Buying reloading components @ gun shows

[kel]

Are gunshows a good place to go looking for reloading components? Brass, bullets, primers, powerder etc? I have never been to one.

 

[M1911]

The last couple I went to didn't have much of anything.

 

[C-pher]

Depends on the Show...

 

[Len-2A Training]

NOT at the Big E! Only 1 dealer allowed to sell this stuff outdoors in a tent.

Marlboro show has some powder and components dealers (plural), so it is a better bet.

 

[rscalzo]

Last show in Seabrook, NH had a decent dealer with good prices on powder and primers. I haven't seen any decent pricing on bullets. I wish someone would stock the surplus powder and primers. Save me the hazmat charges. Unfortunatly, the only thing I can remeber about him was that he was from the Reading,MA area.

 

[M1911]

Marlboro show has some powder and components dealers (plural), so it is a better bet.

Guess I missed them, because the last time I was there I didn't see squat. Just a couple guys selling small lots at high prices. No place where I could buy bullets by the thousand.

 

[ArmedMainer]

Last show in Seabrook, NH had a decent dealer with good prices on powder and primers. I haven't seen any decent pricing on bullets. I wish someone would stock the surplus powder and primers. Save me the hazmat charges. Unfortunatly, the only thing I can remeber about him was that he was from the Reading,MA area.

If this is the same guy that has his wife working with him I've bought off him a few times. He had 4 lb jugs when everyone else at the show only had one pounders. I've since found a place with 8 lb jugs that are much cheaper per pound. Bulk is the way to go.

 

[rscalzo]

Must be because I bought my four pound jugs from him. I use Unique and his price was $54.00 for the 4 lb. container. Riley's was charging about $16.00 for the one pound jug.

Unfortunatly no one had any deals on bulk lots of bullets. The best deal I saw (and missed) was a bulk purchase put together down at Reading Gun Club.

 

[FPrice]

NOT at the Big E!

Not quite, Len. IIRC, bullets and brass have been on sale inside the building. Powder and primers outside (if the right guy is there).

 

[C-pher]

Guess I missed them, because the last time I was there I didn't see squat. Just a couple guys selling small lots at high prices. No place where I could buy bullets by the thousand.

I see to see them a lot at the Shriner's show...

Lots of guys with powder and heads.

 

[rscalzo]

Only one guy at the Seabrook show. He just happened to have what I was looking for at a good price. The show is so small it really isn't worth a trip except it is very close to the house. Otherwise I wait for Concord or Manchester.

Where and when is the Schriner's show?