A FIELD GUIDE TO GUN SHOWS

VERY HIGH POWER, The Magazine of the Fifty Caliber Shooters Association | 02-2004 | Jim Sebring, VERY HIGH POWER Proofer

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[TexasCowboy]

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[Squantos]

ROTFLMAO.........Sad but very true !

Stay safe !...I'm still reading !

[Atlas Sneezed]

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[Threepwood]

I love guns, but I hate gun shows. The last one I went to (in Canada) had a good thick dusting of paranoid men, army crap, and cruddy old guns.

Give me a nice gun shop anyday. (The one nearest me is a gun shop/barber/bookstore! Result!)

[TexasCowboy]

"Give me a nice gun shop anyday."

I tend to agree.
I love to browse in big gun shops, but I drool all over the counters.

[boycottliberalhollywood.com]

Hah! This is so true! So true! I wish at least ONE whiny liberal who talks about gun shows being used by street hoodlums would attend.

Anybody who has been to at least one gun show would know that the typical "I get my fashion tips from Snoop Dogg" hoodlum would stick out like the proverbial sore thumb.

Simply put, you've seen one gun show, you've seen 'em all...

[Redcoat LI]

What about this guy?
John-The French -looking Senator from Massachusetts who uses his wife's credit card to buy a Benneli to pose with for an A.P story so all the Rubes will think he is pro-2nd Amendment and vote for him.

[Mike1973]

Booo. You forgot the guy that is selling Pershing's rucksack. And old WW2 rucksack with the name Pershing on it, that of course belonged to the General Pershing and not Private Pershing.

Funny yet cynical analysis of Gunshows.

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Strange how States with the most restrictive gun laws have the most gun violence. Hum.....

[TaMoDee]

I just love the Dawn types at gun shows. They break up many a boring show. I had a Dawn/Darryl couple trade a $600 pistol for a $55 pistol straight across because she couldn't handle the 9mm GLOCK!!! I even told them that the trade was ridiculous. Dawn-Baby said "No Problem"! And so it was.

[Sender]

Funny! I still enjoy going to gun shows but I never take any of my guns to sell or trade anymore...it's a losing proposition. There are some actual bargains now and then, especially if you like old/weird/bizarre guns (as I do).

The last gun show I went to had an old Madsen 30-06 like one I had a long time ago and it was worth maybe $150. I figured if the guy would take $150 for it I would buy it. The loud-voiced dealer said he had taken it in "at an estate sale" and today, just this once, because he needed to pay the rent, he would let me have it for only $800.

I was stunned. After an uncomfortable silence, I started laughing. I really couldn't talk to this guy any more, so I just walked on down the aisle with a wave, the laughter getting more pronounced as I thought about his line. About halfway there I heard that loud voice booming out "I have the sling for it!". I tell you, that was more amusement than sitting in the balcony at a Michael Moore movie with a bag of pre-slobbered gummy bears.

[CapandBall]

yuk-yuk

[Squantos]

I've seen Dawn's on both sides of the table. One dealer in holsters had a bunch of "Dawns" running around in Bikini's with every kind of thigh, belly, sholder, ankle , SOB, thunderwear holsters etc (except IWB as they had no IWB) and marsupial gun pouches/fanny packs known to mankind.

Other Dawns had so much cleavage that some got home to find they'd bought bag of beef jerky for 300 dollars . Lots of fun at these shows.......

Stay safe !

[RippleFire]

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[VOA]

I wish at least ONE whiny liberal who talks about gun shows being used by street hoodlums
would attend.

I agree with you that this is true...about 99.9% of the time.

Here is the exception I've seen. My brother had to visit a laboratory at Stanford U.
(about 4 years ago), so I flew up from LA for a weekend visit.
We also attened the gun show held at the fairgrounds just outside San Jose.
It was actually a pretty good gun show, although only about 1/4 the size of
gunshows I'd attended back in Oklahoma City.

We were there for about 2-3 hours and probably saw about 10 guys (two groups of 5 or 6 each)
who sure had the gang-banger look.

Now they may have been gangsta' wannabees. But if they were the real deal,
I'm happy to report they were very well behaved.

[thegreatbeast]

"His records are meticulously kept, and he insists on proper ID and a signature on the 4473. He doesn't care whether the ID and the signature are yours, however. Other than his stock, he owns no guns and has no interest in them.

Mr. Sebring is a smartass-ish know-it-all.

[TexasCowboy]

LOL!

Guns and gals kinda get the old testosterone flowing!

[TexasCowboy]

"Mr. Sebring is a smartass-ish know-it-all."

He shoots .50's.
That makes him an okay guy in my book.