Gun show this weekend - Hillsboro

[keystir]

Anyone know what vendors come to this event? Is it worth going to or should I wait for the Portland show again. I live in Hillsboro and was going to try to make it over to the fairgrounds this weekend as it's not to far away.

 

[Mac_Fan]

The last time I attended a gun show in Hillsboro (four years ago) it was a complete waste of time. One room at the Fair Grounds. No local shops, just guys selling parts and old beat up guns.

 

[jmh119]

Gun show in Hillsboro? What the heck. I'll go. Wife works on Saturdays. Kids are both teenage daughters and into their own things, not hanging out with Dad. It will give me something to do!

 

[CWI guy]

I will try to get a vendor list on here in the next couple of days.

 

[KenPDX]

I will try to get a vendor list on here in the next couple of days.

Thanks for doing that. Those vendor lists are helpful, and I'm glad to see them in advance.

 

[raftman]

If it weren't for schedule conflicts I would go... cheaper admission than the Portland show, and the parking is free, or at least it was was time I went, and far shorter a drive for me. Granted you don't get nearly the selection of items, but I would only be in the market for ammo anyways.

 

[Cougfan2]

The last time I attended a gun show in Hillsboro (four years ago) it was a complete waste of time. One room at the Fair Grounds. No local shops, just guys selling parts and old beat up guns.

+1 Last time I went was 4-5 years ago as well and it was down to one room and mostly guys selling overpriced junk and parts. I will be interested to hear a report from someone who goes this weekend to see if it has gotten any better.

 

[keystir]

Well, I was pretty sure I would go being it's so close now I'm not so sure seems anyone who has been hasn't had a good experience.

 

[Cougfan2]

Well, I was pretty sure I would go being it's so close now I'm not so sure seems anyone who has been hasn't had a good experience.

It used to be a pretty good show, but from what I recollect several years ago Washington Co. upped the price for a table enough to where it just didn't make sense financially for some of the smaller dealers with the limited amount of traffic that show saw.

 

[Schwabdl]

last time I went cocktailer and jc were there but it is a small show

 

[Cougfan2]

last time I went coctailer and jc were there but it is a small show

Fixed it for ya.

 

[Key-Hay]

I'm going cause it's a gun show and I live close and it's a gun show.

 

[novamind]

I will go, its close and cheap to get in.

 

[CWI guy]

Here is a list of some of the Vendor's participating in the Collectors West Gun and Knife Show in Hillsboro this weekend at the Washington County Fair Complex. The Complex is located right across the street from the Hillsboro Airport. Open Saturday 11/6, 9am-5pm, Sunday, 11/7, 9am-3pm. 150+ tables full!

Aloha Surplus
Highland Blades
Tannerite Sports
G.A.S. Inc.
Oregon Firearm Federation
Flathead Arms and Ammunition
Gwinner's Shooting Supplies
Gun Zone Of America
High Desert Arms
Ryan Judy Sporting Goods
MK Tactical
Jerry Lee Gun Accessories
T.R.A.S.K. River Ammo
Oak Grove Ventures, Inc.
Chuck Miller Optics
Collectors Cranny
Dan's Custom Ammo
NW Ammo
Eagle Outfitters
Cast Performance Bullets
Troy Oz Knifes
Darrell's Airguns & Accessories
Tactical Training Group
Past Tenth's Sports
Rimrock Firearms
Shaddox's Tactical
Ammo Cans Plus
Pack Legal
Tomahawk Jerky
Threat Dynamics
Vore's Place
Jerry Waisanen Guns

 

[snew]

Free parking and cheap entry fee. Go late and you get a free pass for the next show you go to. Look around until you've seen all there is to see, usually not too long. Use free pass at the Portland show.

 

[coctailer]

Free parking and cheap entry fee. Go late and you get a free pass for the next show you go to. Look around until you've seen all there is to see, usually not too long. Use free pass at the Portland show.

Good strategy!!!

 

[alphapygmy]

+1 Last time I went was 4-5 years ago as well and it was down to one room and mostly guys selling overpriced junk and parts. I will be interested to hear a report from someone who goes this weekend to see if it has gotten any better.

+2

 

[Key-Hay]

Not a bad size showing. Better than going to Solarworld and test driving a Nissan Leaf.

 

[Cougfan2]

I went around noon today and it was definitely better than it has been in several years. Not like the Expo shows, but for the price and free parking it wasn't bad. Picked up some .45ACP ammo.

 

[jimwsea]

Free parking and cheap entry fee. Go late and you get a free pass for the next show you go to. Look around until you've seen all there is to see, usually not too long. Use free pass at the Portland show.

Thanks for the tip, snew. I went at 2 pm, just when they started handing out the free passes. Small show, but I was able to zoom through there and get some ammo and a few odds and ends.