Lost my Uncle Henry due to big holes in my damned pants pockets. I think I’m gonna make myself a belt holster that will hang on to the knives more securely. In the meantime I have been carrying my Swiss Army Champ. Feels like a whole loaf of frozen bread in my pocket, and it’s hard on my ass. Such ass as I have these days. <\/p>\n
So today I went to the Crown Point Funshow, or as we affectionatly refer to it, “Jerky, Candy, and some things that go bang”<\/p>\n
We were not disapointed, for the most part, in our disapointment. Same group of stuff. Same guy selling gun cases- though we do always buy something because it is made in the USA. <\/p>\n
One new dealer, who seemed to specialize in the odd. he had a Geco 1933, in flawless condition. I mean, out of the box new condition. He had a bucketload of Win 1895’s, many of them with the case colors intact. Including a 30-40 Krag version. A 30-06 Saddle Ring. A 1895 Russian Contract, chambered for the 7.62 x 54r. Did I mention he had a krag Carbine- a real one- with it’s blue intact? A prussian Cape gun in 16 gauge\/9.3X74R. <\/p>\n
Nothing I could afford. Lots of beautiful old rifles in amazing condition, including a Winchester bolt action repeater, tubefed through the stock, whose action was indistinguishable from a nagant. I never did find a marking that indicated it’s type, just the big Winchester stamp, and what appeared to be a magazine cutout switch on the side. It was in incredible condition. I suspected this dude of having a flux capacitor stowed away in his Durango. Or at the very least an Oscillation Overthruster<\/a>. <\/p>\n