Anyone hit up the Portland Gun Show today? Any ammo...?

[DoubleTapDrew]

The gun shows seem to be a live version of gunbroker, complete with the price gougers and extremely rare "fair deals". Plus you get to pay to witness it.
I miss the days when you could go there and actually find a decent number of deals.

 

[Trailboss]

Any intel about ammo cans?

Ammo cans

Small $12
Larger $16
Largest didn't see any

 

[Trailboss]

Have to ask .... Anyone see 308 and what was it going for?

$275/300 rounds bulk remanu

 

[Trailboss]

Was there any factory .223 ? Price ? At the show

Zombie $1/round
Hornady $1/round
Reman .75/round
Steel cased as low as $.50/round

 

[redmud]

I could use a couple ammo cans...Are they impossible to find locally? I haven't looked yet but they're readily available online...

Andy and Bax downtown Portland on Martin Luther King JR Blvd always has ammo cans, and water proof boxes

 

[bikejunkie]

Sweet. Thanks ill check them out

 

[Mattofsmatt]

I appreciate for the replies about ammo cans. And thanks Redmud for the Andy & Bax tip, I'll save my expo entry money and parking fee and get an extra can!

 

[cowboygraphics]

Thanks all for the event reports - you saved me $20+ (entry, redicilous parking fee and fuel, and vehicle wear & tear).

 

[ruger45blackhawk]

Thanks all for the event reports - you saved me $20+ (entry, redicilous parking fee and fuel, and vehicle wear & tear).

But you missed the $5.50 beers???

 

[coctailer]

I scored a brand new Colt M4A1 barrel with the tampon still in it for $225.

I did the "happy dance"

 

[thirtycal]

I scored a brand new Colt M4A1 barrel with the tampon still in it for $225.

I did the "happy dance"

Shiz, seriously? Oh man I've been looking for one! Missed it by that much

Thirtycal

 

[nehalemguy]

You gotta be kidding. I picked up a 525 round box of .22LR at BiMart yesterday for under $20.

I lucked into two bricks at the local Bi-Mart on Thursday. $18.97 I think?

I was there to pick up some steelhead plugs and happened to be there when the ammo arrived. Apparently it's a scheduled event as there were several people waiting in line at the counter.

The Bi-Mart clerk wheeled out about eight cases of misc. ammo including three cases of Remington Golden value packs of .22lr.

First guy in line took his allocated four bricks of .22lr and then announced to the rest of the line that he would pay $20 a brick to anyone willing to take and then sell their four box share. This triggered a heated discussion between guy #1 and the folks near the end of the line who realized that this ploy could leave them empty handed.

While this argument was going on, the clerk was opening the other cases and began handing out single bricks to each person in line. Guy #2 (who I think was a partner with guy #1) objected to this and demanded four bricks. The clerk replied "We're here to serve all of our customers" and continued to hand out ammo equally until it was gone.

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[Throckmorton]

I believe I saw some plastic dry boxes of .308 at washoiugal bimart last Thursday, I'll look today and see what it is and price.,for anyone interested.

 

[locobob]

I lucked into two bricks at the local Bi-Mart on Thursday. $18.97 I think?

I was there to pick up some steelhead plugs and happened to be there when the ammo arrived. Apparently it's a scheduled event as there were several people waiting in line at the counter.

The Bi-Mart clerk wheeled out about eight cases of misc. ammo including three cases of Remington Golden value packs of .22lr.

First guy in line took his allocated four bricks of .22lr and then announced to the rest of the line that he would pay $20 a brick to anyone willing to take and then sell their four box share. This triggered a heated discussion between guy #1 and the folks near the end of the line who realized that this ploy could leave them empty handed.

While this argument was going on, the clerk was opening the other cases and began handing out single bricks to each person in line. Guy #2 (who I think was a partner with guy #1) objected to this and demanded four bricks. The clerk replied "We're here to serve all of our customers" and continued to hand out ammo equally until it was gone.

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Good for Bi-Mart! A bunch of happy customers beats one happy scalper any day of the week, it's just good business.

 

[cpy911]

Somebody is having a lot of fun plinking
Saturday afternoons.

 

[cpy911]

Thanks all for the event reports - you saved me $20+ (entry, redicilous parking fee and fuel, and vehicle wear & tear).

I completely gave up on gunshows about 5 years ago.
Find the best deals online and this forum.
Saved a lot of time, gas and entry fees.
Been happy ever since.

 

[elsie]

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First guy in line took his allocated four bricks of .22lr and then announced to the rest of the line that he would pay $20 a brick to anyone willing to take and then sell their four box share. This triggered a heated discussion between guy #1 and the folks near the end of the line who realized that this ploy could leave them empty handed.

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Sounds like one of the gun show gougers was restocking.


elsie

 

[PDXSparky]

I completely gave up on gunshows about 5 years ago.
Find the best deals online and this forum.
Saved a lot of time, gas and entry fees.
Been happy ever since.

While I can agree in part with your sentiment, I still like going to the Albany ARPC shows and the Rickreall shows even if it only means looking. After all, it is a "show", I don't really have to buy anything.

 

[SBC97281]

Something just sounds wrong with the concept of paying to shop. Gun Shows rarely have good enough deals to offset the admission fee in my experience. Does not sound like this one prooved to be an exception.

 

[Mark W.]

Something just sounds wrong with the concept of paying to shop. Gun Shows rarely have good enough deals to offset the admission fee in my experience. Does not sound like this one prooved to be an exception.

Well someone has to pay the rent for the Expo or what ever venue is used to hold the gun show. If the whole cost was handled by the table holders the prices would end up being astronomical.

And Costco charges to shop there no one seams to whine about that much.