What did you bring home from Knob Creek?

[traderdan]

Oh...I forgot! I brought home some valuable knowledge also...Ak types seemed to be the Class 3s that did not jam so much!

 

[Patternpimp]

I picked up Ammo and I was elated at the price. 500 wolf for $160. Aimsurplus sold it 2 weeks ago for $150. 200 milsurp 30.06 for $125. CMP sells it for $100. You folks must want your ammo given to you and carried to your car.

 

[ClydeB]

I meant to get there 1st AM on Friday. But didn't actually go until lunch on Saturday. (life happens sometimes)

I didn't buy any weapons this time. There was definitely lots of .223 for sale. But the only ammo I bought was a 100 rounds of 22lr from the Knob Creek folks. One guy was selling a homemade firesteel / magnesium rod combo that I thought was nicely done. Got a couple of them. And a swinging metal target about 2 inches thick that may hold up to some .223 shooting. Will see.

As an aside. There was a guy there selling some books called "God, Guns, and Guts". Happened to have already mail ordered that book and was talking to the man behind the counter. Didnt recognize him as the author. He shaved off his beard and moustache. While talking, I mentioned that I already had the book, was from the local area, and that my first name was Clyde. The man suprised me by rattling off my last name. Guess there are not too many Clyde's in the area that are fans of his book.

 

[Spike Jones 5 2002]

Last Oct shoot. I only stayed Friday. I canceled the rest of the weekend.
Over crowded, way over priced.
VERY rude dealers.

 

[GunnerDan]

Well, I was able to purchase 20K primers for 28/K which wasnt too bad of a price. I purchased 3K .22lr for 90/k which SUCKED but that is the cheapest I could find. That was really all, I really wanted a dmilled parts kit FA mac9 that would have been super easy to repair but I didnt want to become a felon and have a illegal machine gun... I did find that to purchase a post-dealer sample was 1600 bucks and a pre-dealer sample was 26000... that really pissed me off...

Gunner

 

[Trooper]

Oh...I forgot! I brought home some valuable knowledge also...Ak types seemed to be the Class 3s that did not jam so much!

What is a class III AK?

 

[traderdan]

I am not real familiar with all the terms..I am referring to auto AK types.

 

[Trooper]

I am not real familiar with all the terms..I am referring to auto AK types.

Oh a full auto, ie Class III, AK.

 

[whitetailbowhunter]

I was thinking about going to this just to see the night shoot. Looks like it was nothing more than a bunch of gouging-rude-a*******. Glad i went hunting instead.

 

[traderdan]

I was thinking about going to this just to see the night shoot. Looks like it was nothing more than a bunch of gouging-rude-a*******. Glad i went hunting instead.

Really it is worth going to.At least once.If you reload you definitely should go.

 

[Sniper 79]

I canceled last year and then again last minute this year. I had a hunch it was going to suck. Prices are crazy and yes the dealers are rude as all hell. I didnt come home with much the last few years. Just a couple pairs of camo pants and a gortex field jacket that I love. I could have gotten everything locally so it was nothing special. If you are into guns you have to go at least once just to check it out. Dont leave the house expecting any deals or anything you cant get any where else and you wont be disapointed.

 

[longbarrel]

If you reload you definitely should go.

Why?

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Really it is worth going to.At least once.If you reload you definitely should go.

If certain religions can have their pilgrimages, we gunowners must have Knob Creek.
For me, at least, it truly is a borderline spiritual sojourn.

Even when I've driven seven hours one-way, gotten stuck in the mud for half-an-hour, over-paid on ammo, bumped and crowded when walking along the booths, taken unawares when the range when hot without earplugs in, rained on, having to trudge to and from lunch in the lower field about a mile away - when I hear the roar and pulse of the firing line, and feel those concussive thumps in my chest, and see the flash of the tracers hitting and flares sailing, all of the little things I loathe about Knob Creek fade to black, and for those fifteen minutes, I am the happiest, most content person on Earth. It's a beautiful, wonderful - and for me - spiritual event. It truly is my pilgrimage.

 

[traderdan]

The guys I go with bought a bunch of projectiles..(9mm) for $65/1100. We are always there at opening on Friday. Some vendors are sold out of the cheap stuff by Friday afternoon.

 

[cjfarmer]

The dealers were starting to haggle later on saturday. I bought a complete upper with bcg and charging handle from JSE for $400 plus a t-shirt and a box of 50 aguila .223, which i thought was decent. CMMG offered me a .22 upper at a price i almost couldn't resist. But i decided i shouldn't spend any more money. The DoubleStar guy gave me some stickers for free, but I kinda knew him(shot with him in 3gun match). I believe he is the VP. It seemed like the actual companies were willing to haggle more like Doublestar, CMMG, JSE, etc. rather than other vendors.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

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Saw this while I was there.

 

[cjfarmer]

I saw her too! it cracked me up

 

[Tula47]

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Saw this while I was there.

Where was she at? I never saw her but thats funny lol

 

[cjfarmer]

She was in the main gun show area when i saw her.

 

[SnoopLoggyDog]

Saw her walking the vendors with what I assumed to be husband. She was hauling the M249 while he was shopping for ammo. Probably singing, "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".