Tulsa, anyone?
rossowmn
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The Tulsa Wanenmacher "World's Largest" arms show is coming up this weekend, after being knocked out the past two shows by COVID. If anyone goes, I'd love to hear a report on how the show went in this COVID era. I've had my table rolled over twice by COVID, and now a third time because the two guys I would travel with were afraid to go without having completed their COVID shot routine. I just couldn't get excited about making the 1,400-mile round trip and manning my table solo. This will be the first show I'll have missed in about 15 years. 😥
Are you going? Are you skipping?
Please, if you go, give us a report next week on crowd size, mask use (I think officially required by Tulsa City Council through April), empty tables, bargains you found, etc. Thanks 😀.
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I would bet that lots of people will not be wearing masks because that building is not considered a part of Tulsa. It's exempt from sales tax etc.
But once you leave those grounds you are on City of Tulsa property.
I always attended it mostly in fall but quit going when they started having it opening weekend of Black Powder season.
Also this weekend is first weekend of spring Turkey season.
It will be interesting about if the vendors that sell reloading stuff have any powder, brass and bullets and if so at what prices.
Went to a Auctions few days ago and seen one box of 22 shorts sell for $16.
People were crazy bidding on used guns. Spending Bidens stimulus checks.
I got me a new scope and did some mods to some of my custom Mausers with Bidens stimulus check. I sure glad that that ole vegetable Joe likes to help us with our Freedom and the right to have guns. (and ammo)
Not going. For years, The Tulsa Show was first weekend in April, always forcing me too choose between turkey opening day or gun show.
Arkansas moved back their start date, and had a few good years of The Tulsa Show not interfering with opening weekend.
Now it's moved to opening weekend for the yutes, and I love seeing some kids smile at the first gobble they've ever heard.
So I'm a no show.
I'm close in OKC/Moore area. I will not be going. I honestly stopped going to gun shows when I realized that every gun I saw at every gun show I had been to since 2012 was way over priced.
It's cheaper for me to order ammo, reloading supplies online or buy them (and guns) from brick and mortar.
Maybe things have changed in the past decade...but I seriously doubt it.
Maybe Nov. Looks like a potential super spreader event for this one.
Maybe next spring there was to much uncertainty this year so I didn't book anything
I had planned to go just on Friday for dealer set up day. A dealer friend could get me in. Even though I haven’t been to a decent show in over a year, I decided 8 hours at a partially set up show wasn’t worth 12+ hours driving and two hotel nights so I bagged the idea yesterday.
I had zero interest in being packed shoulder to shoulder during the public hours Saturday and Sunday. I really don’t need any ammo or anything for my collection so I’d just be bargain hunting and doubt there’d be any bargains before the show even opens. If my dealer friend has anything interesting to report, I’ll share it. He’s excited to be there.