My Top 5 Gunshow Finds

Join Us: / milsurpworld
teespring.com/stores/milsurpw...
Listen to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or whatever you prefer.
In this video I show the top 5 best deals I got from going to gunshows.

[@orcabolgsweetie2430]

I bought a 7.62x39 Arisaka for $255 off of Gunbroker, it wasn't listed correctly though, the guy had no clue what it was and said it was in a mystery caliber. I recognized it right away, won with a high bid of 255

[@MilsurpWorld]

That's how many good deals are on GB, mislabeled or misidentified.

[@DeimosPC]

I bought 3 Arisakas from an estate sale for $150 each. 2 of them were Type 99s, one has a US Navy Sailor's name on the inside of the upper handguard, the second one is a weird bubba and the third was a Type 30. You never know what you'll find.

[@VCBird6]

Haha gotta love a good bit of horse trading at a gunshow! My best fine, bar none, is an absolutely beautiful Finn M39 I saw a kid marching around with at a local show Spotted that mottled stock from across the room, hollered at him, and chased him down. Screaming deal (he knew what he had but everyone else was blowing it off as a regular Mosin). I took it off his hands and made us both happy campers. :)

[@MilsurpWorld]

Nice! I've done similar things trying to chase people down who bring in stuff.

[@jaysonc2102]

Completely understand the gunshow addiction!

[@orcabolgsweetie2430]

My best gunshow buy so far was a $280 Gewehr 98. 1917 Oberndorf, only non-matching part is the bolt which is very smooth and bore is very clean.

[@TheBamidd]

My favorite gunshow gun to was a 1918 K98a that hadn't been restamped from a rearsenal, and I got it for $150.

[@PaulMooneyOutdoors]

Four hundred for that m1917 is a good deal. I just bought one for a few hundred more.

[@Dr.Cassandra]

My favorite rifle is my svt 40 made in 1940 at Tula and my non refurb/import tt33 made at Tula 1940

[@franciszeklatinik889]

Neat Video Happy Thanksgiving by the way.

[@MilsurpWorld]

You too!

[@Purpmaster]

Great video as always, it boggles my mind that your channel doesn’t have at least x20 the viewership. There are no other channels quite like it. Yes there’s C&Arsenal, Forgotten Weapons, etc. but they are more like little history lessons and don’t focus on surplus and curios from a collectors standpoint. That 7mm Mauser was an amazing deal, should have gotten his contact info and bought it all. Could have made a big profit or traded also. But I’ve made the same mistakes and hindsight is always 20/20 lol. Your advice about always taking a gun with you as a potential trade is excellent advice. I always do this, if I’m not going to be a dealer at said gunshow. That’s how I’ve gotten many of my higher dollar pieces without having to shell out retail value. Also, looking forward to seeing ur Tulsa finds, it looks like you got one of em up on ur wall there on the bottom right. Happy Thanksgiving man, have a good one 👍

[@MilsurpWorld]

The video next week will show my biggest score from Tulsa.

[@samanthahansen9138]

What a nice compliment! I am sure he appreciates it!! 😊

[@yuibot5998]

Missouri represent. Columbia here... I went to the Tulsa show w/ my dad a few years ago. Got a M95M, a Swiss 1889, and a Turkish Mauser short rifle. You paid less than half what that K98 is probably worth. I never have gotten lucky like that....

[@michaelbenjmitchell1]

I got a Kar98K Yugo capture for $490 on Saturday the 10th of October and a M1 (1903A3) Bayonet for $36 at the same gunshow and 140 rounds of 8mm surplus for $105 same gunshow. And last year I picked up a M91 Finnish Mosin with a crappy stock but intact metal at a yard sale for $100.

[@slavsupreme5129]

Best deal has to be from a couple years ago; I traded a Turkish Mauser and $200 cash for an Egyptian FN-49 in 8mm

[@orionfixr7713]

Ha ! I'm a boomer and I have two 1911s ( aftermarket, not mil-surp .) , And there is no hate coming from me . However both of mine function beautifully . Wish I had a buddy like you to go to shows with . Have a good and safe Holiday !

[@j.rob.5943]

Ok boomer

[@ricefarmerryan7995]

@@j.rob.5943 mate..

[@joenoffsinger6376]

I would love a bolt 7.62x39. I would keep my eye open but can you tell us what marking to look for?

[@skylinez4793]

Wow you got an all matching 1941 k98 for $400... thats insane. I paid double that price damn which show you went to to get this deal.

[@campfortson4387]

Who's to say his story is even true?

[@iananderson5050]

My great-grandfather was a medical orderly in France in WW1 after dropping out of the Army Air Service. I believe he trained with the M1917 because after my grandmother died, we found dozens of 34mm film reels in her downstairs closet of her growing up as a kid in the 1930s, with her family doing all sorts of activities and trips...vacations to Yellowstone, fly-fishing in Eastern PA, trap shooting at the local Sportsman's club...and then one of my great-granddad taking her shooting at a rifle range with a sporterized M1917. The fact any of those films survived was a miracle really because for 30 years it was in a house that was a constant 5 degrees or lower in the winter and 120 degrees in the summer. An relative of mine has one that looks identical (though it's not the same one because he's on the other side of the family and that one was probably sold long ago) and I hope to convince him to part with it one day but it would need a new stock...somebody butchered it and the forward sling swivel is bubba'd on with some weird half barrel band-like mount, causing the side to crack right along the top edge.

[@franciscopeixoto6609]

K98k matching # you scored. Good on you.

[@scottminshall6420]

Well I could bore you to death with my gun show deals, but i do agree with you. There are deals to be had, I have always found that it is best to find 2 to 4 guns on a sellers table and make a package deal. Most of my gun show trips have turned into parts hunting as I can make a lot more in selling or trading parts than actual rifles. Have a Happy Thanksgiving by the way.

[@paulgrogan8032]

I must admit, the last show I went to in my region was basically a retail trade show as it was allmost all polymer striker fired weapons on bicycle lock cables. $20 to get in, just not interesting. Your videos are inspiring me to get out there again👏

my best pawnshop deal was a Glenfield 75 (missing a trigger guard screw), some kind bingham squires .22 rifle (very dirty) an H&R single shot 12 gauge shotgun (missing firing pin, made one") and an old worn Remington 11 (fixable, I hope cheaply). bought all 4 for $125 out the door as "gunsmith specials". possibly better is the pedersoli .45 cal, percussion long rifle in near brand new condition (missing a tiny screw plug below the nipple $50 for an $800 (new price) rifle. lately the gun shows in my area don't have much milsurp, just a bunch of tacticool crap.

[@davidkohler7454]

I agree with being early to get good deals.. but I have made some amazing deals around closing on Sunday. Sometimes the Vendors hold out thinking someone will come along and pay their high price, but when it's almost over and they realize they didn't sell enough to pay for their table rent they will be willing to make a deal. I've walked out with free stuff too from boxes of surplus they didn't want to have to pack back up again. So I play it both ways. I go to 6..8 per year in Missouri.

[@bingus930]

this makes me want to go to more gun shows

[@campfortson4387]

Can guarantee you will not have this guys luck. Besides, who's to say hes even telling the truth about this shit. That kar98k selling for only 400 seemed really fishy. Why the fuck dont I run into more suckers like that who dont know what they have?

[@StratBurst92]

My best find was an unissued German WW2 98 K all matching and the best part was the stock was stamped KM for the German navy. Kriegsmarine. Boy I still wish I had that one. Btw my later Mother In Law worked at the Springfield Armory in Ma. in WW2. We still have some M1 Garand blueprints that she gave us.

[@brendonbewersdorf986]

My best two deals were a pristine 1886 lebel rifle with what I believe to be an original sling that some elderly man in the back corner of a small gun show in fort Pierce florida sold me for literally 450$ and the second one was another older man selling a pristine condition vetterli vitali rifle with an original charger clip and boyonet for 400$

[@MilsurpWorld]

That Lebel was a steal. I love finding those older guys selling off their collection.

[@brendonbewersdorf986]

@@MilsurpWorld oh yeah they always have some cool stuff I saw a type 18 murata the other day unfortunately I didn't have enough money for what the guy was asking but it was crazy to see one they are super rare especially one that wasn't converted to the type 22 tube magazine

[@MilsurpWorld]

I saw one last weekend for 800 at a militaria show.

[@brendonbewersdorf986]

@@MilsurpWorld yeah that's a way better price than this guy was asking he was looking for like 1400$ I think and he didn't want to negotiate and I only had 450$ on me at the time lol

[@chris.3711]

I traded a Mosin for an M95 Steyr, found an amazing Lithgow SMLE that looks like it came right off the factory floor, a goofy little Dutch M95 carbine with the long hand guard, and lastly, I walked in once with the intention of buying an AK, and walked out with a 98K and bayonet. Recently, I got a pair of 1903A3 receivers and have been building them as I can. Seen a lot of cool and rare stuff as well.

[@deathstalkero7408]

Hope I can see you here in a week and a half. And thanks for the videos this will be my first one

[@andrewhibbert9958]

I have been hunting for a byf 41 for about 4 years. The fact that it came to you that easily is maddening. That is a $2500 gun...

[@MilsurpWorld]

I've heard BYF 41s were especially expensive but I never quite understood why.

[@andrewhibbert9958]

Milsurp World byf 41’s along with most 1940 and 1941 rifles were almost exclusively sent East. Where they all became Russian captures. Very common as a Russian arsenal rifle but impossible to find as a western capture

[@williamkoppos7039]

Tiny local show, only lasted a couple of years. On one table were 2 Martini Henrys, a short and long lever. Picked up the short lever. Had a $250 dollar tag on it!. It was one of those Nepalese dirt bags, but the bore-damn thing was fine. Burned my hand getting my wallet out. Cleaned it up and it shoots and functions fine. Has British Mk II markings. Can't say I never get lucky. Like you said, get there early. Deals lately have been pretty hard to find though.

[@stephenland9361]

I have an Enfield P14 chambered in .303 British. Being a Canuck, I like it. I've been looking for an Enfield P17 (.30-06) but have yet to acquire one in great shape.

[@uuncensored]

Wow that last rifle has a beautiful stock!

[@joenoffsinger6376]

Thanks for sharing. I am still looking for my first gun show score

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

My Chinese Arisaka is a warlord made Type 38 still in 6.5.... but I didn't find it at a gun show (it was a pawn shop find). Although I have made some good gun show scores, my absolute two best deals were because someone I knew had seen something for sale but they didn't have the cash to pick it up themselves, and my best luck over the years have been Proxibid auctions.

[@MilsurpWorld]

I checked out proxybid back when they sponsored TFBtv but never really used it. I've had good luck finding deals on GB.

[@balrajsingh-zp4wq]

ਥੋਡੀਆਂ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਵੀਡੀਓ ਬੁਹਤ ਵਧੀਆ ਲੱਗਦੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਵੀਰੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਵਾਰੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਕੁਝ ਸੀਖਣ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਹੈ ਧੰਨਵਾਦ ਜੀ।

[@michaelbeck5514]

😉 like you say its pretty much like fishing, keep it up and sometimes you get lucky.

[@jasonkirkk]

Great strories

[@Yeandle31]

Could you please do a video on the Inglis Hi Power? I collect them up here in Canada but I'm curious as to what kind of examples made it down to the States. Thanks!

[@MilsurpWorld]

The one on the wall was my father's. It's one of the ones that was refurbed by the Brits in the 60s.

[@joethecaty2849]

Hey do you know where I can get an original chelaan Mauser stock ?

[@spartan92296]

happy thanksgiving!

[@nickfarrell4129]

I’m based out of KC too, what are the best shows you recommend. I’ve only been to a few in Overland Park and there wasn’t lots of great stuff. Which ones do you go to?

[@balrajsingh-zp4wq]

Balle enea emu nice all Satriper clips are same veere ?

[@michaelbrooker1433]

Nice vid! What is the last carbine you showed? You never ID'd it.

[@yuibot5998]

swiss mannlicher m 1893 carbine

[@schutztruppe]

got my Gras m15 for $300 at a gun show. Cash carry

[@rednecksniper4715]

If I had the money there was a dude at knob creek selling a Warner and Swasey WW1 Springfield for $3,200 and an all matching G43 with matching mount and scope for $4,500

[@TeamPaulie2520]

K-31 that had "Swiss rifle??" "Make offer" $200.00 bucks.

[@RileyReneau]

No difference all these guns look exactly the same Yes im trying to provoke a fight .... XD Great Video Thought!!!!!

[@masonhaggerty186]

I thought one of the favorite one you had was the beautiful Hungarian 35M you had in a previous video. Pretty envious here 😁

[@MilsurpWorld]

I wish I still had it. I had to sell it to buy the Ljungman. The 35M was a random find from a gunshop in Boise Idaho that had no idea what it was.

[@masonhaggerty186]

@@MilsurpWorld I would've made you an offer but there's more out there albeit not many. I enjoy my Ljungman as well they're worth it.

[@casualty178]

I had one of those arisaka carbines chambered in 7.62x39. paid 175 sold it for like 300ish. Should have kept it. Didn't think it was really worth anyting had like double rifling. Magazine conversion was very half ass.

[@RayBlackburn]

Not sure where you go to gun shows but where I live everything in a gun show can cost way more than it cost at the local gun store Someone told me it is just the opposite where they live and I did find some good deals every once and a while but none of them are guns and only things they wanted to get rid of because no one else wanted them like old reloading stuff and such Last time I found a deal and I tried to talk him down but was a powder trickler he wanted $10 for and that was the price but later found a better one at Midway for $18 so maybe it was a good deal but I still thought it was way over priced for a gun show anyway I walked thru that show many times looking at every single thing they sold and all I saw was stuff over priced and most guns costing $100 to $200 more for a used one than a brand new on sold for and new guns could be like $300 more than any gun store I shop at Maybe that only happens in Texas and I need to travel to Oklahoma and all I know is I quit going to them years ago because everything was way over priced compared to the local gun stores and thought it had to do with how much it cost for them rent that table Then when I look that up it says any where from $50 to $75 for a table so not sure why the prices are so high but not even worth me spending money to get into one anymore after what I have seen in Texas with the way over priced the gun shows we have

[@rogainegaming6924]

Best i ever got was a yugo 9mm tokarev for 325.

[@owenwolfco.8344]

As your 100th like & 30th comment, I’d like to share a gem I found at a gun show. An original 1915 SMLE MKIII* for $250

[@Yeandle31]

Great video! I really enjoy gunshows too but, I have to say, your SMLE rear sight protector is still on backwards...

[@MilsurpWorld]

I leave it that way just to bother Lee Enfield fans because only LE fans would notice xD

[@Yeandle31]

@@MilsurpWorld Well played good sir! In retaliation, I will make videos about my Gewehr 98 but will refer to it as "Goo 98" xD

[@WolvCustoms]

You ever make it to Nebraska gun shows?

[@MilsurpWorld]

No, but I've been meaning to. There's a show in Lincoln Jan 25th I'm thinking of going to.

[@williamjones2340]

I have found that a firearm is worth only what a buyer is willing to pay for it. It mya be higher o lower than what the owner/salesman thought it was worth.

[@balrajsingh-zp4wq]

Very nice weapons you have veere wht rifle is best from all Mauser 3006,7.62and 7.92 ? Your all videos are very nice thanks veere

[@MilsurpWorld]

I think I like 6.5 Swedish and 7mm Mauser the best.

[@balrajsingh-zp4wq]

@@MilsurpWorld ok veer ji Thank you so much love from India veera 🙏 sat Shri akal ji

[@dennishein2812]

Having the money helps too.

[@milsurprifleguy7091]

What ! Did I hear you say you live in the Kansas City area ? I live in independence mo . If possible at some point & time get to meet you

[@MilsurpWorld]

Yeah I live in KC MO. I go to the shows at KCI and OP so I might see you at the next one.

[@milsurprifleguy7091]

Milsurp World thanks for the reply , I would like the chance to meet you , of course it will need to be later , & tell or show you what I have in my collection , if we can work out a safe way to do so for the both of us , again thanks for the videos

[@Cata_raids]

I have a question, why do you have so many bolt action rifles?

[@MilsurpWorld]

I just really like them for some reason, always have.

[@altonriggs2352]

The best deals happen after the public leaves.

[@MilsurpWorld]

Or before the public is allowed in.

[@marshallbentz1801]

R you going to spf MO this Saturday ?

[@MilsurpWorld]

No, it's about 3 hours from me.

[@marshallbentz1801]

@@MilsurpWorld think if I get there first thing Saturday morning I’ll find a decent buy on a ruger mini14

[@chuckg9805]

sure be nice to know what the guns and ammo was. never said squat on makes, model or caliber!

[@dejonmasters8767]

I would love to meet u at a show in KC im from COMO

[@MilsurpWorld]

If you see me at any of the upcoming shows say hi. I always enjoy meeting fellow milsurp lovers.

[@robertmattress5975]

Collect vintage rifles just to bad mouth a vintage hand gun... hypocrite!! Lol Love your videos!

[@pepesilviasmail7099]

Are you in KC now? I thought you were in Utah

[@MilsurpWorld]

I am in KC. I was in Utah.

[@pepesilviasmail7099]

Very cool, I work the KCI shows. Love your channel

[@MilsurpWorld]

Thanks, hopefully they dont push the show again. If you see me there feel free to say hi.

[@WindyHowler]

Humble brag video 😀

[@Master...deBater]

Hey Mr. Millennial Milsurp...careful with the 1911 "jokes"...that one was borderline fightin words. And don't forget...you still have all of us Gen X'rs to deal with!!! So it's gonna be a while till you aughta feel safe talkin that-a-way in public!!!

[@MilsurpWorld]

Okay boomer xD

[@CarlosDiaz-sc4iw]

For those old enough, doesn't he look like the guy from the show Parker Lewis can't lose?

[@ahmet42selim65]

Dude a bayonet for 20$ lol i pay about 180 each

[@Marco-bf4uu]

That Karabiner story. Where did your European values go.. I'm pretty sure I would've give that poor man at least 800.

[@MilsurpWorld]

Whoever said I had values, I'm from Florida.

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@MilsurpWorld Your the most swedish looking dude I've ever seen

[@MilsurpWorld]

Family on my mom's side came from Sweden and Germany.

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@@MilsurpWorld Oh epic

[@Marco-bf4uu]

@Bigfoot naahh, give that man his deserved money.

[@baobo67]

This is best at 1.5 speed, he is selling gun shows and shows some of the junk he collects except for a 1917 Enfield which is actually best rifle I have seen him with.

[@barefoofDr]

Last weekend at our gun show. I traded a pice of shit PSL for a Remington 1903A3 in unissued condition. I don't think that it has ever been shot because there no scratches on the feed ramp or the throat of the chamber.

[@kadenbenker8218]

Your from Kansas city I'm from great bend ks contact me man will shoot with you anyday and share collections.

[@kadenbenker8218]

620 639 2465

[@tigglewiggle]

Beer gut boomers walking around with sported mosins asking $290+

[@nathanb.8114]

Chinese arisaka? LOLOL...

[@MilsurpWorld]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/maaqf5uwq8mod9k

[@orcabolgsweetie2430]

Get new intro music

[@MilsurpWorld]

Have any suggestions?

[@orcabolgsweetie2430]

I dont know what the fine line of copy right will allow, but given that your channel covers milsurp(typically early 20th century, late 19th century) your intro should reflect the time period of the rifles. Something classical sounding, elegant. Idk I suppose thats just an opinion.