OK, we have a horsepark here in Kentucky. A big state developed park with lots of rolling fields, fences, barns, you name it. And its rented out to worthy causes, like a gunshow. No, we don't tolerate anti gun leftists like our commie neighbors (you, Ohio). But Covid shut things down for the last few years. So this one was a long time coming.

I went to the gunroom and selected a bunch of junk to dispose of so my wife wouldn't have to when I die. Only one great gun, a Browning 7mm mag with beautiful wood and a pretty darn good Loupold scope up top. Another long gun, a very early M70 Winchester, like early 2nd year (1936-7). Other things like a bunch of J frames. And a pair of pen gun things. 2 K frame 22s, both prewar. The 22-32 target was great, and now I've got to figure out what to do with all .32 components. Should have taken them too. The guy I sold it to is a friend, so maybe he'll want them (virgin brass), like 500 of the stuff.

We got to the show a little late and my table pard couldn't get out of his drive. Fog too thick. So along comes a couple of Yokels, crazy guys who had more money than brains. The one said "what you take for the entire table. I had no idea, and was planning to pricing high for the first hour or two. The guy ended up paying me big $$ for all of it. He bought every thing except the non-existent table cloth.

I did the dutiful thing husbands do, handing the cash to my wife to hold for safe keeping. The only thing I'd want at the show was a pretty nice Winchester M1886 in .45-90. It wasn't too pretty, being part of lend-lease. Those Damn Brits give an idiot a stamp and a hammer and deface a well finished gun. I got away without buying it because he wanted $2 grand for it and the minor fact I don't have any ammo. True, I could abuse it with the tons of .45-70 I have but the uglyness of the stamping won the day.

So all I ended up spending was for a coke and two really good hotdogs for my wife and my self.
I also realized the .45-90 uses a light bullet and the rifling is tighter for the-90. Guess I need to stick with 405 grain chunks of lead.

OK, the wife drove me home to weep over my pile of $100 bills. I'll survive somehow. I did probably lose money on the .32-20 target. That'll eat me until the cash wears away.

Horse Park hot dogs are pretty good. The coke was just coke. I enjoyed the young girls backsides I got to see, as always. Packing up to leave is easy when you sold out. We left kind of early since I didn't have any guns leftover.

That sounds like a great day all around-guns sold,fresh air and good company.

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Originally posted by rburg:
OK, we have a horsepark here in Kentucky.

The Hell you say.

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Only one great gun, a Browning 7mm mag with beautiful wood and a pretty darn good Loupold scope up top.

Damn, Dick, I may have met you up in Lexington for that one, depending on the price, mind you.

Was going to try to slide up there this afternoon between games.
But turns out I dislocated a rib and likely tore some cartilage so I had to go to the doctor between games to be put in all sorts of worse pain trying to manipulate it back into place.

May swing through tomorrow. Sounds like all your goodies sold anything else worth heading up there with a couple of the boys tomorrow?

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Originally posted by Black92LX:
anything else worth heading up there with a couple of the boys tomorrow?

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Ammo wasn't as scarce as in the past. Still high though. Lots of semi-auto stuff, but mostly cheap brands. One guy did have a 320 for sale. New fad, hauling all your junk in a kids wagon with a sign on it, then crossing out things you've sold.

Any gun show is worth going to. Except $5 parking and $12 admission. You can sneak in buy using the back door. Guys do it by smoking outside, then coming inside. Huge table full of knives - not factory made. Lots of leather goods.

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OK, we have a horsepark here in Kentucky.

Lexington? I went there c. 2019, also for a gun show. There is an arena, easily the size of a football stadium, below ground level, where I assume all kinds of horse-related stuff takes place (there wasn't any that day). I was a little put off by the parking charge as well.

A gun show used to be a common and regular occurrence where I live and now finding one is like finding a unicorn. Sad being that I live in Texas, but typical that I live in liberal Travis County. Sadly the last one I attended years ago in the next county was supposed to be the start of new ones and on the first show a vendor had a negligent discharge 10’ from me and that was the end of that show.

Congrats on the quick sale. It had to make the day more enjoyable.

Why the hate for the Buckeye state rburg?

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Originally posted by rburg:
OK, we have a horsepark here in Kentucky. I enjoyed the young girls backsides I got to see, as always.

Last gunshow I went to here in the ATL area, thoses backsides made me think I was in a horsepark.

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Originally posted by jgerge222:
Why the hate for the Buckeye state rburg?

We Michiganders know...

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Originally posted by jgerge222:
Why the hate for the Buckeye state rburg?

Maybe because I was born there. Or because I went to school there thru college. Or because of their lousy drivers. Or because I have to look at them thru my front window every day- Or because of their lousy drivers that clog the roads all the time. I've got more complaints if you've got all day.

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Originally posted by patw:
That sounds like a great day all around-guns sold,fresh air and good company.

I’ve never been to a gun show with fresh air. . It’s shocking how many people go out in public without a shower.

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Originally posted by 1s1k:

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Originally posted by patw:
That sounds like a great day all around-guns sold,fresh air and good company.

I’ve never been to a gun show with fresh air. . It’s shocking how many people go out in public without a shower.

Less spent on soap and water = more $$$$ to spend on guns and ammo lol

Keep em coming rburg. Your curmudgeon like bitching about Ohio is quite amusing!.

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Originally posted by egregore:

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OK, we have a horsepark here in Kentucky.

Lexington? I went there c. 2019, also for a gun show. There is an arena, easily the size of a football stadium, below ground level, where I assume all kinds of horse-related stuff takes place (there wasn't any that day). I was a little put off by the parking charge as well.

You are referring to the Altech Arena. It is way under utilized it is a very nice facility that could be utilized far more my the music community especially.
https://kyhorsepark.com/events...ities/alltech-arena/

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Originally posted by jgerge222:
Keep em coming rburg. Your curmudgeon like bitching about Ohio is quite amusing!.

Ohio likes to think they won the Ohio v Michigan war. But look at the results: Ohio got Toledo, and Michigan got the beautiful upper peninsula.

In Michigan our rivers don't catch fire.

North till you smell it, west till you step in it! ichigan wolverine shit.

Apologies to rburg the OP for dumping on your thread.