Oaks Gun Show Feb14/15 March 27-29

[Melnic]

Anyone going to one of these?
I'm up in the area for the Feb one so I'll be going that Sunday
I was up there a year or so ago and it was bigger and better than Chantilly.
http://www.eaglearmsgunshows.com/2015-schedule.html

 

[Bertfish]

I'm planning to go to both but the one in March is the 2000 table one. Last time I went there was a serious amount of good stuff there

 

[Docster]

I'm planning to go to both but the one in March is the 2000 table one. Last time I went there was a serious amount of good stuff there

Concur. I've never been disappointed at an Oaks show. I'm waiting for the March 27-29 show. Fridays are always a good day to go.

 

[JohnnyE]

Oaks and Chantilly are the same weekend this month, so I'll hit Chantilly. It's the 2,000 table Oaks Extravaganza that will get me up there in March.

 

[ground chuck]

I'd like to go to the march show. I went to it last year. Came home with no money in my wallet.

 

[PapiBarcelona]

We got a crew heading up to Oaks tomorrow

 

[Wheelbrain]

Any chance of purchasing a VZ 2008 here?

 

[PapiBarcelona]

Rockville to Phoenixville is a tough call to make on something like that. It's not terribly far over the MD line but there will you will see a lot of New Jersey and Delaware advertising vendors, organizations, etc. Difficult to guess if a PA dealer at that show will know MD law in it's current form.

I remember walking down an aisle and seeing a group of people dispersing from a table real fast and the guy running the cash register yelling real loud "No New Jersey sales" at least half a dozen times. He looked irritated.

 

[Bertfish]

It was a decent show, was there about three hours today. Plenty of C$R stuff at prices which I seldom agreed with ($450 for a run-of-the-mill SKS, come on). Laugh of the day was at the table run by Fabulous Firearms where I looked at a used Mini-14 which was marked at $1275. When I asked why the guy behind the desk said "well its marked LEO and you can't get those any more so its worth more". Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight

 

[PapiBarcelona]

If I went by myself I probably wouldn't have a good time at shows anymore. It's really becoming boring to me to go to these besides the chance to barter normal capacity mags between vendors, and get like a $10-20 cheaper price on 1000 rounds of ammo versus going to a gun shop.

197 miles and burned 1/4 tank of fuel going to Oaks, and stopping at Targetmaster on the way home. Cost of lunch, fuel, entry I think for a next adventure we're going to be more interested in running to a shop like Trop, then swinging by Cabela's in DE and then hit home, and not bother with the shows.

 

[Melnic]

I was not far from the show and time to kill today while away at a Kids Tournament.
Nothing specific that I was hunting for. I did pick up some reloading powder and primers as well as an oddball magazine for an old Mauser Pocket Pistol. They had some various pistol powders there.

I stopped by Cabelas for some pmags. If I were to have picked a show, I probably would have gone to Chantilly, but I was already near here.

 

[PapiBarcelona]

Best quote from Oaks I heard was "The guns that sell the most are those machine gun looking ones" said a guy walking around with what I guess was his family. There was a golf show the same day, guess he was from there.

The other things I got laughs was a vendor wearing a drop leg short barrel shotgun rig of some sort. Another vendor had all the stuff, cool looking instructor belt, spare mags, holstered 1911 with no mag in it. Why?

I will say I'm jealous it wasn't me, but I didn't get a short haircut or shave my face so I wouldn't have looked half the part yesterday.

One training vendor had a looped video of their stuff, guys in a Dodge 4 door truck hanging out the window "engaging" targets. Looked like a good way to get shot to me.

 

[dadof2badboys]

So this is the BIG 2000 Table show March 27-29?? What City is this in again? Its near the Valley Forge Casino? Details... I must go!

 

[Melnic]

Oaks, PA
https://www.google.com/maps/place/G...2!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0x872174672957ecdf

The expo center will have multiple shows going on at the same time in different buildings.
I don't see any other events on their calender for that weekend though.

 

[JSW]

at 2000 tables we will have all of the bldg (I believe) except a few small spaces on the one side.

 

[ground chuck]

So this is the BIG 2000 Table show March 27-29?? What City is this in again? Its near the Valley Forge Casino? Details... I must go!

Yes, phoenixville, the casino is offering $85 nights for the show. Fyi...not all vendors will sell to md residents. Last year, It took me the better part of 3 hours to find one that 1) had the 15-22 I wanted & 2) to sell to md resident.
Found a guy selling new 5.11 rush packs at a good discount. I'll be going with the missus. I'll have the osprey orange pack with a seahawks cap, introduce yourself.

 

[JSW]

there will be a Maryland dealer there that might be able to help with problem you might run into.

 

[ironpony]

Pretty sure I'm going again this year. Friday afternoon = powder, Friday night = mechanical bull at the casino, Saturday am = all the other tables or chiropractor. Made an $85 reservation at the casino/hotel.

 

[Bertfish]

at 2000 tables we will have all of the bldg (I believe) except a few small spaces on the one side.

That is how it has been in the past

 

[Docster]

I'm driving up early in the morning (Sunday) from Perry Hall, if anybody wants to ride up.