Purely anecdotal but it would appear that the milsurps were in hottest demand at the Calgary gun show today. Most of the folks with rifles in hand, or slung over the shoulders, were sporting Enfields, Mauser, Mosins, etc. and there were lots of folks fondling the full wood rifles at the tables.
Overall, though, I would say the selection of milsurps was down over previous years. I saw only one Johnson, and it wasn't for sale.
There were some reasonably priced items among the "you must be kidding" items, but by and large it was easy to walk by most of the items.
- An early Lebel, reworked in 1916, bolt mis-matchm was listed for $350. I had it in my hands but walked away. (it's gone).
- A Chassepot needle gun in, what to my newbie eyes, appeared in great condition is/was going for $600.
- FN49s (referenced in the current FN49 thread) were not moving at $750+
- No. 4 Enfields started in the low $400s and went up from there
- A smattering of RC and other mausers running from the high $300s
-A few Mosins and at least three VZ-52s, from the $500s (sold methinks) to above $700, still there.
- Cheapest Garand I saw was $1,000 - 1950, beat-up but did come with the grenade launcher
I may have missed it, but I didn't see much ammunition to feed the beasts either. A few crates of 7.62x39 , and odd boxes here and there of surplus.
Walked out with two boxes of ammo for the Boer Mauser and a clearing rod for my Long Lee. That's it. Anyone else scoop up some goodies?
Overall, though, I would say the selection of milsurps was down over previous years. I saw only one Johnson, and it wasn't for sale.
There were some reasonably priced items among the "you must be kidding" items, but by and large it was easy to walk by most of the items.
- An early Lebel, reworked in 1916, bolt mis-matchm was listed for $350. I had it in my hands but walked away. (it's gone).
- A Chassepot needle gun in, what to my newbie eyes, appeared in great condition is/was going for $600.
- FN49s (referenced in the current FN49 thread) were not moving at $750+
- No. 4 Enfields started in the low $400s and went up from there
- A smattering of RC and other mausers running from the high $300s
-A few Mosins and at least three VZ-52s, from the $500s (sold methinks) to above $700, still there.
- Cheapest Garand I saw was $1,000 - 1950, beat-up but did come with the grenade launcher
I may have missed it, but I didn't see much ammunition to feed the beasts either. A few crates of 7.62x39 , and odd boxes here and there of surplus.
Walked out with two boxes of ammo for the Boer Mauser and a clearing rod for my Long Lee. That's it. Anyone else scoop up some goodies?
Looked at an Egypt contract, FN 49, think it was from Wolverine. Fn stock was black and so oil soaked, it was dripping. 650. tag on it. Offered him half, which I thought was a fair price for the piece of s**t, since there was a way better condition, couple of isles over, for 100 bucks less. No luck. Did see some good stuff though. Show was HUGE. 
