Went to a gun show...

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I personally would wish these kinds of people would not go to gun shows.

Ditto for the folks with table after table of junk Chinese toys and crafts, and stuff that just makes you scratch your head. Food stuff I don't mind but I like to see GUNS and AMMO at gun shows LOL!
 
Hahaha! -To the tinfoil hat comment!

Its kind of like "I went to a gun show and a flea market broke out...Like the ol' "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out".
 
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Check out the blow dart guy.

I could never figure out the candy bar guy. Free samples would be nice.

Diversity is cool. You got the lady with the $5 sheep leather bags and and the gal with the $30,000 safes. I guess we are pretty lucky, none of them specifically bug me, but I'm going tomorrow so I'll report back.
 
Arkansas Paul said:
Well, except for the jerky table. I'm a sucker for good jerky.
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tickfarm said:
I bought a neat tin foil hat from one of them.
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I don't mind the jerky either. In fact, I don't mind non-gun stuff so long as it sort of fits into a self-reliance type thing. It provides an atmosphere.

But I have a theory about these "alt. medicine" folks.

I think the "tin foil" might be a reason these people show up in force at shows. Not because they're tin foil, but because they think patrons will be. Perhaps these salespeople are crafty.

For instance, there was also a table with an author selling his self-published survival manuals. He claimed to have been a SEAL, if I recall. One section of a book tried to debunk some conspiracy theories. One explanation to debunk the "FEMA coffins" nonsense (thoroughly refuted, including by Snopes) reasoned 'Well, FEMA is supposed to prepare for catastrophes, so I'm not worried that anything sinister is going on.'

Now, if you're gullible enough to believe in more outlandish conspiracy theories, couldn't you be gullible enough to believe that drinking silver will cure everything from arthritis to hearing loss?

I know that we're all reasonable people here, but is it possible that gun enthusiasts are more likely to believe conspiracy theories? Ergo, isn't it possible that snake-oil salesmen know this and take advantage of it?

Or maybe they just show up where crowds gather. I think I'm way over-thinking this.
 
Well managed gun shows do not allow such snake oil tables. It disappoints me when such crapola is permitted. What that has to do with gun products is a mystery to me.
 
Yea, whats up with the cheap knives? I actually thought I may could find a decent fixed blade w/sheath last time I went. WRONG. Out of the probably 6000 knives there, they all looked pretty much the same and were about 8.99$


XD fan. your vols are going down today!
 
Quote "I scored some magic beans at a gun show in a trade for a mint Colt revolver. Do you think I got a good deal? "

You won't think so when you try to shoot the giant at the top of the beanstalk with a bean shooter!!!
 
Just got back from the gun show. ~8 miles from the Rancho de OilyPablisimo

Got a bunch of "NO ON I-594" signs. Worth it right there! Bonus to see some church buddies and two work buddies.

Some good stuff, plenty of guns with a new ammo seller up from Oregon. BULK 75 and 75gr 5.56! Decent ammo prices. 6.8SPCII in three or four brands. Still light on the .22LR.

Talked to a couple legal beagles on SBR stuff and trusts.

All good.......last row to go and there it is. Two ladies selling smelly candles. Smart - candles to cover the smell of men, guns, iron, grease, oil and iron. What is the one and only thing my wife complains about in my gun office and shop? The smell.
 
As much as I'd like to think otherwise, the vast majority of gun show attendees I've seen look and sound like they'd be lucky to score a minimum wage job. Combine that with the fact that they come prepared to spend a load of cash, and there's a lot of impulse buying going on. "Honey, look what I bought for you at the gun show!"
 
Potatohead. I really want to talk some smack, tell you how wrong you are, tell you how bad the third Saturday in October will be for everyone from Alabama, but...I got nothing. It's going to be another tough year to bleed orange. Hey, at least we are undefeated so far (Don't look at who we have played.).
 
What exactly makes charlatans like this show up at gun shows? Is there something about them that attracts these characters?
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First rule of sales, pitch everybody.

The wife and I went to the SERTOMA show at Rustic Hills today.

It wasn’t bad; they didn’t have the frantic crowds just looking to buy any gun they could get their hands on that were there last time we went. There was plenty of ammunition, we got 500 rounds of 9mm for 100.00 $.

My wife got a dog harness for 30 bucks and a couple of books for a buck and I got a VHS tape of The Rock for a buck.
 
Matno said:
As much as I'd like to think otherwise, the vast majority of gun show attendees I've seen look and sound like they'd be lucky to score a minimum wage job. Combine that with the fact that they come prepared to spend a load of cash, and there's a lot of impulse buying going on. "Honey, look what I bought for you at the gun show!"
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you judge? why? if they have minimum wage jobs where does the wad come from.
just don't go!!!! oh by the way which category do you fit in?
 
lxd55 said:
you judge? why? if they have minimum wage jobs where does the wad come from.
just don't go!!!! oh by the way which category do you fit in?
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Heck, 3/4 of the reason I go to gun shows is because the people there are so entertaining. Most of the stuff sold at gun shows is low quality, but it's always interesting to see what other people are willing to buy. I remember seeing something at a gun show recently and thinking what kind of sucker would buy that? The next day, a doctor I know was really excited to tell me what he bought at the gun show. You guessed it...

I'm not judging, just observing. People don't go to gun shows to buy high end stuff, plain and simple. Yes, there usually is SOME quality stuff for sale, but those vendors are usually not the ones going home from the shows with a ton of cash. I knew some people in New Mexico who sold food storage at every gun show, and they made a killing.

As for me, I fit into the category of those who couldn't care less what other people think about me. Oh, and I usually don't end up buying anything at the gun show...

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monotonous_iterancy said:
What exactly makes charlatans like this show up at gun shows? Is there something about them that attracts these characters?
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It's not just gun shows. We live in a country full of people who don't understand the scientific method and are easily fooled into believing all sorts of things.

Go to a high-end grocery store and look at all the homeopathic remedies they sell, even though homeopathy is complete nonsense that works no better than a placebo. Or look how many chiropractors there are in every major city, even though the basic tenant of chiropractic is just pseudoscientific nonsense and their claims of "holistic healing" are ridiculous (though it can help with some people's back pain). Heck, most newspapers still publish horoscopes.

I'd say the stuff you saw in that gun show is just par for the course in most places.
 
philobeddoe said:
You still have a VCR?
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yep. 2 and tapes that have never been opened. cassette player. 5 dvd's drives, 3 cd drives,
two cars, inside plumbing.........
what I am trying to convey is the shows are entertainment manto.
why go if your just wasting money? somebody has to pay the vendors.
 
Hey dont scoff at the VCRs, we have one still, for a bunch of disney movies and such for the kids.

**Remember "tracking"?-

"Hey, my VCR is blurry"
"Well turn the tracking knob":D

A friend and I were talking about that the other day but it was much funnier. Back on topic now-
 
Ive found you usually get what you are looking for at Gunshows and in life. If you think the gun show is going to suck because of alternate vendors, odds are it will.
 
commygun said:
"don't like it don't buy it."

That's fine put I paid for admission to a gun show, not a flea market.
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And therein lies the reason I don't attend gun shows. I refuse to pay an entrance fee to go shopping. If I pay to get in I expect a show. Demonstrations, classes, seminars, etc. When the "show" is nothing more than a mass hall of vendors tables then I will not pay to get in.

The few that I did attend years ago all had higher prices than I could find simply by shopping online.
 
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