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Not that great. I must stop and give the show a break because I was only there for two things: ammunition and gun powder. Everything else was secondary to me and was only there for a few hours. I’m sure Saturday and Sunday will be bumping quite a bit.
There was one rifle I was going to purchase; an old 1903 pump action .22 rimfire rifle. Thank goodness for the gentleman who bought it before I did since I’m trying really hard to save up for a high quality glass on the Savage 10FP. It was a nice piece though…
Otherwise, I was good and didn’t melt my credit card. I only bought 124gr. 9mm reloaded cartridges to try out in the P7M8. I couldn’t find gun powder. I suppose that’s a good thing too.
I must note that it was more exciting visiting Cabala’s on the way home than the gun show itself. I must be spoiled with the open market of the Internet.
Howdy, Rat. I, too, have a 10FP. In .308. I put a Leupold LRT 8.5-25x on mine. It’s a brilliant optic, but if I had it to do over again I might look for something with a 10 or 12x max. My experience with the 25x is that it’s just too much mag for field use aside from bench-rest type work. YMMV.
[...] 22, 2008 in Misc. The Big Reno Gun Show… a lot better than the last one in August. It may have to do with the fact that I perceived I had more money to [...]
Is this show historically mostly used, mostly new, or all new and never any private sellers? I ask because you can often get good deals on used things, and with the current shortage that is national I cant imagine great deals on new things since supply is so short right now.
Most of the time, you generally see things used through FFLs who sign up for their booths. However, given my restrictions as a Kalifornian, I’m restricted to C&R firearms. I go to the gun shows for the ammo – at least that was my attitude then. I’m lucky to find anything online right now.