gunshows

[green grunt]

Lodi show.... found a nice Q-RMC hand guard for my MI carbine , 30 bucks..no 30carbine ammo in bulk ...not a bad show for it's size... Reno is the place to go !

[ja308]

Oh. And we both became NRA members. Something I've wanted to do for a while. Bought 5 year memberships for the 2 of us.

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Welcome aboard Sir thats great !
We just got back from the show and had a good time. It was my GF 1st experience at one and she enjoyed lots of the stuff for woman.

I actually felt kinda good paying for parking knowing that money went to Orange County instead of LA,who closed down their Pomona gunshow.

For the record the Pomona fairgrounds show brought in 14 million 1994 dollars.

[TurboChrisB]

I saw .45 reloads from either Miwal or LAX for $220 per m...and 9mm for $140 per m. Wow

[AnchorTactical]

Costa Mesa was bad this past weekend. In 20 years I have not seen it this bad.

[Black Majik]

Costa Mesa was bad this past weekend. In 20 years I have not seen it this bad.

Yikes. The last couple ones I went to had a bunch of empty tables. Did a lot of people attend this weekend's show?

I thought about going but can't justify increased entry price for less tables.

[onelonehorseman]

What is available to buy has changed since I first started going in the 70's. But it is still an enjoyable way to get out of the house and wander around and look at stuff.

Occasionally You can come across a deal too.

Essentially my sentiments as well.

Admittedly, I haven't gone to one here in about a year because right now there's really nothing I need.

[AnchorTactical]

Yikes. The last couple ones I went to had a bunch of empty tables. Did a lot of people attend this weekend's show?

I thought about going but can't justify increased entry price for less tables.

[ja308]

The west side breezeway had zero tables and lots of empty tables in every building. I’ve never seen it like this.

There was a decent amount of attendees but dealers were few and far.

The center between the buildings that used to have lots of dealers was empty as well. Maybe thats what you meant?

I was hoping to get a watch battery replaced, but there wasn't any of the watch people like years past either.

We just walked over the the Orange County swap meet that was half the size it was a year or 2 ago. I did find someone to replace the battery there.

As an aside Bloomingdales at South coast plaza had lots of shoppers. It could be because Armani,Canneli and other higher end Italian suits were 40% off. Bloomindales even took off another 20% if you accepted their charge card.