Friends of the NRA Banquet in Crawfordsville ??

[Roguelet]

Evidently, this is a pretty popular thing around here, but I've never heard of it. I just happened to see this article pop up on my Facebook wall today. Has anyone been to one of these banquets? Do kids usually attend?

Banquet supports gun education | Local News | journalreview.com

 

[snorko]

Lots of discussion on INGO in general. Short answer, go, have fun and spend money. Remember it is a fundraiser. Here is a link for general info on all Indiana banquets.

https://www.friendsofnra.org/eventtickets/Events/Index/15

 

[littletommy]

Went to the southern Indiana banquet Saturday, this is our 4th or 5th year going, and we always have a great time! Never win anything, but it's a night out, with good food, and good friends, for a good cause. And we got to meet the governor and his wife.

 

[m82mike]

Go, have a good time, good food.great people. It is worth it!

 

[snorko]

Went to the southern Indiana banquet Saturday, this is our 4th or 5th year going, and we always have a great time! Never win anything, but it's a night out, with good food, and good friends, for a good cause. And we got to meet the governor and his wife.

That's the Falls of the Ohio dinner I think. Other SW Indiana banquets include Evansville August 4th & Columbus August 18th.

I will likely start a thread when banquet tickets are available for Evansville. It would be cool to fill a table or two with Ingo Folk.

 

[Roguelet]

Do children typically attend these banquets, or is it usually an adult-only crowd?

 

[littletommy]

Do children typically attend these banquets, or is it usually an adult-only crowd?

I never see really young kids there, but pre-teen and teenage kids, yeah. They have a specific youth drawing at the falls of the Ohio banquet, I would assume most other ones do, too.

 

[308jake]

Do children typically attend these banquets, or is it usually an adult-only crowd?

I have seen plenty of kids there. So take the entire family and enjoy.

 

[71silverbullet]

I was at the Falls of The Ohio banquet Sat evening. Spent WAY TOO MUCH, but I did get a little of it back on the Wall of Guns. Its a really good time, they probably gave away about 150 guns. Silent auctions as well as live auctions. With two of the area Chevrolet dealers there bidding against one another the live auction was pretty crazy.
I plan on it being an annual thing for me.

 

[71silverbullet]

I believe the Falls of the Ohio banquet had 1000 admission tickets sold.

 

[Mgderf]

I've attended the last 12 or 13 years banquets in Lafayette.
Enjoyed it enough that I became a committee member about 8 or 10 years ago.

I almost always have two tables filled with friends and family.
It is a good night out, but as others have mentioned, it is a fund raising event for the youth shooting sports.
FNRA sponsors many youth shooting programs, and this is why I continue to support it.

 

[DanVoils]

Waiting on the one for Hendricks county.
Dan

 

[308jake]

Waiting on the one for Hendricks county.
Dan

Should be in October.

 

[shootersix]

falls of the ohio is the largest fnra fundraiser in the country, I received an email saying they went through the wall of guns raffle 19 times (they sell 50 tickets and draw 1 winner, the sell 50 more)

they sold a dirty harry theme movie poster set, with a autographed clint eastwood picture, a replica of harry callihan's sfpd badge, a poster from the move, it had a fired shell and bullet from the model 29 used in the movie (the model 29 used in dirty harry was presented to john millius by the movie studio after filming, and he gave it to the nra museum) and a model 29 in its own framed box

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if anyone is interested in this item, we (southern Indiana friends of the nra) are making the next one for the nra convention in Atlanta(it will be auctioned off), and should have one up for auction at our banquet in august, and I think we have one or two available for high level banquet sponsors (there will only be 10 sets made)

 

[indiana hillbilly]

Go have fun. I will be there. Good food, good time, good cause.

 

[71silverbullet]

falls of the ohio is the largest fnra fundraiser in the country, I received an email saying they went through the wall of guns raffle 19 times (they sell 50 tickets and draw 1 winner, the sell 50 more)

they sold a dirty harry theme movie poster set, with a autographed clint eastwood picture, a replica of harry callihan's sfpd badge, a poster from the move, it had a fired shell and bullet from the model 29 used in the movie (the model 29 used in dirty harry was presented to john millius by the movie studio after filming, and he gave it to the nra museum) and a model 29 in its own framed box

View attachment 54537

if anyone is interested in this item, we (southern Indiana friends of the nra) are making the next one for the nra convention in Atlanta(it will be auctioned off), and should have one up for auction at our banquet in august, and I think we have one or two available for high level banquet sponsors (there will only be 10 sets made)

The Dirty Harry Collection went for $5100. Don't get me wrong that's a lot of money, but for what you get it doesn't sound too bad. Just the gun alone often fetches north of $2000 on GB.