IMO the only real deal that the ammo guys had was the 124 Grain 9mm Speer
GDHPs they were selling, two boxes of 50 for $25. Good stuff at
not too bad a price, considering the norm is like $16 for 20 rounds. This is
good for those of us who burned through the $50/250 round 9mm +P
packs that don't seem to exist anymore.
I had to laugh pretty hard though at the pricing on the 7.62 x 39... "last
cases in the country" sure.... yeah, thats it. I know the supply end
pricing on that stuff has gone up a bit, but its still less than $180.
Would have been nice to have the other ammo guy to beat them up
on pricing.
The "most failed marketing trick award" goes to McElhineys, and I got one of
those "$5 off my already rediculously expensive lowest price on the tag
price" thrust into my hand. While he has a lot of nice guns, the pricing on
most of them was not wonderful.
The "most annoying booth" goes to the DGS booth.... where there are
a ton of Gen3 glocks with "no ma" stickers on them in tiny print. So you
see one from afar, start to salivate, and as you get a closer look, you get
let down. This is MA.... why the heck even display merchandise that the
majority of the show patrons can't even buy? (Unless theres some secret
code word or some juju that makes that sticker disappear... lol)
I do think the Tombstone Guns booth was pretty amazing though, they
seemed to have a buttload of MA-exempt goodies there, bunches of
colts and even like two Delta Elites there. At least all their stuff sold
was buyable, thats for sure. They took the cake as far as handgun
selection went. If I had brought enough cash with me I wouldnt have
been able to get past that booth without filling out papers. 
Overall though it was not nearly as good as the last one. I ended up
buying 4 boxes of GDHPs, a couple of glock 20 mags, and then spent the
rest of what little money I brought over at MLE's booth buying some mag
pouches and a mini range bag. FWIW, props to MLE... Mike is easy
to deal with and his products seem to be top notch.
-Mike
