We walked into the show with respectable rolls of Benjamins safety-pinned to our skivvies. The two pals and I left with a total expenditure of less than $20. (Mine added up to $8 -- a factory extended magazine for the SW 59 and a sheath for the Camillus air crew "survival" knife.)
That is to say, the prices left us gasping.
M1 carbine prices seem to have stabilized at $750-$950, and that's the end of the good -- or non-horrifying, at least -- news.
There were dozens of 1911A1s. I didn't see one tagged at less than $2,000, and $3,000 would not have purchased the best Remington-Rand there.
The old Winchester lever guns and Colt SAAs were gold. Example: A fair-to-good Winchester 1892 in .25-20 at $6,500. It was easily possible to loophole a Peacemaker which appeared to be an outhouse dugup for $7,500.
If I were panicky about TEOTWAWKI I would go back today with every interesting old weapon I own and trade them for a few hundred Hi-Points.
On the other hand, domestic beer in Adrian is still just $3, but the ethanol subsidies may not yet have worked their way into that market yet.
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