Great American Outdoor Show 2018

Sticky · Feb 4, 2018

Going on Wednesday..

Squaregrouper · Feb 4, 2018

Friday for me.

Rack&Roll · Feb 4, 2018

Sticky said:
Going on Wednesday..

Wednesday or Thursday for me. Love this expo.

welder516 · Feb 4, 2018

Is it still good to go for OC or CC ??? I have not been there in a couple years .

CrueChief · Feb 4, 2018

welder516 said:
Is it still good to go for OC or CC ??? I have not been there in a couple years .

Was ccing last year with no issue. Even says its gtg in the FAQs. :thumbsup:

There were police at the door but just sitting on a stool for a presence.

Rob R. · Feb 4, 2018

Avoided the weekend crowd, here’s a few pictures posted from FB
I plan on going Tuesday and then possibly Thursday

Ranchero50 · Feb 4, 2018

Going up Tuesday with the oldest kid. Wednesday weather is supposed to suck. Went last year during the week and had an amazing time. Goal is in the parking lot before 9:45, they open at 10 am. Got busy around lunch and petered out around 3 pm. Walked everything except the archery stuff.

Overboost44 · Feb 4, 2018

I was at the show today and will be there tomorrow. Staying in Harrisburg for the night. The crowds were pretty bad, but it could have been worse and has been in the past for us. Got 3" of snow today in about 4 hours or so. The weather sucks but then it does every year.

CharlieFoxtrot · Feb 5, 2018

Going tomorrow. Can't wait I love this show. I'm like an 8 year old on Christmas Eve today.

alucard0822 · Feb 5, 2018

Was a good show, took my 6yo boy, he loves the dog competitions and NRA/eddie eagle stuff. I didn't see Xtreme/Freedom munitions this year, usually raid them for a few thousand bullets, so was a little dissapointed they didn't show. Did get to handle a lot of stuff I wanted to check out, picked up a ZT knife $60 under the usual internet pricing from Five star cutlery. Got to chat with the Sig reps for some time about the 365, it's the real deal, left the show, called my LGS to get on the pre-order list, then took the boy to night ski at Roundtop.

Fox123 · Feb 5, 2018

So one of the vendors posted on FB that the District attorneys detective went around the various booths at night (they supposedly are the ones providing night security) and this detective went through booths and confiscated some firearms.

Vendor did not post too many details other than a note was left and that he is contacting his attorney.

Thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone had any other info or hear something similar?

Inigoes · Feb 5, 2018

Fox123 said:
So one of the vendors posted on FB that the District attorneys detective went around the various booths at night (they supposedly are the ones providing night security) and this detective went through booths and confiscated some firearms.

Vendor did not post too many details other than a note was left and that he is contacting his attorney.

Thought it was interesting and wondered if anyone had any other info or hear something similar?

Should not be to hard to catch the perp. There are plenty of surveillance cameras at the facility.

LEO's are being pulled in from all over to support the show, to include parole officers.

Chriss · Feb 5, 2018

Planning for Thursday. Not sure if a solo run or will ask a friend. Anyone going Thursday care to break bread over some fine vendor food? I have missed all the other MDS food meetups

Fox123 · Feb 5, 2018

Inigoes said:
Should not be to hard to catch the perp. There are plenty of surveillance cameras at the facility.

LEO's are being pulled in from all over to support the show, to include parole officers.

Not perp, the detective left note supposedly saying contact their office.

No warrant sounds like theft to me.

Inigoes · Feb 5, 2018

Fox123 said:
Not perp, the detective left note supposedly saying contact their office.

No warrant sounds like theft to me.

Which is why I called him a "perp". Taking things is also called stealing.

PA does not have a gun lock law, nor does Harrisburg have any such ordinance. All firearms displayed at the show, are supposed to be disabled. That would be the show promoter's responsibility to check, not a LEO after hours.

CrueChief · Feb 5, 2018

Inigoes said:
Which is why I called him a "perp". Taking things is also called stealing.

Except when you work for the DAs office, then its apparently called security.

Inigoes · Feb 5, 2018

Yep, as I thought.

Here is the policy:
https://www.greatamericanoutdoorshow.org/media/2735/9b-firearm-deactivation-policy.pdf

Ranchero50 · Feb 6, 2018

Went today, good show and had a decent time. Show tip, go later in the day. Many vendors said the show was empty after 5pm and they close at 7pm. We got there at 9:45 and were parked on the main lot within 100 yards of the exhibition bldg. Went out for lunch at noon and some folks were already leaving so we relocated within 50 yards of the door. No line after 10:15 and the crowds died down after lunch. Picked up a little around 3:30 and we left around 4:30 as it was clearing out.

Shocker of the day was seeing the certificate of origin on the purty blue Mustang said the trans was sourced from China...

Picked up another 80% lower for a pistola build and the kid bought a bag of P-mags. Overall good time and it got the juices flowing fondling so many nice firearms.

BigSteve57 · Feb 6, 2018

We just got back from a tiring but productive 2 day visit.
We booked our Montana Elk hunt, said hi to the guy who was great to us as an Africa outfitter and interviewed approx. 20 Alaska outfitters.
We're totally lost on the Alaska trips and it will take a lot of research to sort out all the various vendors.
We did find the boat-based hunting trips mostly located off the southern coast of Alaska most intriguing.
Oh and the visit to the Sig booth was also great.
There was also a laser training system that looked like it could help with handgun shooting; the wife & I had fun trying to hit multiple green dots with a handgun chambered with a laser.
There was also the usual complement of outdoor gear to ooh and ahh over.

CrueChief · Feb 6, 2018

Inigoes said:
Yep, as I thought.

Here is the policy:
https://www.greatamericanoutdoorshow.org/media/2735/9b-firearm-deactivation-policy.pdf

Not to be confused with........

Is concealed carry permitted?

Concealed carry of personal firearms is permitted in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex with the proper license in accordance with Pennsylvania law. When carrying your firearm, always adhere to all federal, state and local laws.

https://www.greatamericanoutdoorshow.org/faq/

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