I met up with OS today at the Chilhowee show. we had a very relaxing afternoon of walking up and down the aisles. I have never been to one on a Sunday afternoon before and I think I liked it better than Saturday mornings. Very slow paced, though we did get the hard sell on some crap from a few vendor's.
we spend some time talking to the Luger man. He showed me some Nazi marking on a few guns and I really felt educated after talking to him. Aside from his WW2 Lugers I really liked a Mauser in 7.65 that he had for sale. Fortunately ( or otherwise) for me I did not have enough cash to buy it. But in all fairness he made me a great offer on it. OS tried to bedevil me by lending me a Benjamin but I said no way. Maybe the next show, who knows?
I made a offer on a Garand bayonet and sheath that a guy had, but he would not budge on it. His asking price was fair, very fair. But I want to feel like I am getting a deal, so I smiled and said thank you anyway. Wow it was a fair price, I probably should have snapped it up.
I ended up walking through the entire place and found nothing I wanted other than the Mauser and bayonet. So I settled on a few boxes of Tulloma .30 Carbine ammo that was economically priced and a 4 oz. bottle of CLP.
I left happy and it was a day well spent with a good friend.
i was disappointed in the selection of Milsurp rifles, not a lot there and nothing got my interest that was there. ( but I hit paydirt earlier in the week on a classic USGI arm so all was good anyway)
I am regretting the Mauser and bayonet though, wish I was flush like so many here seem to be.