May 4 gunshow report

[hovercat]

Went to the show in Joplin MO today. Busy but not anything like a couple months ago in DFW. Lots of lookers and not much money changing hands.
AR-15's as low as $875, eight of them on the table, still there 2 hours later. .22 lr $50-75 for a bulk pack and not many of those. Primers $47-50/1000. No powder to be found.
Ammo and handguns seemed to be where it was at. Quite a few seasoned ladies buying handguns.

 

[JTHunter]

At the show in Belleville, IL today, quite a few dealers had reloading supplies, although variety of powders were less than I hoped. Brass in certain handgun calibers were in short supply as were the bullets.
What got me when I saw .22LR ranging from $47 to $75 per "brick". The $75 was a German import in a sealed round can of 500 rds.

 

[nathan]

Theres no shortage on guns now but ammo. What a change indeed. I rather have one gun and plenty of ammo. WIthout ammo, guns are becoming like clubs.

 

[Blackhawk30]

I went to a gunshow @ The Meadow Event Center in Doswell VA.It didn't look like many people were buying.There were not as many people there as there were at the Richmond shows.This is a nice well lit, clean, new building.Prices on guns have dropped,but ammo is still way overpriced.Ammo appeared to be selling better than gunz.

 

[Tygarys]

Gun show in ABQ this weekend, crowd about at pre-panic levels. ARs around 1k-1200, magazine vendors prices up about $10 each(and less of a crowd at their tables too). little bit of ammo available, but nowhere near normal. New pistols at about normal prices, and the same old selection of way-overpriced hunting rifles and shotguns that never sell. Oddly, good Garands could be found in the 800-900 range, where as before the panic that would only get you a wall hanger that would blow up in your face if you even thought about firing it. Also Nagant revolvers going for $450 and up. I did notice more women actively looking at guns instead of just dragging the kids around.

 

[justice06rr]

I'm going to one in a couple of weeks, I'll see what I can find.

For the most part ammo is still the hardest to get.

 

[medalguy]

I was also at the Albuquerque show this past weekend. Not as many people in attendance as usual, and most all of them were walking around empty handed. I sold 8 550 round bulk packs of .22LR for $60 each right away because I was priced about $20 below everyone else. Not many guns sold that I could see. Lot of reloaded ammo sold at the show, but there was quite a bit of new factory ammo there at high prices. Some powder but not a lot. Tygarys is right, mags were selling very slow, pistols were slow but moving, women were buying about as much as men. I was surprised at the number of CMP Garands there. Sunday attendance was very slow and not a lot sold until late afternoon.

 

[Akita1]

Our next one in Orlando is in 2 weeks - will report if warranted.