Antique Arms Show March 16-17, 2013

[Mike OTDP]

And you can come by the US International Muzzle-Loading Team table this year. :-)

 

[drblast33]

Someones lucky day. I was just given 2 tickets to this event from a co-worker.


The first person that wants them and can pick them up in the Fort Meade area before 5pm today (or Rockville area between 6-6:30pm today)... GETS THEM FOR FREE.

Cochise got them. Thanks

 

[mdonzi]

I sent a email to the guys at the show i dont know if i can take a 1937 luger there any thoughts they have not sent any emails back

 

[dancnr]

I sent a email to the guys at the show i dont know if i can take a 1937 luger there any thoughts they have not sent any emails back

Lugers should be cool, I saw a couple tables worth last time.

 

[lee2]

I sent a email to the guys at the show i dont know if i can take a 1937 luger there any thoughts they have not sent any emails back

so you're selling a luger?

 

[mdonzi]

I was thinking off taking it to trade i realy want a GI 45 or m1a but i just res email back from the show and he said DO NOT BRING IT wow i know there was always some lugers and early 45s there but thats there rules.but its great show cant wait

 

[noahhh]

There has been a guy displaying Lugers outside the show floor- his guns are for display only, not for sale.

I've been going to that show since 1971, and have come home home with a gun of some sort almost every year. Bought my first '03 Springfield there in '71- a Mark I, for $70.

I still miss it being in the old 5th Regiment Armory, but I will admit parking is easier now.

 

[K31]

It states "NO MODERN HANDGUNS ALLOWED." What about modern rifles - long guns?

You will find things like Johnsons, 03's and Garands, but the majority are older.

 

[trickg]

I'm going, not sure which day though. I'm really into older guns and one day if I ever become rich and shameless I'll make a point to collect a nice assortment of antique lever guns.

 

[screamingeagle]

I was thinking off taking it to trade i realy want a GI 45 or m1a but i just res email back from the show and he said DO NOT BRING IT wow i know there was always some lugers and early 45s there but thats there rules.but its great show cant wait

You certainly can take it .HE may not want it ,someone will. Keep this in mind though you will get LOWBALLED by the dealers there.Your best bet is to carry it around with some sort of sign ,people will approach you and you can get a dealer there to do the transfer.Here is a good example of some not all of the dealers there. I brought a all matching k98 there with a sign on it for sale.The same dealer I bought it from the year before waved me over to his table ,obviously he didn't remember selling it to me the year before. paid $1,300 the year before{ it is a really nice one good blueing very good wood} .He said I'll give you $600.00 for it the stock has been sanded? WTF I just laughed and walked away. The stock was NOT sanded, some k98'sincluding mine are not waffenampt marked on the stock.Even if he was right it doesn't devalue the rifle to the point of a good RC.

 

[chevellenut71]

I should go and look for a stock for my Krag. I would like to put it back to some what original form. The problem is I really dont know what I'm looking at when it comes to those parts.

 

[airsporter]

Only place I've ever seen Garand stocks for sale at +$1,000.

 

[cornstalk]

Authoritative definition of antique firearm:

http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/collectors.html#antique-definition

 

[mawkie]

I'll be at a PA auction on Saturday so I'll try to make the show on my way home if time allows. Hopefully I'll be sporting a smile and something very rare!
Always a good show, esp. when looking for US arms parts and accessories. Don't expect to find great deals as the hall is filled with advanced sellers and collectors so there's no lack of knowledge when it comes to market value. But if you've been chasing an item made of unobtanium then this would be a good place to search. Plus lots of "modern arms" like US Krags, 1903 Springfields, Trapdoors, etc. Expect to take at least 2 hrs or more just to make one pass of the entire show, it's that big.

 

[Mike OTDP]

I sent a email to the guys at the show i dont know if i can take a 1937 luger there any thoughts they have not sent any emails back

No. When they say "No Modern Pistols", they mean anything using fixed ammunition made after 1898.

 

[Mike OTDP]

As I mentioned previously, this is the one really outstanding show in this region. You won't see the usual stuff - no, this show has the real exotics. Cased duelling pistols. In-line flintlocks. Enough antiques to stock a good-sized museum. It's a museum...with most of the exhibits for sale.

At top-quality prices, of course. I'll put it like this...there are vendors and buyers from Europe who come to this one. It's a show with Buck Rogers - if you brought Big Bucks.

 

[cowboy321]

I have some guns from the 30s 40s and 50s with a modest collectors value. would I be frowned upon for trying to sell them there or would I find the perfect target buyers? Im also curious what the tables are like. A lot of 1000 dollar lever and bolt actions in obscure cartridges or is there stuff for the non collector crowd as well?

You can sell old firearms easily nowadays with Gunsamerica. On this web site there are plenty of collectors who will buy old rifles which are also non regulated , for now...

 

[trickg]

No. When they say "No Modern Pistols", they mean anything using fixed ammunition made after 1898.

That has never been my observation when I've gone, but you definitely are not going to see Sigs or Glocks.

I think that in general, you're ok as long as:

1.) the gun is old, combined with...
2.) the gun was designed prior to 1898

So essentially you'll see old Winchesters, Colt SAAs and that kind of thing. There's also a boatload of old bolt military rifles, or at least I seem to recall that being the case from the last times I've gone.

 

[tinydata]

Are there typically a lot of WWI and WWII rifles like the M1903 and M1? And do a lot of tables have stocks and parts?

 

[Mike OTDP]

Are there typically a lot of WWI and WWII rifles like the M1903 and M1? And do a lot of tables have stocks and parts?

Stocks and parts, yes. Guns, not so much. This is primarily an antique arms show.