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Post by compulsive269 on Aug 23, 2006 3:47:35 GMT -5
On 8/26/06 and 8/27/06 there will be the Crossroads gun show at the Holiday Inn @ I70 and Chambers Road, Denver Colorado.
Guns and other stuff at these shows are always fun to look at and sometimes you can find a good deal or the firearm you can't live without.
Anyone going this weekend?
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Post by StonerStudent on Aug 23, 2006 20:26:31 GMT -5
Well I would love to go....I have not been to a gunshow in awhile.
I'm going though withdraw
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Post by Buckshot on Aug 23, 2006 23:46:08 GMT -5
I'll pass, too far for me at these gas prices!
;^)
Buckshot
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Post by compulsive269 on Aug 24, 2006 2:58:47 GMT -5
Oh ya definitely way to far for you guys for just a two day indoor show. Besides gas prices are crazy, but I hear they might be dropping. Unfortunately here in the west that doesn't mean much. I'm grateful my toy taco 4x4 gets 21mpg.
I was wondering if any of the folks here in Colorado were going. We have frequent gun shows here and this state is crawling with firearms groups and activities. Fun place to be for gun enthusiasts.
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Post by compulsive269 on Aug 27, 2006 1:33:08 GMT -5
I went to the gun show and saw lots of toys I wanted, one I could probably use and non of the firearms I was really after. I did see a small Walther 22, a little clone of the ppk/s 380. I considered buying it until I saw the price. The seller was real proud of that little piece.
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Post by Buckshot on Aug 27, 2006 20:58:06 GMT -5
C269,
Was that the Walther TPH, or was it a .22 version of the PPK/s?
Buckshot
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Post by compulsive269 on Aug 28, 2006 2:17:49 GMT -5
It was a PPK/s. I was on the Walther web site and saw that the 22s were having problems of some sort. I also don't know how old the gun was. I guess $450 wasn't a bad price for an import of that type. I still need to check out the larger stores in town. I also understand the 22s made here in the US are slightly longer than the imports.
Bill
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Post by Buckshot on Aug 28, 2006 23:02:15 GMT -5
On the other hand, not having to get by the import thing, you should be able to buy a PPK in .22 rather than having to buy the PPK/s that imports force.
You can buy a US made TPH, but they can not import the TPH at all, not enough points for it to get in.
BTW, for those that don't know, that line started with the Walther PP (Poletzi Pistol). About the size of a Makarov. Then they made the PPK (Poletzi Pistol Kriminal) at the request of detectives who worked in plainclothes and had trouble hiding the original. After GCA '68 and their import points Walther could import the PP, but not the PPK. To get enough points they found that they could put the slide of the PPK on the frame of the PPK and come up with the PPK/s for import into the US.
Buckshot
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