Gun shows, in general

[erwos]

I don't go to them anymore. Anything I can buy at the gun show, I can get cheaper online. I admit it's sometimes fun looking for cheap oddball stuff to impulse buy, but it's just not enough for me to feel like I want to deal with the parking, admission, and crowds.

 

[TheOriginalMexicanBob]

I don't go to them anymore. Anything I can buy at the gun show, I can get cheaper online. I admit it's sometimes fun looking for cheap oddball stuff to impulse buy, but it's just not enough for me to feel like I want to deal with the parking, admission, and crowds.

One way to look at it is you attend even a small, otherwise poor gun show but you find the one thing you've been looking for that's taken years...it was a great gun show.

 

[Ammo Jon]

I attend all of them. What I found with vendors like our own @FFBWMD is that he’s there to move product. A lot of others seem to be there to show their stuff and hope they find a sucker, dragging the same old crap from show to show and not having fresh inventory.

 

[noddaz]

The MD antique arms show is still the bomb.

Indeed! I look forward to this years show!

 

[wreckdiver]

The MD antique arms show is really a museum for sale. It’s cool even if you’re not a history nerd.

 

[calicojack]

-I think about this subject frequently as I've been in the gun collecting field for a long period and have seen it change along with the times. IMHO there are 3 things driving the downsizing of gunshows...
1.) The collapse of the military surplus market.
2.) Definitely in the case of MD a hostile business environment.
3.) The internet.

I think that's it in a nutshell. But I would say don't give up hope. Like I said; you just never know when we'll show up and see something we like and buy it.

 

[calicojack]

Gun Shows are like Sex .

Even mediocre Gun Show is much better than no Gun Shows

One way to look at it is you attend even a small, otherwise poor gun show but you find the one thing you've been looking for that's taken years...it was a great gun show.

Yes!

 

[calicojack]

I think one thing that might make the shows more attractive is if they had a better choice of food for lunch; like a few food trucks. IDK maybe I am the only one who keeps thinking of his stomach.

 

[Biggfoot44]

Varys from venue to venue .

Didn't this weekend , but Fredrick usually has a food truck . Pre covid , the in house grill had good food .

Bel Air VFW will have food truck . plus their own grill . Jarrettsville q VFW has their own grill operation .


Nations Gun Show has expected mediocre overpriced snack bars , but has several adjacent restaurants , including Willards BBQ a short walk away .

 

[Sundazes]

Love or hate them, if you don't support them, they go away.