. I'm still stuck in the past as far as prices are concerned and I have a hard time wrapping my head around the current prices of ammo.

[@W.Edwardovich]

You definitely found some great deals. I’m always looking for books and molds at my local shows

[@314299]

Used molds really dried up around here compared to years ago, and there are rarely any high quality books, generally just the paperback stuff.

[@HobbiesHobo]

Excellent finds! Sometimes it really does pay to go to the gunshows, this time it did for sure!

[@314299]

Yeah the last couple were really quite good, at least from my perspective.

[@thorsaxe5881]

Nice haul. I would like to see how that pointed .22 Lyman mold works out for ya on the range. Peace - Dave

[@314299]

Yeah I'm interested to see how it works out, but first I have to get it to close 100%. At first it was making bullets that were .229", with some work I got that down to .227" but the bullets still fin and there is a bit of an air gap. If I can get the blocks to close properly I think they will be .225".

[@fuzztfork8]

Loved the molds and books, and those bullets in a bag should keep shooting for awhile.

[@314299]

Yes indeed, that's a fair bit of shooting. If only I had found some similar deals on primers to reload them with.

[@cw2a]

Good stuff! You dont see those '450 2 cav often. My 218 Bees like that mold!

[@314299]

It's the first 225450 I've run across for sale. What diameter of bullets does yours produce? This one is dropping them large at the moment as the blocks dont close 100%

[@cw2a]

@@314299 I usually cast them straight LINO. But get I .225

[@314299]

@@cw2a Thanks, I figured .225 would be a more normal bullet from this mold.

[@slowhand1198]

Got some nice scores, well done. More new restrictions locally for us in Cali-rado. Three day waiting period has stuck the knife in the heart of buying old milsurps from the circuit guys. They will never return. Now the shows will be limited to tidbits, and sales from local brick and mortar stores at best. Hardly worth the crap shoot of paying the inflated admission and fuel to get there hoping to find something worthwhile.

[@314299]

That's really unfortunate. It's hard to do a three day wait on events that generally last one or two days.

[@kencurtis508]

Great video, thank for sharing, probably still have some carcano brass and bullets and MS new brass hanging around if your interested.

[@314299]

New 6.5 MS brass sounds interesting. What brand is it?

[@kencurtis508]

The MS brass is Norma and there’s 50 new and about 45 used Dominion. The carcano brass is nyy and there’s 50 new and 50 used. There’s a box of 100 carcano bullets .268” dia. I need a bit of time to unload the used stuff and pull the primers.@@314299

[@paulvenn4447]

Out of interest, have you ever done a video on pointed vs non pointed groups at 1000y? Seems to be the minor gains in BC (2% or so) would only appear at LR and ELR. Would love to see it in practice.

[@314299]

No I have never done such a video. I dont have regular access to shoot anywhere with that much distance. The local military range goes out to six hundred yards but access to it is not as regular as it used to be. I did shoot some round nose 303 British out of a P14 at 600 yards on a windy day and the amount of hold-off required for the wind was quite a lot. I agree it would be interesting to see a side by side comparison to demonstrate the real world difference between pointed and round nose bullets at distance, it's just that there is so little opportunity to do it around here.

[@claypearson4398]

Good deal I picked up 2 boxes of PPU 6.5x54 at the show today for $50 per, and a set of 6.5x54 RCBS dies for the same price. not the best deal but cheaper than online and no tax.

[@314299]

Yep, no tax and no shipping charges make up for paying a little more in person.

[@scottmorgan1016]

Good finds

[@314299]

Yeah I thought I did OK.

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

I believe those are original smith 39 mags. Good deal.

[@314299]

I agree, they do look like originals and at $25 were 1/3 of what I expected to pay..

[@Swishersweetcigarilo]

@314299 yea I see them for 75 regularly in ohio.

[@jakeoutdoors9600]

Very nice scores. Here in my part of the US gunshows are no longer a good place to find deals.

[@314299]

Are the vendors mostly professional dealers at the shows in your area?

[@jakeoutdoors9600]

​@@314299The larger show are roughly a third professional dealers, a third just normal people who bought tables, and a third non gun related (people selling jerky and items like gutter guards for your house). The tiny shows at places like fire halls seem to be almost all non professional. I remember one table had UZI mags for $50 and I found them online for $12. That's kinda how the entire show goes.

[@314299]

@@jakeoutdoors9600 Up here there used to be a few guys who charged as much as, or more than, the cost of new stuff for their used items. There must have been a few gullible or uniformed customers to keep them going.

[@MegaRiffraff]

Last show i was at one table had ruger 10/22 s , at more than the cost of new , and they were not the good old ones either! When a man called him on it he just said that’s why we call it a gun SHOW !

[@RussellHoughton]

There's a 222 340 mag on gunpost right now but it's $165.

[@314299]

I've seen them listed for that sort of money before. At the most I would pay 1/2 that much for one.

[@RussellHoughton]

@314299 yes I was thinking $50 $60 would be lots for one.

[@cmasailor]

Nice haul.

[@cmasailor]

I like the 100gr rn 6mm bullets, I'm about out of my stash of those. Used to have a slower 243win load for them that reduced the noise but they still walloped whatever I used em on.

[@314299]

Yeah I thought I did well.

[@314299]

Have you used the 100 grain bullets mostly on deer?

[@cmasailor]

@@314299 thats the funny thing with anecdotes right? I guess I haven't killed much with them, bunch of menacing yotes too close for comfort, and the most recent deer I took with one of those was 2 years ago, they're tough enough that it takes a deer to open them up much at extended ranges, especially after 150yrds with a reduced load. Inside of that they open quickly but Penetrate well due to the long shank. But I guess everything else still on the market is supposed to be better since these are long ago discontinued. The 243 is supposed to be light-years better than the 3030, and using this bullet in the 243 is kindof backwards... buuuut... I'm also the guy that sometimes carry a 32-20 lever with XTPs , or a RNSP 7mm mauser, or an 8x56r sp load, or whatever other eclectic( by todays standards) cartridge hunting with me on hunting day...

[@RussellHoughton]

I had a brick of the 22 cb ammo. Did you notice that they are 22 long not long rifle.

[@314299]

Yeah they are in a 22 Long format. The Long and Long Rifle share the same case length so it's the 30 grain bullet normally loaded in the Long that's the defining difference.

[@donaldmcleod7494]

I had a Winchester model 490 good looking gun that didn’t work very well.

[@314299]

Yeah they are handsome. Mine works pretty good, but it's pretty heavy for a 22.

[@MegaBait1616]

👍👍.............

[@314299]

Thanks.

[@MegaBait1616]

@@314299 , your welcome.... Be Well.

[@MegaRiffraff]

👍🏻

[@314299]

Thanks.

[@steveh4962]

I hope that it is not considered poor taste to ask, but could you share a favorite or two of your loads in .303 with your namesake....the Lyman 314299 mold? Thank you sir!

[@314299]

I like two rather mild loads in 303 with the 314299 bullet, both recommended by C.E. Harris. The first is 13 grains of Red Dot and the second is 16 grains of 2400. Both are reliable performers in my experience.

[@steveh4962]

@@314299 Ah! "The Load"! I have been using the Red Dot with a plain base 185 gr sorta rounded flat point (.315" diameter) from Accurate Molds. Good accuracy out to 75 yds (about the farthest I can see on my semi-wooded land). Thank you so much for your time. I love your channel and look forward to every new video.

[@craigfinley2507]

I would like to buy the walther clip how much

[@314299]

Sorry but it is not for sale.

[@erg0centric]

So many boolets. I only reload for one gun because I have too, two groove Long Branch is finicky.

[@314299]

I have one two groove 303 and while they are adequate they are far from the ideal type of barrel.

[@craigfinley2507]

You seem to know about guns . Could i shoot buffalo bore ammo in my model 732 H&R in 32 S &W long buffalo bore offers 32 long ammo. What you think.

[@314299]

If your H&R is in good condition I would think the Buffalo Bore ammo should be fine. If in doubt I suggest you contact them directly and enquire: www.buffalobore.com/index.php?l=page_view&p=contact_us

[@kenlansing1216]

Smokin' deals in the Maritimes.

[@314299]

I have been told I have a certain skill in locating the deals.

[@kenlansing1216]

A lot of it is about who you know and spotting those amenable to negotiation. @@314299

[@ianmcguire-sh3vv]

What part of Canada are you in buddy? Whats the plan with your handguns with the ban Trudeau put in? You never talk about the laws up there, love you channel and great lick on your gunshow goodies, cheers😂

[@314299]

I'm on the east coast of Canada. As for the "handgun ban" it is a ban on transfers, so I cannot get any new ones or sell my current ones. I can still own and use the ones I have, and I added a few "new" ones to the collection prior to the freeze. I dont generally discuss laws/politics up here as that was never the intent or purpose of the channel and there are better places to find such info, and the bulk of my viewers are not Canadian anyway (most are American).

[@ianmcguire-sh3vv]

@@314299 well thanks for what you do, I greatly enjoy your channel, I myself am in Florida but plan on moving to Canada eventually, I'd like to purchase a property in Nova Scotia, perhaps I run into you one day, cheers

[@314299]

@@ianmcguire-sh3vv Nova Scotia is certainly a nice province with a lot of diverse landscapes for a small place,

[@MegaRiffraff]

👍🏻

[@314299]

And thanks again!