Gun show report: A seller's market.
Went to a small gun show over the weekend. If you want an $800 SKS, a bottom of the line AR-15 for $900, a bunch of M1 Carbines for $1200 to $2000 each, or a Norinco AK-47 with a thumbhole stock for $2500, this was the show for you! All the 9mm or .45 ACP FMJ you could ask for at $50 to $70 a box. 5.56x45 starts at a buck a round, green tip SS109 $1.50 to $2 a round. 7.62x39 also $1 a round.
One guy did have a bunch of interesting early 20th Century pistols, but none of them had price tags. After I asked out of curiosity how much he wanted for the Spanish Jo Lo Ar (a weird 9mm Largo handgun whose slide can be retracted using only one hand), I found out why. In nice shape it's a $900-ish gun. His was beat up, and he wanted $1200.
Magazines weren't too overpriced, oddly enough, so I picked up a Magpul 60 round drum for my AR. AR drums are notoriously unreliable, but from everything I've seen Magpul is the exception.
One bright spot: At a previous show a guy had an AMT Automag IV .45 Magnum (not a typo, it's an obscure caliber) with a price tag of $1,000 on it. The Blue Book says it's only worth $600-ish in nice shape, but the last few that sold on Gunbroker all went for $1500 to $2000, so I took a chance and bought it. A short time later, I decided to see what I could get for it, and had an auction house list it. The auction just ended, and it sold for $2500. 
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I think you'd better check on your definition of "designed." This gun was designed to break little clay disks as they fly through the air. It's long, it's heavy, and it only holds one round -- and not a magnum round at that. It's slow to reload. If I told the designer that I wanted something to kill with and was presented with this, I would fire that designer.
My steak knives and car are also not "incapable of killing" Does not mean they were designed for that.
This rifle was designed for Olympic target shooting, not to kill people for example:
In the admittedly unlikely event that I need to defend my life, I'm in exactly the same boat. At close to six decades old and in poor physical condition, I wouldn't stand a chance if attacked by a young man(or group of men) bent on doing me harm unless I have a firearm...at which ppoint I do have a chance.
Presuming I do find myself in such a situation, I see no reason to handicap myself by limiting myself to a "sporting" gun. Hence, while at home:
When not at home:
