Bulverde gun show this coming weekend

[Moonpie]

https://gunshowtrader.com/gun-shows/bulverde-gun-outdoor-show/

 

[Red78]

Interesting - never heard of this one before.

 

[majormadmax]

Buddy Howell of Eagle Outfitters (http://www.eagleoutfitterstexas.com)..

 

[unicom]

I may actually go. Sounds interesting

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[majormadmax]

I may actually go. Sounds interesting

Don't get your hopes up too much!

 

[unicom]

I never get my hopes up with gun shows anymore

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[unicom]

I don't expect much but I'm curious enough to go anyway it's only about 5 minutes from me

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[Moonpie]

Hahahahahah!!!!!!!!
This is the poorest excuse for a Gunshow I've ever been to. LMAO!
Literally there are THREE tables with guns.
Couple of large tables with reloading stuff. Rest is not gun stuff.

 

[DarkwingDuck]

Thanks for the update Moonpie. Disappointing - I was hoping the show panned out. C'est la vie.

 

[unicom]

I went buy the show today. It was ok.

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[majormadmax]

I went buy the show today. It was ok.

So, was Moonpie exaggerating, or were there really only THREE tables with guns?

I ask because I went to this show when it was in Castroville. We walked around it TWICE and were still out the door in under 15 minutes...

 

[unicom]

There were only 3 tables. You could be in and out in 15 20 minutes. To many none gun related tables for a gun show. Some of the boxes of ammo looked like they have been on someone's shelf for to long.

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[jlively]

I think there may have actually been 4 tables with guns LOL. Parking was horrible. I don't think this one will ever get off the ground.

 

[unicom]

I hope it does but it's got a long way to go

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[majormadmax]

It's a tough market. San Antonio already has two large (800+ table) gun shows with the monthly SAXET and quarterly premier events, then there's the one over on Austin Highway run by the owner of the venue and the Texas Gun Shows one in Shertz. I am not sure if Liberty is even holding shows anymore, they had some real stinkers as well (Helotes for example).

As I've said in another thread, I don't see much incentive to go to smaller shows as experience has shown they are not worth the time or trouble. For one, the entry is usually the same for the larger shows but there's far less vendors (usually only 200-300 tables tops) and most of the time I've found they're primarily geared toward hunting/hunters.

I understand Buddy is trying to tap into the outlying market but given that it only takes about 30-40 minutes to get to the big shows from most of the SA metro area there really isn't much driving folks to these smaller events.

As such, I wouldn't bet on this show growing or even surviving in this market...