San Jose Gun Show

[timmerk]

Anyone going to the show this weekend? I'll be there. Gotta support the gun shows and I have some father's day gifts to get.

[All Nav]

If that is the one at the Santa Clara fairgrounds, I'll pass. Last time I went, the only thing I saw worth buying were some magazine ads from the 40s and 50s for my nostalgia file. There is, however, one vendor who sells a pretty good range bag. Mine has held up nicely.

[maxicon]

I'm going. I go whenever I get the chance to support gun culture in San Jose. Sure, it's not as good as the Cow Palace, but if you're in the area, it's only $8 for a few hours entertainment.

You can park a few blocks away and save the parking costs. Either way, I spend more than that on ammo the first 20 minutes at the range.

[sirfonners]

how long is going to be there?

[diginit]

Couldn't resist

how long is going to be there?

Yes,and his brother how laime and his sister how to.

[timmerk]

I went this morning. Parked on 10th to save on parking. I picked up some stuff for father's day and easily saved the 7 dollar admission fee. It was in a different, larger building than the last one. It seemed like there were more vendors. From our sponsors, I noticed CWS and JJ armory.

[maxicon]

I went - got some cold blue and aluminum blue for more P6 touch-up experiments, some .22 and .357 ammo, some old flyers and catalogs, and some Chinese throw-away tools.

I also got to handle an FP-45 Liberator, the fabled $2 .45 dropped in Europe during WWII.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FP-45_Liberator

Too bad the Ace Case booth never shows up any more - I had a few I needed to get, and the only other case booth has Double Triple, which I don't care much for.

Spent some time talking to interesting people about all manner of things. A good trip, overall, and a great way to spend a few hours steeped in gun stuff.

[doughboy334]

I went today to finish my AR build. I parked across the street near the car wash business (forgot what street that was). Immediately went to Cold War Shooters and talked with the reps there, then bought my Stag upper. Then did some more walking, and saw J and J Armory and talked there too. Ended up buying an Eotech sight! Probably stayed at least an hour, needed to get back to south city for Father Day (got my dad a nice flask).

[knucklehead 61]

i picked up some 20 gage shells at $4.00 / 25 (cheaper than walmart!) and 30.06 for my new weatherby. also got some more .30 cal ammo cans, 4 for $24.
was looking for a cool stock for my bohica / ar build but no one had any that i saw.

[windrunner50]

The San Jose Show is not worth going to anymore after paying parking/admission. Mostly junk, and overpriced items,too bad.

[maxicon]

Depends on the circumstances, I guess.

You don't have to pay parking if you don't mind walking 2-3 blocks, and admission's only $7 with coupon, after all.

Cow Palace is bigger with better deals, but at 100 miles round trip and 22 mpg for me, that's an extra $20 in gas, plus the same admission, plus it's a lot harder to park outside if you don't know the area, so I pay parking as well. SJ Fairgrounds are only 15 miles RT for me.

For me, I bought some small things that my local gun shop doesn't stock. I could have bought them online, but shipping would have wiped out any savings. I also got to handle a bunch of stuff I was curious about, mostly optics, that nobody carries in the local shops. Add in a few hours surrounded by interesting gun gear and gun people, and it's a great way for me to spend a morning, but I don't go to gun shows just to buy stuff cheap (that's a side benefit).

Be sure to support the shooting sports in the San Jose area, especially when it only costs $7. Otherwise, we'll be down to a single gun show in the entire SF/peninsula/SJ area, and it'll be at the Cow Palace.

[Jeff P]

The San Jose Gun Show was better attended with more vendors and better gun related items. I had the wife in tow so there was the "What do you need that for?" But I did get ammo, Haa 50AE. I'll go back.