Selling excess ammo at the gunshow

[bluetopper]

Try a local weekly shopper paper. Two are thrown in my yard every week for free.
Try the classifieds on the Texas Hunting Forum. Lots of people on there from all over the state.

 

[wally]

How would one tell if it was factory ammo or reloads?

If done properly, you probably can't tell.

Unless the reloader started with virgin brass (in which case the headstamp will often give it away), there are always extractor/ejector marks on the cartridge base from the first firing.

 

[dogtown tom]

heeler Too my surprise the Pasadena gun show (Texas) would not allow my brother to enter with ammo to sell.
He had to leave it with the police officers who check you in and then he finally struck a deal with a dealer who came out looked at it and bought it from him.

Your better off selling it locally.

Several years ago during the Great Ammunition Famine of 2009, I was standing in the entrance line to a Denton, TX gun show. There was a guy walking back and forth with a sign showing all the ammunition he had for sale (apparently he had several thousand rounds in his car)......show staff came out and told him he was welcome to buy a table OR stand outside the exit door. He started to give them the "its a free country...." until the show staff reminded him he was on private property and they could have him removed.

 

[checkmyswag]

Sold it at the gun show today. Got a very fair price.

Thanks all.

 

[JohnBT]

Great. I was going to say get there early, park close, open trunk and make some money.