Big Reno Show

jl7422 · 08-20-2012, 07:02 PM

This was my first "Big Reno Show" and I really enjoyed it. Saw quite a bit of rare stuff from vendors I only see on-line--didn't buy any guns but managed to score a couple of good deals on some magazines for a Winchester project I'm working on.

Highlight of the trip was running into a couple of nostalgia drag racing buddies of mine at the show on Friday. . . as it turns out, they were on their way out (they don't consider themselves "gun guys") after they dropped off "Grandpa's pistol" to the folks at the Rock Island booth for inclusion in an upcoming auction. I asked them what Grandpa's pistol was, and they said it was an old Luger he'd had for as long as anybody could remember. . . as they handed me the pictures they said it was "something called a cartridge-counter (!)" . . . which from the photos I saw, appeared to be a real decent one.

I'll be curious to see how it does at the auction.

08-20-2012, 07:02 PM	#10
jl7422 User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: West Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 5 Posts	This was my first "Big Reno Show" and I really enjoyed it. Saw quite a bit of rare stuff from vendors I only see on-line--didn't buy any guns but managed to score a couple of good deals on some magazines for a Winchester project I'm working on. Highlight of the trip was running into a couple of nostalgia drag racing buddies of mine at the show on Friday. . . as it turns out, they were on their way out (they don't consider themselves "gun guys") after they dropped off "Grandpa's pistol" to the folks at the Rock Island booth for inclusion in an upcoming auction. I asked them what Grandpa's pistol was, and they said it was an old Luger he'd had for as long as anybody could remember. . . as they handed me the pictures they said it was "something called a cartridge-counter (!)" . . . which from the photos I saw, appeared to be a real decent one. I'll be curious to see how it does at the auction.