What's Your Silliest Gun Show Purchase?

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It was Beef Jerky !

Looking back on it now....it was rather symbolic of my disappointment of what a rip-off the Maryland Gun Show was ! $7 to get in only to buy some ammo. strips & snap caps. The beef jerky was the only joy that came to me out of that place.They will NEVER see me again !! :uhoh:
 
A stupid little cheap LED flashlight. Alloy body, took AA batteries I think. It lasted about 5 minutes. I should have known better, but I figured that I'd paid to get in and might as well buy something.
Never again will I do that. :)
 
Gun Dealers At Gun Shows Have Ruined Them !

Think " Tourist Trap " while attending these rip-off events !

And that just about sums-up the " atmosphere " that one will experience after paying hard-earned money for the privledge of being taken-advantage-of !! :scrutiny:
 
Talking about silly, I have never bought anything from a gun show...aint that foolish.
 
On a whim, I bought a 1917 Colt that was in very poor condition and the top strap was cut from the poor cylinder gap.
I got the thing home and took to it with steel wool and oil, got it to lock-up nice and tight and made $200.00 off it 3 months later at the same show in Puyallup. I thought I had blown $55.00 when I handed the cash over.
Silly turned into a 94AE and 500 rounds of silver tip.
 
There's something very Freudian about eating a big chocolate gun.....
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Everything is Freudian though! :D

I was more or less looking from it as a degree of how absurd the idea is...to make food look like tools. Now all we need is chocolate ammunition. the marketing can be "Go ahead, bite the bullet".

I would buy one. was the chocolate any good?
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I had a little bit. It tasted like Hershey's chocolate with a touch of vanilla. Wasn't anything special, but way above and beyond what most molded chocolates taste like.
 
Was actually impressed with the last gun show I went to. Definately a buyers' market, lots of EBRs, and good quality stuff at decent prices. It was a nice change.

I had my eye on a S&W .41 Magnum 4" revolver (model 57?) and really wanted to buy it, but couldn't because it was out of state. Only 15 minutes over the damn line, too!

Uh, silliest thing I ever bought was a pistol crossbow. I got my $15 of fun out of it, but damn near impaled myself a few times.
 
Fried rattlesnake...... tasted like fried grease. Shortly thereafter my day at the gun show was cut short due to the immediate need of a restroom, once, ok, maybe twice or more. -wingnut13
 
ALMOST my silliest purchase ever:

A "breathing" animatronic puppy at a Monroe, WA gun show last winter/spring.

http://www.perfectpetzzz.com/

Why they were tabling at the gun show, I have no idea. They were so cute and lifelike I - er - almost bought one. Why? Because I have two miniature dachshunds at home and it reminded me of them. Why didn't I buy it? I remembered I had two miniature dachshunds at home. Doing exactly the same thing, plus I had to feed and clean up after them.

I cannot believe I am confessing to this. Let's be clear - I DID NOT buy them. But I almost did.
 
Years ago bought a Hell Fire trigger thingy. Can’t remember the price, never took it out of the package. A couple of years later put it on GunBorker for $1.00 start +$4.00 shipping Sold for $5.00 total
 
When I first moved to Jacksonville from New York I became quite enamoured with Southern culture. My brother who lives in a very liberal enclave of Boston wanted me to send up as many offensive shirts (offensive to the liberal Boston set) as I could get my hands on. This is so he could parade around Boston upseting people.

Every time I go to a gun show I look for these shirts. I found a shirt that had a picture of two dogs killing a wild hog and a caption that read "Southern Style Pulled Pork". He wears it all over Boston and people just go nuts and he has a good time.

I have also sent him H&K, Sig, FN and Glock shirts that he will wear to the gym just to piss people off.
 
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When I first moved to Jacksonville from New York I became quite enamoured with Southern culture. My brother who lives in a very liberal enclave of Boston wanted me to send up as many offensive shirts (offensive to the liberal Boston set) as I could get my hands on. This is so he could parade around Boston upseting people.

Every time I go to a gun show I look for these shirts. I found a shirt that had a picture of two dogs killing a wild hog and a caption that read "Southern Style Pulled Pork". He wears it all over Boston and people just go nuts and he has a good time.
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LOL I know exactly what shirts you're talking about. I see them all the time when I go down to NC. I contemplated buying them for the same reason but it's just too much of a taboo (and hazard to your life and limb) here in NJ :(
 
I once bought 50 pairs of govt issue boot socks. I love those things and still have about 30 pairs now 5 years later. I wear them for everything except with shorts. I bartered the price down to 25.00 since I was buying in bulk.

I like these things but....

It was still silly.
 
I bought a B ration once.. the contents were either spoiled or disgusting. I'll stick to MREs next time
 
With the gunshows around here, the silliest thing I ever bought was an admission ticket. THe only one that was worth the money to get in was the first one held around here. After that variety went down and prices went up.
 
I once bought a 44mag derringer 2" barrel. I couldnt even handle 44 specials in it, fortunately my brother has a big collection of everything 44mag so it was easy to unload it to him, actually I gifted it to him. Real stupid purchase though
 
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