January 1500

[Ballstater98]

So, I'll be honest, I haven't made this show for a while...$20 to shop!?

 

[AngryRooster]

I will never pay a $20 cover charge to spend my money

It's expensive for what it is. We're going tomorrow with family that have never been. They're looking for something for their 22 year old daughter. Price for tomorrow is irrelevant.

 

[churchmouse]

It's expensive for what it is. We're going tomorrow with family that have never been. They're looking for something for their 22 year old daughter. Price for tomorrow is irrelevant.

I hope you are successful.

 

[AngryRooster]

I hope you are successful.

Thanks. They have an idea what they're after, but having a hard time locating it local. One of them is after a stripped AR lower as well. We all went to the Richmond show. That was their very first show. They were impressed with that one and had a good time. I told them to wait until the get to a 1500. Plans were immediately made. Their daughter didn't get to go to the Richmond show.

I may pick up another lower if I find one I like. Maybe an EndoMag if I see one. Not really after anything else right now. Whenever the next show after April is the one I'll be interested in. ($$ from crops will be in)

I'm looking forward to this year. I have a small list of things I want to accomplish firearm related, should be pretty easy.

Sell a Glock 30 & S&W 625PC. Pick up a suppressor for 5.56 & 300blk. Pick up a Glock 48 and something to shoot and throw clays. Nothing fancy, probably just a Mossberg 500 in either 12 or 20. We already have other 12s so may try a 20 just for fun. Simple, fun and easy to please this year.

 

[Wolf]

Thinking about heading to the show from southern Indiana today... Can anyone advise on the condition of the parking areas? My mobility scooter doesn't operate very well in snow...

 

[SmileDocHill]

Thinking about heading to the show from southern Indiana today... Can anyone advise on the condition of the parking areas? My mobility scooter doesn't operate very well in snow...

Conditions yesterday were horrible in the parking lot and I didn't see anyone making any attempt to shovel. Maybe they worked on it overnight but I can't imagine how a scooter would have managed it in yesterday's conditions.

 

[phatgemi]

Shortage of posts on 1500 tell the whole story.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

I won 4 tickets from wibc. Between the weather and the lack of deals I've seen the last 5-6 trips, I told them to give them to someone else.

 

[Beowulf]

Well, the $8 parking and $10 entry (w/ coupon) is steep.

Seemingly fewer vendors, but I snagged a great deal on a Rem Tac-14 Wood stock and a Marlin .45-70 GBL from ZX guns, plus some cool Cold War radiation gear and signage, and a signed sci-fi novel from Michael Williamson, so I’m pretty happy.

Its the first show in a real long time that I actually bought something substantial.

A few other deals about, $300 Glock 22s and $450 Sig 220. Not stellar, but avoids the hassle of ordering, shipping, and transfer. I found a repro (Italian) Springfield trapdoor carbine for under $500, which is a great price from what Ive seen. Plus dealers were willing to actually deal.

 

[churchmouse]

Thanks. They have an idea what they're after, but having a hard time locating it local. One of them is after a stripped AR lower as well. We all went to the Richmond show. That was their very first show. They were impressed with that one and had a good time. I told them to wait until the get to a 1500. Plans were immediately made. Their daughter didn't get to go to the Richmond show.

I may pick up another lower if I find one I like. Maybe an EndoMag if I see one. Not really after anything else right now. Whenever the next show after April is the one I'll be interested in. ($$ from crops will be in)

I'm looking forward to this year. I have a small list of things I want to accomplish firearm related, should be pretty easy.

Sell a Glock 30 & S&W 625PC. Pick up a suppressor for 5.56 & 300blk. Pick up a Glock 48 and something to shoot and throw clays. Nothing fancy, probably just a Mossberg 500 in either 12 or 20. We already have other 12s so may try a 20 just for fun. Simple, fun and easy to please this year.

OK................??????

 

[jsharmon7]

I went today around noon. Coming in off W. 38th St. was pretty crowded, and I ended up parking a long way from the show. No line to get in the show, and moderate crowds inside. I noticed a lot more random crap, off-brand knife dealers, old guns, private dealers, and assorted oddities at this show. I ended up skipping about 75% of the booths and probably won’t be going to any more shows unless I’m in need of something very specific. I was looking forward to wasting away the afternoon and ended up rather disappointed.

 

[CampingJosh]

I went today around noon. Coming in off W. 38th St. was pretty crowded, and I ended up parking a long way from the show. No line to get in the show, and moderate crowds inside. I noticed a lot more random crap, off-brand knife dealers, old guns, private dealers, and assorted oddities at this show. I ended up skipping about 75% of the booths and probably won’t be going to any more shows unless I’m in need of something very specific. I was looking forward to wasting away the afternoon and ended up rather disappointed.

This was my takeaway from Saturday, too. I usually spend a solid 8 hours when I'm able to go, but I left this time after 4. It felt small and slow.

Are we allowed to bash specific dealers by name so long as they aren't advertising here on INGO? (I don't have any complaints with any INGO advertisers.) One shop for Shelbyville was at the show asking $639 for a Walther PPS M2. If you have looked at or bought one of those, you already know that those first two digits seem reversed. I went over to that shop once about 8 years ago and found basically the same thing. I know for sure that I won't check a third time.

 

[Crusader17]

We waited to make the drive today, let the roads get cleared for the 1.5 hr trek. Family member bought a P365, I saw some new Colt Cobras and a handful of Pythons. Apparently someone was planning on buying 3 6" nickel pythons just before I went back to the booth, but they let me have the honor of holding one of them. So I'm still looking for one to buy.

 

[AngryRooster]

OK................??????

We're pretty much set and happy with everything. We already have a myriad of handguns, several AR's, and shotguns. We're set up to cast and reload for everything except for the 12 gauge. Got my SBR done late in 2018, it gets the suppressor this year. I never shoot the 625PC, I hate the moon clips and everyone else hates the gun itself. It may get swapped for a S&W 586 L-Comp. I don't carry the Glock 30 anymore and have a Glock 21SF and a Ruger 1911LW for 45 range play.

The only things I'm really after is the Glock 48 when it gets released and something more appropriate to shoot clay pigeons with. 48 years old and I've never fired at one until this past fall at the relatives. We all had fun with it. All our shotguns are 18 or 20" barrels. I don't want to have to swap things out all the time so a simple Mossberg fits the bill. We don't have a big expensive list (for a change).



The show was pretty nice. As someone else said, the dealers were willing to deal and things were reasonable. Everyone enjoyed it. After some looking around and trying things out she went home with a new red/black "battle worn" Glock 43.

 

[churchmouse]

We're pretty much set and happy with everything. We already have a myriad of handguns, several AR's, and shotguns. We're set up to cast and reload for everything except for the 12 gauge. Got my SBR done late in 2018, it gets the suppressor this year. I never shoot the 625PC, I hate the moon clips and everyone else hates the gun itself. It may get swapped for a S&W 586 L-Comp. I don't carry the Glock 30 anymore and have a Glock 21SF and a Ruger 1911LW for 45 range play.

The only things I'm really after is the Glock 48 when it gets released and something more appropriate to shoot clay pigeons with. 48 years old and I've never fired at one until this past fall at the relatives. We all had fun with it. All our shotguns are 18 or 20" barrels. I don't want to have to swap things out all the time so a simple Mossberg fits the bill. We don't have a big expensive list (for a change).



The show was pretty nice. As someone else said, the dealers were willing to deal and things were reasonable. Everyone enjoyed it. After some looking around and trying things out she went home with a new red/black "battle worn" Glock 43.

Good for her. Glad it was a success.

 

[10-32]

So how was ammo situation out there. I only ask because I ran into 2 guys at Wal-Mart buying up a bunch of ammo Saturday night. The younger one said they sold almost everything they had out there and needed to restock.

 

[Beowulf]

So how was ammo situation out there. I only ask because I ran into 2 guys at Wal-Mart buying up a bunch of ammo Saturday night. The younger one said they sold almost everything they had out there and needed to restock.

I noticed that a couple of the big, bulk ammo sellers were conspicuously absent. But, I wasn’t looking for ammo, so I didn’t pay a lot of attention to the ammo sellers that were there.

 

[Gingerbeardman]

I haven't been to a show in over a year, so we made the trek with the hope of finding some rare ammo. We found it alright, mostly overpriced. Actually everything seemed priced high. And as someone else mentioned, the cheap knife dealers were in abundance. I did enjoy the smaller crowd and vendors did seem willing to deal. Twenty bucks to get in, similar to the $36.50 it cost to take my lady to a movie with popcorn and a soda, for a few hours of entertainment.

 

[speedracer302]

FYI: Parking fee at the State Fairgrounds is now $8/car.

Price increase for parking is garbage. The lady said its because the garage sale was going at the same time.... WTF

 

[speedracer302]

So how was ammo situation out there. I only ask because I ran into 2 guys at Wal-Mart buying up a bunch of ammo Saturday night. The younger one said they sold almost everything they had out there and needed to restock.

There were several big vendors conspicuously absent. The guy selling every magazine imaginable wasn't there and the guy with all of the medical supplies (similar area typically). Also the guy selling all the 'fireworks' and accessories wasn't there either. Weird show. I did like the smaller crown though.