Amount you take to a Gun Show?

8Super Soldier8 · 07-02-2004, 03:51 PM

I was just wondering what amount of money do yall bring when going to a gun show? And do yall know a minimum amount to take, like if you want to go but not buy anything fancy but just want to buy some type of firearm, how much would you need to bring?

P.S. I didn't know where to post this so I picked here

Shaun · 07-02-2004, 04:02 PM

Well when I was going to gun shows I would only take the amount I would allow myself to spend if I was shopping -- of course since I got my C&R I don't bother because I can get better prices online

dhermesc · 07-02-2004, 04:05 PM

Good as spot as any.

I usually have a specific weapon in mind and take the amount of cash + 10% that it should take to buy it. The 10% will hopefuly cover a weapon of that type in better then average shape or accessories.

DANA · 07-02-2004, 04:42 PM

I go with a 2k min but many times I don't buy a thing.

DANA

07-02-2004, 04:51 PM

Chisel and chisel some more. Wait until the end of the day

NRAJOE · 07-02-2004, 05:09 PM

I took $4,500 last time, but only spent $675....pretty good control eh? :right:

Oxford · 07-02-2004, 06:20 PM

Why take so much cash? Aren't credit cards accepted?

SilverRun · 07-02-2004, 06:29 PM

Man you guys have more money than me!

I scrape together whatever I have lying around. I usually try to hold back a couple hundred a month between shows. Provided I don't blow it on something in between shows that works pretty well. As to a minimum amount, it depends on what you are looking for. You can get some decent guns at a reasonable price. For example, two shows back I got an SKS for $115. Not the best gun at the show, but a good plinker that will take of business in a pinch. If you have $500 - $700, you can afford 75% of what you will see. Best advice, take what you have. So long as you have the price of admision, it is worth going!

PAPA G · 07-02-2004, 06:46 PM

a blank check!!!

Bwaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Doglips · 07-02-2004, 07:01 PM

Im too cheap..and the prices around here way to extream for my taste...Just order from SOG...save time and $$.

whirlwind · 07-02-2004, 07:14 PM

EVERY STINKIN DIME I CAN LAY MY HANDS ON! i stop just short of ripping my daughters' piggy bank in two! :uzi:

jerry · 07-02-2004, 08:03 PM

Haven't been to a gun show in 10 years. The local one always falls on the first weekend of whatever month, when drill is going on

Rocklobster · 07-02-2004, 09:17 PM

1 (one) Mastercard
1 (one) Visa
1 (Discover) for backup

jerry · 07-02-2004, 09:55 PM

What kind of holster do you carry that back up in?

BattleRifleG3 · 07-02-2004, 11:05 PM

I used to take my checkbook, which was my bane as much as any credit card. Now I know how to get better deals than at gun shows, but if I'm realy compelled, I'll take cash out of the machine if that's enough, or make a deposit to pick it up later. One gun show a couple years back I sold a gun and took a check, so I put a deposit on my M1 and picked it up when the check for the other gun cleared.

Big Dog · 07-02-2004, 11:50 PM

Down here, four hundred covers my needs for one show pretty well. It'll get me a good classic .22LR to add to my growing collection - $150 to $300 depending on make&model, or I'll get a couple decent milsurps and some ammo for them.
Once I've got a gun or two, the rest goes for ammo - gotta stock up on something usually.
There's been times when the show hasn't been worth the price of admission - and that's five greenbacks and free parking here!

Hate to have to wade thru the yokels buying the beef jerky and ogling the pot-metal swords . . .

BattleRifleG3 · 07-03-2004, 12:00 AM

At my gun show they dont allow food to be sold at tables. Cryin shame, cause I'd have some to offer that would drive the authorized food vendor out of business.

PAPA G · 07-03-2004, 12:34 PM

what!!! not even 'jerky"!!!

colt45 · 07-03-2004, 02:24 PM

i take just enough to get in ans something to eat.
the prices at gun shows is way to high for me.

Big Dog · 07-03-2004, 02:57 PM

Colt45, please don't tell me you eat the "Used-Car-Salesman" hotdogs! A half hour after, you're selling Buicks to Ralph!

No matter how much I spend, I save a fiver for a combo at Wendy's.

We have a gunshow coming up in two weeks. I'll finally have some "disposable income" this time. Had to skip the last couple shows. Gotta stock up on that nifty Aguila .22 ammo from Mexico - love that stuff!

I'll be checking out a .38/.357 lever-action rifle too. My buddy got one a few shows back - neat gun! It'll go well with my lil' Henry . . .

07-02-2004, 03:51 PM	#1
8Super Soldier8 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 20	Amount you take to a Gun Show? I was just wondering what amount of money do yall bring when going to a gun show? And do yall know a minimum amount to take, like if you want to go but not buy anything fancy but just want to buy some type of firearm, how much would you need to bring? P.S. I didn't know where to post this so I picked here

07-02-2004, 04:02 PM	#2
Shaun Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 8,776 Images: 1	Well when I was going to gun shows I would only take the amount I would allow myself to spend if I was shopping -- of course since I got my C&R I don't bother because I can get better prices online __________________ "Homeland Security is the responsibility of an armed citizen" ME http://webpages.charter.net/s.s.v/

07-02-2004, 04:05 PM	#3
dhermesc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: East Central Kansas Posts: 1,772	Good as spot as any. I usually have a specific weapon in mind and take the amount of cash + 10% that it should take to buy it. The 10% will hopefuly cover a weapon of that type in better then average shape or accessories. __________________ Liberty is for those that claim it.

07-02-2004, 05:09 PM	#6
NRAJOE Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Toledo,OH Posts: 19,353 Images: 3	I took $4,500 last time, but only spent $675....pretty good control eh? :right: __________________ U.S. Army 1976-1979 237th Combat Engineers Heilbronn, Germany

07-02-2004, 06:20 PM	#7
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,219 Blog Entries: 4	Why take so much cash? Aren't credit cards accepted? __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

07-02-2004, 04:42 PM	#4
DANA Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WAITSFIELD VERMONT Posts: 1,618	I go with a 2k min but many times I don't buy a thing. DANA

07-02-2004, 04:51 PM	#5
Mr. Kaneko Guest Posts: n/a	Chisel and chisel some more. Wait until the end of the day

07-02-2004, 06:29 PM	#8
SilverRun Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: AL Posts: 1,666	Man you guys have more money than me! I scrape together whatever I have lying around. I usually try to hold back a couple hundred a month between shows. Provided I don't blow it on something in between shows that works pretty well. As to a minimum amount, it depends on what you are looking for. You can get some decent guns at a reasonable price. For example, two shows back I got an SKS for $115. Not the best gun at the show, but a good plinker that will take of business in a pinch. If you have $500 - $700, you can afford 75% of what you will see. Best advice, take what you have. So long as you have the price of admision, it is worth going!

07-02-2004, 06:46 PM	#9
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 11	a blank check!!! Bwaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

07-02-2004, 07:01 PM	#10
Doglips Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Cocoa Florida Posts: 9,088	Im too cheap..and the prices around here way to extream for my taste...Just order from SOG...save time and $$.

07-02-2004, 07:14 PM	#11
whirlwind Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: oklahoma Posts: 3,751 Images: 1	EVERY STINKIN DIME I CAN LAY MY HANDS ON! i stop just short of ripping my daughters' piggy bank in two! :uzi: __________________ De oppresso liber !

07-02-2004, 08:03 PM	#12
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,512 Images: 8 Blog Entries: 1	Haven't been to a gun show in 10 years. The local one always falls on the first weekend of whatever month, when drill is going on __________________ Proud member of the"Last Minute Hunt Club" Why decide today when we ain't goin' til tomorrow

07-02-2004, 09:17 PM	#13
Rocklobster Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 64	1 (one) Mastercard 1 (one) Visa 1 (Discover) for backup

07-02-2004, 09:55 PM	#14
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,512 Images: 8 Blog Entries: 1	What kind of holster do you carry that back up in? __________________ Proud member of the"Last Minute Hunt Club" Why decide today when we ain't goin' til tomorrow

07-02-2004, 11:05 PM	#15
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,615 Images: 13	I used to take my checkbook, which was my bane as much as any credit card. Now I know how to get better deals than at gun shows, but if I'm realy compelled, I'll take cash out of the machine if that's enough, or make a deposit to pick it up later. One gun show a couple years back I sold a gun and took a check, so I put a deposit on my M1 and picked it up when the check for the other gun cleared. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

07-03-2004, 02:24 PM	#19
colt45 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Occupied Territories of New York (Buffalo) Posts: 2,898	i take just enough to get in ans something to eat. the prices at gun shows is way to high for me. __________________ "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity" -Sigmund Freud, General Introduction to Psychoanalysis "If guns cause crime, all of mine are defective." - Ted Nugent "Self-defense is Nature's eldest law." -John Dryden

07-02-2004, 11:50 PM	#16
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,658	Down here, four hundred covers my needs for one show pretty well. It'll get me a good classic .22LR to add to my growing collection - $150 to $300 depending on make&model, or I'll get a couple decent milsurps and some ammo for them. Once I've got a gun or two, the rest goes for ammo - gotta stock up on something usually. There's been times when the show hasn't been worth the price of admission - and that's five greenbacks and free parking here! Hate to have to wade thru the yokels buying the beef jerky and ogling the pot-metal swords . . . __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

07-03-2004, 12:00 AM	#17
BattleRifleG3 Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,615 Images: 13	At my gun show they dont allow food to be sold at tables. Cryin shame, cause I'd have some to offer that would drive the authorized food vendor out of business. __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

07-03-2004, 12:34 PM	#18
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 11	what!!! not even 'jerky"!!!

07-03-2004, 02:57 PM	#20
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,658	Colt45, please don't tell me you eat the "Used-Car-Salesman" hotdogs! A half hour after, you're selling Buicks to Ralph! No matter how much I spend, I save a fiver for a combo at Wendy's. We have a gunshow coming up in two weeks. I'll finally have some "disposable income" this time. Had to skip the last couple shows. Gotta stock up on that nifty Aguila .22 ammo from Mexico - love that stuff! I'll be checking out a .38/.357 lever-action rifle too. My buddy got one a few shows back - neat gun! It'll go well with my lil' Henry . . . __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.