Big E Gunshow Report (Abbreviated)
Well, I made it to the show on Saturday afternoon and was pleasantly surprised. The show was CROWDED! Recent shows have been of moderate attendance but this one had more people than I have seen in a long time. This impression was confirmed by another show-goer. Relatively good weather, income tax return time, increased interest in firearms? Not sure what the reason was.
The bad news was that with my two kids in tow, it was difficult to really see much and concentrate on what was there. Could not see enough to guess how prices were, but did see an awful lot of guns for sale. Para-Ordnance is marketing a few models heavily in Massachusetts to see if the market warrants MA-compliance for everything else.
The ammo tent was doing good, lot's of different calibers, best deal I saw was a 50-round sleeve of Federal Classic (Tactical) slugs for $19.95. From what I overheard he was beginning to run out of some stuff though - not sure if it was high demand or low stock.
Overall it was good to see big crowds here, maybe it says something positive about firearms ownership trends in the Commonwealth.