Wheatland, WY Gun Show 5/21 & 5/22

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Only 72 tables. No massive crowds, but some free flowing $$$.
Only a few guns, new and used sold and a few bought by vendors.
Debbie and I raced 2.5 days to get here, and only saw 10 sales today for less than $300. The only gun was and early 1900s .22 short from H&R (original Saturday Night Special) for our biggest sale...$45.00.
Tomorrow we are open from 10AM to 2PM but I do not expect much seen for a year or more.
Next weekend is the big Wyoming Weapon Collector Show (Biggest in the state), and that is the main reason we made this trip.
I will give a status report tomorrow afternoon when we get back.
One good thing about today is that we did not wake up to the projected snow. 30 degrees at 6AM, but 40 degrees by 8AM when we left for the show.
Not an over abundance of S&Ws to be had, probably less than 20 total of the real S&W guns. Lots of plastic M&Ps and shields available.
Not much else to report.
Thom Braxton
SWCA #1474

 

[wyo-man]

Thanks for the update.
A bit too far for me to go, but appreciate the report.

See you next week.

wyo-man

 

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Sunday 5/22 in Wheatland, WY

Still no snow. 32degrees at 6AM, cloudy and warmer by 7:30.
Only about 60 shoppers today. About 450 yesterday.
Most of the FFL dealers each sold 3 to 7 low end pieces. Other folks fared about the same. Only one vendor did OK yesterday and scored big today.
Debbie and I only made one sale today, and that was a consignment Winchester 74 in .22 Short that belonged to my neighbor.
Total gross sales for us was $477. But we had a good time visiting with friends that we have not seen in over a year.
Next weekend is Riverton, WY. It is the biggest and best show of the year.
Tomorrow is a total rest and no driving day for the Braxtons.
It was not the worst show we have ever had, as that would be Kingman, AZ in 2001. Total sales there was one set of Target Grips (K)
for $35.00.
Riverton status reports will be posted on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of next weekend.
Gas in WY averages $4.099 to $4.199 for quality gas. The local Conoco station in town is at $4799 and they are always busy. Everybody else is at $4.099 +/-.
Only buy all weekend was a Model 67-1. Cleaned it up, and swapped the Hogue rubber for Factory Targets.
Everybody stay safe and healthy this week.
Thom Braxton
SWCA #1474