Chantilly gun show

[Vince]

I couldn't make Decembers show, those that went I am guessing price gouging is still ongoing? I plan on heading up either this Friday afternoon or Sunday. Looking for 9,40 and 45 ammo and maybe an AR if the price is decent.

[Mindflayer]

Same on the ammo.

[Reverenddel]

Good luck!

[Glockem]

My game plan is to be there on Friday to stock up on ammo, but then on Saturday walk through the vendors looking for a new Glock 17 standard, not a 4th Gen for a decent price. I just wonder if all the vendors will be set before the doors open at 3pm on Friday. Any thoughts on this folks?

[Batty67]

I might go to get some ammo. Maybe, just maybe, a particular Browning Buck Mark 22LR pistol, but I think I'll have to wait on that. But I might just bail. I was there in November and December, and the latter was a zoo. Parking was the main thing in December. Once inside it was packed, but not too crazy.

[jrswanson1]

I'm hoping to get in on Friday so I can sell my FN-49 and pick up reloading supplies. If I can sell the FN, I'm looking for either a 10mm 1911 or a Glock 23.

[Taggure]

I will be looking to stock up on some reloading powder if there is any Vargent left out there.

[Glockem]

Is it realistic to think that all the vendors will be set up and organized for business by the time it is supposed to open up today at 3pm?

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[Reverenddel]

Yes, most vendors are hot to sell their wares, and get the hell out. I know at the Showplace show last month one vendor sold everything he'd brought by Saturday at 15:00, and just left...

[zykur]

I drove by at about 2:30 today and already the line was around the building.

[Vince]

I am going to go Sunday around 11, now it's just ammo I am after. Maybe a 1911 if any are left.

[graybeard321]

If it is like the gunshow at Ricmond last month, good luck finding ammo. What they did have was around twice the price of the ammo i purchased in November.

[GeneFrenkle]

So you're saying it was well worth the trip and admission cost? How was the jerkey?

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[Glockem]

My wife and I just left the show. What a pointless attempt at ammo or finding a Glock 17. The ammo was 2-3x the price you can get it for at Walmart, and they are raping customers there. They also changed the price of admission on Wednesday for a 1-day pass from $12 to $13 and a 3-day went from $18 to $20. The crowds tonight were unbelievable, and good luck finding 9mm ammo anywhere in bulk. I found one dealer on the far left wall that was decent pricing on 9mm for UMC & Federal for $250 or a case and $500 for 1k rounds of the Federal 9mm. The entire gun show was littered with M-16 parts dealers and M-16 gear, parts, mods, etc. The selection on Glocks were very limited except for the long slide models in 40, 45, and 10mm. I did not see one new 9mm Glock, and I was shocked.

So we drove to two Walmarts this evening after the show and bought 12 boxes of 100 round Winchester 45 for $40 a box. The best price I saw tonight on the same product was $58 a box. Lots of 22lr available tonight as well, but bricks of 22lr were going for $69-$80. Amazing. Sorry for rambling, but I wanted to get everything down on here that I could still remember.

[widefat]

Yep, picked up my 3 boxes of 9mil at Walmart yesterday. Federal, Same price yesterday as it was in November.

[Vince]

Thanks for the update Tanner. I will still head out Sunday but I am not liking the sound of it.

[Reverenddel]

"Lots of 22lr available tonight as well, but bricks of 22lr were going for $69-$80."

Yep! Why I was happy with my finding a brick at Wal-mart for $15... People are going to BB GUNS now for practicing! I'm watching people who cannot get .22LR, turning around, buying a BB Gun, and ammo.

Now the children suffer even more... the squirrels laugh at us... Adults weep for the loss of cheap ammo.

[Glockem]

I just went to walmart again this morning and loaded up on more 9mm and 45 and 22mag. Screw buying ammo at the gun shows. If anyone sees a NIB Glock 17 standard not the Gen 4 at the gun show let me know, and I will come up and get it. I scoured the tables last night but never saw one.

[mtbinva]

There was a soccer mom buying an AR. It was hysterical AND very scary!!!

[Vince]

There was a soccer mom buying an AR. It was hysterical AND very scary!!!

Ha, she isn't playing around. That wi be a bad mini van.

My buddy just got a 7mm-08 for $300.