Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) K22 Smith Masterpiece from 1949 decent shape but $1100?? No thanks! Ammo was sky high especially.45 acp and shotgun! One vendor had tons of black guns from other countries. I’d never heard of any of these! Lots of Wranglers and Heritage.22’s. What a bust out gun shows are becoming !! Edited May 15 by Rye Miles #13621 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I quit going years ago. Lots of knives, beef jerky and tee-shirts. Over priced crap guns. $30.00 to park and walk in here. 5 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 8 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: I quit going years ago. Lots of knives, beef jerky and tee-shirts. Over priced crap guns. $30.00 to park and walk in here. Wow $30.00 to park? The ones around here are all free parking and $7.00. Yep, lots of knives, candy, tshirts and other flea market stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 here in AR , free parking at most of the shows , $10 to get in pretty well a waste of time and fuel CB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 8 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Wow $30.00 to park? The ones around here are all free parking and $7.00. Yep, lots of knives, candy, tshirts and other flea market stuff!! Parking and admission 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I stopped going years ago. Maybe I just go to the wrong ones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I like going to gun shows just to look. Here in the People’s Republic most gun shows have been legislated off public lands so shows are a ways off. The last show I went to wasn’t loaded with vendors but I think CoVid restrictions had something to do with that, but prices on guns and ammo were way too high. As an aside I have noticed that the prices for guns in gun stores around me are settling down and looking more in line with what they probably should be. My LGS has a brand new Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Magnum Alaskan on display for $1300.00. High but below MSRP. It made me happy to see it because that means Ruger is making revolvers again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I quit going when there were more camouflage bikinis and toilet paper, John Wayne lamps, trinkets and nonsense crap and other such stuff than there was gun related merchandise, and junk was being sold as antiques or "rare", all at outrageous prices. Not a bargain in the entire place.....and almost no friendly people. After we moved to Arizona I went to a couple, but they were pretty much the same here as what we ended up with in California. I can get more of almost anything I want be simply grazing the gun shops and pawn shops and even some antique stores. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody, SASS #26190 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Used to really enjoy the ones I would stumble across in small towns. High school gym, veterans halls, things like that. Just local folk selling and trading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 12 minutes ago, Goody, SASS #26190 said: Used to really enjoy the ones I would stumble across in small towns. High school gym, veterans halls, things like that. Just local folk selling and trading. Those were the kind of shows that I liked, small shows...really more of a BS session where folks trade thoughts, ideas and...oh yeah...might buy/sell a gun. Seems like now, you're burned for a $20 before you ever get to see the overpriced black plastic stuff for sale. The vendors need to make some bucks, I get it...just seems like they want to make a killin' on every sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 4 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said: I stopped going years ago. Maybe I just go to the wrong ones I don’t know if there are any right ones anymore. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I gave up on the local gun shows years ago. I have plenty of decent gun stores within 30 minutes and they let me come in an look around without charging me $10. I haven't bought a gun at a gun show in probably 15 years. I've already got all the black Mall Ninja guns I need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezra Hawthorne Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 I made a post similar to this same topic last year: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 But you can get a great dagger with a hilt of a pot metal dragon clutching a glass crystal ball.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 There are some "community" gun shows around here that mainly have vendors from the nearby area.. About a year and a half ago, I got lucky on a Colt Detective Special. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowerRiverCowboy Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 (edited) Same here , Entry went up same crap saw primers for 15/100 (you read that correctly) 44-40 ammo for 90/50 . I saw the same thing on 45ACP and 5.56 I think what happened is a bunch of them bought a crap load when scalper prices were in . and now stuck I am not paying 80/100 for 45acp when I can pick it up local any day for 40/100 The Black Rifle stuff heck I have better at home , and if I dont I can order it . Any More most are dealers and doing background checks , so I might as well buy local I look more for the old Military stuff and unusual Cowboy stuff. Edited May 16 by PowerRiverCowboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I gave up on gun shows due to the expense of parking and getting in the door. However, I did see the new Ruger/Marlin 1895 SBL up for sale for $2300.... Apparently they are scarce and priced accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I used to work security at gun shows, and rarely took my pay home. I picked up some really neat guns there. I too have about quit attending because of the influx of flea market junk dealers and the over pricing of gun show staples like ammo and reloading components. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxahachie Kid #17017 L Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 I think the next gun show I go to, I will wear a tee shirt that says: "You can go to hell for stealing, same as you can for murder". Last show I went to, I saw a box of .30 Carbine (50), for $80.00. Did not see any primers, at all. I'm shooting my flintlocks, for the duration. So far, they haven't cornered the market on rocks that spark...try as they may. But I'm patient. Sooner or later the prices will come down. So, let's see who blinks first. Until then, they can eat them, as far as I am concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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