Took Sunday off to relax and enjoy life. One of the thinks we did was go to a local gun show. Keep in mind that I generally go to only one show a year and that is the SAR show in December so I have not been to a local show in a number of years.
This is the result of my time at the show.
First is OMG the price to get in. 8.00 to park and 16.00 per person to get in the gate.That is a total of 40.00 to walk in.
Second, as I walk through the two buildings and two big tents I noted the following items.
Beef jerky in a multi table event. There were 5 tables selling it. jewelry, posters, gun cases, hats, knives and tee shirts took up another large portion of the tables. If you were looking for AR-15 stuff that was over half of the actual gun tables. There was 3 large areas selling ammo. The rest of the show was of really over priced toys. There was actually a guy selling a 22 cal mp44 clone for 200.00 over retail at the stores. I saw a number of tables selling really expensive old Saturday night specials. When did this type of pistols become worth 4 to 6 hundred dollars. I looked at 6 different tables selling 22 and 32 rim fire Remington rolling block rifles and the cheapest one was 600.00. It was also relic status.
I left the show a little disenchanted. I did get a firing pin for an AR, a set of cheap fold down sights also for an AR, 5 flat springs and a box of 25acp.
Really don’t see a reason to go back for another local show.
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