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I have had quite a few bad things done to me at gun shows. I almost always had tables and worked as a non-licensed seller.
1. had a new condition Model 1917 Colt .45 revolver. It was in the oil cloth wrapper. A DUMMY picked it up and took the paper off it and started spinning it. It flew from his hands and hit the rough concrete floor. Both grips were broken. The barrel and cylinder were skinned up. I told him, he just bought a revolver. He said, what happens if I refuse? I told him I would pick up the T99 Jap rifle I had on the table and beat him to death with it.
2. Had a baby Browning .25 ACP Pistol on the table. A guy walked by and palmed it. He got a few feet away from the table and I tackled him high on the shoulders and beat his worthless head into the concrete. I was 25 years old at the time and crazy. He was arrested.
3. Had a Mauser-Vergurio on the table and a guy took the bolt out of the receiver. The bolt sleeve was pointing at his head and he twisted the front locking lugs on the bolt. The bolt sleeve and firing pin were both launced right between his eyes. THUNK. The flying parts hit another man in the ear. This story wound up in the Shotgun News, in Paul Scarlatta's column.
4. Another guy took a K38 Model 14 off my table. My friend at the next table saw him do it. He jumped him and so did I. He was pretty well bent by the time the cops got there.
5. When picking up our stuff from the table after the show, I saw a friend hire a porter to help him pack. I watched the porter stash a revolver from his stuff in a trash recepticle. They left and I called a cop. We went to the trash can and removed the revolver. The porter came back in and got a dolly from the back room. He went to the trash can and took it into the back room. Directly he came back and picked up another trash can. He picked up a total of 4 cans before the cop arrested him. All the time we were laughing orselves silly. He went to jail for garnd theft and lost his good job at the Satte building.
Doug Bowser
1. had a new condition Model 1917 Colt .45 revolver. It was in the oil cloth wrapper. A DUMMY picked it up and took the paper off it and started spinning it. It flew from his hands and hit the rough concrete floor. Both grips were broken. The barrel and cylinder were skinned up. I told him, he just bought a revolver. He said, what happens if I refuse? I told him I would pick up the T99 Jap rifle I had on the table and beat him to death with it.
2. Had a baby Browning .25 ACP Pistol on the table. A guy walked by and palmed it. He got a few feet away from the table and I tackled him high on the shoulders and beat his worthless head into the concrete. I was 25 years old at the time and crazy. He was arrested.
3. Had a Mauser-Vergurio on the table and a guy took the bolt out of the receiver. The bolt sleeve was pointing at his head and he twisted the front locking lugs on the bolt. The bolt sleeve and firing pin were both launced right between his eyes. THUNK. The flying parts hit another man in the ear. This story wound up in the Shotgun News, in Paul Scarlatta's column.
4. Another guy took a K38 Model 14 off my table. My friend at the next table saw him do it. He jumped him and so did I. He was pretty well bent by the time the cops got there.
5. When picking up our stuff from the table after the show, I saw a friend hire a porter to help him pack. I watched the porter stash a revolver from his stuff in a trash recepticle. They left and I called a cop. We went to the trash can and removed the revolver. The porter came back in and got a dolly from the back room. He went to the trash can and took it into the back room. Directly he came back and picked up another trash can. He picked up a total of 4 cans before the cop arrested him. All the time we were laughing orselves silly. He went to jail for garnd theft and lost his good job at the Satte building.
Doug Bowser
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