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The changing times really brings a tear to my eye....
toad67
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One of my most favorite things to do, and has brought me some great memories seem's to be fading. Going on a road trip to gun shops/shows. I routinely make a circuit to visit some of the local (within 250 miles or so) shops/shows to buy, sell, barter and bs. I have made many friends, and will miss seeing them. Lately I have heard that many of my favorite stops are closing down due to lack of inventory. Two of my favorite shops haven't received any guns or ammo since the first of November. Used guns are rare since most people aren't selling. With no money coming in, it's awful hard to pay the rent. RIP good times...
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This kinda represents it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdVuCrTUDvE
Yeah...........and a lot of venues will no longer host gun shows..........that is the case here in liberal Austin.
not only the liberals, but the covid restrictions on distance, and limiting number of people at gatherings, less tables and less people in attendance = lost revenue, most just simply can't afford to run at 1/3 or less capacity....
Shooting range and gun store Myrtle Beach closed a while back.
I agree, this situation is closing things down just as fast as if they tried to take the guns away. Makes one wonder.
I tried to go to a gun show this week-end...........there was a waiting line to get into the parking lot 😒
A couple weeks ago at a very large regional gun show the line waiting to get in was over 1/4 mile long . They were limiting the number of folks allowed inside . I'm told the wait to get in was as long as two hours . Not much that I am interested in that is worth standing in line that long
I used to have a circuit also Todd but that has been gone for about a year. Illinois mandates another FFL to go along with the federal FFL, along with a list of insane regulations forcing over 80% of the shops to close it's doors. Sad indeed as I liked to take a road trip about once a month. Still have two shops, that's it. I work a little in one of them and their inventory or lack of is astounding. The politics have doomed us in the prairie state, never to return to anything "normal."
I had plans to go to a small show a couple of counties over last weekend,but it was cancelled at the last minute due to covid I suppose.
Sales are breaking records and yet small shops are closing and gun shows are not happening right now. Strange. Maybe it is the shop owners hitting retirement age and no one taking over for them.
I haven't come across many deals at gun shows for years. I had all but quit gong to the shows pre covid because they are time wasters more than anything.
I was at a local shop the other day (PSA) and they offered .22 ammo, 800 rounds for 108.00 since my wife had bought a .22 Walther.
(they had no ammo on the shelves other than some really oddball stuff)
Wife was excited but I told her no bother we have over 30K rounds of .22, thankfully years ago I stocked up heavy and have more ammo then I will ever shoot.
PSA store had no ammo? OMG