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Gun Show Today Was A Joke !

rodgergliderodgerglide Member Posts: 184 ✭✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
Went to a gun show today hoping to find a Ruger MK-II in stainless to match my 10/22. I found 2 and both dealers wanted too much and had "take it or leave it" attitudes. This was a small show here in south east AL,and I know that the market is up right now because of the attacks,but that really rubbed me the wrong way. I left there and went to a dealer nearby and got a price 50 dollars less and ordered the gun. Should be here within a week. I feel like going back there and showing both dealers at the show what I paid.Probably won't though,but I guess gone are the days of a better deal at a gun show. Any of you seen the same in your part of the country? At least ammo was about the same price.Go figure..
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  • Walt NunleyWalt Nunley Member Posts: 228 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    HATE TO HEAR IT BUT UP HERE IN KNOXVILLE THE ONLY PLACE TO BUY A GUN IS AT MIKE HOLLOWAYS GUN SHOW OF THE SMOKIES,OUTSTANDING PRICES.I GOT A BRAND NEW SIG 226 FOR $530,THATS CHEAPER THAN ANYONE HERE IN TOWN CAN ORDER IT FOR,I MEAN DEALER COST SO WERE STILL DOIN OK HERE WALT
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  • dsr611dsr611 Member Posts: 17 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey, at least the gun show you went to had guns. I went to one here in Mobile a few weeks ago, and there were maybe 3 tables set up that had "decent" guns. One table, local dealer, had probably 100 new pistols and about 20 rifles. 2 or 3 other tables had a few shotguns and rifles but not many. The show was horrible!!!
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    dsr611Ditto the Pensacola show last month. Wasted my $5 admission on nothingBoiled peanuts and BarBQ sauce took up some space.
    Home of the Blue AngelsProviding a home for discontinued .22 Revolvers and PistolsHaving a gun in your possession is a full-time job.You cannot guess; you cannot forget.NRA & 2nd Amendment Sisters MemberNever miss a good chance to shut up (Will Rogers)[This message has been edited by 22WRF (edited 12-02-2001).]
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  • OtomanOtoman Member Posts: 554 ✭
    edited November -1
    I went to the gun show last weekend a small one in a town about 50 miles from my house a guy had a Chinese AK-47 for $1,100.00 I almost asked him if his mommy dropped him on his head, however it was the only Chinese at the show the rest were Romanian. The thing that I find that concerns me more is the fact that the shows around here continue to get a little smaller each year.
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  • jeenyesjeenyes Member Posts: 330 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And so the shows here in northwest ark also are getting smaller. I figure that it's because the gun scares of the last 10 years have made people buy up so much stuff that they don't need anything else, so they don't spend money and dealers just don't go small towns anymore.
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  • soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    I`ve seen tables of beenie babys at shows before.They must sell because I`ve seen them more than once.
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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Went to a show in Dale City here in VA and there wasn't much there. Got some nice AK mags, but overall very slim pickings. The only guy there who had some decent stuff is this guy Trader Jerry, and he once screwed me out of a Glock mag so I won't do business with him. Should you ever meet up with him, I'd suggest you head the other way.
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey Rogerglide, Next time your looking for something in Southeast Alabama, talk to "Pelican". He has a couple of shops around Loxley and Foley and might have what you want. Plus He's a heck of a nice guy just to shoot the bull with.
    Have Gun, will travel
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gun shows sometimes can be plain pain in the neck ,In 1983 I traded a rifle for a .22-50Italian-american made semy auto ... All was ok good looking untill I tried it out ,the darn thing was working full auto andjust ripped half a box of ,22s out of the barrel in 1/10 of a second ,was imposible totrace the guy (Fake papers) as was the gun .Aparently smugled from Europe. Advice ...Buy from dealer, at the long runwill be less legaly problematic .
    Good , Bad ? Who cares? as long I am the one with the GUN..
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Here in OH, the shows put on by Niles Gun show, including the one at Niles, Berea, and Akron are all very good. Their Sandusky one stinks. Maumee Valley Gun Collector's shows are very good, and the Conrad and Dowdell show in Medina is good too. Fremont is fair; very small but decent guns. There are more but I haven't been to them. And yes, I still find bargains.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
    edited November -1
    Judge: Nothing wrong with buying at a show. Just use your head. Lots of the exhibitors are dealers with shops and reputations to protect. Always demand a written receipt with the seller's name, address and phone number on it, as well as the make, model, and serial number of the gun. You can get this from an individual seller as well. If he won't give it, BIG alarm bells should be going off in your head.When I worked shows, I posted a copy of my FFL and Resale Permit. Also my rules for sale. I gave receipts. I also had lots of repeat business.
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  • tuckerd1tuckerd1 Member Posts: 14 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rogerglide, was that the Dothan show you went to? I just use the gunshows to purchase powder and primers mainly and maybe I may find a 'deal' on something I want.I live in Phenix City. Where bouts are you?If you would like you can contact me at signacad@phenixcable.net
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  • HAIRYHAIRY Member Posts: 23,606
    edited November -1
    Hit the Hernando (FL) show last weekend (my first one). Very disappointed. Ammo was selling for 50% above KMart! Figured the $5 was a cheap lesson not to waste my time in the future.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Hairy,would that be the little show in Brooksville(Hernando County)?.218
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