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today, tomorrow and Sunday
$18 for the three days.
Not sure of the price for one day - probably $12 or so.
The show is now in TWO BUILDINGS.
600 people in line for the 3:00 opening today.
At the "old building."
Don't be a dummy. Go to the second building to pay for your admission, and avoid all the lines.
First building is pretty much as it always was.
Second building is more "militaria" (and it smells like it - I'm still sneezing).
Hot and crowded in the old building.
Cool and airy in the new building (only 65% occupied).
One curious group of fellas in the "new building" was selling all sorts powdered chemcals, looked like to make smoke bombs and fire bombs. Even Thermite. Many of their were all misspelled ("flair" instead of "flare"), except the components, which appeared correct. One sign for a giant smoke bomb was prefaced with "PISS OFF THE NEIGHBORS" in 72-point font. A video was running, that showed some fat guy blowing shit up, and flipping out the dog. I considered buying all they had.
A guy had 2011-marked MRE's for $55/case or $100 for two cases.
The road into the place is ALL MUGKED UP. You apparently can't turn off Rt. 28 directly onto Willard Road any more. You follow all these detour signs, and then all the sudden you are at Hooters.
Back in the "old building" there was a metric buttload of EBR's. All overpriced by about 10% compared to gunbroker prices. The DPMS LR-308 prices were spot-on though, at $1100-ish.
All EBR prices were about 15%-20% over pre-Obama prices.
I saw a couple Century FAL's on one table. Guy wanted $1000/each.
Trader Jerry had a DSA para $2400
Armscorp lady had her usual three or four tables with the same Garand and FAL parts she drags to every show. No customers.
Trader Jerry had Ruger SR-556 boxes displayed like some sort of billboard on top of a pyramid of junk he had piled behind his tables.
I didn't see any of the actual rifles though.
Maybe they've been recalled already.
There was ammo. All calibers. I bought a case of Fiocchi .223 for about $400. Prvi and Centurion in quantity.
9mm at the show was about 20% over Wal-Mart prices.
Interesting thing was though, the guy who works at what I call "Ammo Mountain" (big burly guy, with big head of curly hair, and usually wearing gloves and sweating like a racehorse) was cooling his heels with his helper and him eating chili dogs when I walked up. There was a line to beat the band at his mountain at the last show. No line today. His ammo-mountain wasn't as big as last time either. Like I said, I paid $400 for a case of Fiocchi .223. He had lots of other ammo too.
Tons of P-Mags $15-ish.
Other mags at fair-enough prices.
Trader Jerry had lots of Glocks.
490 plain
550 nite-sights
Saiga 12 gauge for 550
Saiga 7.62x39 for 350
AK underfolder for 590
Dark Sun folks charming as ever.
I saw the tatooed lady reading some guy the riot act on (I kid you not) "gunshow etiquette."
