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    Quote Originally Posted by scottryan View Post
    The people on this forum are about 1 out of every 100 gun buyers that are actually educated and buy quality stuff.

    We get into a delusion thinking all gun people are like us because we spend so much time on the forums.
    I agree with that.

    I'm from Ne. also and the last gun show I attended was pretty depressing. They really do bring out the worst amongst us.......I was there for 30 min and left. Pretty much long enough to pickup some ammo cans and do a quick walk through.
    Last edited by Pork Chop; 11-09-11 at 17:31.

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    Didnt want to grab some home brew beef jerky or the latest in wearable turquoise?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sadmin View Post
    Didnt want to grab some home brew beef jerky or the latest in wearable turquoise?
    That's funny, don't get me started though!

    I've really come to dislike gun shows honestly. Not only due to the dorks that flock to them, but also the situation you pointed out. I don't care for any indian art, poorly made leather products, coins, UTG junk or a ccw badge!

    Ammo cans are the only thing I've brought home from a gun show in years.

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    Last time I went to a gun show I went lookin' for a Surefire X300. There were only two tables in the entire show that had any Surefire products at all, most of the pistol lights were like, famous maker or somethin. D:

    Sometimes you can get decent deals on bulk ammo there though so at least there's that. Internet prices for AE XM193 and PMC without paying shipping.

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    I'll try and stop this before it ends up going down the gun show tracks and derails.

    What I've discovered over years of sales is that some people just want to "test drive" your gun. They will listen to your pitch and waste your time just to see what a nice gun looks like. You need to weed these folks out upon first contact with hard questions. Get some kind of commitment out of them before spending time with them.

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    OP, cater to the market and throw a Barska or Vortex on there with a Gripod for snipin from da prone. Throw in some 'Team VI' patches for good measure give the people what they want.

    Quote Originally Posted by sadmin View Post
    Didnt want to grab some home brew beef jerky or the latest in wearable turquoise?
    Dead on with the turquoise comment.

    I know Ohio's bad...but who knows what you'd see at NE (Porkchops) gun shows!

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    Quote Originally Posted by munch520 View Post
    OP, cater to the market and throw a Barska or Vortex on there with a Gripod for snipin from da prone. Throw in some 'Team VI' patches for good measure give the people what they want.



    Dead on with the turquoise comment.

    I know Ohio's bad...but who knows what you'd see at NE (Porkchops) gun shows!




    They are nearing the boundaries of worthless in my mind. I'd say a conservative estimate would put the tables that contain guns to those that don't in the 70/30 range...........maybe worse.

    Agree with your advice here too, put a cheap scope on it or tac it out with "hyper-upgrades" and you'll have em beatin down your door.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pork Chop View Post
    I agree with that.

    I'm from Ne. also and the last gun show I attended was pretty depressing. They really do bring out the worst amongst us.......I was there for 30 min and left. Pretty much long enough to pickup some ammo cans and do a quick walk through.
    That's pretty much what I did, It took me all of 90 minutes to sell what I had brought, I got my asking price for everything,after I sold my last rifle (a M48 Mauser, with a pitted bore) I double-timed it to the door, One of the very few useful things gunshows are good for is dumping off unwanted items, It's been working well for me.
    There's a race of men who don't fit in, A race that can't stay still, So, they break the hearts of kith and kin, and roam the world at will..

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    Quote Originally Posted by scottryan View Post
    Put this for sale on the internet and be done with it. A carbine of that level cannot be sold in the average local gun buyer market. Nobody knows what it is and you have deal with trash.

    You have to deal with people that are incapable of picking out their own optics. What does that tell you?
    Like my friend who's never owned a rifle and bought a .338 Lapua Mag!

    The only AR I've ever sold locally is a Bushmaster. I have never had a BCM up on M4C for longer than a week, and I have sold more than 4 uppers.
    Why do the loudest do the least?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pork Chop View Post
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    They are nearing the boundaries of worthless in my mind. I'd say a conservative estimate would put the tables that contain guns to those that don't in the 70/30 range...........maybe worse.

    Agree with your advice here too, put a cheap scope on it or tac it out with "hyper-upgrades" and you'll have em beatin down your door.


    Agreed. I quit going to them.

    I have enough contacts and internet forums ad boards where I don't need a gun show to find the stuff I want.
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