Went to the Saxet show today.
1. Kahr's P40 is now shipping and in stock. Looks just like the P9. (Sorry, don't recall the price. The P9's were going for $419 and up. Hope these work better than mine did.)
2. New Beretta 92's are now under $400. (With low-cap mags)
3. SIG's new P210's haven't been shipped yet, but are expected to arrive later this year and sell for around $2200.
4. Show is almost all dealers. The few - VERY few - persons selling personal collections have mostly junk, either off-brands or beaters. (Couple of decent wheelguns, though.)
5. Some ammo dealers obviously bought some of their stuff from Wal-Mart and marked it up. (Example: WIN USA 115 RNJ 9mm, $5.96 at Wal-Mart, $8.95 "SHOW SPECIAL.")
6. Lots of non-gun stuff, ranging from smelly beef jerky and odiferous (sp?) sausage to $8 laser pointers that project outlines of unclothed women.
7. Lots of Romanian binoculars & 'scopes advertised as "AS GOOD AS ZEISS!" Funny, Zeiss optics don't usually have blurred reticles and they don't impart a pronounced yellow cast to the scene when you look through them...and don't come with amber filters to make them look even worse.
8. A shipment of M98 Mausers must have been uncovered. Lots of what look like battlefield pickups that have been stored in a leaky warehouse going for $50 - $100.
9. Mag dealers obviously are buying from ads in Shotgun News from places like CDNN and just marking them up 100% or so.
10. Now the good news - new S&W's were few and far between.
How does this compare to shows in other parts of the country?
1. Kahr's P40 is now shipping and in stock. Looks just like the P9. (Sorry, don't recall the price. The P9's were going for $419 and up. Hope these work better than mine did.)
2. New Beretta 92's are now under $400. (With low-cap mags)
3. SIG's new P210's haven't been shipped yet, but are expected to arrive later this year and sell for around $2200.
4. Show is almost all dealers. The few - VERY few - persons selling personal collections have mostly junk, either off-brands or beaters. (Couple of decent wheelguns, though.)
5. Some ammo dealers obviously bought some of their stuff from Wal-Mart and marked it up. (Example: WIN USA 115 RNJ 9mm, $5.96 at Wal-Mart, $8.95 "SHOW SPECIAL.")
6. Lots of non-gun stuff, ranging from smelly beef jerky and odiferous (sp?) sausage to $8 laser pointers that project outlines of unclothed women.
7. Lots of Romanian binoculars & 'scopes advertised as "AS GOOD AS ZEISS!" Funny, Zeiss optics don't usually have blurred reticles and they don't impart a pronounced yellow cast to the scene when you look through them...and don't come with amber filters to make them look even worse.
8. A shipment of M98 Mausers must have been uncovered. Lots of what look like battlefield pickups that have been stored in a leaky warehouse going for $50 - $100.
9. Mag dealers obviously are buying from ads in Shotgun News from places like CDNN and just marking them up 100% or so.
10. Now the good news - new S&W's were few and far between.
How does this compare to shows in other parts of the country?