Well I must admit I've been spoiled the last 20 years living in Houston and going to LARGE gunshows.

Now living in Parker I went to my first Tanner gunshow today. They had as much garage sale stuff as gun related. Give me a break belt sanders and 7.5" circular saws????

Anyway I did find a 98% early Model Interarms MKX with the release in the bow in 30-06. Leupold rings and a $5 sportview scope. Anyway after walking away 3 times I picked it up for $275.

So now I have a 30-06 which I don't need but better yet an in new condition MKX std action ready for the next project which will be????

Time to move back to Houston. The gunshow at the Reliant center last weekend was a real good one. Got a Kliengunther K14 in 270 Win with a leupold 3.5x10AO & everything was absolutely mint $850.00! Blue book 2K gun alone.

blue book is a waste of your time...it means nothing. you can price a gun any way you want...you need a willing customer. customers could not care any less for any blue book pricing. If they see it, and they like it and the price is RIGHT they buy it. Did the guy you bought this rifle from get BLUE BOOK price for it? Thats my point.

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Originally posted by Woodrow S:
blue book is a waste of your time...it means nothing. you can price a gun any way you want...you need a willing customer. customers could not care any less for any blue book pricing. If they see it, and they like it and the price is RIGHT they buy it. Did the guy you bought this rifle from get BLUE BOOK price for it? Thats my point.

I completely agree. I laugh when customers come into the shop and tell me they know their gun is worth $XXX because they saw it on Gunbroker. When I try to explain that they can't go by what sellers are asking on Gunbroker, but what the buyers actually pay, they always are in denial. Browsing through Gunbroker always makes me laugh.

Sellers always throw Blue Book prices at me. About the only thing it's good for is getting a handle on small production pieces that you won't see on auction sites. It will give you an idea what the piece has sold for in the last 5 years.

Other than that I'll always do a search of completed auctions in the last 90 days to get a realistic price estimate.

Blue book is always nice to look at. But bottomline buyer sets the market for a sale. If the book says $2000 but it never sells but many arew buying them at $1000 what is the real market?

Bottomline the Gunshows in Denver suck and I miss the one at the Relient center

Guess on the bright side I'll run out of room in my safe slower.

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Originally posted by ramrod340:

Bottomline the Gunshows in Denver suck and I miss the one at the Relient center

Wait til you see the table of Mausers that some assclown has D&T'd, altered the handle on, and in general ruined. They would have been nice actions to build on until he "improved" them. Yup, the shows here suck.

I lived in Colorado during the 60s. Then, gun shows there were WONDERFUL!!.....tables with (literally) piles of guns (I meaned piled-up). OK, curse me for mentioning a time that exists no longer. But, the memories are sweet. Gun shows in Denver and Greeley were mythic; Mannlicher-Schoenaur carbines for $85.; cased and engraved (sporting) English Martini(s), Oberdorf Mausers, ...... gonna cry.
I went to a gunshow this morning at the Volusia County (Florida) fairgrounds.......and passed up opportunities to buy junk jewelry, multi-flavored jerky, Chinese knives (thousands of them), and "scrimshawed" whatever-you-wanted.
I saw NO quality rifles, but lots of insanely overpriced trash.

Well I might have found a reason for the reasonable price. On of the previous owners had GLUED the barrel and action in place.

Even the front action screw was glued in place.

Anyway 10 minutes a little heat from a pencil tourch and a good pull and we are free. It was fully bedded from midway of the magazine to about 2" fron the front end of the stock. No sign of a release agent.

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Originally posted by ramrod340:
Anyway I did find a 98% early Model Interarms MKX with the release in the bow in 30-06. Leupold rings and a $5 sportview scope. Anyway after walking away 3 times I picked it up for $275.

So now I have a 30-06 which I don't need but better yet an in new condition MKX std action ready for the next project which will be????

I picked-up a Mark-X very similar to the one you found except that it was a 7mm RM(dated 08/76, IIRC). It was in 98% condition and I paid about $330(this was about 10 years ago).

Anyway, I only wanted the action so I sold the stock, bottom metal, trigger and barrel here on AR. Long story short, I now have about $15 in the action.

Can't beat that!

I came back to edit my post because not only will you probably beat my $15 action, you will most likely make back your $275 and have an action and trigger for $0.

The human condition suggests that a gun is always worth more to a person when he is selling it and always worth less when he is buying it.

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I picked-up a Mark-X very similar to the one you found except that it was a 7mm RM(dated 08/76, IIRC). It was in 98% condition and I paid about $330(this was about 10 years ago).

Anyway, I only wanted the action so I sold the stock, bottom metal, trigger and barrel here on AR. Long story short, I now have about $15 in the action.

Can't beat that!

I came back to edit my post because not only will you probably beat my $15 action, you will most likely make back your $275 and have an action and trigger for $0.

Jason not to worry I don't strip the action that far so your record will stay intact at least from me.

I normally keep the action as it came from the factory. I know some hate them but I've found with a touch or two with a stone the factory trigger makes a good hunting trigger. This action was dated 02/82. It was used so much that the cocking piece has 100% of it blueing intact. Not even many scratches along the extractor.

I'll see if I can't someone really in need of a scope and give it away. Stock will be cleaned up and stuck on my Step-sons rifle. That way when he bangs it around it won't hurt so much Barrel will be pulled and sold it does have the factory sights in place.