How big were the crowds?

See anything really impressive?

How was the food, the Pittsburgh show last year was terrible as the vendors were NOT PREPARED to serve that many attendees?

Did you SEE or HANDLE the new S&W "SHIELD 9MM?

Houston's next year but I'll be looking forward to INDY in 2014.

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I went Sat morning as I only live about 18 m away. Spent about 2 1/2 hrs there. It was crowded but not too bad. A heck of a lot of guns. I'm jonesin for a Ruger #1 in 243 or a Thompson Encore in 243 so I concentrated on those pretty hard. Did buy a $20 inside the pants / pocket holster (sticky holster) for a j frame Smith.

Food lines didn't look too bad at all (but I left right before lunch). Just basic hotdog / hamburger, corndog stuff.

Nothing blew me away but i just had a few things i was thinking about and didn't go crazy.

Howdy,
The Norma ammo exhibit was surrounded by 8 to 10 foot tall ,black and white pictures.
One is a Jungle Jim looking fellow aiming a dangerous game rifle up at a sharp angle so to shoot a charging African bull elephant.
The distance between the two looks to be 12-15 feet and you can see the speed and anger of the giant rushing bull and the dedication of a professional in full recoil (Turns out he was stumbling backwards) protecting his clients. Great picture.
I talked to the Swede at the booth later and he took Me and Ted in to the Isle and explained the picture. He stated the shooter worked for Norma but also was a photo safari guide. He went on to say they get fined tons of money for an unnecessary shoot and Jungle Jim wanted to be certain he was in a have to shoot situation.
The elephant was dropped, skidding up on the shooter breaking his arm.
Great picture, great story and nice of the Swede to take the time to tell us a tale and have a visit.
I did like the round lazy Susan like gun safes. They hold a ton of stuff. Things are easy to get to and they don't take up a lot of room.
Ruger has a super light weight MKIII .22 that would make a neat trail gun.
We both enjoyed the show. It was very crowded Fri. I'm too cheap to eat there,so I can't advise you on the food. Most everything we saw had been announced or discussed on line but it was still fun to go and get a hands on look at things.
Thanks
Mike

I spent all three days there, talking to the various pundits, experts, and of course, the Booth Babes. I wanted to stay to hear Ted Nugent's "symposium" Sunday afternoon, but the line was a mile long, my feet were killing me, and I bailed instead. Altogether I brought home about 60 pounds of catalogs, memorabilia and assorted junk, plus half a dozen hats, enough pens to last a couple years, and lots of other cool stuff.

The crowds were medium to heavy on Friday, HORRID on Saturday, and heavy on Sunday. Food was typically overpriced by at least there was a decent variety, and there were plenty of concession stands. More and better places to sit down would have been nice, but we survived.

There were plenty of semi-famous faces around, with names like Jinks, Miele, Golosky-Golob, Leatham, Scoutten, Pincus, and several others. There were probably others, but those are the ones I saw.

Lots of nice guns, plenty of nice people willing to help you select their wares, and of course, Booth Babes!

What did I like best about the show? The look on my 17 yr. old Grandson's face when he saw the booths babes.

Pecos

I was there in the collectors area from set-up on Thursday until Sunday evening. It was a great show, but I was tied to the display most of the time.

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6/23/2022