Selling guns at a gun show?

[crookcountygo]

Please forgive me if this post is in the wrong forum. I thought about posting in the gun show forum, but this is more like a general question. Anyway, I was thinking about taking some pistols with me to the Crown Point gun show this weekend in case I run into another show attendee or vendor I might want to trade with or sell to. Has anyone here sold to someone at a gun show (private party, not a store or vendor)? Is it frowned upon? Thanks for the feedback.

 

[yetti462]

Good to go. Not frowned upon

 

[d.kaufman]

Yup. No issues. Sell away private party or to a vendor. Check ID though. Lot of FIPs will be at the show

 

[crookcountygo]

Yup. No issues. Sell away private party or to a vendor. Check ID though. Lot of FIPs will be at the show

Thank you for the advice, guys. Definitely will check IDs! What is an FIP?

 

[williamnewman1]

I'll chip in,...... sell inside the show , not outfront, out of your tailgate, etc . Places are very easy going about it but every one I've ever been to doesn't want you selling outside the building.

FIP , I assume is "Firearms interest police" . Just be legal and do stuff with legal people and it's all good

 

[d.kaufman]

Thank you for the advice, guys. Definitely will check IDs! What is an FIP?

FIP= ****ing Illinois People

 

[crookcountygo]

I'll chip in,...... sell inside the show , not outfront, out of your tailgate, etc . Places are very easy going about it but every one I've ever been to doesn't want you selling outside the building.

FIP , I assume is "Firearms interest police" . Just be legal and do stuff with legal people and it's all good

Very helpful advice - much appreciated!

 

[crookcountygo]

FIP= ****ing Illinois People

I figured it was something along those lines. Former Illinois person, but I disliked it enough to get the heck out.

 

[d.kaufman]

I figured it was something along those lines. Former Illinois person, but I disliked it enough to get the heck out.

Yeah. I figured you'd know the acronym us Hoosiers have....lol

 

[Mgderf]

Very helpful advice - much appreciated!

Crook county?
You aren't an Illinois resident are you?
Posted while I was typing.
Indiana resident=good to go

 

[crookcountygo]

Crook county?
You aren't an Illinois resident are you?
Posted while I was typing.
Indiana resident=good to go

I was in IL until last year, when I moved to IN.

 

[kennedy759]

If you sell to a vendor they will only offer you wholesale since they need room to mark up, selling to an individual will get you a little better price

 

[crookcountygo]

If you sell to a vendor they will only offer you wholesale since they need room to mark up, selling to an individual will get you a little better price

Thank you - that's exactly why I was curious about any etiquette regarding selling to individuals at the gun show.

 

[Mij]

FIP= ****ing Illinois People

Yep. Rudest people, worst drivers on the planet. Thought that was a local term, didn’t know it migrated that far.

 

[crookcountygo]

Yep. Rudest people, worst drivers on the planet. Thought that was a local term, didn’t know it migrated that far.

To be fair, I never encountered so many people driving slowly in the left lane and clogging up traffic as when I moved to IN. Plenty of horrible IL drivers, but they hardly have a monopoly on that.

 

[printcraft]

Guys walk around the 1500 with a flag type sign in their barrel on a long gun
or a sign taped to their chest/back with "gun for sale" for visibility.

 

[Mij]

To be fair, I never encountered so many people driving slowly in the left lane and clogging up traffic as when I moved to IN. Plenty of horrible IL drivers, but they hardly have a monopoly on that.

Unless I’m mistaken, and I am a lot. Ind. has started a program to address that very problem. (slow left lane) I see it a lot.

Along with other driving habits that just ain’t rite.

And just my take on it. It’s younger people that have never had the benefit of Drivers Ed.

 

[crookcountygo]

Unless I’m mistaken, and I am a lot. Ind. has started a program to address that very problem. (slow left lane) I see it a lot.

Along with other driving habits that just ain’t rite.

And just my take on it. It’s younger people that have never had the benefit of Drivers Ed.

Now that's a program I would support!

 

[Expat]

To be fair, I never encountered so many people driving slowly in the left lane and clogging up traffic as when I moved to IN. Plenty of horrible IL drivers, but they hardly have a monopoly on that.

I used to travel the expressways over there a couple times a year. I always found that most of the people there drove pretty well once you adjusted to the speed and rhythm of things.

 

[cg21]

Unless I’m mistaken, and I am a lot. Ind. has started a program to address that very problem. (slow left lane) I see it a lot.

Along with other driving habits that just ain’t rite.

And just my take on it. It’s younger people that have never had the benefit of Drivers Ed.

They enforce that law as much as the No showering law during certain months. Sometimes they just put laws on the books to feel good. And sometimes they don’t take off irrelevant laws.