Countrycuz
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I haven't done much with guns and shooting the last few years, other life events took over. I used to go to a small, local show every Memorial day weekend. I haven't gone to any shows in the last 3 years. I decided to check it out today, as I was going to a store that was in the area.
A large flea market goes along with it, flea market outside in the park, gun show inside in smaller exhibition halls. Unfortunately the building didn't open til noon, so I had to kill over a hour looking at flea market junk. Admission to building was ten bucks, which I thought was a little steep for the small venue.
Of course the majority was the latest plastic 9's, AR-15s, bolt rifles of the latest designer caliber. There was a good sized table of milsurp rifles and bayonets, but I'm not into that anymore.
I didn't see a single used Smith revolver, a few Ruger single actions. New revolvers were mostly Taraus, some Ruger and Colt. Very few Smiths, nothing I was interested in. Since I shoot more .22 now, I took a second look at a few Colt King Cobra .22lr. Couldn't quite break out a grand out of my pocket, though. Saw a new Bodyguard 2.0 for the first time, smaller than I thought. It would be nice to carry, I'm not sure how well I could shoot it.
I could have been tempted by a small gauge double or o/u, never had one. Only 12 ga, and not many of those. So I came home empty handed. Was it a waste of time? I guess I got out for a few hours, talked to few people, saw a few new things. Maybe next time.
A large flea market goes along with it, flea market outside in the park, gun show inside in smaller exhibition halls. Unfortunately the building didn't open til noon, so I had to kill over a hour looking at flea market junk. Admission to building was ten bucks, which I thought was a little steep for the small venue.
Of course the majority was the latest plastic 9's, AR-15s, bolt rifles of the latest designer caliber. There was a good sized table of milsurp rifles and bayonets, but I'm not into that anymore.
I didn't see a single used Smith revolver, a few Ruger single actions. New revolvers were mostly Taraus, some Ruger and Colt. Very few Smiths, nothing I was interested in. Since I shoot more .22 now, I took a second look at a few Colt King Cobra .22lr. Couldn't quite break out a grand out of my pocket, though. Saw a new Bodyguard 2.0 for the first time, smaller than I thought. It would be nice to carry, I'm not sure how well I could shoot it.
I could have been tempted by a small gauge double or o/u, never had one. Only 12 ga, and not many of those. So I came home empty handed. Was it a waste of time? I guess I got out for a few hours, talked to few people, saw a few new things. Maybe next time.
