HarryPottar
NES Member
First off let me say that this post is not meant to offend anyone just a newbie inexperienced observations.
My son and I are new to shooting and all things related, so neither of us had ever been to a gun show before, so today we took a farther and son road trip up to Concord NH.
Let me also say that our expectations where high, we heard all the urban legend and myths about gun shows in the land of the free, unicorns, rainbows, Willy Wonkers Chocolate factory all come to mind.
Expectations shattered as there where no bikini clad buxom body amazonian women handing out fully automatic 9mm Uzi’s at the front door, just Boris and Doris hand stamping for $8. WHAT HAPPENED New Hampshire???
So we walked the hall up and down each row looking for that mystical bargain, that mis-priced Performance Center 911 for $250. But no joy, no bargains to be had anywhere.
Noticeably powder, primers and bullets a "lot" more than what I just paid at my localish gun store. Now I do my home work where I can and there a few items on my wish list that I keep an eye out for that deal of the century.
Like the NIB Walther 9mm PPS I picked up last Wednesday for $379. I’ve been looking for Walther PPK/S, a 22 pistol plinker (Colt Rail, Walther P22, Ruger SR 22 etc), I’m after a M&P 15-22. I just missed a Performance Center 15-22 selling for $460, some one beat me to that one.
I’m talking super deals like a M&P15-22 for $325-$349 range. What I found was lots of arms at more than I see in my local store. Some a lot more, there may have been bargains to be had, I may have missed them going up on Sunday and not Saturday, may have been bargains in things I wasn’t looking for, however nothing for us.
There was a lot of war memorabilia and collectors guns, I can not speak to price as I’m not in to that side of things. Lots of knifes that seemed on the high side, again thats just me.
We left some 90 minutes or so later with nothing but a fake tattoo to show for our efforts. On the way back down we stopped off at Riley’s and Shooters Outpost, both places packed, we noticed a lot of people from the gun show, I would say these two stores did well this weekend from people with money in there pocket to burn from the show.
The prices at both stores where a lot better than that of the show, Shooters Outpost had a labour day sale. Spent a couple of hundred on some odds and ends for my reloading room, some cheap 556 and my son picked up some 5.11 tactical trainer/boots that where 20% off.
Had nice day out with my son, breakfast and dinner on the road, next time I promised we would go to a diner with table and chairs. I wouldn’t go out of my way to go to another Gun Show, I might go to the one in Braintree in a few weeks as that is close.
Popped my cherry too early, should have listened to my Mother and waited for the right one to come along, maybe Vermont as amazonian women handing out silencers.
harry
My son and I are new to shooting and all things related, so neither of us had ever been to a gun show before, so today we took a farther and son road trip up to Concord NH.
Let me also say that our expectations where high, we heard all the urban legend and myths about gun shows in the land of the free, unicorns, rainbows, Willy Wonkers Chocolate factory all come to mind.
Expectations shattered as there where no bikini clad buxom body amazonian women handing out fully automatic 9mm Uzi’s at the front door, just Boris and Doris hand stamping for $8. WHAT HAPPENED New Hampshire???
So we walked the hall up and down each row looking for that mystical bargain, that mis-priced Performance Center 911 for $250. But no joy, no bargains to be had anywhere.
Noticeably powder, primers and bullets a "lot" more than what I just paid at my localish gun store. Now I do my home work where I can and there a few items on my wish list that I keep an eye out for that deal of the century.
Like the NIB Walther 9mm PPS I picked up last Wednesday for $379. I’ve been looking for Walther PPK/S, a 22 pistol plinker (Colt Rail, Walther P22, Ruger SR 22 etc), I’m after a M&P 15-22. I just missed a Performance Center 15-22 selling for $460, some one beat me to that one.
I’m talking super deals like a M&P15-22 for $325-$349 range. What I found was lots of arms at more than I see in my local store. Some a lot more, there may have been bargains to be had, I may have missed them going up on Sunday and not Saturday, may have been bargains in things I wasn’t looking for, however nothing for us.
There was a lot of war memorabilia and collectors guns, I can not speak to price as I’m not in to that side of things. Lots of knifes that seemed on the high side, again thats just me.
We left some 90 minutes or so later with nothing but a fake tattoo to show for our efforts. On the way back down we stopped off at Riley’s and Shooters Outpost, both places packed, we noticed a lot of people from the gun show, I would say these two stores did well this weekend from people with money in there pocket to burn from the show.
The prices at both stores where a lot better than that of the show, Shooters Outpost had a labour day sale. Spent a couple of hundred on some odds and ends for my reloading room, some cheap 556 and my son picked up some 5.11 tactical trainer/boots that where 20% off.
Had nice day out with my son, breakfast and dinner on the road, next time I promised we would go to a diner with table and chairs. I wouldn’t go out of my way to go to another Gun Show, I might go to the one in Braintree in a few weeks as that is close.
Popped my cherry too early, should have listened to my Mother and waited for the right one to come along, maybe Vermont as amazonian women handing out silencers.
harry
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