gun show question

[spenny]

(sorry for the duplication, but I think I posted this in the wrong place)

I have the choice of 2 gun shows this weekend, the Old Dominion Gun Show in Bealeton, VA and the Silverado show in Upper Marlboro, MD.

I've never bought anything at a gunshow, so I have a few questions:
As a Virginia resident, can I buy a gun at a MD show? Do I have to have it shipped to a FFL?

anything else I should know?

My travel time is the same to either show, can anyone offer opinions on which is a better bet?
if if helps, I'm looking for the GI model mil-spec Springfield Armory 1911

thanks!
spenny

 

[Mike Irwin]

You can buy a 1911 at a show in Maryland, but you have to have it shipped to an FFL dealer in Virginia. Pain in the butt.

Your best bet is to hit the Bealton show.

 

[MJRW]

Mike, you been to these shows recently? I stopped going several months ago when I realized I had a selection of stuff I was more interested in at Old Country Buffet. Worth going to?

 

[Mike Irwin]

Uh... Last Bealton show I was to was several months ago.

It wasn't great, but I needed some incidental materials such as bullets and brass.

 

[spenny]

Mike,
i have a neighbor who's a gunsmith and FFL and will take care of the transfer for me, so that isnt much of a problem, is it still worth going to bealeton?

i dont know if you remember, but we met out at the NRA range when a bunch of TFL'rs got together to shoot out there one day

spenny

 

[Mike Irwin]

Sorry, Spenny, my memory's not what it used to be since Lee Harvey Oswald shot me in the head back in Dallas in 1963 when I was JFK's body double...


I have NO clue what the Upper Marlborough shows are like, so I can't comment from that end. But the Bealton shows aren't that great anymore, really.