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Are Gun Shows worth your time?

I don't think I've been to a gun show in 20 years.

The most recent ones that I've seen advertised were being held at the Penrose Arena on the west side of Colorado Springs and I'm not driving that far to go to a gun show. Especially when I have to pay for the privilege of shopping there.

I remember the last one I went to, the three biggest pawn shops in town basically cleaned out all their inventories, piled them on a table and jacked the prices up.

Not worth it.
 
I went to one in Lebanon, Pa. back in the end of January, and it was smaller than in years past. It gets smaller every year. There was a guy there selling pickles, and several fantasy knife tables with the kind of swords that you might see in any science fiction movie.
I did manage to find a pound of IMR4350 for $60. I thought that this was as good as the going price at the LGS until I realized that I had to add the $10 admission fee.
There are no bargains to be found these days.
 
Hertervillian said:
I walked across town, arrived pretty late and paid nothing to get in.

After a few “ You serious Clark’s” I left feeling like I needed a shower and a tumbler of Eagle Rare to wash the experience from my memory. I’d been warned, but the promise of cheap dream catchers and crappy beef jerky was a Siren Song I couldn’t resist.
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I can't find the latest Eagle Rare anywhere damnit
 
My FFL goes to the one here.They have one about every 3 months. He did sell my Henry rifle and I got more money for it after he took his cut than I paid for it. Go figure.
 
MrMichaelActual said:
I go just to get photographed, scanned and have my pictures put on all the .gov websites...
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I don't think that's that far out there.

One of the places that I did security app had cameras about two feet off the ground at the entrances to their parking lot. They got a photograph of every license plate of every vehicle that entered their parking lot. I don't think that would be a difficult thing for the ATF to set up
 
Belt Fed said:
Last one i went to had more jewelry and crafts than guns
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I was baaad smart Alex. In the 90's, a buddy and I went to a HUGE gun show which had become ridiculously full of more garage sale crap than weapons and gun-related booths. I set my friend up. We strolled by these boxes of metal junk which was completely identifiable, to us anyway. I pointed out the most rusty piece of something and asked my buddy in front of the vendor, "Hey, isn't this exactly what you've been looking for?" The vendor jumped on it and began holding my friend hostage, trying to give him the hard sale. I quickly left him there alone to explain why he didn't want it, and escape by his lonesome without insulting the vendor.
 
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