GUN-SHOW WEIRDNESS

[V-Tach]

some of the old folks are ok, but you know the type.

Yes, I do.........and I try not to be one of them.........

 

[baboon]

Houston gun show started really sucking post Astro Hall!

 

[Axxe55]

Had a gentleman come in yesterday with four 100 round packs of Winchester .20 ga. 2 3/4 7.5 shot...wanted $400.00 or 1.00/rd....

I said no thanks....

He claimed he knows what they are going for on the internet......

I hope you pointed him in the direction of the next gun show!

 

[Moonpie]

I went to the “gun” show in Pasadena this morning. They should call it the Cheap fvcking Knife Show.
Tables upon tables of knives. Mostly chi-com or Paki garbage but a few, very few, actual collectible knives. Of course the geriatric gnome behind the table had those marked up 200% over modern retail.
I like Randall knives. I kinda keep up on their prices. When i see one on a table marked $900 when i could stand right there and buy the same knife for half that via smart phone I feel like punching that green teeth in the nose.
It’s “rare” or “vintage”. No it ain’t. Its the same knife Randall has made for 50 years.
**** those guys.

 

[A1Oni]

I went to the “gun” show in Pasadena this morning. They should call it the Cheap fvcking Knife Show.
Tables upon tables of knives. Mostly chi-com or Paki garbage but a few, very few, actual collectible knives. Of course the geriatric gnome behind the table had those marked up 200% over modern retail.
I like Randall knives. I kinda keep up on their prices. When i see one on a table marked $900 when i could stand right there and buy the same knife for half that via smart phone I feel like punching that green teeth in the nose.
It’s “rare” or “vintage”. No it ain’t. Its the same knife Randall has made for 50 years.
**** those guys.

i hate those dudes

 

[A1Oni]

Hey, ya whippersnapper, I'm a geriatric dude and in the past year, I've 'given away a number of guns' that've been barely shot i.e., damn near new...

To wit: A shot gun I shot twice for a grand total of 5 rounds and 2 different 9mm semi-autos that probably had a total of 200 rounds shot through them. Along with a lot of ammo for the recipients to practice with.

Plus, Both of these semi-auto pistols were top shelf that is S&W and Ruger.

To be fair, my aim doing this wasn't altogether altruistic.

How's that?: Ultimately, I didn't like any of the guns I gave away, but knew they would gladden the heart of the recipients.

I didn't like the shotgun because of the controls. I didn't like one of the semi's because one had a standard type safety and the other had a grip safety. Controls again...

Didn't I know these details before I bought them?

Yes, of course, but I thought I could live with these particulars and it turned out I could...but didn't want to.

Would I take them to a gun show for sale?

No, I'm in a place where loved ones can use my cast offs without me demanding they cough up some moola.

Lucky me and them.

thats fine, but im more talking about the guys who mark up an auto 5 that has been sitting in the trunk of a car since 1978 and is caked in god knows what.

 

[Sam7sf]

Working a show in Portland, Oregon. This confrontational it...he had short shorts on and a shirt that showed his stomach. Total fruit. Just felt like arguing and bringing up politics. I was like yeah ok bye it’s lunch time.

I don’t talk politics when I’m behind the counter.

Another Portland show (notice the trend) clearly an undercover was looking at handguns. I could tell he was undercover because his acting was terrible. He looked at all the handguns too fast with no thought or expressions. He then leans towards me after randomly pointing to one gun and asked: “soooo...this one here what do we gotta do to make this deal happen”? I lean back, in the same low tone he used and said: “it’s easy. You pass a background check and pay”. He then walks off.

 

[Sam7sf]

I remember another one...Portland. I know. Shocking. One of the few times I turned someone away. This methed out looking guy comes walking (I guess you could call it that) up to the table and is frantically looking at guns while he scratches his face. Him: “what’s the cheapest one you got? I gotta have something today”. Me: “Go somewhere else”.

 

[Glenn B]

Had a gentleman come in yesterday with four 100 round packs of Winchester .20 ga. 2 3/4 7.5 shot...wanted $400.00 or 1.00/rd....

I said no thanks....

He claimed he knows what they are going for on the internet......

Being the curious type, I just checked ammoseek.com. Seems he was darned close to correct but was actually selling it for less than offered online if you check ammoseek.com. The cheapest of the only three places shown on ammoseek.com, that had Winchester 20 gauge, 2 3/4" shells available (note this is high brass stuff), was MidwayUSA at .84 cents per round PLUS shipping AND tax. The total for 25 rounds, with shipping (to my place), would have been $36.31 per box of 25 shells or about $1.45 per shell. It would have worked out somewhat cheaper for the limit (they would only allow you to purchase three 25 round boxes = 75 rounds) due to shipping not costing anywhere nearly as much per box, as it would have for one box, when ordering more than one. Still, it would have amounted to approximately $1.10 per round if buying 75 rounds from MidwayUSA. Of course, you can get it much less expensively at Academy and even for less money at Walmart when they have it in stock but the truth is - he did seem to know what it is selling for more or less at some places online, at least if he checked ammoseek.com.

 

[V-Tach]

I bought a case of 20 ga. 2 3/4 field loads low brass for 5.13 bx last week from a distributor.........crazy mark ups are at the retail end...........

 

[candcallen]

Make sure you ask this same question again a different way next month. 3rd times a charm.

 

[Axxe55]

I bought a case of 20 ga. 2 3/4 field loads low brass for 5.13 bx last week from a distributor.........crazy mark ups are at the retail end...........

Neckbeard's even have a higher mark-up on ammo.

 

[Dawico]

Had a guy originally from New York try to sell me his neckbearded ammo for less mark up than the other sellers. I guess because he "is one of us now" and not just another neckbearding piece of shit.

The BoS killed the deal though.

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[candcallen]

Ouch

 

[deemus]

My wife made me take my 2 yr old son to the gun show once. He got ancy and I had to let him walk a bit.

I turned my head to look at a pistol, and he walked away. I turned around to see this.

my wife was blonde , and he walked up to a blonde lady across the aisle. Stepped between her legs and slid his hand up her leg all the way to the promised land.

she spun around ready to slap someone, Then saw him. He was an unusually cute baby. When she saw him she picked him up and kissed him on the cheek. “Oh my God! You are adorable!!”

I apologized, she handed him to me, I strapped him back in the stroller.

a guy standing next to me saw the whole thing and says, “that kid is my hero…”

 

[baboon]

While still living in Illinois a buddy & I went to a gun show during a pretty fierce winter. I spot a very old Buffalo coat like in the westerns. I had to try it on because it was so cool in my minds eye!

It had a truly funky stank about it but it had to be 100 years old. As I’m checking it out for fit I stick my right hand into the pocket & feel paper money! So on the sly I pull out $200.00! Know full well my own grandfather who didn’t trust bank kept money in pockets I start checking them all. In all I found $1,000.00.

I didn’t buy the coat as it had to weight 30-40 pounds + the stank of it. Never mentioned the money in the pockets either! I did stand there checking out all clothes on the table for more money.

I did end up buy a German U Boat captains full leather coat for $100.00.

 

[GeorgeS]

Eighteen people filling out 4473s and waiting for the background check when they could have been in and out in ten minutes at the gun store (and paid the same or less)/.

 

[leVieux]

What's weird about any of that?

Gee,I guess you've been to too many gun-shows ?

leVieux

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

A10ni,

Let me advise you regarding geriatric/old folks.

Barring accident or disease, you'll be one of us one day.

Old folks were young folks and not all that long ago...remember this with a chuckle when your day arrives.

 

[bigtex10mm]

Two blonde Playboy Bunny wannabes were selling knockoff men's cologne and wallets. They were barely dressed and very busy. The wives hated them and of course uttered many obscenities at their husbands.