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Right on...I've been to a few gun shows here and there, mostly shopping for reloading components. But it's insulting that someone wants to charge me $60 for a 30 year old set of rusty all steel .45 ACP dies. I've found some deals..got my RCBS single stage for $50, but I have noticed a trend at most gun shows you DON'T get deals. I think a lot of people running tables at shows setup with stuff that they claim is hard to get right now, or that general public opinion says its hard to get..and so the uninformed pay more than its worth. IE...$60 for a set of used dies...$32 for a pound of powder...$42 for a brick of primers. And don't get me started on brass and bullets lol.

Would be nice if I could come up with a way to provide to the needs of the community without raping people's wallets at the same time. I have other businesses that I do on a daily basis, so the Gun show would be pocket change for me...and a good way to network for when I decide to start gunsmithing at home...but mostly about making those connections throughout the industry..I think that's the primary goal for a trade show like that. I've done them in many industries, and its the lasting network that you establish that matters most.

Actually thought about going to that one myself..but $8 admission and of course fort worth charges for parking anytime someone is running a trade show near downtown. The parking fee got me. Not going to pay $16 to get into a show to try and buy a set of reloading dies :/ ARs are the big thing right now for sure though. Actually getting my FFL soon as well so I can legally fix the things and build them for people, and sell of course. But I'm seriously considering getting into building up 1911's too. That interests me far more than ARs.

But let me pose an interesting question. What sort of things have you been looking for that you haven't seen at shows? What sort of accessories and what not? Thinking about getting a table at one soon but not going to just lug a bunch of random crap around with me that may or may not sell