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Just went for no good reason this morning. The line to get in a little after nine wrapped around two sides of the Better Living Center building. Then once inside, I headed for the ammo tent, and there was a huge line and about a 45 minute wait to get into the tent. (There has NEVER been a line for the ammo tent) Once inside the tent, the reloading vendor was not there, so no components, bummer. The ammo guys had a "deal" on 1000 round box of 55g privit-partizan brass cased 5.56 for $750 CASH! What a sweet deal. Also had a 1000 round box of 115g 9mm PPU brass cased for $324. I passed on both.
Inside, many of the tables were 3 and 4 people deep. Some dealers like Guns and Gear had 8-9 people in line for the gun purchase paperwork. Today had the most people I've ever seen at a West Springfield show. So if you go, plan for lines and delays.
I went out to Nick's in Palmer...no line....bought my .223 ammo and picked up a Mossberg AR15/22 for $350 and a brick of .22 LR to boot.
Gonna shoot it up tomorrow at the range.....yes
What were AR mags going for?QUOTE]
I went early on Saturday morning to look around. Saw a table with AR 30rnd mags for $40 each. There was about 20 people swarming around the 5ft table. There wasn't much of anything that wasn't jacked in price. I'm glad I didn't need anything. There was about 200 people waiting in line for the ammo tent. It became crowded quick, and people were acting like jackwagons so I didn't stay long.
Once again I took a pass on this show and will continue to do so,, plain and simple it sux! Too much to park, too much to get in, stupid prices on everything and the food sux as do the food prices. Think that about covers it.
ay thoughts on the upcoming show this weekend, or will it be some of the same we saw a few months ago?
ay thoughts on the upcoming show this weekend, or will it be some of the same we saw a few months ago?
It always is the same stuff from shows, months and sometimes years past.
In general I agree with hankster, but you never know. If you have to come any distance it would be a gamble. But people have found good things there from time to time.