Has Covid killed the Gun & Knife Show?

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We have one about every 4-6 months. Two weeks ago there was over 1000 people attending the first day. This is in a town of 15,000 and probably 35,000 in the whole county. I worked 2 last year, but decided better on this last one. Prices were out of sight and if you had ammo to sell you were setting on a gold mine.
 
They were just about dead in Mass as they were getting smaller and smaller each year. Now with the Vid, they are cancelled indefinitely. Don't expect they will be coming back anytime soon.
 
Keeping my fingers crossed for the Tulsa show that has been cancelled twice in the 50 yr history, both cancelations in 2020, the year from hell. Hopefully the April show will be a go; so far that's the word
 
Hoover, AL has a large gun and knife show scheduled in 2 days. Historically in the top 5 for this area in terms of size/number of attendees. I am not sure how Covid effects the venue but it is still going on.
 
I don't know about other venues but around here the vendors themselves knocked them out long ago. A bunch of guys sitting around talking with little interest in selling their firearms. Overpriced and not even willing to discuss the price. The regular retail outlets with nothing but your everyday plastic and ARs. Jewellery, jerky and cheap knives as well. Not much to see anymore but atleast you can get a good laugh walking around and looking at some of the overpriced wares...
 
Depends on location.
Timing, too.
Dallas Market Hall week ago Saturday was packed, long line snaking out the door and into the parking lot, about 45 minutes to get to the door. Only real delay was the paying for admission. Mask use was near universal. Aisles were set up wide, too. Pistols were outselling long arms by around 10:1. Very few guns brought in for sale. About 4 "private" tables (other than the concurrent Militaria show vendors).

Last Saturday, "Original" Fort Worth, show at Will Rogers, was also packed. Long snaking line to get in, but only about 30 minutes. Once in, wide, wide aisles there, too. Mask use was about 50% though (about equal mix of nose out, chin cupping, ear hanging, and "I ain't wearin' no &*$#^$ mask"). Much better selection of long arms (unless you were looking for lever actions or hunting rifles). Ammunition was moving more than anythings else--and for no obvious reason, given the prices. Was clouted in the head a half-dozen times by people trying to flog long arms brought in. Not a single non dealer table (other than the usual suspects, jerky, salsa, salt lamps, etc.).
 
Em, times of gun and ammo shortages are not the times to go to gun shows......but just like those who did not learn from the past about ammo preparedness......

The shows are still happening here as well. I am not going because of the gun and ammo situation but the public health situation does not prod me to go either. I do miss them though. There are always some neat and weird things I find only peripherally related to guns. Casting and reloading paraphernalia are favorites.
 
Gun shows have not been what they once were, but I would rarely miss the local one. This year, I have decided that it is not worth the risk. I have stuff to sell (gun related, for reasonable prices) but the risk outweighs that opportunity. I don't think the gun show is dead in this part of the world, but it'll have to go without me this year.
 
Boat sport and travel show cancelled
The ol lady and I would head over and eat then go to it ( deer and turkey expo time )

I never bought anything but the ol lady would hit me for a couple hundred. So guess im saving money this yr LOL
 
In northwest Arkansas they are still going strong, as well as Eastern Oklahoma. Prices are high and ammo is scarce, but when available is high.
As far as that goes, just bought a box of 100, 123g Hornady SST for 7.62x39 yesterday at local academy sports. Only box of bullets on all the shelves. Had to pay $35.95 for them. They were $29.95 just a few months ago.
 
We are still having gun shows in southern Indiana but they are not worth going to. Anytime a box of ammo that used to cost $9 to $15 is selling for $65 to $80 spending $5 at the door is wasting money.
To be truthful the internet killed the gun show long before covid was around. Everyone learned that they could buy ammo by the case for way less than the gun show could begin to sell it for, we just wised up to the scam they were giving us.
 
I would argue that gun shows died a long time before Covid.

The only show that comes close to being what the gun shows of past have been is the Knob Creek machine gun shoot & military show.
They still have the piles of gun parts on some of the tables to scavenge through. I just hope they have it again this April.
 
For me, Knife & Gun shows killed the Knife & Gun shows. The last few I attended were a total waste of time. Limited selections, overpriced offerings, rude dealers, expensive admission. They were just not worth bothering with anymore.
 
For me, Knife & Gun shows killed the Knife & Gun shows. The last few I attended were a total waste of time. Limited selections, overpriced offerings, rude dealers, expensive admission. They were just not worth bothering with anymore.

Yes there are a few like that. I haven’t purchased a firearm from a gun show in years. I go for the small stuff like gun parts, holsters, optics, mags and reloading stuff. 90% of the time I only come home with extra empty ammo cans for $5
 
The shows killed themself long ago. Pay to get in, pay tax, prices are usually higher than a local shop, 3006 signage on the door. Dealers there are usually the crustiest off the crusty gun dealers who know everything, same stuff every year.
I used to go just because I’m an addict. Probably won’t go this year because some rent a cop at the door will harass me about not wearing a sheep skin.
You left out paying to park.
 
The internet killed the gun and knife show. Once it was the only place you could get the odd ball thing. Now with GB and other sources why spend a lot of money to drive pay to get in sometimes pay to park and walk around a bunch of knife, jewelry, and jerky tables and a lot of guy who have a bit to sell but want to make a ton on every sale. That said, there is the occasional person who shows up and wants to sell dads gun for a fair price. But mostly IMO its a waste of time.
 
I go to the big annual gun show with a friend of mine, and enjoy it for no other reason than we enjoy BSing and looking. Occasionally we find something interesting. The last one we attended I found an over priced Sig P938 Legion, and after leaving we went to the local gun shop. They had the same model $100 cheaper, and I bought it there. We had fun.

However, COVID has completely killed gun shows for me personally. I won't go to a crowded place. COVID is running rampant where I live, and it killed several friends of friends and family members. And I am friends with too many at risk people to risk picking it up and then spreading it to them.
 
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