71montess
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That is my attitude to, I bought $65.00 worth of at accessories I need to finish off my SBR and wether I could have saved a few didn't matter. Overall it was a good morning.
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John380
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Went Saturday and bought some mags and cleaning supplies. Spent about ~$150. I was there early and overheard the Hot sauce guy tell his assistant " once you set it up it's an ATM machine". Bought a bunch of his stuff at a previous show.
He's right! I told him that I had been looking for him the last few shows I went to in Marlboro (a few years ago). He said he was living in TX for a number of years but he's back now.
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A lot of us gun folks like spicy foods, so having a vendor (not a dozen) like him at a show (just like the jerky guy - not at this show this time) is a good thing to a lot of us and he obviously makes money doing this.
Lots of mags, some hi-caps are even pre-ban (and some that I looked at weren't).
Not the best show I've ever been to, not the worst. Going to even a mediocre gun show is still better than watching Hour 355 of Super Bowl pre-coverage. Found a few things; the markup was predictable, but no worse than paying for shipping.
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I almost wanted to buy some of the TSA knives, but it felt like buying guns from village vault 
oh man there is something wrong with you....that's the only reason to go. Then you get a reason to look at all that other junk there.
Seriously if it where not for the jerky and a reason to go out to lunch somewhere I generally don't go, the gun show is pointless. I have never over paid for anything I wanted. Gun shows are just that a show. sometimes you find things worth buying....like jerky and hot sauce.
Went Saturday. Just my thoughts:
- Was no shortage of knifes. Too many in my opinion.
- I like sauce but wasn't there for that.
- Thought the 1/2" and 3/8" shooting target plates looked cool.
- Thought those refurbished AR pre-ban mags looked to be in new condition but didn't feel like dropping $55. Kind of regretting it now because not sure how easy to find those.
- Didn't see much 9mm or any 5.45 ammo. Seemed like I kept seein .40 cal ammo.
- Overall pricing on firearms seemed to be middle of road. Nothing crazy high but no real deals either.
- Was a little surprised I didn't find any AR trigger upgrades.
- Bought a nice single point AR sling from nice couple at one of tables off left-center table in back.
- Was no shortage of knifes. Too many in my opinion.
- I like sauce but wasn't there for that.
- Thought the 1/2" and 3/8" shooting target plates looked cool.
- Thought those refurbished AR pre-ban mags looked to be in new condition but didn't feel like dropping $55. Kind of regretting it now because not sure how easy to find those.
- Didn't see much 9mm or any 5.45 ammo. Seemed like I kept seein .40 cal ammo.
- Overall pricing on firearms seemed to be middle of road. Nothing crazy high but no real deals either.
- Was a little surprised I didn't find any AR trigger upgrades.
- Bought a nice single point AR sling from nice couple at one of tables off left-center table in back.
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dhuze
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I remember when you went to gun shows to buy guns at discounted prices. Now you just go look at junk and over priced guns. $1200-1600 for 1903's? $1200 for M1 Garands, Oh I did love the $20 boxes of .22 magnums and $50 boxes of .22 long that came from WalMart. Junk knives, hot sauce, and jerky? Come on. If I was buying groceries I wouldn't have gone to a gun show.
I bought a front sight and charging handle for an AR-15 for exactly what it costs in the store minus the $12 admission fee for me and my wife, so I'm on the losing end.
I bought a front sight and charging handle for an AR-15 for exactly what it costs in the store minus the $12 admission fee for me and my wife, so I'm on the losing end.
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Well those hot sauces aren't sold in grocery stores.
Yes. I saw that too.
dhuze
NES Member
So they can sell them at a cooking show. I can't sell guns at one.
I don't go to cooking shows.
The ONLY deal I found was a used Sig Mosquito I picked up. Everything else was over priced that I looked at.
Whats up with the knife tables? I swear I seen a couple of tables with the same knives you can buy on amazon for 1/2 the price of what they were selling for.
Whats up with the knife tables? I swear I seen a couple of tables with the same knives you can buy on amazon for 1/2 the price of what they were selling for.
The guy had probably 30 different hot sauces lined up, small cups and chips to dip into them to try as many as you liked.
Parker Duofold
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I'm by no means a knife collector but I did buy three pocket knives at the show from one of the vendors. Bought two new/NOS Case knives and an NOS Henckels knife. One I will give to my son for his birthday, another to one of my grandsons and I'll keep the other one. Prices were less than Amazon or eBay.
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