So the big Wanamacher gun show is going on....and I went.
First off, don't count on them being able to use debit cards at the door. Just make sure you get your cash in pocket if you haven't bought tickets online. The vendors inside can use debit cards and credit cards and everything else like people have been able to do to purchases goods and services since like, oh, i dont know, 1975. But no, must have cash money to get in....I know damn good and well I have been able to purchase tickets at the door of other expo building events with my debit card...but not this time. And yes, you can go use the ATM onsite for only a nice little $3.25 fee, but the line to get inside is quite long and you will have to go right back out and start the hell over. Guilty.
Nice show if you like AR-15s, AR-15s, guns like AR-15s and AR-15s. Seriously, trying to find anything accessory wise besides a few holsters for any other gun is a search for real. Pistol grips for shotguns? Don't even try. I found two, one that I could use.
.22LR ammo is available, at about 12 cents a round. That's kinda high, some places online are as low as 8 cents a round.
Lots of collector guns. I could care less about some $8000 old Pistol that I can't fire. Not a collector like that. Not saying that's a bad thing, but I didn't see an abundance of newer Colt 1911s. There were a few, and there was quite a few other 1911 frame guns, but i saw one single 1911 Colt Rail gun in the whole joint. FIgured someone might be selling the new Colt M1 marine Rail Gun that some guys online have been nutty about. Didn't see a single one.
There was one area that had some good prices on guns....and about the only place I saw a Desert Eagle .50 AE. Not many Eagles in there...
Antique ammo.....$300 for a 40 year old box of shells? Someone explain this to me. Is it because some of the older loads are more powerful than what we have today? I know I have some ammo like that, 12 gauge. I fired it and then a brand new batch of 12 gauge, same shot size and all. The old shells were cranking my shoulder pretty good. New stuff shot like butter, but not much punch. Don't know if that's it or people just like the pretty boxes, but I talked to one lady who was telling my wife how they have made a few 100 grand in the last couple years buying and selling the stuff. Crazy.
I did see some Colt Pythons, which are both collectible but definitely a gun that can be shot if you can get over paying over 5K for a .357.
Anyway, it's so much different than the gun shows I remember back when I was in my teens. Way more people for sure. And this is just MY account. I may have missed quite a few things as I did have my wife with me griping about every step of the way. So it was difficult for me to be completely focused. I did see some really cool things, a table full of 50BMG firing rifles, big anti-material type rifles (sorry, didn't get close enough to see the makers of each gun). Saw one monster 20 mm WW2 anti-tank rifle for about 12K that looked like it would be a hoot to fire.
The prices I saw on things wasn't "the bargains" I used to see at gun shows. The VP9 I bought for my wife recently was sellng for the same price at a few different booths. I have seen them cheaper online.
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First off, don't count on them being able to use debit cards at the door. Just make sure you get your cash in pocket if you haven't bought tickets online. The vendors inside can use debit cards and credit cards and everything else like people have been able to do to purchases goods and services since like, oh, i dont know, 1975. But no, must have cash money to get in....I know damn good and well I have been able to purchase tickets at the door of other expo building events with my debit card...but not this time. And yes, you can go use the ATM onsite for only a nice little $3.25 fee, but the line to get inside is quite long and you will have to go right back out and start the hell over. Guilty.
Nice show if you like AR-15s, AR-15s, guns like AR-15s and AR-15s. Seriously, trying to find anything accessory wise besides a few holsters for any other gun is a search for real. Pistol grips for shotguns? Don't even try. I found two, one that I could use.
.22LR ammo is available, at about 12 cents a round. That's kinda high, some places online are as low as 8 cents a round.
Lots of collector guns. I could care less about some $8000 old Pistol that I can't fire. Not a collector like that. Not saying that's a bad thing, but I didn't see an abundance of newer Colt 1911s. There were a few, and there was quite a few other 1911 frame guns, but i saw one single 1911 Colt Rail gun in the whole joint. FIgured someone might be selling the new Colt M1 marine Rail Gun that some guys online have been nutty about. Didn't see a single one.
There was one area that had some good prices on guns....and about the only place I saw a Desert Eagle .50 AE. Not many Eagles in there...
Antique ammo.....$300 for a 40 year old box of shells? Someone explain this to me. Is it because some of the older loads are more powerful than what we have today? I know I have some ammo like that, 12 gauge. I fired it and then a brand new batch of 12 gauge, same shot size and all. The old shells were cranking my shoulder pretty good. New stuff shot like butter, but not much punch. Don't know if that's it or people just like the pretty boxes, but I talked to one lady who was telling my wife how they have made a few 100 grand in the last couple years buying and selling the stuff. Crazy.
I did see some Colt Pythons, which are both collectible but definitely a gun that can be shot if you can get over paying over 5K for a .357.
Anyway, it's so much different than the gun shows I remember back when I was in my teens. Way more people for sure. And this is just MY account. I may have missed quite a few things as I did have my wife with me griping about every step of the way. So it was difficult for me to be completely focused. I did see some really cool things, a table full of 50BMG firing rifles, big anti-material type rifles (sorry, didn't get close enough to see the makers of each gun). Saw one monster 20 mm WW2 anti-tank rifle for about 12K that looked like it would be a hoot to fire.
The prices I saw on things wasn't "the bargains" I used to see at gun shows. The VP9 I bought for my wife recently was sellng for the same price at a few different booths. I have seen them cheaper online.
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