gunshow report-Evansville, In.

mikey52

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Hi! Well, the admission is still 5 bucks, still the same amount of dealers set up, and still the same old overpriced stuff, they bring to each show. Lots of black guns, of every kind. More than half the tables were junk flashlight and knife dealers. They have less gun dealers and more knife dealers at every show. Lots of pink guns, and small guns like the Keltec.
A group of 4 to 6 of us meet for breakfast and go to thye shows. Out of 4 people today, 3 of us wanted to buy a gun. I was looking for CZ tacticals, model 52's and model 41's, none. One guy wanted Colt delta in 10mm-none. Another guy wanted, model 645, 745, 845, 945 or some of the model 4500 series-none. Their were very few S&W autos at the show, and only a handfull of S&W revolvers. The revolvers were grossly overpriced compared to actual selling prices on the auction sites or on this forum. No Colt Diamondbacks, troopers and one junk Python, for $1250.
The place was packed, and they were selling some ammo, reloading stuff, and other stuff, but not guns. I saw one dealer sell a rifle, and a couple of dealers buying rifles from customers, but very little gun sales, in an hour and half of walking and drinking coffee.
We are going to start going up to the Indy 1500 show, and let these smaller shows go. It seems like dealers with any higher end guns, are avoiding Evansville. It could be our locally, depressed economy, they can't sell them here, so they go to the gig shows. Mikey
 
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Hi! One thing i failed to mention in my earlier gunshow report. A dealer had a model 10-6, in.357, with the S&W factory letter. Mikey
 
Mikey,
I went to the Muncie show saturday at the fairgrounds.
Big crowd and some good deals but not many. Lots of black
rifles and plastic pistols and the same old beat up rifles.
Two dealers with 6-10 Smith revolvers and one had some older
Colts as well but they we're asking crazy money for them so i
did'nt even try to haggle. Not much in the way of ammo at this show.
Lots of knives and grips, clothing, storable foods etc...
I'll hit the next Indy 1500 show as well. But i'll continue to hit a few
of the smaller shows. I went to a very small show in Sunman last month. But there we're 2 dealers with some good old stuff and priced
reasonably. I picked up a Colt Official Police in .22 for a good price.
This show was in the Moose Lodge and only had 10-12 dealers tops.
Hope this helps,
Chuck
 
I use to go the the Indy show but have not gone for years as I thought it had kind of gone downhill. I did buy a 4 inch nickel 29 there many years ago and some powder and a Surefire light at the last show I went to. There was a guy with cases and cases of SKS's and he was selling them for $99. I sure wish I had bought some of those.

One of the best parts of the show was going down the street to Hooters for lunch on the way home.
 
I wonder if it is the same show as Crown Point? CIG Shows? I went last week and it sucked, the worst it has ever been. I am giving up on the CP show, pure junk chinese scopes old army clothes and the guy selling nuts and another wanting to clean your glasses! Really! There has been a guy there for the past ten years with a tripod maching gun and auto mags cleaned with scotchbrite, maybe you have seen him? Cheap suit always eating out of the roach coach? Gun shows aint what they used to be I have tried real hard to support the local shows but I want to see guns, nice guns no matter what the dealers have them priced at but I dont want to see import **** at every table so I blame on promoters for letting that junk in there.
 
Gentlemen:

You guys like Smith & Wessons or you would not be on this Forum. As a remedy to the crummy gun show situation may I suggest that you consider joining the S&W Collectors Association? Its members only show is only once a year, at various places around the country, but it is 100% top notch stuff, and 100% S&W. No one ever complains about the quality of show upon departing from the annual SWCA show. You will see more nice S&Ws at a SWCA show than you will in the next 50 promoter operated or local shows combined. In 2013 the SWCA Annual Meeting/Show will be in Kansas City. Think about it.
 

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