Been to a gunshow with a ND before. Not fun. It was a mini 14 IIRC

Anyway, what are complete frankenbuilds selling for? Is it part dependent, or are prices really low? PSA seems to be dropping which tells me used, home builds probably don't have much value but figured I would ask y'all that go to shows regularly. Have one I'm ready to get rid of

Should've jumped two months ago, but it will still sell.  Stripped lowers still over $100, complete lowers over $300 except KE Arms KP-15 for $250.  S&W M&P-15 down to $7-800ish.

Bump.  Anyone else coming out for delicious BBQ?

Did anyone else have the bbq potato @ the gun show or the salmon @ Flying Fish?  B/c I no longer have either.

Do not eat the BBQ & baked potato @ the FW show.  You have been warned.

It’s the BBQ….  

Hope you're not having the same experience I'm having.

17-18 July
Allen - Premier -  RebleYell & tacton  have tables - dinner in Addison: https://www.ar15.com/forums/Hometown/-JULY-17th-PICANHA-DINNER-NIGHT-OF-WONDER-/8-654925/
Longview - Classic - jeffb1911 has a table
Tyler - Walt's Outdoor World

24-25 July
Mesquite Rodeo - Premier - RebleYell & tacton have tables

31 July - 1 August
Cisco - Myrtle Wilks Community Center - This would be a good afternoon trip after checking out the Wichita Falls show - or vice versa if coming from Abilene
Nacogdoches - G&S
Wichita Falls - TWCA

7-8 August
Canton - G&S (This is NOT 1st Monday weekend.)
Parker - DACA - tacton has a table
Texarkana, AR - Kerry Murphy

14-15 August
Abilene - Texas Gun & Knife
Bowie - Whipp Farm
Mesquite Big Town - Premier

21-22 August
Burleson - Whipp Farm
Mesquite Rodeo - Premier

28-29 August
Fort Worth Will Rogers - Premier
Longview - Classic
Nacogdoches - G&S

4-5 September
Glen Rose - Whipp Farm - this is just a ways down 67 from Waxahachie
Waco - Real Texas
Waxahachie - Premier

10-11 September
Waco - Lone Star Antique - this show has more antique Winchesters per square foot than even the Tulsa show - hit it Friday and catch Mesquite on the weekend
11 September
Poolville - Parker County
11-12 September
Gilmer - American Legion Post 320
Mesquite Big Town - Premier

18-19 September
Fort Worth Will Rogers - Lone Star

25-26 September
Nacogdoches - G&S

North Texas gun show organizers:
All Tex - http://alltexgunshows.com/
American Legion Post 320 - https://centennial.legion.org/texas/post320
American Legion Post 340 - http://www.alpost340.com/
Audie Murphy Museum - http://www.amacmuseum.com/
Big Mule Guns - https://www.facebook.com/bigmuleguns
Brownwood Gun Show - (405) 223-5657
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce - https://buffalotex.org/reserve-the-civic-center/
Classic Arms - http://capgunshows.com/shows/
DACA - https://www.dallasarms.com/program-small-with-tab-name/
DSC - https://www.biggame.org/convention/
G&S - http://gandsgunshows.com/
Great Texoma - http://www.ggaproductions.org/
Heartland Militaria - http://heartlandmilitariashow.com/index.php/texas-show/
Kerry Murphy - http://kerrymurphypromotions.com/
Lone Star Antique Arms - https://www.lonestarantiquearmsconvention.com/
Lone Star - https://www.lonestargunshows.com/schedule/
Myrtle Wilks Community Center - https://www.myrtlewilkscenter.com/
New Frontier - https://newfrontiershow.com/index.php/dallas-gun-western-show/
Parker County Sportsman Club - https://www.parkersportsman.com
Premier - https://www.premiergunshows.com/show-schedule/
Real Texas - http://www.therealtexasgunshow.com/
Riesel Lions Club - https://www.riesellionsclub.com/
Silver Spur - https://www.silverspurtradeshows.com/shows/
T&K - https://tandkpromotions.com/show-schedule/
Texas Gun & Knife Association - http://www.texasgunandknifeshows.com/
TWCA - (830) 644-2702
Walt's Outdoor World - https://www.waltsoutdoorworld.com/
Wanenmacher's - http://www.tulsaarmsshow.com/home.html (Not Texas, but you should go to this show.)
Whipp Farm - http://whippfarmproductions.com/events.html
YourNewGun - https://www.Facebook.com/yournewgun

N Texas Gun Show Krewe:
backbencher generally visits a show every weekend unless he has drill or is deployed
CDFourtyfour has been holding out on us w/ a stealth table
douglasmorris99 has AR stuff
FatCat1
Gopher visits two shows in a weekend
HenryKnoxFineBooks generally hits the Dallas & Mesquite shows
jeffb1911 hits as many shows as he can, sharpens knives in E Texas
kells81 sells ammo
motown_steve is a revolver nut, often joins backbencher for lunch
98kGuy used to do the DACA show, got busy w/ work
RebleYell is set up @ many of the D/FW area shows and goes as far afield as Amarillo and Missouri
75149 usually hits Mesquite
tacton has a great array of mostly Colt & FN AR bits and is faithfully @ every D/FW show
The_Dog can usually be persuaded to join you for BBQ for the Mesquite shows
txtj79 competes with backbencher to see how many shows they can visit
villageidiot usually turns out for the Fort Worth shows
If you want to be included in this list, removed, or if you're going to have a table @ an upcoming show, hit me up.

Gun show schedule sites:
https://www.gunshowminute.com/gunshows/texas/
https://www.gunshowstoday.com/gunshows/category/texas/
https://gunshowtrader.com/gunshows/texas-gun-shows/
http://www.gunshows-usa.com/texas/
https://www.igunshows.com/gun-shows/Texas/
http://texasgunshows.us/
https://tsra.com/events/gun-shows/

Our usual dining haunts: - we usually meet on Saturdays for lunch or dinner:
The Butcher Shop, 102 Lehigh St, Longview
The Dove's Nest, 105 W Jefferson St, Waxahachie
Kearney's Feed Yard, 3602 N Belt Line Rd, Sunnyvale TX 75182
Flying Fish, 2913 Montgomery St. Ft. Worth
Milano's, 3416 W 7th St, Fort Worth
Railhead BBQ, 2900 Montgomery St, Fort Worth
Soulman's BBQ, 1125 Gross Rd, Mesquite
Texas Roadhouse, 1420 N. Peachtree Rd, Mesquite

If you are coming to dinner in Addison, you MUST sign up in Lug1's thread linked above NLT Wednesday 9:00 PM TONIGHT, he needs a final count for the reservation.

If you are a vendor w/ upcoming table reservations, please IM me or post up here so I can put your name down in the OP and make it easy for ARFCOMers to IM you - only to find out you've been struck low by the Food Poisoning Diet...  

Bump - due to Lug1's work schedule keeping us from dying fiery deaths, the final RSVP for Fogo De Chao next Saturday night is 9:00 PM TONIGHT - that's Tuesday the 13th if you're reading this tomorrow.  This is the largest gathering of North Texas ARFCOMers we've had for a minute - we're probably making BATFE's calendar!  

Buckshot_Jim, Subnet, me this afternoon - anyone else coming?

24-25 July
Mesquite Rodeo - Premier - RebleYell & tacton have tables.  This is NOT Big Town.  More parking is behind the venue.  Dinner is likely Kearney's, let me firm that up w/ RebleYell & tacton.

31 July - 1 August
Cisco - Myrtle Wilks Community Center - This would be a good afternoon trip after checking out the Wichita Falls show - or vice versa if coming from Abilene
Nacogdoches - G&S
Wichita Falls - TWCA

7-8 August
Canton - G&S (This is NOT 1st Monday weekend.)
Parker - DACA - tacton has a table
Texarkana, AR - Kerry Murphy

14-15 August
Abilene - Texas Gun & Knife
Bowie - Whipp Farm
Mesquite Big Town - Premier

21-22 August
Burleson - Whipp Farm
Mesquite Rodeo - Premier

28-29 August
Fort Worth Will Rogers - Premier
Longview - Classic
Nacogdoches - G&S

4-5 September
Glen Rose - Whipp Farm - this is just a ways down 67 from Waxahachie
Waco - Real Texas
Waxahachie - Premier

10-11 September
Waco - Lone Star Antique - this show has more antique Winchesters per square foot than even the Tulsa show - hit it Friday and catch Mesquite on the weekend
11 September
Poolville - Parker County
11-12 September
Gilmer - American Legion Post 320
Mesquite Big Town - Premier

18-19 September
Fort Worth Will Rogers - Lone Star

25-26 September
Nacogdoches - G&S

North Texas gun show organizers:
All Tex - http://alltexgunshows.com/
American Legion Post 320 - https://centennial.legion.org/texas/post320
American Legion Post 340 - http://www.alpost340.com/
Audie Murphy Museum - http://www.amacmuseum.com/
Big Mule Guns - https://www.facebook.com/bigmuleguns
Brownwood Gun Show - (405) 223-5657
Buffalo Chamber of Commerce - https://buffalotex.org/reserve-the-civic-center/
Classic Arms - http://capgunshows.com/shows/
DACA - https://www.dallasarms.com/program-small-with-tab-name/
DSC - https://www.biggame.org/convention/
G&S - http://gandsgunshows.com/
Great Texoma - http://www.ggaproductions.org/
Heartland Militaria - http://heartlandmilitariashow.com/index.php/texas-show/
Kerry Murphy - http://kerrymurphypromotions.com/
Lone Star Antique Arms - https://www.lonestarantiquearmsconvention.com/
Lone Star - https://www.lonestargunshows.com/schedule/
Myrtle Wilks Community Center - https://www.myrtlewilkscenter.com/
New Frontier - https://newfrontiershow.com/index.php/dallas-gun-western-show/
Parker County Sportsman Club - https://www.parkersportsman.com
Premier - https://www.premiergunshows.com/show-schedule/
Real Texas - http://www.therealtexasgunshow.com/
Riesel Lions Club - https://www.riesellionsclub.com/
Silver Spur - https://www.silverspurtradeshows.com/shows/
T&K - https://tandkpromotions.com/show-schedule/
Texas Gun & Knife Association - http://www.texasgunandknifeshows.com/
TWCA - (830) 644-2702
Walt's Outdoor World - https://www.waltsoutdoorworld.com/
Wanenmacher's - http://www.tulsaarmsshow.com/home.html (Not Texas, but you should go to this show.)
Whipp Farm - http://whippfarmproductions.com/events.html
YourNewGun - https://www.Facebook.com/yournewgun

N Texas Gun Show Krewe:
backbencher generally visits a show every weekend unless he has drill or is deployed
CDFourtyfour has been holding out on us w/ a stealth table
douglasmorris99 has AR stuff
FatCat1
Gopher visits two shows in a weekend
HenryKnoxFineBooks generally hits the Dallas & Mesquite shows
jeffb1911 hits as many shows as he can, sharpens knives in E Texas
kells81 sells ammo
motown_steve is a revolver nut, often joins backbencher for lunch
98kGuy used to do the DACA show, got busy w/ work
RebleYell is set up @ many of the D/FW area shows and goes as far afield as Amarillo and Missouri
75149 usually hits Mesquite
tacton has a great array of mostly Colt & FN AR bits and is faithfully @ every D/FW show
The_Dog can usually be persuaded to join you for BBQ for the Mesquite shows
txtj79 competes with backbencher to see how many shows they can visit
villageidiot usually turns out for the Fort Worth shows
If you want to be included in this list, removed, or if you're going to have a table @ an upcoming show, hit me up.

Gun show schedule sites:
https://www.gunshowminute.com/gunshows/texas/
https://www.gunshowstoday.com/gunshows/category/texas/
https://gunshowtrader.com/gunshows/texas-gun-shows/
http://www.gunshows-usa.com/texas/
https://www.igunshows.com/gun-shows/Texas/
http://texasgunshows.us/
https://tsra.com/events/gun-shows/

Our usual dining haunts: - we usually meet on Saturdays for lunch or dinner:
The Butcher Shop, 102 Lehigh St, Longview
The Dove's Nest, 105 W Jefferson St, Waxahachie
Kearney's Feed Yard, 3602 N Belt Line Rd, Sunnyvale TX 75182
Flying Fish, 2913 Montgomery St. Ft. Worth
Milano's, 3416 W 7th St, Fort Worth
Railhead BBQ, 2900 Montgomery St, Fort Worth
Soulman's BBQ, 1125 Gross Rd, Mesquite
Texas Roadhouse, 1420 N. Peachtree Rd, Mesquite

FYI, update...the 14/15 Mrsquite Big Town show is off, they are re-roofing the building in that timeframe...

I tried to sign up for a table yesterday in Allen, and they told me...I did sign up for for 2 tables at the 11/12 September Big Town show...woo hoo, first show since January of 2020 to set up at...

Sorry we missed you.  A few of us hit the show then went on to Lug1's big do in BigD.

Put you in the OP & crossed off the August Big Town dates, thank you.

Well at least that saves me rushing home from Knoxville for that show.  Right, @Backbencher?

PARIS TX July 31 and August 1

Phat Phil's for lunch on Saturday?

Which promoter?

Ok, updated the OP w/ all the new shows All Tex just dropped.  Paris, Tyler the same weekend as Canton, etc.  I'm delighted we're getting so many shows - after Mesquite Rodeo this weekend til mid-September, we have at least two shows, and three times FOUR shows a weekend in the N Texas area.  Only Mommies Need Action can complain about that.

Planning to hit the Mesquite Rodeo show around 3:00 PM Saturday, then dinner, likely @ Kearney's.  Anyone else coming?

RebleYell all the way from Oklahoma & tacton will have tables, as usual.

@BIgDAM
@Lug1
@SideCarGT
@M2K
@0100010
@FSAL
@EvanWilliams
@The_Dog
@Hrt4me
@HenryKnoxFineBooks
@JoeMal
@mpisi
@Shooter_gregg
@M35ben
@Sethelarian
@meggers_f4i
@Subnet
@RobertL
@TheRocketmac
@mah827
@Scott_s
@kramden
@Stylz
@mm38
@JLA
@TheTank140
@TLF

Huh, wonder where I got that list of local ARFCOMers....  

I may be able to make it for dinner, let me know when you firm up plans.

Will post in the title & OP when I do.

I'll have to see how the hands feel.

I generally don't go to gunshows, unless I am taking someone new to firearms so they can browse easily at what types of options are available.

Only the first 5 or 6 saw the actual tag.  I didn't.  Goatboy won't let you tag more than that in a single post.

And as I told you someplace else, we'll be at Lake Mineral Wells SP.  Have good fun.

Enjoy.  You gonna be able to make Wichita Falls & Cisco the 1st, or you'll be back home by then?

JLA got the message, so maybe Goatboy's relaxed the rules?

Dinner Saturday 5:30 PM @ Kearney's Feed Yard, 3602 N Belt Line Rd, Sunnyvale TX 75182

Enjoy. Going a wandering this weekend.

4 or 5 hours of driving for a gun show isn't high on my to-do list.  So probably not.

Curious.  I wonder how the system figures it out, since I definitely didn't get a tag notification.  

The @'s become random when you @ more than 6 people.  You have no idea who gets it and who doesn't.  Doesn't work in any particular order.  But 6 is the maximum number of @'s guaranteed to work.  

I worked through all possible combinations, practically, in the Live PD threads.  

Enjoy.  Unless I have something specific on my list I just don't enjoy gun shows like other people.  My experience is obnoxious idiots telling me I can't live without their product and I will work for them post apocalypse.

That is an absolute real story.  And not everybody does it, but its been almost 10 years since I found a deal at a gun show.  Lots of people enjoy them, and take no issue with those that do enjoy them.

Three years ago @ Big Town, I found a beat-to-hell Inland in a Choate folder for $500.  I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough.  Dropped all the parts into an IBM receiver, gave my accountant Da an IBM for Christmas.

I will re@ those who have not responded.  Thanks for the heads up.

@Scott_s
@kramden
@Stylz
@mm38
@­TheTank140
@TLF

@Sethelarian
@meggers_f4i
@Subnet
@RobertL
@TheRocketmac
@mah827

I'll be in Ft. Lauderdale.

@Hrt4me
@HenryKnoxFineBooks
@Joe­Mal
@mpisi
@Shooter_gregg
@M35ben

@BIgDAM
@FSAL
@EvanWilliams

Enjoy and I appreciate the thought.  I think you will find many of us just don't share the same passion for the gun shows for similar reasons.  The needle in the haystack is just not worth all the lunacy I was experiencing when I would go.  

One of these days I will come out and meet for dinner though.  Not gonna make this weekend or any time soon.  Too much OT available to work.  Sadly I had to turn it down for the night of wonder, but that was worth missing one shift.

Would love to but anniversary
28 years.

No worries, man, I'll ping you the next time we're in Panther Town, we've been doing the Flying Fish lately.

Congrats!  I'm nearly a quarter century behind you.

I appreciate the invite, but that’s a hell of a haul for a gun show. Unless the gun show has Picanha, of course.

@backbencher

Do you guys go to Wanamacher’s? I’ve always wanted to go. I’ve got about a case and a half of US Air Force survival rifle 22 Hornet ammunition and I’d like to get a table and set there and sell it one box at a time until it’s gone and then see how nice a firearm I could buy with the proceeds.

Congrats to you two @EvanWilliams!

We're just slightly (sneaking up on 20 years soon) behind y'all this weekend as well.      

Particularly when you can't buy anything but rifles or shotguns.  Looking @ you, LBJ.  

I apologize - I knew someone was coming all the way from Missouri for the dinner, but I didn't have a chance to meet you before I had to get the wife home.

Will probably put the O'Fish Eel Tulsa thread up in October.  Don't have my drill schedule yet so don't know if I can go.  We had a good time up there this spring.  Might ping ContraHQ, go in w/ him on a table.

Keep the shiny side up! Have fun!

@Goatboy
@EdAvilaSr

 The hijackers learned to fly airplanes.  When are you learning how to land it?

I gotta get my certificate too. That's the only way I'll be able to get to some of the functions up there. I got my medical. I'm looking for a basic plane to learn on.

About time.  Need a door gunner?

I appreciate the @ backbencher, but I already have Saturday plans.  

The last gun show I attended, the DACA show at Southfork in perhaps March was a far cry from the good old days at Market Hall back in the late 90s and early 00s when one could still find surplus at reasonable prices. My late father-in-law was a DACA member, so when I was in town on gunshow weekends I'd make a point of walking the aisles with him.  He always had a table but had little on it for sale.  Model 1 spun up some 8mm 1919 barrels for a friend of my F-I-L, and one weekend at the machine gun shoot we attended we put a few cases of 8mm at 6 cents a round through one of those barrels until it was a smoothbore. Those were the days.

BB, it was great to see you again at the Night of Wonder, and my how you married up!