Yeah, they saw my holster and asked if I was carrying but I left my 19 at home but it’s a pain in the ass to remove the holster. Was kinda disappointed tbh. My last gun show was in Fredericksburg and was huge. This felt like maybe 20 vendors and didn’t really see any prices that were deals except maybe the $475 Sub2k. Idk if it’s because it’s MD or what, but that was sad.
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pleasant1911
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I agree Was there around 1pm today and not much going on. Last time I went to a gun show was at Dulles and although I was in no way expecting the same, I was expecting some good deals and variety. Couple good tables if you needed those items, but many other tables looked like personal stuff for sale??? Idk. The target table had a lot.
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Thank you, Alejandro. Anybody who needs to get an 80% lower serialized- don’t put it off. Blue Customworks will do it right.
My wife said the old men selling their personal stuff looked like they were angry they had to. We stopped at every table and the only one that engaged with us was the dude with the handmade knives, which I think was the first table on the left going in. We were either straight up ignored or got shot dirty looks by the rest.
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They are never “great” but there is another gun show happening about 30 min away that probably pulled away some of the vendors.
I said it once and I’ll say it again, not sure why the gun prices aren’t 10% lower than everyday prices to drive more business on show day.
Probably because a bunch of Fudds don't realize that you can insta-check prices now. lol.
Bullfrog
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It's a small show, but this one was smaller than usual. There is a show going on at Chantilly and one in Bel Air this weekend. Precision Arms usually has a big display in the back, and they were absent.
whistlersmother
Peace through strength
Well, when one vendor, oh shoot (who was it now?), had sub2000's for $750, even a 10% discount isn't very good.
SCSG has the best prices, as usual.
Ok, I am just going to say in defense of MY store both at the shop or a show. If my items were priced at retail or MSRP I could see doing a discount for shows, however my prices are almost always below MSRP, something I have tried to do since I opened the business. You'd be very hard pressed to find a new firearm at my tables priced at MSRP, don't believe me, come check it out. With that said, If I knocked off another 10% of my prices I typically would make very little profit, certainly not worth doing the show anyways. Those of you who think that all dealers get rich selling guns have a lot to learn! If you dont like the price you see, talk to the vendor they may be willing to work a little bit. I certainly made several deals with people today at the show. ...
Thank you, we try really hard to provide the best prices and service that we can.!
Your booth was the only well priced vendor as usual. I’m just saying in general, paying employees to show up Saturday and Sunday, set up tables, and then sell one or two guns doesn’t seem worth the squeeze.
If it were me I would try to make up the difference in volume of sales vs big ticket.
Or price the non regulated sales at a good price. The regulated firearms get weird when you have to come back to their physical store a week later.
Thank you Alejandro! I'm very happy with the way my guns turned out.
I saw several instances where the identical gun was $200 or more less at SCSG's table.
Not surprising. Brian is usually the best price on handguns around here. Best transfer too. And his shop is cool.
While we may not have the selection some of the other guys have, we try hard to be the best with what we have...
Biggfoot44
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- Aug 2, 2009
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( At present ) it is not illegal .
However, every promoter of every gun show has a policy against loaded for attendees .
Yes ,firearms may be brought with you . At minimum ,will be inspected , some shows will zip tie .
So what is a reasonable price for a CMP Garand these days?
