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I don't even bother with the local shows, just the one in Puyallup. Lots of private sellers (if you go on Saturday) and prices that are OK.
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Little choice? I see lots of choices given our FTF legality in Oregon. Internet classifieds, the forum - Heck it's never been better.People today have little choice to sell/trade their firearms, except through dealers.
Please correct me if I'm wrong. I believe they still can, the only difference now is that they have to do the state backgound check thing. Yes, I understand that some people don't like that requirement. I don't see that changing.My point is the average guy, back in the day, could get a table at any local gun show and sell or trade.
You are no doubt correct but most average guys may only have a couple of guns for sale and that would not justify getting a table, back in the day or now.My point is the average guy, back in the day, could get a table at any local gun show and sell or trade.
I too have been going to gun shows pushing 30 + years myself and I too remember the 'good ol' days. I do not have an easy answer to your question but it may be something we never thought of - maybe all the tools, hunting gear and grandpas guns are already long gone? Maybe all the good stuff has been farmed out with nothing to replace it? I remember seeing (late 80s - early 90s) there still being a lot of WW2 stuff at the shows, including ammo in the period brown boxes. It's all shot up now. The former guns we used to see, such as 1911s (when no one wanted them) are all gone now. At the same time a lot of former items of interest are losing their market base. Take antiques for example (and I have mentioned this before) The buying and selling base is aging out, and unless an item has some kind of Provenance or important historical background it does not have much chance today. Trust me I know. My mom has a house full of antiques that are worth half of what they were just ten years ago. I am no expert though just a casual observer of what is taking place.with a couple of buddies and sell/trade our stuff. It was cheap, easy and fun.
5. Customer service is laughably awful. With the exception of a couple times I've been met with cranky and unhelpful people manning the tables. When I was looking for an AK I asked one vendor what the difference was between two nearly identical models that were $50 apart in price. His reply? "Did you read the tags?" Instead of giving me a straight answer and helping me understand, he was condescending and completely unhelpful. Needless to say I bought an AK that day from someone else who was helpful.
4) Rude a-holes working the tables
5) Ignorant a-holes working the tables
Going through a dealer now becomes the only way to buy or sell at gun shows.
In my opinion, that is what changed the gun shows, which is what was questioned in the OP.
I hope it is pre 64 because (and correct me if I am wrong) Winchester dropped the 25-35 in 1953 I believe. Regardless this is my next 'Dream' Winchester so don't even tell me what you paid for it because I'll be envious! Well OK, PM me with the details of it so I won't continue to wonder.A pre-64 '94, near mint, in .25-35 Caliber. Priced like the other '94's on the rack
No. This is the "gunshow loophole" you hear mentioned in statements from the media, politicians, and anti-gun groups.Do all states now require a background check at gun shows?
Obviously you don't believe in WAC or their leadership so I guess you'll just have to go elsewhere to buy.I can see the WAC shows going in the toilet over the next few years.
They've made it into a commercial gun show enterprise.
This means a commercial enterprise (A Business) run by elected officers. You know, just like a government.
Making this leap by what they claim is because of the State Dept of Revenue rulings will wipe out the shows. They claim they did all of this to save the shows. Well, that's a matter of opinion.
What can be done? It's up to club members, members who for the most part are members simply because it's the only way you can FTF trade, buy, sell, guns at the show.
So...
Who knows???
The following "open" letter is available on the worldwide web for anyone to read.
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Addenda:
After this latest mass shooting in Colorado, we'll be lucky if the State of WA does not outlaw all private sales, and then every single transaction will have to be done through an FFL.