earlthegoat2
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There is a reason all the good deals and seemingly better availability of cool stuff started dwindling around the time of the internet…everyone could easily look up top dollar on everything and price it a bit higher than that because they knew they could just sell online whenever…. or just sell the good stuff online and leave the drippings for the shows.
That’s what it feels like now. Drippings.
ARs made everything at the shows very uninteresting since there are always so dang many of them. Here is one for you: Ban ARs from gun shows. Haha. I’d be more apt to go. That would be suicidal marketing though.
I’ve heard rumors about gun shows that don’t allow new guns. That is a show for me.
All that said, the best time to go to shows is when a pro gun government is currently in office. Panic buying ruins them pretty thoroughly. I haven’t been to one since the last election. I stocked up on primers a few months prior (like everyone should do before every election) and just watched the chaos.
Back when GWB was in office I would make several deals an hour. I walked in with a basic 10/22 carbine once and wheeled and sealed until I found myself with a 760 Carbine in 280 and a Colt Diamondback 22. No other monetary exchanges besides trades. I think I had a Smith 27 and a Winchester 70 375 Safari in that mix of trades too.
No way that happens nowadays. Not because of values changing either but more because of availability. Smith 27s and Win 70 Safaris just don’t show up at shows like they used to. Neither does anything else that is old and neat.
That’s what it feels like now. Drippings.
ARs made everything at the shows very uninteresting since there are always so dang many of them. Here is one for you: Ban ARs from gun shows. Haha. I’d be more apt to go. That would be suicidal marketing though.
I’ve heard rumors about gun shows that don’t allow new guns. That is a show for me.
All that said, the best time to go to shows is when a pro gun government is currently in office. Panic buying ruins them pretty thoroughly. I haven’t been to one since the last election. I stocked up on primers a few months prior (like everyone should do before every election) and just watched the chaos.
Back when GWB was in office I would make several deals an hour. I walked in with a basic 10/22 carbine once and wheeled and sealed until I found myself with a 760 Carbine in 280 and a Colt Diamondback 22. No other monetary exchanges besides trades. I think I had a Smith 27 and a Winchester 70 375 Safari in that mix of trades too.
No way that happens nowadays. Not because of values changing either but more because of availability. Smith 27s and Win 70 Safaris just don’t show up at shows like they used to. Neither does anything else that is old and neat.
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