I went to a gun show today and as I was walking down an isle I noticed an exhbitor stroll up behind me and begin talking to the exhibitor in front of me. He started whining: This show is a joke. I wonder how many people are losing money on this show.................... I know a couple guys that work the gunshow circuit and all I ever hear from them is whining.
I am always tempted to ask them: Imagine what would happen if you had good stuff to sell. Instead of these junk, no name nylon and velcro holsters and mag pouches you had stuff from Milt Sparks, or Mitch Rosen, or maybe even Safariland or Bianchi. What if instead of these no name chinese binoculars, and spotting scopes you had Leoupold, Kowa, or Zeiss ? What if instead of this Russian night vision junk you had gear that actually works ? What if you stopped trying to sell M1s for $1500 when I can buy one from the CMP for $500 ? What if, instead of these Russian and Chinese red dots you had Aimpoints or Eotechs ? What if you had name brand, quality knives instead of the same stuff I can buy on Revolution Street in Tijuna ? What if most of the exhibitors wern't out to rip people off ? Imagine if you guys paid attention to what people were talking about on-line and what the hot items being written about in the gun magazines and offered that stuff for sale instead of this hillbilly flea market BS you have out here today ?
I walked around this show, covered every table, and the only thing I was even remotely interested in was a bag of .30 cleaning patches. Which I bought. I didn't see anything there that I thought was at a decent price.
Wait, I take that back. One guy did have a box of used, actual GI M14 magazines, but by that time I was already disgusted and was on my way out the door. This was not to be confused with the hundreds of M14 magazines I saw that people were trying to pass off as USGI: they were marked "military issue" they just didn't say what military.
I am always tempted to ask them: Imagine what would happen if you had good stuff to sell. Instead of these junk, no name nylon and velcro holsters and mag pouches you had stuff from Milt Sparks, or Mitch Rosen, or maybe even Safariland or Bianchi. What if instead of these no name chinese binoculars, and spotting scopes you had Leoupold, Kowa, or Zeiss ? What if instead of this Russian night vision junk you had gear that actually works ? What if you stopped trying to sell M1s for $1500 when I can buy one from the CMP for $500 ? What if, instead of these Russian and Chinese red dots you had Aimpoints or Eotechs ? What if you had name brand, quality knives instead of the same stuff I can buy on Revolution Street in Tijuna ? What if most of the exhibitors wern't out to rip people off ? Imagine if you guys paid attention to what people were talking about on-line and what the hot items being written about in the gun magazines and offered that stuff for sale instead of this hillbilly flea market BS you have out here today ?
I walked around this show, covered every table, and the only thing I was even remotely interested in was a bag of .30 cleaning patches. Which I bought. I didn't see anything there that I thought was at a decent price.
Wait, I take that back. One guy did have a box of used, actual GI M14 magazines, but by that time I was already disgusted and was on my way out the door. This was not to be confused with the hundreds of M14 magazines I saw that people were trying to pass off as USGI: they were marked "military issue" they just didn't say what military.
