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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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Well, there is little to report! For the second weekend in a row I went to a gun show where the line to get in was so long that we gave up! Last weekend was Greensboro, NC and today's was in Wilkesboro, NC. Instead we went to local gun stores which were also swamped. After all this running around in two weekends I've bought exactly one box of 50 bullets (225 grain Sierra BTs for the .35 Whelen). Now I did have a couple of pretty good BBQ lunches during these trips! Next weekend is a big show in Charlotte, NC so maybe I'll be a little luckier.
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Vince Site Admin
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8316 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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pkslinger, I'm impressed. It sounds like NC has more gun shows than TX.
Why do you think it was so crowded? Nice weather? New laws?
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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Slim, I'm not 100% sure why the crowd was so large. Part of the problem today was that the building was too small and the fire marshal was restricting access. Poor planning by the organizer I guess.
I also wonder if the new noise from the White House and congressional Dems about gun control has spurred more gun sales (again!).
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gelandangan Super Member
Joined: May 07, 2006 Posts: 6401 Location: Sydney Australia
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 3:15 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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I should go and visit one of the gun show in the US..
Gun shows here are no where near as exciting..
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8316 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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gelandangan, gun shows are popular enough in the US that a lot more than guns are sold. Lots of survival type items, e.g., solar panels, water purifiers. Then there are vendors of sunglasses (steady for 15+ years), jerky, books, even a local church selling bake goods (they sell out every time).
The shows in Fort Worth are pretty good size. The ones in Dallas are about 4 times bigger and it would probably take all day to cover the tables if not two.
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OBOne Member
Joined: May 24, 2008 Posts: 32 Location: Near Pensacola, Fl.
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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I went to one in Milton Fla. yesterday. It was shoulder to shoulder. Was looking for blackpowder rifles. Found one in terrible, rusty condition. The seller wanted $850.00 for it. It was nothing but a wall hangar. Was really disappointed. Got me a Polish sausage, put some gunpowder on it and went home.
OB
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Ominivision1 Super Member
Joined: Sep 20, 2010 Posts: 2984 Location: Iowa
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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:27 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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Vince Site Admin
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Elvis Super Member
Joined: Jul 27, 2008 Posts: 9261 Location: south island New Zealand
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:24 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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whats a gunshow???
I guess our sikashow would be the nearest thing we have over hear...
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Pumpkinslinger Super Member
Joined: Sep 22, 2007 Posts: 5002 Location: NC foothills
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:09 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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I was just looking at the web site for the location of the Charlotte gun show. They have 72,000 square feet of space and I've seen it almost full before. Everything from hot dogs to .50 BMG rifles for sale (with proper permits of course, those hot dogs can be deadly!).
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:14 am Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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Have fun this coming weekend, pkslinger! Let use know if you get in this time. I want to make the Dallas Gun Show next month.
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 5:37 pm Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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I've been to a couple of gun shows in Albuquerque when they coincided with my visits.
I'll admit to being unimpressed, with a lot of the tables full of overpriced junk.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Gun show report 12 Feb 11 |
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English Mike wrote: |
I've been to a couple of gun shows in Albuquerque ... with a lot of the tables full of overpriced junk. |
Come to Dallas!
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English Mike Super Member
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