B&K was there. Mosin Nagants for $525. Make what you will of that.
And Joe [On Target] is great.
Anyway, had a good time. Got there after Noon, so parked up on the muddy hill and got right in no line, no wait. Did not carry so when the guy at the door asked if I had a handgun on me I replied with a boisterous "NOPE" and walked in.
I wore my black with green logo NES hat that I won in the karma and my black hoodie with the stampings from a 1926 Tula Mosin printed on the front. It got some great looks and a few questions of "What is that?" and "Is that real Russian?" Why yes, yes it is.
This was only my second show ever, so I really don't have the frame of reference yet to judge if it was truly good or not, but I had a good time.
I met BenCartwrightSASS and had a really nice conversation, and enjoyed looking at his BPD collection. Pleasure talking with you, sir!
One vendor had a Swiss K31 so took a good look at that. It surprised me how much lighter it is than a Mosin. Same vendor had a T-53 in beautiful condition for about $275. Was REALLY tempting.
All I brought home with me was two boxes of Prvi 7.62x54R brass for $18 each, three charging clips for the K31's that I'm getting. Got those from the guy down by the popcorn machine with tons of parts and mags. Those are a must. And I topped it off with a half pound of Jerky. First time trying the jerky and I gotta tell ya, I'm hooked. MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.
Oh, and apparently I was lucky enough to miss any crop dusters.