Today's gunshow - it was a zoo

[DeadAye]

I just hope they do a little more than sit on their fence and hold their new gun.
If we all sit around and watch what happens we all lose.

About once a month we go to Range USA, in Memphis for Date Night.
They have a pretty good deli in the building.
On Date Night for like $30 you get a lane for 2, 2 targets, 2 boxes of ammo, and 2 deli dinners. --- Lots of FUN
The last couple of times that we went we've had to wait for an hour or so for a lane - So we ate first.

Last week we decided to go and let the Mrs try out her new LCP.
So, in order to lessen the wait for a lane we got there a 1/2 hour before Date Night started.
The place was PACKED - The parking lot was PACKED. There was a line of couples that filled the fairly large lobby.
We've been doing Date Night for several years now and it's NEVER been crowded. I talked to one of the sales guys and he said that it's been like that since Thanksgiving --- Go figure

While I was happy to see it, we left - I don't do crowds.

Next time I'm in Memphis I plan on stopping in an suggesting that the give at least a token discount to NRA members and have the mechanism in place to sign up new members. IF they don't already.

 

[cddanjr]

OK, newbie question here/ I have never been to a gun show and I do not own my first gun yet....money and bills, and such. I tried to go with my step dad over the years when I was still living at home but he would never let me own a gun "his house his rules" so he never took me. My newbie question is this....for a person trying to buy there first concealed carry handgun....would a gun show make a big different in price and selection over the local gun shop? I really do not know the different models of different brands well enough to just see a gun and know what make and model it is. LOL

If you are going for a CCW permit, I would strongly suggest getting to know your local shooting range and gun store owner. You can go to the gun show circus anytime.

Learn from them, try many guns that they have on rental, ask every question you have. Ask yourself why as a new gun owner why you want a CCW permit. It is a huge responsibility.

Dont get me wrong, I'm not trying to talk you out of it, just get to know yourself and the weapons you are getting to know.

Chuck

 

[Muddyboot]

I was at the OGCA show for three hours between 8:15 and 11:15... After that I decided to leave as the crowd was so large I could not really see what was displayed. A note to some of my fellow OGCA members...Please bathe prior to to next show.

 

[Big45]

O.G.C.A. GUN SHOW

There was a reminder that I had not posted for awhile.. so I will.. I went to the O.G.C.A, show. and saw alot of the same guns that were on tables at last show. all jacked up anywhere from 200.00 to 2000.00 black rifles for 2 to 3K and more. and Brownells alum mags for 50.00 ea...sad to see members. gouging other menbers, for even more then at the gunshops..but hey , this is America, for now... gouge away.. and if they stop private sales.. that will pretty much be the end of O.G.C.A.. a sad day for sure. just my .20 cents worth... I raised it from .2 cents.. due to the panic.

 

[rburg]

My son and I went to the OGCA show today. It was nice and at opening, not even crowded. We didn't have a lot of things we needed or were looking for. His wish list was for a 22 lever gun and I was still digging for a case for my shottie. He did find a bunch of the lever guns, but didn't like the ones he saw. I really think he made a mistake by not trying for a better price on the Browning. Guess he wants to wait because he thinks prices will go back down. Many of the dealers looked exhausted.

I did buy 3 boxes of 357s. Not sure but the boxes look prewar. And I found a case, finally. Its new and kind of a universal fit for a short barrel double. Its nice enough that its not embarrassing. Lunch was a pepsi and chips for me, my son just had a diet pepsi.

One guy walking around had a 624 he wanted $750 for and its pretty tempting, but I've got enough long barrel 44s.

I was a little surprised to see so much reloading stuff on private tables. I'm thinking everyone wants to jump into the booming market. I had a good time at least, and the contrast between Lexington and Wilmington was pretty dramatic. Of course from the reports of yesterday, maybe the same thing happened at the other one.

 

[ladder13]

A note to some of my fellow OGCA members...Please bathe prior to to next show.

ROTFLMAO

 

[mr.jbk79]

A note to some of my fellow OGCA members...Please bathe prior to to next show.

Sadly, this is not unique to OGCA members. Several folks here should be only seen and not smelled.

 

[Big45]

ROTFLMAO

I always thought it was because the show was on Sat morning and bath night was Sat night..... amazing....

 

[Muddyboot]

I always thought it was because the show was on Sat morning and bath night was Sat night..... amazing....

Good point, next time I'll go to the Sunday show for less B.O.

 

[125JHP]

This weekend the show in Tucson was an absolute zoo. For the first time I can remember there was a line off the interstate a mile or so long just to get to the gate! and this was an hour after the show opened. Then the line to get a ticket and get in was longer than normal too. Four hours later when I left, there still were people coming in. The isles were jammed and I lost count of the double wide baby buggies plowing thru the crowd like they owned the place. Now if anything should be banned it is the idiots that bring baby buggies and skate boards into the show (yes there was one idiot who wanted to skate from table to table). The number of oldies with walkers was up too (not the Colt kind). I saw two little old white haired grannies looking at a case full of revolvers like two kids in a candy store. Sadly one dealer was putting the hard sell on another gal to buy an old top-break 32. It was probably like dad had and shiny too, and over priced to boot)There were far more women and young people buying guns that in past shows and most of the attendees didn't look like your normal gun crowd, they were more of the neighborhood soccer stands crowd. (perfume & all)

Prices were unreal. Last show you could have counted the EBR's on one hand. This show you would have thought there was a factory out back, AR's, AK's and FAL's lined the tables and the isles. Prices seemed to be $1500-1800 on up to $3000 or so. I heard a rumor the Rock River dealer was blow'in them out the door for $800 or so. There was a big crowd around his table. Magazines started at $30. There were lots of gun boxes and crates of ammo going out the door. By 11am the big ammo dealer was out of cases and only had a few boxes of odd calibers left. Pistols seemed to be popular too as I noticed the tables getting bare around noon. It looked like people were cleaning their closets of anything and everything they thought they could peddle at 3x the normal price.
Lever guns were popular too and prices on those seemed higher than I remembered. I waited a little too long on a Marlin 44 and another guy snapped it up after I said I'd think about it. There were plenty of nice pre-1950 Winchester 94's to be had for $300... in 30-30, 32-20, 38-40, 44-40 and every other hard to find caliber they made. There was no shortage of these nice old collector guns, but they didn't seem to be selling.

I bought a box of SR primers, a couple boxes of old Norma 50gr bullets and a Ruger Mk-1 "50th anniversary" magazine all at discounted prices.

 

[BruceHMX]

For the first time in my life I am seeing people so afraid of their government that they feel the need to buy all the ammo that they can afford and all of the guns that they can afford. Some people are going into debt to buy weapons and ammo that they feel that they will need to protect themselves and their families from their government and what will remain of society when our government prints so much money that what we have left is worthless. I have seen ammo double in price recently if you can find it. I looked at a web site that had .223 available for almost $800 per 1000. A few months ago I saw it for $319 per 1000.

So what does happen when you actually fear your own government?

I'm sitting here thinking about that right now. I'm a real level headed guy, decent job, single parent.

At what time does everyone say enough? The Russians, French and Jewish folks waited too late. What actually happens to make it break? Or do we all submit like the Brits, Aussies and the rest of the world?

Going to bed.

 

[gunnut44]

OK, newbie question here/ I have never been to a gun show and I do not own my first gun yet....money and bills, and such. I tried to go with my step dad over the years when I was still living at home but he would never let me own a gun "his house his rules" so he never took me. My newbie question is this....for a person trying to buy there first concealed carry handgun....would a gun show make a big different in price and selection over the local gun shop? I really do not know the different models of different brands well enough to just see a gun and know what make and model it is. LOL

Since you are still learning about handguns and are unsure of what to get going to a show to look around is good since you can see and handle various makes and models but the dealers will pick up quick that you are new so be carefull they will rip you off guaranteed. They are like used car salesmen only selling guns. Do your homework and deal with someone you can trust.

 

[rburg]

Time marches on. A while back they were saying the US was at that a point where it was too late to change the system from within and too early to shoot the bas...ds. That may change when they come for our guns. And of course I'm confused again. Is it OK to shoot the folks you think are coming for your guns, or the one's you think voted for the people who want them? Or does this mean we all need to move to Texas?