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Complete waist of time at both Wilmington and Manchester. Both venues were much smaller with short aisles and 15-20' between each row. So much room that you could easily do 6-7 people across in Manchester. Was talking to one of the vendors in Manchester and he was telling me there were three things working against the gun show. 1 was the two gun shows running at the same time. 2 was that there was a big gun dealers show in Tulsa, OK that many FFLs in New England went too. 3 was the start of hunting season.
Even with this lack of customers vendors weren't haggling much, even for ammo that was way overpriced.
Yeah, somewhat of a disappointment... the incredible shrinking MA gun shows. Only good thing you can say is that the aisles keep getting wider and wider so it's easy to see everything quickly. I was in and out in 45 minutes.i apologize for starting this thread, went this morning, same review as everyone else
lot smaller let less guns should have stayed home on the couch
Good to hear that Martinello is still in business and doing shows even if they have to leave the state to do so after their fellow Sutton, MA dealer turned them in to Dimples the Tyrant and had them fined and kicked out of the MA shows. They are good people. The other Sutton, MA dealer... not so much.Also, 30 minutes north, there is a show at the Radisson in Manchester, NH. Really good opportunities at both shows! Tony Martinello is at Manchester for customers looking for some collectible stuff from a Mass dealer.
Yeah, somewhat of a disappointment... the incredible shrinking MA gun shows. Only good thing you can say is that the aisles keep getting wider and wider so it's easy to see everything quickly. I was in and out in 45 minutes.
I forgot about Manchester or I would have tried to hit both shows since Wilmington took so little time. Maybe I would have gotten lucky up north, who knows?
The fact that they have the audacity to actually charge $12 to get in is absurd, too.
-Mike
Good to hear that Martinello is still in business and doing shows even if they have to leave the state to do so after their fellow Sutton, MA dealer turned them in to Dimples the Tyrant and had them fined and kicked out of the MA shows. They are good people. The other Sutton, MA dealer... not so much.
Old story now. Short version: The other Sutton dealer complained to show organizer that Martinello was displaying new Glocks at MA shows. Confusion and ugliness followed. Show organizer eventually got pissed, called cops and Martinello was ejected from a Marlboro show... later banned by organizer from all MA shows.Wow what happened ?