Gun shows a waste of time?

[CAL30M1]

I go to one or two a year just to browse. I can't remember the last time I actually bought a firearm at a gun show but do happen to come across ammo or parts that I can always use.

 

[raftman]

Went a couple of months ago to the Portland show and regretted it. Maybe a year or two ago there were still plenty of good deals to be had if you knew what you were looking for, these days it seems like every step of the way someone is trying to rip you off. For one thing, when I went it was in the smaller exhibit hall rather than the usual, and the price of admission was raised to $10, so before you even get you get through the entrance you're already getting less for more. Then once you go in, you have the guys selling steel-cased .223 ammo for twice the price that brass-cased should be selling for and so forth. So yes, long story short, it is a waste of time and money.

 

[jib]

I stopped going to the Oregon Trail gun show at the Redmond fairgrounds. Last time I went admission was $7 and Kieth's sporting goods was not there :huh: I bought my last three guns from their table.

 

[fredball]

A lot of you guys on here are starting to sound like Capitalism BAD Socialism GOOD everyone pays same price , Hay if you don't like what someone sells his wears for don't buy it but if you want to Bellyache try getting your own table at the show go to all the effort of bringing all your crap and setting it up. but I digress.

 

[raftman]

A lot of you guys on here are starting to sound like Capitalism BAD Socialism GOOD everyone pays same price , Hay if you don't like what someone sells his wears for don't buy it but if you want to Bellyache try getting your own table at the show go to all the effort of bringing all your crap and setting it up. but I digress.

Actually... not wanting to buy something for a price that seems unreasonably high is very much a market economy principle rather than socialism. As is word-of-mouth advertising whether positive or negative. It seems like people just look for any and every opportunity to be the boy who cried socialist.

 

[PinkhamR]

Gun Shows have changed quite a bit since the 'Old Days' of the Kinship amongst the sellers - Private sellers, not dealers. I really miss the shows of the 70's and 80's ..... early 90's. Just too 'Dry' these days ..... JMO