Orlando 100 Degrees in October Gunshow Report

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Phew, glad it was about 65* in the "big room", thank heaven for "chill water systems." Not many folks in attendance, even with $260 cases of 9mm. CCI "mini-mags" were $15/100 box, glad I got 1500 last week for $7/ box. Most of the S&W revolvers are now "modern" not only lock but numbers like Model 15-12( not sure of the suffixes, saw so many I never saw before). All $1K + 7% tax and $5 brady fee so almost $1100 OTD. 66-8 or -9 were $1100 to start. X frames were $1600-1700 in either .460 or .500. I reckon the .460 would be more useful caliber. Somebody snatched the Model 52 that was last marked $1400. As usual Khaled had the largest selection with at least a few thousand items on display. No bargains there. AR pattern rifles are the only bargains these days, the glut is huge. Turk made guns have taken the industry by storm, had to be 8 or 10 different names but all made in Turkey. At least there is much space to move around, you do need to move pretty fast past the "non-gun junk" too numerous to mention. We were in and out in a couple hours. Seemed like a lot of folks leaving at the same time, Orlando traffic is horrible. Maybe Thanksgiving show will be cooler. Joe
 
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Phew, glad it was about 65* in the "big room", thank heaven for "chill water systems." Not many folks in attendance, even with $260 cases of 9mm. CCI "mini-mags" were $15/100 box, glad I got 1500 last week for $7/ box. Most of the S&W revolvers are now "modern" not only lock but numbers like Model 15-12( not sure of the suffixes, saw so many I never saw before). All $1K + 7% tax and $5 brady fee so almost $1100 OTD. 66-8 or -9 were $1100 to start. X frames were $1600-1700 in either .460 or .500. I reckon the .460 would be more useful caliber. Somebody snatched the Model 52 that was last marked $1400. As usual Khaled had the largest selection with at least a few thousand items on display. No bargains there. AR
pattern rifles are the only bargains these days, the glut is huge. Turk made guns have taken the industry by storm, had to be 8 or 10 different names but all made in Turkey. At least there is much space to move around, you do need to move pretty fast past the "non-gun junk" too numerous to mention. We were in and out in a couple hours. Seemed like a lot of folks leaving at the same time, Orlando traffic is horrible. Maybe Thanksgiving show will be cooler. Joe


The reason we quit going, sad situation but smaller shows have way more interesting pieces to look at and maybe buy.
 
Orlando 100 Degrees in October Gunshow Report
Ha! That's why I got out of the big city 25 years ago! I remember O-town would crack the triple digit mark a few times each summer. Down here in SWFL, we might see 95 a couple times.
 
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