Crown Point Gun Show Apr 21-22

[Butch627]

It will be my first gun show. It should be a eye opening experience

 

[lowendgenerator]

It will be my first gun show. It should be a eye opening experience

It'll be my first show in many, many years. Even though I'm broke, I'm excited.

 

[tv1217]

Not going, spent all my spare cash on




Seriously.

 

[jaschutz79]

Just left. Sold my Spyderco M390.

Besides some upper end factory knifes, couple custom knifes and grips...this show is and continues to bring junk to the masses.

 

[Woodrow]

Wife and I went. I really like this show. Never too crowded, fun to just stroll around.

I mean, most everything is over-priced, and it's like the attack of the Rock Island 1911s and Sig police trade-ins, but it's a gun show. It's leather and surplus, and blasting heat vents, with organic farm smells and stale tobacco clothes. "Did she paint those jeans on," and how many rolls of Israeli bandages could we really need when it's sold in bulk. Two men were trying to open an ammo crate "did they use metric nails on it," "no, I reckon they're standard," but at a gun show, someone is bound to have a conversion crow bar. Arisakas and Mausers mingle with Garands and Lee Enfields and at the end if the day, it's a $3.00 coke, and $6.00 nachos and a military issue field guide for the M1911A1 being read in the car...it's a gun show, and thank God for the loophole, and for these people packed in rows like 4H sheep, and for the families together, and the men who snuck away, and the women newly empowered, and the watchdogs and pamphlets, and the dusty ammo and walnut media, and the whole giant collage of Americana, every weekend in the armories and civic centers, and fairgrounds, and conference halls...I walked with my people and talked and relaxed, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

 

[JB357Mag]

I went this morning, very packed.

Got a soft gun case, no $$ for anything else.

Lotsa nice guns.

Jimmy

 

[itsgreg]

was packed in the morning but cleared out by afternoon

 

[Txlur]

Showed up, met Brad, fondled some ESEE wares. Good time, all around. There was a lady selling very nice belts, I'd say on par with my current, more expensive gun belt.

Need to pick up an ESEE-3.

 

[Gunaria]

Wife and I went. I really like this show. Never too crowded, fun to just stroll around.

I mean, most everything is over-priced, and it's like the attack of the Rock Island 1911s and Sig police trade-ins, but it's a gun show. It's leather and surplus, and blasting heat vents, with organic farm smells and stale tobacco clothes. "Did she paint those jeans on," and how many rolls of Israeli bandages could we really need when it's sold in bulk. Two men were trying to open an ammo crate "did they use metric nails on it," "no, I reckon they're standard," but at a gun show, someone is bound to have a conversion crow bar. Arisakas and Mausers mingle with Garands and Lee Enfields and at the end if the day, it's a $3.00 coke, and $6.00 nachos and a military issue field guide for the M1911A1 being read in the car...it's a gun show, and thank God for the loophole, and for these people packed in rows like 4H sheep, and for the families together, and the men who snuck away, and the women newly empowered, and the watchdogs and pamphlets, and the dusty ammo and walnut media, and the whole giant collage of Americana, every weekend in the armories and civic centers, and fairgrounds, and conference halls...I walked with my people and talked and relaxed, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

What no beef jerky?

 

[magic man]

Big thanks to Brad (and Knife Lady) for the new letter opener!

ESEE Laser Strike.

 

[subtlesixer03]

Yes thanks knife lady and brad. My buddy is very happy with his Izula and plans to order more. Im definitly into the laserstrike as well.

 

[bloodandgutsmurphy]

I went there. I bought 70 8mm Mauser rounds for fifteen bucks. it was a hell of a deal

 

[Butch627]

I broke my cherry this morning at around 11:30. It was a bad beginning, as I was walking down the ramp to pay to get in there was an old guy about 5 people back with a single shot shotgun that had it pointed at me pretty much the entire way down the ramp. It wasn't intentional, but it was a bit bothersome. He seemed a bit out of sorts and when the cops sitting by the entry table saw them they motioned to him to get his attention, they must have noticed the way he was pointing the gun also.

Once inside I really liked being able to handle a number of guns one right after the other feeling the small nuances between the grips and the way the guns felt in my hands. I just feel on the spot in a gun shop with the salesman staring while I look at them. I didn't buy anything, but found a couple I really liked that were not on my radar. Ill be back for the next show.

 

[Wild Deuce]

Anyone there when this went down?

Like Kirk says ... "eez gun ... eez dangurous!"

 

[Ericpwp]

I left before that. What was someone from IL doing with a loaded gun in the car?

 

[Wild Deuce]

I left before that. What was someone from IL doing with a loaded gun in the car?

He was probably unloading/unholstering/reloading/reholstering it before entering/leaving.*

*It is possible for Illinois residents to obtain a non-resident permit from another state that is recognized in Indiana.

 

[Bradsknives]

Just left. Sold my Spyderco M390.

Besides some upper end factory knifes, couple custom knifes and grips...this show is and continues to bring junk to the masses.

If it was the Carbon Fiber Military with M390...that cost me!

 

[Ericpwp]

He was probably unloading/unholstering/reloading/reholstering it before entering/leaving.*

*It is possible for Illinois residents to obtain a non-resident permit from another state that is recognized in Indiana.

True, I would like to know if he was legal. He could not have bought that gun at the show, right?

I think NDs at or around gun shows are bad press as well as dangerous.

 

[jaschutz79]

If it was the Carbon Fiber Military with M390...that cost me!

That would be the one...it cost u the same it cost me.

 

[lowendgenerator]

Did someone AD in the parking lot?