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A friend of mine who was a vendor at the 1500 last weekend, said the Dayton/Hara Arena and Knob Creek shows are GUN SHOWS; the 1500 is a flea market. I think he about nailed it.
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Hara, and KCR are not much better. KCR show used to have some of the best deals on the planet, now it is slowly becoming just like all the rest, have you noticed all the flea market stuff there? Pop guns, rubber band guns, airsoft, knock off t shirts, and junk knives. I went to KCR about 10 years ago and thought i had died and found heaven. These days no, it's just like all the rest.
Hara I've been to several concerts and gunshows there. The gunshows have been on the decline there as well. Same old shit , same old dealer asking the same old price, he is going to pack it up again, and bring it to the next show. I honestly want to know how some of these arrogant asshole dealers put food on the table. Remember when Hara used to occupy two rooms? Anyone remember Rapid Fire being there? Hara used to be a awesome show, but alas it has become just like all the rest.
The Indy 1500 used to happen twice a year anybody remember those days? That is when the 1500 rocked! The show was just awesome. Tons of stuff, great deals, no junk, and the smell of the almonds that followed you home buried in your sinuses. If you didnt bring lots o cash you might as well stay home because there were deals all over the place. These days its just shop worn junk, it's gold to some of these vendors. I have seen the same dealer carry the SAME shopworn junk for years. Ask for their best price, hell you might as well ask them permission to take liberties with his wife. Your going to get the same answer. There are very few good guy vendors at these shows but they are very few. Some of these vendors have actually held stuff under the table, to give me first dibbs and have waited for me to show up. Not knowing if I would even be there. these few are the ones who get my money first. I'm not the only person this is done for, you know who you are, you have these vendors whom you shop regularly, the ones who go that extra mile.
The 1500 is just a shadow of its former self but yet it has become just like all the rest.
If you wanna go to a real good show, go to National Gun Day in Louisville. Just be sure to ignore the brillo head on the PA. Leave early, so you can take it all in. That is where I have found some very good deals.