Nation's Gun Show Chantilly, VA Feb. 14-15-16 2020

SavageShooter · Feb 10, 2020

Fri. (new start time used to be 3 pm) 1 pm - 8 pm, Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. 10 am - 5 pm. Anyone going? I am.

Norton · Feb 10, 2020

savageShooter said:
Fri. (new start time used to be 3 pm) 1 pm - 8 pm, Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. 10 am - 5 pm. Anyone going? I am.

I might hit it on the way out of town if I can get away at 2:30 from town.

Neutron · Feb 10, 2020

I've never been so I figure I better go before VA passes their new crazy gun laws.

bigjohn · Feb 10, 2020

This weekend?

Lousy Shot · Feb 10, 2020

It is a long drive...is it a decent show for mags, ammo, etc, at good prices?

rkouns2003 · Feb 10, 2020

Hate the drive, but really enjoy the show. I will be going Sunday

fred55 · Feb 10, 2020

Hope to be there Friday, depending on Richmond activities. fred55

ken792 · Feb 10, 2020

Lousy Shot said:
It is a long drive...is it a decent show for mags, ammo, etc, at good prices?

Ten M2 PMAGs for $90 or $100 depending on the vendor. USGI tan follower or EPM new in wrap at $8-10. Dominion Defense has new Glock 19 and 17 mags at $25 and 33rd at $35. One of the vendors from OH has Soviet and Chinese AK mags at $25 each. I think there's a vendor with greasy Romanian and Polish AK mags for like $13 each. There are plenty of other mags too, but prices are probably not better than online.

Two vendors have 50rd boxes of 9mm HSTs for $19 each.

Not sure if they'll be there, but Velocity Ammunition had brass cased Geco 115gr 9mm at $160 a case and 1k Federal 147gr loose in a .30 call can at $173 at the Fredericksburg show. They also had 1k 147gr 9mm HSTs at $325
loose in a .50 can. I think they're usually at Nation's.

davsco · Feb 10, 2020

ken792 said:
Not sure if they'll be there, but Velocity Ammunition had brass cased Geco 115gr 9mm at $160 a case and 1k Federal 147gr loose in a .30 call can at $173 at the Fredericksburg show. They also had 1k 147gr 9mm HSTs at $325
loose in a .50 can. I think they're usually at Nation's.

yeah the stamp on their fed 147 brass was a little different, but they swore it was regular ol' american eagle. my one buddy bought a case/can and it worked fine but didn't test it for true accuracy. they have been at the dulles show the past two times.

davsco · Feb 10, 2020

savageShooter said:
Fri. (new start time used to be 3 pm) 1 pm - 8 pm, Sat. 9 am - 5 pm, Sun. 10 am - 5 pm. Anyone going? I am.

actually, the friday start time did use to be 1pm. i worked just a block away and bought their annual pass so i could just walk over at lunchtime. not working there (or anywhere!) any more but 1 is still better as you can get in and out just a hair before rush hour(s) start. i'll prob go friday.

Lousy Shot · Feb 10, 2020

ken792 said:
Ten M2 PMAGs for $90 or $100 depending on the vendor. USGI tan follower or EPM new in wrap at $8-10. Dominion Defense has new Glock 19 and 17 mags at $25 and 33rd at $35. One of the vendors from OH has Soviet and Chinese AK mags at $25 each. I think there's a vendor with greasy Romanian and Polish AK mags for like $13 each. There are plenty of other mags too, but prices are probably not better than online.

Two vendors have 50rd boxes of 9mm HSTs for $19 each.

Not sure if they'll be there, but Velocity Ammunition had brass cased Geco 115gr 9mm at $160 a case and 1k Federal 147gr loose in a .30 call can at $173 at the Fredericksburg show. They also had 1k 147gr 9mm HSTs at $325
loose in a .50 can. I think they're usually at Nation's.

Hey, thanks! Appreciate it!

Mike OTDP · Feb 10, 2020

Lousy Shot said:
It is a long drive...is it a decent show for mags, ammo, etc, at good prices?

Plenty of mags and ammo. Bring a hand cart for the latter. Whether or not it's worth it depends on where you are driving from...for those of us in Deep Southern Maryland, it's the least distant large gun show.

Lousy Shot · Feb 10, 2020

Mike OTDP said:
Plenty of mags and ammo. Bring a hand cart for the latter. Whether or not it's worth it depends on where you are driving from...for those of us in Deep Southern Maryland, it's the least distant large gun show.

Deep Southern Maryland? Where exactly is that? (never heard that one)

I'm guessing just before the 301 bridge into Virginia...or are you talking about the "other side," near Crisfield?

Mike OTDP · Feb 10, 2020

Lousy Shot said:
Deep Southern Maryland? Where exactly is that? (never heard that one)

NAS Patuxent River. I always put it that way because the denizens of the I-95 Axis have such poor geography knowledge, even of their own state. To them, there is nothing south of Waldorf...which to us, is a good 40 minute drive up the north road.

safecracker · Feb 10, 2020

TK Defense will be there with a bunch of new and used guns, as well as specialty 12 gauge ammo. Also doing Maryland transfers.

Lousy Shot · Feb 11, 2020

So, is the consensus that it is worth the time and gasoline to drive out to Chantilly for the show? It has been at least a dozen years since I visited the Aerospace museum annex out there.

Lousy Shot · Feb 11, 2020

Mike OTDP said:
NAS Patuxent River. I always put it that way because the denizens of the I-95 Axis have such poor geography knowledge, even of their own state. To them, there is nothing south of Waldorf...which to us, is a good 40 minute drive up the north road.

Aha! I think the last time I was out there was for a dinner at an Indian restaurant near the base gate. 10 years at least.

Melnic · Feb 11, 2020

davsco said:
actually, the friday start time did use to be 1pm. i worked just a block away and bought their annual pass so i could just walk over at lunchtime. not working there (or anywhere!) any more but 1 is still better as you can get in and out just a hair before rush hour(s) start. i'll prob go friday.

How long ago was that? My last trip there was April last year and it was 3:00PM opening on Friday cause I was down in the area and waited an hour till it opened and got out by 4:30 to head home.

davsco · Feb 11, 2020

Melnic said:
How long ago was that? My last trip there was April last year and it was 3:00PM opening on Friday cause I was down in the area and waited an hour till it opened and got out by 4:30 to head home.

3-5 years ago

Lousy Shot · Feb 11, 2020

So, DAVSCO, is there a decent lunch restaurant close by where the gun show is being held? I usually avoid the food served inside these venues, but I wouldn't mind finding a decent place nearby. I remember a really good Mexican place in Herndon, but I was told it closed. Anything else out there...where I can drop my wife off to shop? Thanks!

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