Well i went to the gun show today... - The Firearms Forum

glocknut · 11-08-2008, 07:39 PM

Well, i went to the gun show today. There was a long line at the backside entrance to get in...about 40 minutes or so. I struck up a conversation with the guy in front of me. It turned out he was one of the 40% from Oklahoma.... a democrat.

I got an earfull about how obama would not take guns and how corporations were evil. It was a long 40 minutes because he would not shut up... I tried to counter a few of his claims about business but i mostly let him ramble on...and on...and on...

Anyway, i finally got in. $10 to get in...ooofda. Gun shows used to be free or at most $5 to get in. Oh well.
It was a typical gun show.... most tables had older than dirt junk. There was some good stuff too. Quite a few tables had large rifle displays. There were ALOT of antique gun tables with some really old old firearms. I was looking at one and there was a guy who brought an old pistol in to the show for trade and the gun dealer offered him $1800 for whatever it was that he wanted to trade on a $4000 gun.... i don't know what it was but thats big money for an antique?

There were plenty of tables with used beat up AR15s. There were a few tables selling brand new AR15s but they had allready sold out the AR10s before i got there after lunch time.

There were tons of knife tables. One guy was selling bulk ammo but i got there too late...he was mostly sold out. He had 12ga 00 buck 2 3/4 shells in 250 count boxes for $130 something... but i would rather have the 3" mag 00 buck so i passed that one by.

I did run into a guy selling those metal targets that you shoot over. He had a design that you shoot 4 hanging targets and they flip over and then you shoot the 5th one sticking up and that lever resets the main 4 over again. Pretty neat, but only designed for 22 rimfire though.
The guy designs and builds them himself and will build custom targets AND he is from springdale arkansas! Not to far to go and pick up a custom target setup. I think i will hire him to build one to my specs. Nice Guy.

There were also a few T-shirt tables. I bought one of those Gadsden(sp)? Don't tread on me shirts.... gold on black.

I also bought a cheapie paper target holder from a different target table. They had these cheapie $5 metal rod, push in the ground paper target thingies. It'll probably be a little better than a box with a rock in it...maybe?

So basicly i met a few local dealers who that i didn't know about, one from Broken Arrow... i met a custom metal target maker... i got a nice t shirt, a cheap target holder... and had a fairly ok time. The funny thing is that i like new or newer stuff and in that respect one of the best tables in the place was a gun shop just up the road from where i live. They had more stuff at the gun show then what they have on display at their gunshop.... GO FIGURE??

One thing that i didn't see alot of was new 22 rimfire pistols. They had quite a few tables with supposedly rare Ruger 22 rimfires...

for obscene prices $600 to $900

I don't care about old and rare 22 pistols...rifles maybe...but not 22 plinking pistols.

It was quite a day and quite a surprise that my feet held up ok. I walked at least a mile to the building...and i'm sure i walked at least 2 miles inside while i was there if not 3 miles. And then a mile back to the car. And my feet took ever bit of it! What a surprise considering that mowing the lawn a few months ago took a day to recover from. Go figure.

Oh, one other thing. I was walking back to the car and there was this jerkweed walking ahead of me that was wearing those droopy drawer pants that the kids wear these days.... the dummy got to his truck, opened the door and he stood there and took a p*ss right there on the street!!!!

I turned arround and said to the guy walking behind me "did you see that sh*t? He has no class whatsoever..." He responded by saying Yessss, i see that Idiot...

I mean...ya know i've gone behind a few dumpsters behind the bar "at night" in my time but to do that in broad daylight.... JEEEZ

mike
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Marlin T · 11-08-2008, 07:47 PM

I think that Dem that was in front of you in line should read your Sig. I guess he must have been there to try and pick up a turd by the clean end. Or maybe, he was the turd.

doug66 · 11-08-2008, 07:53 PM

Hey Glocknut,
What were the used, beat up AR's going for?

glocknut · 11-08-2008, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Marlin T

I think that Dem that was in front of you in line should read your Sig. I guess he must have been there to try and pick up a turd by the clean end. Or maybe, he was the turd.

I think he WAS the turd...

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Originally Posted by doug66

Hey Glocknut,
What were the used, beat up AR's going for?

Well basicly...typical gun show prices. "allmost new prices"

$600 to $700 for the used and not so good looking ones. They had new ones in the $800 to $900 range which i guess is on par because i was rummaging thru some of my gun stuff the other day and i found the original price tag for the lightweight sporter that i have and it was $850 and that was a few years ago.

I seen a brand there that i haven't seen before...DPMS or something like that. They were pretty good looking rifles. They had a very very nice finish on them. The black matt finishes were very uniform unlike the colt i have.

There were a couple of tables that were only selling uppers for AR15s. They had uppers going from $350 all the way up to $800 for long bull barreled ones. Mostly in 223. I saw several tables that were selling new AR's that had lowers with the 223 stamped on it but had aftermarket 6.8 and 6.5...i assume millimeter uppers ,and i can't remember the name of the round but it started with "S" but i don't remember? They were asking over a grand for those which i think is high? In my opinion anyway. Hey, an AR10 in 308 goes for $1500.... so why should they be getting $1200 and $1300 for a dealer modified hodgepod of a 223 and a 6.8mm upper? Even though both upper and lower are new...thats still too much!

One table had two milled receiver AK47s that were new in the box from years ago that have never been fired.... $2500 each. I about had a heart attack!!!

I would say the AR prices might be on par or in some cases a little high but the AK prices were pretty high. I noticed several AK47 price tags on fairly well worn AKs that ran $500 or $600 price tags. The same thing a year ago would have been $300 or $350...
The AKs are running high i think.

mike
gn

Shellback · 11-08-2008, 09:45 PM

Yea Tonja and I seen that line we took off. Maybe we will get there earlier in the morning.
Tim

Bruce FLinch · 11-08-2008, 10:32 PM

Last gun show I went to here was a bust...

glocknut · 11-08-2008, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Shellback

Yea Tonja and I seen that line we took off. Maybe we will get there earlier in the morning.
Tim

And parking was way waaay out there too!

mike
gn

doug66 · 11-09-2008, 05:18 AM

I haven't been to Wannamaker show in a couple years. A buddy that lives in Tulsa comes up with free tickets to alot of gun shows and when we went to the big gun show, we'd show up early say 7:30 am and still had to park in north 40.

11-08-2008, 07:39 PM	#1
glocknut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: THE FORUM MASCOTT... Posts: 12,482	Well i went to the gun show today... Well, i went to the gun show today. There was a long line at the backside entrance to get in...about 40 minutes or so. I struck up a conversation with the guy in front of me. It turned out he was one of the 40% from Oklahoma.... a democrat. I got an earfull about how obama would not take guns and how corporations were evil. It was a long 40 minutes because he would not shut up... I tried to counter a few of his claims about business but i mostly let him ramble on...and on...and on... Anyway, i finally got in. $10 to get in...ooofda. Gun shows used to be free or at most $5 to get in. Oh well. It was a typical gun show.... most tables had older than dirt junk. There was some good stuff too. Quite a few tables had large rifle displays. There were ALOT of antique gun tables with some really old old firearms. I was looking at one and there was a guy who brought an old pistol in to the show for trade and the gun dealer offered him $1800 for whatever it was that he wanted to trade on a $4000 gun.... i don't know what it was but thats big money for an antique? There were plenty of tables with used beat up AR15s. There were a few tables selling brand new AR15s but they had allready sold out the AR10s before i got there after lunch time. There were tons of knife tables. One guy was selling bulk ammo but i got there too late...he was mostly sold out. He had 12ga 00 buck 2 3/4 shells in 250 count boxes for $130 something... but i would rather have the 3" mag 00 buck so i passed that one by. I did run into a guy selling those metal targets that you shoot over. He had a design that you shoot 4 hanging targets and they flip over and then you shoot the 5th one sticking up and that lever resets the main 4 over again. Pretty neat, but only designed for 22 rimfire though. The guy designs and builds them himself and will build custom targets AND he is from springdale arkansas! Not to far to go and pick up a custom target setup. I think i will hire him to build one to my specs. Nice Guy. There were also a few T-shirt tables. I bought one of those Gadsden(sp)? Don't tread on me shirts.... gold on black. I also bought a cheapie paper target holder from a different target table. They had these cheapie $5 metal rod, push in the ground paper target thingies. It'll probably be a little better than a box with a rock in it...maybe? So basicly i met a few local dealers who that i didn't know about, one from Broken Arrow... i met a custom metal target maker... i got a nice t shirt, a cheap target holder... and had a fairly ok time. The funny thing is that i like new or newer stuff and in that respect one of the best tables in the place was a gun shop just up the road from where i live. They had more stuff at the gun show then what they have on display at their gunshop.... GO FIGURE?? One thing that i didn't see alot of was new 22 rimfire pistols. They had quite a few tables with supposedly rare Ruger 22 rimfires... for obscene prices $600 to $900 I don't care about old and rare 22 pistols...rifles maybe...but not 22 plinking pistols. It was quite a day and quite a surprise that my feet held up ok. I walked at least a mile to the building...and i'm sure i walked at least 2 miles inside while i was there if not 3 miles. And then a mile back to the car. And my feet took ever bit of it! What a surprise considering that mowing the lawn a few months ago took a day to recover from. Go figure. Oh, one other thing. I was walking back to the car and there was this jerkweed walking ahead of me that was wearing those droopy drawer pants that the kids wear these days.... the dummy got to his truck, opened the door and he stood there and took a pss right there on the street!!!! I turned arround and said to the guy walking behind me "did you see that sht? He has no class whatsoever..." He responded by saying Yessss, i see that Idiot... I mean...ya know i've gone behind a few dumpsters behind the bar "at night" in my time but to do that in broad daylight.... JEEEZ mike gn __________________ Where O where are you tonight? Why have you gone and left me alone? I searched to world over and a thought i found true love... You met another and PTThhh you were gone.... --> Last edited by glocknut; 11-08-2008 at 07:43 PM..

11-08-2008, 07:47 PM	#2
Marlin T Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: New Mexico Posts: 7,857	Re: Well i went to the gun show today... I think that Dem that was in front of you in line should read your Sig. I guess he must have been there to try and pick up a turd by the clean end. Or maybe, he was the turd. __________________ "But the simple truth--born of experience--is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people." Judge Alex Kozinski - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government. - Thomas Paine Did you read todays GOOD shooting? >>>KEEPANDBEARARMS.COM <<<

11-08-2008, 07:53 PM	#3
doug66 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 538	Re: Well i went to the gun show today... Hey Glocknut, What were the used, beat up AR's going for?

11-08-2008, 09:45 PM	#5
Shellback Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Broken Arrow Ok Posts: 950	Re: Well i went to the gun show today... Yea Tonja and I seen that line we took off. Maybe we will get there earlier in the morning. Tim __________________ The Plumber Protects The Health of the Nation New World Order never, Sovreignty Forever

11-08-2008, 10:32 PM	#6
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: Well i went to the gun show today... Last gun show I went to here was a bust... __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

11-09-2008, 05:18 AM	#8
doug66 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 538	Re: Well i went to the gun show today... I haven't been to Wannamaker show in a couple years. A buddy that lives in Tulsa comes up with free tickets to alot of gun shows and when we went to the big gun show, we'd show up early say 7:30 am and still had to park in north 40.