Heads up to anyone going to the Monroe WAC gunshow tomarrow.
 

A buddy at work told me he called earlier this week to see about getting a table and they are all sold out w/ a waiting list. If the tables are all sold out I can't imagine what the crowd will be like. Get there early!

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I just set up my one table at the Tanner Gun show in Denver, Co today. But I'm not selling firearms. I'm selling military surplus chests.

Hopefully I have a product that people will want. They are priced very low (about half than what it would cost on the internet - and you don't pay s&h).

There were only a hand full of tables left. It WILL be a very busy show. I hope I can sell what I have.

I'll let you folks know on Sunday evening.

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I haven't been to the Monroe show in years now. Of course I work on guns all the time so I find it difficult to get enthused about gun shows anymore. I remember the last one when gold was at about 375 and krugerands where available in a few displays.:wavey:

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Anyone go? What'd you see?

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I can't speak for the rest of the country, but here in Denver, business is BOOMING.

For the first time in over five years, I worked the Tanner Gun Show at the Merchandise Mart.

I've attended this show on and off for over the past 12+ years. I worked it for 5 years straight. Then finally stopped working almost every other weekend to sell firearms. Though I always enjoyed going.

This time, I was selling used military surplus chests. I did OK. I sold nine chests, most within the last two hours of the show. And made OK money doing so.

But the place was a zoo. The Fire Marshall stopped allowing people to enter somewhere around 1 pm, as the building had reached it's capacity of a little over 15,000. In the 12+ years I worked or attended this show, THAT has never happened. EVER. People stood in line outside, waiting for someone to leave so they could get in.

And firearms, ammo, etc (my boxes would fall into the etc category) were selling quite well. Ammo seemed to be the big mover. Though you could mainly find .223, as 7.62x39 was scarce to non-existent. There were numerous dealers that were selling semi-auto rifles. BUT the big hang up came when the CBI background check computers went down for over three hours. When it was announced they were back on line, there was literally a cheer that rose up from the crowd. Somewhat scary in so many ways.

I have a lead right now on two different customers for purchasing many more of my chests. I handed out over forty business cards. If I have as good a day tomorrow as I did today, I will have done very well even if the two customer leads I have DON'T work out, though I think one of them will as it's a local firearms dealer I know and I'm making him a screaming deal on a really large Anvil Case.

All in all, it seems most people did well at the show today. Even the guy next to me who sold nothing but well made wooden models of airplanes and helicopters did OK.

People were there in large numbers and cash was king and it flowed like a high pressure water hose on a hot summers day.

http://www.goldismoney.info/forums/s...d.php?t=328825

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Right around opening time at 9am, I made my way through the angry trucks trying to find parking, past the angry queue of non-members and expired members waiting to buy entry tickets, and straight into the angry crowds of deal seekers picking at hugely overpriced merchandise. There was no shortage of in-demand items. Among the "best" deals I found were a Colt AR-15 (LE6920) for $1650, a Saiga 12 for $750, a Sig 556 basic model for $1700, various AK-47s starting around $750, PTR-91s for $1150, and AR-15 GI 30-rounders for $15. There were also a couple of gas-piston ARs (CMMG and POF). As far as I could see, all of these were still available when I left around 11am. Prices have definitely increased since the last show (e.g., the LE6920 was $1400 a month ago). The crowds were certainly there, but the high prices seem to be putting a damper on things.