GRB Gun Show - May 18

[77346]

I went to the gun show at the George R Brown with my daughter, BIL and nephew yesterday. My nephew wants to join his HS clays team and is looking for a deal on an O/U shotgun. I haven't been to a gun show in half a year...

- first off, looks like they were plenty of ARs, sub $1,000 and over. My impression is that prices were fair... gravitating towards MSRP on the entry-level models (Colts, DPMS, Bushmasters, Del-tons, etc.)
- saw less AKs, but seem to be priced relatively fairly as well
- some stuff is still overpriced... like pMags going from $15-30, but the worse is the ammo. 5.56 goes for about $0.75 per round and 22LR is unbelievably expensive. Saw a box of WWB (550 rnds) going for $109.95 (back in December I used to buy this at Academy for $18-20).
- surprisingly, not many O/U shotguns to look at... so that was disappointing for my nephew and BIL; most shotguns were the tactical/HD types.
- overall, seems like the price of firearms is coming down... ammo is a different story

I made it out of there spending less than $100 (a bag for my AR, 5.11 gloves and a t-shirt from the GunShowTees guy).

[Wodathunkit]

Those prices generally line up with what I'm seeing. I wish 22 would get closer to normal soon.

[Carry-a-Kimber]

I was there too and laughed at the prices for 22lr. Carter's has 100 rounds for $7.50 limit one. I bought a brick of Aguilla SuperMax on Midway for $38. I don't know who is paying these prices, I think it's kinda funny.

[psijac]

I saw two Tavors a 16 inch and an 18 inch barrel both going for around $2500 each. Months ago I saw 2 KSGs for $1800 I asked when they were going to drop in price, The answer is as soon as you buy one. Today I saw a KSG for under $1400. A lot of ARX in 22 which is kinda crazy. in some places prices are still $500 above normal. I hop by christmas things will be back to the way things were before christmas. Good news is that we are just about halfway into this year and there have been no mass gunmen running around

[LittleGun]

I saw Pmags for less that $15.