Dallas vs Fort Worth gun show

[wford]

For those in the know, where is the best place to park at Market Hall ?

[TxRVer]

For those in the know, where is the best place to park at Market Hall ?

Handicap parking, right up front.

[ninemm]

Market Hall is the biggest, Fort Worth next and Big Town last. Parking is best at Big Town, Market Hall second, and Fort Worth is terrible.

Fort Worth is really bad, especially if there's another event going on in an adjacent building (which there usually is).

[saltydog]

Most things in FTW seem to be better. Museums, Zoo, Art at Amon Carter, BarBQ, etc. Even the politicians seem to have half a brain.

salty

[wford]

What time can you pick me up ? :)

For those in the know, where is the best place to park at Market Hall ?

Handicap parking, right up front.

[03Lightningrocks]

For those in the know, where is the best place to park at Market Hall ?

Most of the parking at Market Hall is within a reasonable walking distance. The warning I would give is to take a beater vehicle. You will be lucky if you don't get at least a couple car door dings while there. the Parking spots are kind of close together and of coarse most of the guys going to gun shows are driving pee-cup trucks.

[gemini]

Anybody go to the Market Hall Gun Show today? Your thoughts, please?
I'm going tomorrow after church. I'd like a heads-up on anything out of
the ordinary etc. How were the crowds and prices? Thanks.

[03Lightningrocks]

Anybody go to the Market Hall Gun Show today? Your thoughts, please?
I'm going tomorrow after church. I'd like a heads-up on anything out of
the ordinary etc. How were the crowds and prices? Thanks.

Went today. It was pretty crowded but not like during the crazy days just after Oduma got appointed premier leader of the socialist party. The prices were about the same as you would pay for a gun at any gun store in town. Ammo prices were over inflated...but what's new about that? You can tell by the pricing that the gun dealers and ammo dealers are all price fixing rather than competing. Gun shows have become a good place to look at and touch firearms, then you leave and buy them from somewhere else.

[dklag37]

I went to the gun show today as well. I picked up a new Ruger LCP and a Crimson Trace laser to go along with it. .380 Ammo prices were ridiculous. I paid $30 for 20 rounds of low recoil hydra-shok hollow points just so I can have some rounds for the gun. I need some reasonably priced ammo to break-in the LCP and to make sure it doesn't have any problems with the low recoil cartridges.

[gemini]

Anybody go to the Market Hall Gun Show today? Your thoughts, please?
I'm going tomorrow after church. I'd like a heads-up on anything out of
the ordinary etc. How were the crowds and prices? Thanks.

Went today. It was pretty crowded but not like during the crazy days just after Oduma got appointed premier leader of the socialist party. The prices were about the same as you would pay for a gun at any gun store in town. Ammo prices were over inflated...but what's new about that? You can tell by the pricing that the gun dealers and ammo dealers are all price fixing rather than competing. Gun shows have become a good place to look at and touch firearms, then you leave and buy them from somewhere else.

Ammo is heavy to cart around. Seems like they would rather come with 500ibs and leave with 200lbs. Otherwise, why go through the headache of setting up? Cut your price to sell stock. Alot of those guys have been carrying around those milk crates full of old ammo for years (seems like). The last show I set up mainly to sell a few guns, but I had a bunch of ammo, cut the prices below what the ammo tables were asking, and sold every bit of it.
Thanks for the info. I'll still go to Market Hall. If I find something I like, sometimes you can lowball right before they start to shut down.
Doesn't hurt to try and it works every once in awhile.

[03Lightningrocks]

Anybody go to the Market Hall Gun Show today? Your thoughts, please?
I'm going tomorrow after church. I'd like a heads-up on anything out of
the ordinary etc. How were the crowds and prices? Thanks.

Went today. It was pretty crowded but not like during the crazy days just after Oduma got appointed premier leader of the socialist party. The prices were about the same as you would pay for a gun at any gun store in town. Ammo prices were over inflated...but what's new about that? You can tell by the pricing that the gun dealers and ammo dealers are all price fixing rather than competing. Gun shows have become a good place to look at and touch firearms, then you leave and buy them from somewhere else.

Ammo is heavy to cart around. Seems like they would rather come with 500ibs and leave with 200lbs. Otherwise, why go through the headache of setting up? Cut your price to sell stock. Alot of those guys have been carrying around those milk crates full of old ammo for years (seems like). The last show I set up mainly to sell a few guns, but I had a bunch of ammo, cut the prices below what the ammo tables were asking, and sold every bit of it.
Thanks for the info. I'll still go to Market Hall. If I find something I like, sometimes you can lowball right before they start to shut down.
Doesn't hurt to try and it works every once in awhile.

There was a gun dealer down there that had the Kimber Raptor I have been after. It was about a hundred bucks higher than what it was priced at right here in town at the Bullet Trap. I ask them if they had any room in it and they acted like jerks. Instead of just politely saying that is the best they can do they had to get all lippy. If that is how it is, might as well keep my money local. I don't like Dallas anyway. I would love to move Dallas further away from Plano.

I actually witnessed one ammo dealer raising his prices to meet the other guys. He was mouthing off about making more money to his flunky working the booth with him. These idiots aren't even smart enough to hide the price fixing. Maybe Sunday will be better. Saturday they all know there is another day to rip people off so they play hard ball. Sunday they have to start thinking about covering the cost of being there.

Good luck....let us know how you do. They just flat out frustrated me. I couldn't even get a cheap Galco holster at a reasonable price. That clown was 15 dollars higher than darned near everywhere else I have seen it. I usually shop for what I want a few weeks before I buy, so I know what is what with the prices of items I am looking for.

[03Lightningrocks]

Oh...I almost forgot my best story of the day. I was toting around my Polytech side folder with a sign on it for 1800 bucks. Granted that is pretty steep, but I paid 1650 plus a transfer fee last September for this gun. This guy walks up behind me and looks at the price and pops off about my price being ridiculous. I told him, OK...then don't buy it from me. I see him walk back behind the tables...LOL...he is running a booth. His booth had some junker Romanian AK47's by century arms for 600 bucks. I could not believe this jerk had the nerve to give me crap about my price for a RARE Polytech while he was selling a piece of garbage kit gun with canted sights for five times what he paid for it. I should have told him what for, but just went on my way.

[QB]

Oh...I almost forgot my best story of the day. I was toting around my Polytech side folder with a sign on it for 1800 bucks. Granted that is pretty steep, but I paid 1650 plus a transfer fee last September for this gun. This guy walks up behind me and looks at the price and pops off about my price being ridiculous. I told him, OK...then don't buy it from me. I see him walk back behind the tables...LOL...he is running a booth. His booth had some junker Romanian AK47's by century arms for 600 bucks. I could not believe this jerk had the nerve to give me crap about my price for a RARE Polytech while he was selling a piece of garbage kit gun with canted sights for five times what he paid for it. I should have told him what for, but just went on my way.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I took my FS2000 to sell and found a couple of items I would have "traded" on but when I told them what I wanted for my FS2000 on trade one said "that's more than I can get them for" and one said "he had lots of them in stock and didn't need anymore." Both of these dealers were small time with just a handful of odds and ends and some new low end guns. The one that said he could get them for less wholesale had NO IDEA what wholesale was I'm sure. I asked the other one where his were for sale and he said he didn't bring any to the show. I'm SURE that neither of them even KNEW what a FS2000 was..........I just had to walk away laughing.

Why wouldn't they just say there weren't interested in a trade (I couldn't really imagine that they'd want a FS2000 anyway but I did ask). Glad I didn't trade because I ended up selling the rifle and getting what I really had my eye on at Jeff's booth.

Anyway, their attitudes are somewhat perplexing at times but I refuse to do business with someone that's rude or condescending.

[03Lightningrocks]

Oh...I almost forgot my best story of the day. I was toting around my Polytech side folder with a sign on it for 1800 bucks. Granted that is pretty steep, but I paid 1650 plus a transfer fee last September for this gun. This guy walks up behind me and looks at the price and pops off about my price being ridiculous. I told him, OK...then don't buy it from me. I see him walk back behind the tables...LOL...he is running a booth. His booth had some junker Romanian AK47's by century arms for 600 bucks. I could not believe this jerk had the nerve to give me crap about my price for a RARE Polytech while he was selling a piece of garbage kit gun with canted sights for five times what he paid for it. I should have told him what for, but just went on my way.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I took my FS2000 to sell and found a couple of items I would have "traded" on but when I told them what I wanted for my FS2000 on trade one said "that's more than I can get them for" and one said "he had lots of them in stock and didn't need anymore." Both of these dealers were small time with just a handful of odds and ends and some new low end guns. The one that said he could get them for less wholesale had NO IDEA what wholesale was I'm sure. I asked the other one where his were for sale and he said he didn't bring any to the show. I'm SURE that neither of them even KNEW what a FS2000 was..........I just had to walk away laughing.

Why wouldn't they just say there weren't interested in a trade (I couldn't really imagine that they'd want a FS2000 anyway but I did ask). Glad I didn't trade because I ended up selling the rifle and getting what I really had my eye on at Jeff's booth.

Anyway, their attitudes are somewhat perplexing at times but I refuse to do business with someone that's rude or condescending.

I believe that the dealers who act this way are the "Know It All" types and don't have a clue about what they are looking at.

[gemini]

I went today (Sunday). Alot of small guys with old or "off" brand pistolas, some rods & reels (mostly REAL old junk), ammo tables with slightly lower prices but still too high overall, reloads and new manufacture bagged ammo still too high. Like $26 for 50 rounds. That's $52 + tax per 100. I'm starting to see a few boxes of .45acp at Wally World (and I buy them) of WWB 100 round target loads for $36 out the door. Anyway, I do know the prices for black rifles are dropping so keep that in mind. There were some really cheap knife products on several tables. The one guy I actually talked with that had Benchmade, Gerber and Spyderco....had the "low" line Benchmades, with the plastic handles starting at $87........similar pricing on the other brands......sorry Charlie, I think I'll buy off the i-net. I saw no higher quality holsters for sale. Mostly nylon with metal belt clip stuff. There was a guy (always there) that sells belts, etc. that had gun belts w/ holsters for cowboy action type use/wear.
There was no problem finding a parking space, and alot fewer folks roaming the aisles than the last 2 shows I attended. The only thing I tried to buy was a "Infidel" t-shirt......of course they didn't have my size..... I still enjoy looking at everything. In the North Hall there was a display of Win '94's from every year of production. The collection belonged to Joaquin Jackson. That was cool.
That's about it. Everyone have a good week.