What would a good gun show look like to you?

A good number of milsurp rifles (wood, not Mattel plastic).
Both gun shows I attended in the Atlanta area:

March '12, a few miles northeast of ATL airport.
Gwinnett GA, in July '12.

Those shows have at least three times as many guns as any shows in the Memphis/Jackson area. As for milsurps rifles, maybe five times as many.

Ft. Worth TX on New Year's Day, about three years ago.
 
I haven't been to a gun show in a long time, probably since I was 12 or 13, but the one thing I always hated was the big pen full of rattlesnakes that was set up in the middle of the hall. You could have been handing out free full auto M16s and I still wouldn't go within 100ft of it. Just something about a pen that looked like it was put together in 5 minutes with a couple hundred rattlers in it, I don't think so Jack.
 
I haven't been to a gun show in a long time, probably since I was 12 or 13, but the one thing I always hated was the big pen full of rattlesnakes that was set up in the middle of the hall. You could have been handing out free full auto M16s and I still wouldn't go within 100ft of it. Just something about a pen that looked like it was put together in 5 minutes with a couple hundred rattlers in it, I don't think so Jack.
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Whaa????
 
The next show starts this Friday the 15th and runs through Sunday.
I'm told one can expect 40 or so vendors and about 1,000 people.

To me that would make it small.
 
Gals with Tattoos; I don't mind looking at them, just hard to read.
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Yeah, I know the problem. She keeps moving around, the artwork is in motion too much, part of the tattoo is hidden inside clothing, I stare and stare trying to fill in the blanks on the tat's, and then the boy-friend gets in my face about it.

That's the time to throw out some totally unrelated phrases in Czech and then move away as if that explains it all. Nobody around Seattle is speaking Czech so boy-friend is left wondering what he just heard :D

Actually, pretty women are always appreciated at gun shows and Bart is much too shy to stare at them. Power glancing, that is another story.

Bart Noir
Who would never have believed, 30 years back, how much Russian would eventually be spoken at Puget Sound gun shows. The world changes.
 
Create a safe load/unload spot at the entrance. It should be well marked.
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The ground around it would be pockmarked with bullet holes. If someone needs to unload their gun, they need to do it at home, or in the car. I don't want to have to walk past Joe Bob while he's trying to cycle the slide on an unfamiliar gun while his fingers are all slippery from Arby's sauce.

I, for one, would like to see less politics. The folks we see at the shows are all peddling a particular brand and flavor, and they can get pretty obnoxious about it. That turns off a lot of folks with differing views.

Oh yeah, actual artifacts from the Third Reich have some historical value. Nazi flags made last year in China do not, and they have no place in a gathering of civilized folk.
 
Oh yeah, actual artifacts from the Third Reich have some historical value. Nazi flags made last year in China do not, and they have no place in a gathering of civilized folk.
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I'm with you there Tom!

(who asks Tom the eternal question...Mike or Joel?)
 
They were like this, but the pen was made out of 2x4s and chicken wire

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Why Snakes ??

BornToWin;
Occasionally, my wife will go to a Gun Show with me. when she has done her looking, she will go to the snack bar and have a coke. The only "snakes" she sees, are the ones being overly friendly. ..... :(

When I showed her these replies about snakes. She said she would not go within a block from this place. She also asked and I too wonder, "Why are they there, in the first place?" Are they sold or cooked or what ??

Be Safe !!!
 
Yes that is really, really strange. The only time I've seen such is a rattlesnake roundup, and: 1) thats not at a gunshow; and 2) The snakes are deader than a door nail (which was the point of the roundup).
 
I'm going for the honest humor here guys...

Summary (I think?) of the comments:

1 - Free parking
2 - Free or very low cost entry
3 - Guns only, no dolls, home security systems, cellphone packages
4 - No guns that have been previously for sale at other shows
5 - No body odor
6 - No infants or dogs (or lots of infants and dogs, dbl sided argument)
7 - No patrons that resemble gang bangers
8 - Not too many tatoos or piercings, unless on attractive women
9 - No rattlesnakes
10 - Politicians ok only if they're pro gun
11 - Nazi memorbilia ok if it's genuine, not replica
12 - More knives
12 - Gunsmiths
14 - Holsters but quality only, no flimsy junk
15 - Bigger aisles
16 - No vendor eating at their tables
17 - More nutritious food (hard to believe that one!)
18 - No high prices on guns, ammo, accessories


I'm sure I've missed a few.

I think to achieve the above summary pretty much describes internet based shopping. Stay at home, shop on the web and you can pretty much realize all of the above parameters. Otherwise, going to shows, I think we'll have to dispense with the utopian idea of a "perfect gun show".


Sgt Lumpy
 
I think to achieve the above summary pretty much describes internet based shopping. Stay at home, shop on the web and you can pretty much realize all of the above parameters. Otherwise, going to shows, I think we'll have to dispense with the utopian idea of a "perfect gun show".
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LOL!! :):):)

Yeah Sarge - you're right. But you can't see, feel, touch the internet.

I'd have to say as well - my question wasn't aimed at a perfect show - just what people thought would make for a good show since the other threads were about everything people didn't like.
 
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A snake pit in the middle of a room with a large amount of firepower sounds like a bad idea. My ideal gun show is one that gives out consent forms with hunting rifles and has a giant free sign on the lawn.
 
Take your pick

Would it still be okay if I wish for the Egg Roll/Crab Rangoon guy to come back?? ... :confused:

A number of years ago, I attended a Gun Show in Central Illinois. They had three separate buildings. One was for Flea Market items, another for MilSurp and Black-Guns stuff and the last, for the usual Gun Show stuff. One price, hand stamped, guns inspected and tagged and not one Rattler in the mix. .. ;)

Be Safe !!!
 
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Would it still be okay if I wish for the Egg Roll/Crab Rangoon guy to come back?? ...

A number of years ago, I attended a Gun Show in Central Illinois. They had three separate buildings. One was for Flea Market items, another for MilSurp and Black-Guns stuff and the last, for the usual Gun Show stuff. One price, hand stamped, guns inspected and tagged and not one Rattler in the mix. .
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Brilliant!
 
I'm quite serious when I say...

If Ron Popiel was at a gun show selling most anything, I'd buy it. I love that guy. My bet is he wouldn't have to know much at all about the product. Some forward thinking vendor should hire him. He probably couldn't talk me into buying a chance to handle rattlesnakes, but I'd buy $40 boxes of ammo from a guy like that.

I hope he uses deodorant.


Sgt Lumpy
 
Free parking, A/C, and a good mix of different firearms and accesories.

My local gunshows are actually very good. Large indoor facility with a/c and entrance fee less than $10.

Sometimes I do think that young children should not be brought to the gunshow, esp on double-wide strollers that take up the entire isle. If you must bring them, at least have a good method of bringing them around with you.
 
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