Gun Show Stories

>>34766313
>the candied pecans

fuck you that's why

>>34766313
I don't go to gun shows anymore. It's mostly durr rifles and ARs. For the 45 minutes I spend, there'll be three or four guns that actually catch my interest.

>>34766313
Florida gunshows (orange county) suck nuts. You've got the shoot straight assholes all over
>overpriced milsurp
>"russian" AK's for a grand that somehow are actually made in China.
>Sporterized K98, and Enfields gping for 650
>Guys with tables full of shit not for sale
>old fat guys talking about how everything not a 1911 is shit
>Middle aged guys talking about how Glock is the end all be all of handguns
>black sauntering about gripping their pants and looking for a problem solver

Can't even stand to go honestly

>>34766369
>blacks sauntering about gripping their pants and looking for a problem solver
>Sauntering
Fucking Kek!
the most racist way to describe the aimless slow wandering of someone with a simian IQ on colored people time. I love this word
My question is why these types come to these things? Do vendors actually sell to people with obvious antisocial tendencies? You can tell anyone they failed the NICS or were delayed.

TASERS
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>>34766313
one gun show I went to I was selling an only colt revolver. I had a few bites, but noone actually bought it, and on the way out some 90 year old fudd starts waving me down, and asks to see the gun.

He had an oxygen tank and only said one word per breath it seemed like. He said straight up he wasent interested but didnt hand it back, instead he proceeded to tell me the longest, most drawn out uninteresting story about his police training, and I stood there awkwardly for a good 10 minutes, listening to his stupid ass story one fucking word at a time, and all it fucking was, was an anecdote about how colt revolvers are shitty.

>>34766452
I want to say under-aged, but I think you might just be autistic.

>>34766480
I'd of popped that old codger right in the jaw

>>34766452
I've never seen them actually buy anything. They bug out whenever they see a price tag

>>34766313
>Some guy's wife selling CCW purses
>The guy selling German kitchen cutlery
>The guy that only ever sells Enfields that are overpriced and parts guns, mismatched stocks and such, drilled and tapped "Sniper variants" when you can tell they were bubba'd
>The deaf woman working the booth with stripper clips, slings, and musket-themed lighters
>The "reclaim your heritage" confederate booth (This was in Kansas, oddly enough)
>Taser booth, and being able to hear the CLACLACLACLACLACLACLA across the expo center
>The guy who plays dress up, and offhandedly berates customers for inquiring "obscure" certain info about his firearms before buying.
"It's alright, it was before your time anyways"
I'm 21 and you're like 50-something, WWI was before both of our times, you roleplaying faggot.

"NO TOUCHING if your not BUYING"

>>34766480
Well he's probably in hell right now if that's consolation.

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>>34766644
>>34766369
>>34766313
Best thing I ever learned from this board was to avoid gun shows.

>>34766480
Old people are just worthless for the most part. They're ugly, boring, stupid, incorrigible, annoying, slow, and the only good thing the toothless ones give are blow jobs. Make sure they hum a negro jazz club tune whilst they're doing that.

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>>34766487
Bingo

>>34767476
>haha i was only pretending
faggot

Canadian gun shows are 50% enfields and 50% fudd guns, with a few booths of natives selling random shit

>>34767508
>>34767002
>>34766644
>>34766369
>The guy mumbling about some shitty winchester
>The nerds selling swords or some stupid shit
>the guy talking about how he loves to "collect" WWI era weapons but only has a single Mosin with a scout scope pretty much taped on
>My fucking recruiter
>The fatass showing off his 1911 like its gods gift to man
>Some soccermom bitch yelling at a group of teenagers when they prolly arent hers
>The guys showing replicas of guns we would much rather see
>the civil war faggots dressed up
>muh heritage cunts
>the niggers looking at guns and saying "ho shit mang how much dat one"? "400 dollas?" "Nigga how much for dat hi point"

>>34767536
Are the Enfields sporterized and overpriced?

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>>34767508
Yup

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>guy in rhodie camo selling airsoft guns
>toothless hobo pacing around asking for menthol cigarettes
>guy that fucking shot himself

>>34767620
>guy that fucking shot himself
Can't post something like that and not tell a story

>>34766644
>>34766369
>>34767576
>the fat old men that get upset when you touch their revolver on the table
>militiafags
>the women selling candles
>"Yknow if ur looking for self-defense think about a .22"
>"it hits the skull and bounces around inside"
>sanded down, water damaged yugo SKS "Vietnam bringback"
>the nazi booth
>the guy from /k/ with patches all over his jacket and a chilean mauser
>the niggers asking for half-price on a used glock
>the actual ww2 vets
>the fat middle aged man talking about how single action revolvers are perfectly fine for self-defense
>the guy selling a table full of auto-conversion and bombmaking manuals

>>34767722
>the actual ww2 vets

Not many of those any more. It's mostly 'nam vets now.

>>34766313
The worst thing that ever happened to me was six years ago when I was 20, I handled a Hakim at a table for the first time, and didn't know how to close the action, and the guy behind the counter forcefully took it from my hands and told me not to touch his shit.

He did that after I politely asked how it works.

>>34766313
I've never been and I never will. What would be the point? I'd have to pay for a ticket, pay for parking, and then pay convention prices on anything I wanted to purchase. Any gun that I could came across there that might catch my eye could just as easily be found online, and if I want to get jerky, I can either make my own or get one of 20 different flavors from buccees without having to deal with overweight, middle-aged men that think camo is a legitimate fashion accessory.
Gun shows are a fucking meme.

>>34767998
Sorry anon but that was your fuckup. He knew you were there to look and not buy.

If you were actually interested you should've asked BEFORE you picked it up and started playing with it.

>>34766452
Pretty sure this dude is ATF
People get delayed all the time for no reason

>>34767722
>the actual ww2 vets
I never see them around anymore, they're long gone here sadly

>>34768099
The internet really killed gun shows. Maybe back in the before time, it was a great place to go to buy shit and learn shit. Nowadays any information you hear word-of-mouth is going to be inferior to online information. Any sales are going to be inferior to online sales.

>>34768113
Hey even ATF might enjoy /k/.

>>34767945
>>34768117
we don't have many either. very very old men. most of them are very quiet and humble people. there's a lot of vietnam vets

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>>34766369
Have yet to go to the one in tampa.

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>>34768099
Had to google Buc-ees to find out about the jerky myself
I'd drop two hundo on cured and smoked meats alone

>>34768113
>>34768141
I go to gunshows now just to spot the honeypots. The last one I saw was a bona-fide cutey
Pointed her out to my lil bro and taught him all about how to spot UCs

>Going to gun shows
>In Current Year

>>34768130
I think the internet simply revealed gun shoes and gun stores to be places where fudds congregated to swap fuddlore, conspiracies and fleece each other.

I'm fucking relieved the internet gun business has grown so heavily.

>>34768339
I knew a WW2 vet who served in Italy. He went to my church(when I was still very religious) and only talked about his time serving once, very nice man and was pretty much the grandpa I didn't have.
It's a shame that almost nobody found out he passed away till a few weeks afterwords.

>>34768483
*gun shows and gun stores

>>34766471
BZZZZT

someone post a cap of the other gunshow thread where some anon talks about trying to date some coal burning whore and it got a bunch of (you)s

>>34766313
I like going to shows but it seems like the ratio of shot-out junk is higher than actual quality. All the guys I've talked to at booths have been cool, but I'd rather research prices and buy new if I can

>>34768339
I got talking to two nam vets at my last show, one of them showed me his viet cong hunting club patch. I overheard the first part of their conversation and caught the line "We did shit that made My Lai look like a cakewalk".

>>34769132
kek I need to read this

>>34769132
I remember that thread

>>34768431
story time

>>34766313
I go with 0 expectations, I am surprised every now and then and for like $5 it is a good way to finger fuck guns and get no-guns friends exposure to the hobby.

>>34766369
>"russian" AK's for a grand that somehow are actually made in China.
Are you implying Chinese AK's are bad? Bruh, if you find a Chinese AK for a good price, you buy it.

>>34768099
Where do you live? I live in WNC and it is free parking 8$ admission

>>34769132
Sounds like a fun read.

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>tfw gun show was overrun by cosplayers
>nobody was selling guns this year, just shitty anime merchandise and japanese candy
>some fucking psycho "glomped" me because of my "Joel cosplay"
What the fuck guys?

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>Be me at antique arms show
>At table of very amateur seller
>Has a Marlin 88 that needs some love
>Only $100? I can handle that, here you go
>Hand him my C&R FFL, whats this Anon?
>Its my FFL, I;m gonna have to log this in...
>guy yanks Marlin from my hand, refunds me
>HURR DURR I DON'T MY NAME WHERE THE BATFE CAN FIND IT!!
>Instant asshole: Just add FFL
>Friend with me buys other stuff, still nice to him

Ended up getting a better example via GunBroker.

Also had an old lady who didn't want to sell me a Winchester 1906 for the same reason. However, she sold it to me *without* taking my C&R FFL. In my universe since she didn't take my FFL, I don't have to log it in.

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>>34769477

Was this by chance at Anime Vegas many years ago?

>>34768113
>People get delayed all the time for no reason
Happens to me literally every single time I do the background check on the computer, but never once when I fill it out on paper with the store finishing it via phone.

I don't get it.

>>34766480
that geezer was cruisin' for a bruisin'

>>34769412
This. I go as something to do, and I might finally find my white whale: Steyr M95 long rifle.

>>34766480
Wew. I was against you until that last line.

>>34766313
I go to lookeyloo. I did get a savage 110 in 30-06, excellent condition for next to nothing at one. Was looking for something like it to round out my collection a bit so that was nice. Straight shooter, love the thing.

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>>34768099
>tfw there are no buccees in NC

>>34766313
A gun show is just a bazaar for guns. Why don't live in medieval Arabia. Just go to a store.

>>34766313
Why, oh why, would you pay for the privilege of shopping? You wouldn't tolerate a store charging you to go browse, so why do that for a gun show.?

>>34767409
Out of curiosity, you wouldn't happen to outclass Warren Buffet in terms of wealth, would you?

>>34767650
>go to gun show
>guy shoots himself

>>34769413
No, he's saying Chinese AKs aren't made in Russia you fucking neandrathal.

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You guys are gonna love this

>Pops took me to gun show when i was 12
>Been hunting and shooting way before then
>Knew how to properly and safely handle firearms
>Dad told me he'll buy a gun that I choose for us
>Dad went to look at some guns and I went to look at others
>Gonna check out this nice milsurp rifle
>HEY WHAT THE FUCK YOU DOING KID!!! GET AWAY FROM THAT
>"bu.. but my dad's gonna buy it"
>SURE KID (bunch of old fat guys start laughing)
>well fuck this...
>walk towards the entrance where people sell the cheap mall ninja crap
>see cool cheap wall hanger chinese looking sword on a tarp on the ground (like in a swapmeet)
>pick it up to check it out
> 20$ price tag
>gonna buy it with my 20
>WHAT ARE U DOIN MAIN?!?! (beaner accent)
>"I'll buy it I have the cash in my pocket"
>SET IT DOWN RIGHT NOW YOU LITTLE FOOKER
>(put it down nice and gently on the stand, trying to balance it and leave it like it was)
>I SAID LEAVE THAT SHIT ALONE
>(guy sprints at me)
>Panic and let it fall
>"WHAT THE FUCK PUT IT BACK THE WAY IT WAS PENDEYHO!!!"
>run to dad and tell him I want to go home

Never went to a gun show ever again.

>>34772997
he he, sure thing kid.

>>34772997
People are always shocked when they treat kids like shit and then the kids treat them like shit. I'm honestly surprised you even like guns, but I assume your father wasn't as much of a cunt when he first introduced you to them.

>>34772997

I have a question regarding that Scout if you care to help me out a little.

I am a lefty shooter but i really like the Scout for its smooth design and concept. I know they don't make em for lefty shooters but is the grip neutral, don't have any bulkiness on the backside making it hard to get your trigger hand around it for a lefty guy?

>>34768483
>conspiracies
Yeah, we have Youtube and my uncle's Facebook page for this now

>going to gun shows
>talking shit online about people at gun shows
Here's the plot twist: you're the faggot

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>>34766369
>Guys with tables full of shit not for sale

hate those guys

>>34766452
ATF go away

I kinda wanna go to a gunshow just to see how many of these greentexts that i can spot

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>>34768141
I like to think the atf agents forced to sift through this shit have been turned into degenerates

>>34773886
Fun game of bingo

>>34773907
Somebody should make a bingo-card for gunshows

>>34767606
Lots of sporters (none at decent prices) but what is really memorable is the number of badly put together restorations being passed off as originals

>>34769477
Are you sure you didn't accidentally go to an anime convention instead of a gun show?

Being an FFL means I only go to shows for old stuff but made any longer. 9mm P220, Mauser's and enfields in 308, etc.

They were different before Obama and different before Sandy hook. When Obama came in the guns changed to mostly run of the mill, recently ordered shit. All the older, interesting stuff disappeared. After Sandy hook ammo went bonkers.

In years prior I would go on the last day and give ammunitionstore.com guys my FFL and they'd sell me ammo for way cheaper than I could order it so they didn't have to cart it back. I'd buy dozens of cases.

>>34773902
>sir I need the green forgotten weapons frog in order to better infiltrate them

>>34767606
Of course!
>looking at pawn shop website (sometimes good deals)
>see mk4 enfield for 300 maple pesos
>pic not available yet
>drive over
>bubba'd to hell and back
It hurts

>>34766313
>What's your reason for still going to gun shows /k/?

I like the atmosphere and seeing all the guns and bring around people who share my hobby and passion. Also, jerky.

>>34769477
>F E M I N I N E B E N I S

>>34766369
>>34768364
The Florida Gun Shows always suck, it's always the same few people selling overpriced shit. $450 for Bulgarian Maks? Go fuck yourself.

>>34766313
>you gonna kill a president?
Shit made me laugh

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>>34774134
>he doesn't have Ian Pepe

>>34766369
>Chinese AKs

Are we talking about MAK-90's here?

>>34771491
Like 3 people do.

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>Go to gun show to just get me a surplus crap cause fuck it
>Find a nice rig
>$150, No fucking way
>Time to get me some ammo pouches for it
>Get to a table that has some pretty nice stuff but has the most butthurt vendor
>"Hey, how much did you pay for that?"
>100 bucks?
>"Well for 100 bucks you could have gotten a brand new one thats better. DO YOU RESEARCH"
>Sure
>"What kind of plates/armor are you gonna up in it, If you can find any.
>Uh Ar550 steel?
>That steel is shit, DO YOUR RESEARCH
>Um okay but, why does it suck
>"Americas weapon of choice passes right through it, DO YOUR RESEARCH"
>Sure.....
>"I bet there isnt even plate that will fit in your rig , DO YOUR RESEARCH"
>Sure, I'll get back to you on that

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>>34775135
Do now

>>34769477
I'm okay with that

>>34775201
I feel like you actually just got shredded by the GQ thread, not a gun show.
It's ok. The wounds will heal.

>>34766313
Recently bought The MRO Patrol for 685 from a dealer instead of 800 after taxes

>>34775395
I wish I got destroyed by GC thread, but hey what do I know

>>34768117
worst generation

>PRE BAN

>>34769132
does anyone have this story I am unaware

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>Go to 2,000 table mega-show
>1,500 tables are just ARs and Glockalikes
>The rest are mostly the usual tazers, jerky, mallninja gear, massively marked-up Chinese optics and rail ornaments
>Only reloading supplies are some half-empty cans of Hercules powder from the 1970s and bags of "once-fired" 9mm and 5.56 cases
>One homie is buying a S&W 500 "for home defense". His hearing will be the only casualty of that encounter.
>Find that ONE GUY with boxes of random gun parts
>"Hey, will this fit a Carcano carbine?"
>"I dunno, lol"
>Leave show with a brick of .22 I effectively paid $40 for
I've been going to shows since the 90's, they were more of a mixed bag then, more "commoditized" now.
Also guns in general were much cheaper and the only Internet resource was Usenet so it's hard to compare value.
And then there's:
>Go to "Historical and Modern" gun show
>It's Show-and-Tell for geezers
>Every gun is some unique collector's item with some bullshit story as to why it's $4,000 instead of $1500
>Nobody is buying anything. Maybe the dealers are trading amongst themselves, who knows?
>Coupla durr rifles and shotguns at reasonable prices but none in the caliber or configuration you're looking for.
>Rusted reloading die sets missing parts
>Nazi memorabilia everywhere
>Leave show empty-handed, but at least parking was free.

>>34768117
It's a shame. In the eighties I bought a beautiful all matching P.38 AC41 from one of them. He had like five guns on a small table and was selling them off because his stupid family didn't want them.
Went back an hour later to see if he had any left. He was gone.

>>34775550
SAD!!

>>34775201

steel plates are shit tho

>>34775742
>In the eighties I bought
>there are people born in the 60s posting here

Shouldn't they be taking care of their grandchildren or doing normal shit?

>>34769481

Why would you use your C&R for a face to face transfer?

>>34766644
At least they sell beer at the Topeka expo gun show.

The last time i went, my buddy dropped a Mosin and the butt-stock smashed a bunch of crystal (glass swans) at the booth next to it. Thankfully they were only $1 each. I bought all the broken ones for the lulz.

>>34772997

>bunch of old fat guys laughing

Groups of fat old chucklefucks are a cancer on this hobby, and send so many away that are new to it. I can't fucking stand it.

>>34766313
I basically go to them so i can take a feel of guns there.

>The M1 carbine felt lighter than I thought it would feel
>The KSG feels like its made in China
>Sig P938 was bigger than I thought it'd be
>The T/C Dimension has an underrated smooth bolt
>Walthers feel cheap
>Never see K31s anywhere else

The gun show in my town always has three cool tables.

One has this chill old dude with a footlong beard who always had a Browning M1919 for sale. He sells clips for almost every WW1/WW2 rifle, defused grenades, tracer rounds, used brass, etc.

The second one has this dude who always wears a Crush orange shirt. He always has 2-4 war guns for great deals. He was selling a reblued Mauser Model 1914 with a case for $275. I got a really good deal on a Lee Enfield No. 5 with all of the original parts.

The third guy was a soldier in Afghanistan. He sells lasers, flashlights, and scopes for 40-70% off.

>>34767722
>the fat middle aged man talking about how single action revolvers are perfectly fine for self-defense
topkek

>>34766313
I prefer gun shows for the fun pf haggling
>get tons of milsurp guns for half price because old fucks dont know how to google prices and are afraid to be confronted for being shitty salesmen
My collection of gun show aquisitions are probably worth around 2.5k and I've probably spent around 800-1000

There is a lot to be said for getting to inspect milsurp in person before you buy it. Look at all the markings and numbers, check how well it functions.

>>34766369
>>34766620
>>34767576

Lets not forget the 3 black guys in a group gawking over a Tiger Striped Gold Desert Eagle

>>34769481
What commie shit hole do you live in where you cant do a personal transfer?

>>34771878
>neandrathal

Ironic.

>>34773155
Ruger scout makes a lefty version, look at the synthetic stock version

>>34766452
Eat shit ATF.

>>34768419
First time I've seen Buc-ees mentioned on /k/. It's a must-visit for me anytime I go see family in Texas. Between the Jerky and the Fudge, I'd be a much fatter man if I lived close to one of those things.

>>34766313
>A bunch of non whites selling things not remotely related to guns or militaria
What are they selling instead?

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>>34775673
>>Coupla durr rifles and shotguns at reasonable prices but none in the caliber or configuration you're looking for.
Happens to me every time

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>>34769553

>>34777204
>nugget
>flag

what did he mean by this

>>34767722
the guy selling a table full of auto-conversion and bombmaking manuals

That's always my favorite guy.

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>>34777232
>replying to a styer m95 comment
>bayonets a blade not a pike.
>sling swivel is in wrong place for a nugget.
>front sight post is a blade.


Unless im missing something and nuggets are now straight pull and made by styer in austria.

Then im not sure what gun this is.

>>34769390
Not much to tell, most recent one:
Decent looking woman (in a conservative way), prolly 29 or so years old, not there with a man, dressed in jeans and a pleather jacket in August in York, PA, avoided the actual FFLs, moved around the quieter perimeter and talked to the old women at the estate sale tables selling like 2 shotguns or whatever. My guess is she was probably trying to get them to sell her a firearm w/o a NICS check so they could go after the organizers or something. I explained to lil bro that all of these factors pointed to her being a federale and he needs to learn to recognize these situations and stay far away from people like this.

>>34766313
>mfw at the fun show at the Cow Palace, Daly City.
>500 tables, hard to talk to sellers because of background noise.
>BOOM.....silence, erry body freezes.
>errybody asking what happened and rubbernecking like their heads are on a swivel.
>minutes later two cops have a white guy handcuffed and his elbows locked and he is bent over
>his face is red as a tomato
>few min later announcer gets on the PA and says "DO NOT have a loaded gun in this show for the reason you just saw".
Turn out a buyer asked if the pistol he had on OC was for sale. He popped out the mag, aimed it at the floor forgetting he had one in the tube.
I don't know what happened to his merchandise.

Last one.
>at a small local show, maybe 80-100 tables.
>eyeballed a really cute MILF who was selling stun guns, ammo boxes and cheap scopes.
>she had tight dress slacks on and high heels obviously trying to bait some buyers
>she caught me staring at her tits
>after I walked past the table, she grabbed a stun gun and let off a long BZZZZZZZZT blast with it.

>>34776290
Where do you live? I live in the Fucking SE and fucking no one haggles on gun prices. So I buy off armslist and gunbroker.

>>34776018
>Shouldn't they be taking care of their grandchildren or doing normal shit?

Don't underestimate the number of older anons who only bother to poke their heads up once it's clear a given thread isn't just the usual bait or an endless game of "Pretend Retard" shitposting. 4chan's been a Name long enough that spending a few idle hours on it is perfectly normal(for given values of Normal).

>>34776018
Autism doesn't disappear when you hit a certain age, you know?

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>>34766471
>bzzzt every 60 seconds like clockwork

tl;dr: gunshow attracts neckbeards who drool on the goodies, and old timers sharing their useless trivia and wisdom

>went to the SAXET in San Anto yesterday
>man selling mil-surp accessories was in his regular spot corner spot
>man selling SHTF books in his spot against the east wall
>every body with a backpack or a HD bag was asked if he had a gun he wanted to trade/sell
>Texas Law Shield was there
>after 2 or 3 visits you will already have the layout of the joint memorised
>we have the odd balls selling aroma therapy, homemade goat milk soap, cheap plastic toys
> if any vendor could attach the name "tactical" to his wares, he would and escalate the price. - tactical socks, tactical lighting, tactical pens and pencils, tactical toolbags, etc.
>the newest vendors are using their D-cup marketing cleavage to sell CCW holsters - lots of admiration and sales
>I'd say 30% new firearms, 30% used fire arms, 20% ammo and magazines, 10% swords and knives, 10% with no practical association with fireams.
> been going for a year, bought ammo 2 or 3 times and magazines 3 or 4 times
>bought a Winchester single shot bolt action 0.22 just like the one Grandpa let me borrow
>for the price a movie I get to walk around admiring all of the firearms that I wanted as a kid; free entertainment listening to mall ninjas talk amongst themselves, and the intellectually-unsure consumers sharing their inane firearm hubris

>>34782400
>for the price a movie I get to walk around admiring all of the firearms that I wanted as a kid; free entertainment listening to mall ninjas talk amongst themselves, and the intellectually-unsure consumers sharing their inane firearm hubris

Can I be your friend?

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Yuropoor here, it's exactly the same shit in here except less tasers and more WWII memorabilia

>bunch of people selling actual guns by the entrance
>fat old men that smell like leather and farts everywhere
>poor condition hunting rifles from the 60's
>flavor of the month milsurp
>the one tactical guy that sells overpriced russian gear he "imported himself"
>the other tactical guy that sells used british gear and AR-15 mags 15€ a pop
>nazi table with everything from propaganda matchboxes to bronze busts of Hitler
>russian table with some dirty rags that are supposed to be "actual WWII" uniforms
>some 90 year olds jacking each other off around a table of random T34 parts'
>actual russians that sell Tsar related stuff (???)
>machine gun dealer with the same shit every year because almost nobody can buy those

Got an unused Tikka in .223 for 600 eurodollars and left the place

I've worked gun shows since I've been in college and it's always something different it's always interesting though.
>working gun show being the amazing solvent trap salesperson I am
>man walks by with a basic ar-15
>talking to man beside me
>over hears him start talking about a secret
>flips it to full auto
>have played with a few in the past
>man beside me starts to freak out
>tells cop
>man runs out the door only to get tackled by two men
>realize they don't know if it's auto or not
>gets up apologizes and leave the man to his buisnes
>show goes on as normal

>>34782400
>>man selling SHTF books in his spot against the east wall
I've always been fascinated by these guys. Maybe 1/10 of the ones i've met have been "normal"-ish, the rest have come of as some kind of Alex Jones/Varg Vikernes/Duck Dynasty mash-up.

>working gun show as I do every weekend
>man buys a gun
>goes outside with his new purchase
>maybeishouldtestfireit.jpg
>loads gun
>puts a round through his own knee and into a random car

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>>34769477
As a cosplayer and a gun enthusiast, I support going to a gunshow/convention like this so much. The fucking anime/comic convention scene is overrun with libs who won't keep their damn mouth shut about leftist politics.

Oddly enough, I actually run into a couple of employees/dealers at gunshows who are into cosplay/nerd culture. I end up giving my cosplay page's business card at gun shows more than I would ever expect.

>>34782761
how does one do both of those at the same time?

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>>34782761
>>34782942
How it went down.

>>34783017
I understand now completely.

>>34767606

I've found a few decent sporters for 150-175. That's a pretty good price here for one that isn't Khyber pass level shit.

>>34778235
Texas
The point of the gun show is its a bazaar and people just want rid of their shit
If they want full price they can fuck off to a proper sale, but here everything is for barter. I feel like a fucking Jew but damn is it fun to play psychological warfare for a better deal

>>34782710
>mfw reading up on Vikernes

Wtf is with you Nords and burning churches?

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>>34784779
>he doesn't worship Woden

>>34776018
shouldn't you be napping while your grandparents are shitposting on /k/?

The cancerous attitude of old men like the ones in the stories in this thread drove me away from the gun community, I still have what is in my opinion a fairly impressive collection of guns with some really uncommon stuff but I don't really go shooting anymore or to gun shows. I just can't take being talked down to by some greasy old fudd who assumes I'm an idiot because I'm under 50, and it's like that at every shooting sport related event I've ever been at.

Though every once in a blue moon I'll meet someone who is truly knowledgable and nice to talk to that almost restores my faith in the gun community, almost

>>34784779
Black metall, not even once

I would absolutely love gun shows if you didn't have to pay to get in, just as a side show.

But I'm not paying to get into a cramped warehouse just to pass on literally everything for sale.

>>34785058
You know that when all the old ones die, their children and grandchildren will always take up their fuddness... Mankind can never truly rid themselves of people like that...

>>34785977
Oh it's already happening, don't worry. If you don't prostrate yourself in front of the great god "Grandpa" you are truly a heathen.

My only reason for going is ammo
at the px a box of 50 9mm is 16 dollars
Or
1,000 9mm for 145 at the gum show
I am stationed in Cali so ammo is more expensive here

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