bertizzie89
Active Member
i more than likely may not make it out to until sunday, if i can make it tommorow it will probably be in the afternoon! hopefully i can still get a decent deal on a pistol and some mags!
SAXET Gun Show (2-3 June 2012)
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Yeah, Cedar Ridge has a good reputation despite the efforts of the management!
If you're on the NE side of SA it's probably the best place to go. Bracken is OK but I've heard too many horror stories about the place.
If you're on the west side, try Blackhawk down in Atascosa. I've advise to stay away from the Bullethole, despite recent physical improvements there the same people are running the place and I still don't trust that safety is a high priority with them. I've had too many bad experiences there to ever want to set foot there again!
If you're lucky enough to have a DoD ID card, you can shoot on Camp Bullis on the weekends. No guests allowed, so no ID card, no shooting!
Bass Pro Shop has an indoor range but you have to make reservations and check your weapon at the front door. Otherwise, I've heard good things about it.
Texas Thunder on Bandera Road is extremely overpriced and you have to buy their ammo. How that place stays in business is beyond me.
Bexar County Range on the SE side of town has a good reputation. A Place To Shoot on the southside not so much so, and they've got (or had) a legal injunction against them so you can't shoot rifles there. Based on that fact alone, I'd still go there just to show my support for a local gun business who is being illegally harassed by a local judge (there's a thread on the story here somewhere).
Cheers! M2
If you're on the NE side of SA it's probably the best place to go. Bracken is OK but I've heard too many horror stories about the place.
If you're on the west side, try Blackhawk down in Atascosa. I've advise to stay away from the Bullethole, despite recent physical improvements there the same people are running the place and I still don't trust that safety is a high priority with them. I've had too many bad experiences there to ever want to set foot there again!
If you're lucky enough to have a DoD ID card, you can shoot on Camp Bullis on the weekends. No guests allowed, so no ID card, no shooting!
Bass Pro Shop has an indoor range but you have to make reservations and check your weapon at the front door. Otherwise, I've heard good things about it.
Texas Thunder on Bandera Road is extremely overpriced and you have to buy their ammo. How that place stays in business is beyond me.
Bexar County Range on the SE side of town has a good reputation. A Place To Shoot on the southside not so much so, and they've got (or had) a legal injunction against them so you can't shoot rifles there. Based on that fact alone, I'd still go there just to show my support for a local gun business who is being illegally harassed by a local judge (there's a thread on the story here somewhere).
Cheers! M2
Again, if you need an RO go elsewhere. If you don't, CR is the only place to go in the BX/Comal counties as far as outdoor ranges go. IMHO.
Bexar Community is the place to go IMO if you just want to shoot and be left alone, there is no RO or anyone around for the most, the staff in the office is really friendly if you need anything but other than that you are on your own, the range gets the job done and if you go during the week you will probably have it all to yourself, even on crowded days I have mostly seen experienced shooters and no nonsense like at some other places.
I'd love to go. I am itchin2shoot.
smtimelevi
Well-Known
Yes you can buy from an FFL with the temp ID. I did the day after I got it. Some FFL dealers may be naive.
Welcome to Texas!
That's okay - ya'll go ahead an' go to the show....ah'm gonna work Wall of Guns at Reliant Center today here in Houston, an' mebbe sweet-talk Schoolmarm into stayin' the night an' goin' to the Premier show here in Houston tomorrow....
Someone give him a wedgie for me.....
Randy - FIVE BUCKS ta give him the wedgie of a lifetime!!!
<show him the message, Clockie!!>
Soldiernurse
Active Member
I thought it was a pretty good gun show today at Saxet. Sold my Glock & bought a Walther PPQ .40 S&W. Plus, the PPQ will fit in my XD40 holsters. Glad I was there when they opened... that place got way too crowded before noon.
BTW, sorry missed y'all at IHop.
BTW, sorry missed y'all at IHop.
RandomHero
Well-Known
damn, i wanted to go today too. but last night i got a bit to boozed up to be any kind of functional before noon.
It was the usual fun, we had a decent crowd at breakfast and while it was mostly the usual vendors at the show, we enjoyed ourselves. Randy, my son and I walked around for about two-and-a-half hours, I bought a furniture set for my milled Bulgarian AK, and we ran into a few folks we knew. We noticed a lot of PSLs (Romanian sniper rifles) which previously have been hard to find, and the number of AKs being offered seemed higher than usual but so were the prices!
All in all, it's a great way to spend a Saturday morning. I'm glad those who made it had a good time!
Cheers! M2
All in all, it's a great way to spend a Saturday morning. I'm glad those who made it had a good time!
Cheers! M2
smtimelevi
Well-Known
I definitely noticed a better selection on firearms. No real improvement with the prices though. It got pretty damned crowed after noon.
Well....we decided ta stick around in Houston tonite, and go to the show at the George R. Brown facility tomorrow.....hope ya'll have fun at the SA show!
5 Screw Smith
Member
I hope you have the good fortune to acquire another high end 1911 I can buy from you after you get tired of it.
bertizzie89
Active Member
any good deals on pistols? nice revolvers?? im going tommorow morning with a co worker
That don't happen too often....
