Gun show experience at Market Hall

[mitchntx]

Bored so the wife and I decided to head over to Market Hall in Dallas and see what the big D show has to offer.

Crowd was very light. Vendors I spoke with said it was very slow. Found a vendor packing up and offered a ridiculous price on a S&W 586 and he accepted. Said something about it paying for his table for the day.

Many vendors I spoke with said the ATF was there, offering to purchase, showing an out-of-state license and when denied, had a partner posing as a relative or spouse offer to purchase for them. No one said anything about anyone being busted, but vendors were nervous.

 

[coachrick]

The light crowd MAY have been because, apparently, anyone in Texas who owns a motorcycle was here in Austin for the RoT Rally! LOTS o' bikers here this weekend! There are gonna be some HOT, sunburned folks headed back to work tomorrow!

 

[cleric]

Be careful, while at market hall I noticed a lot more counterfeit product out there

 

[TxBigfoot]

I was there Saturday, the parking lot was packed, but it wasn't too crowded inside. I finally saw the Keltec KSG in person, price was $1300!

 

[Carbohydrates]

The important part of the story here is the S&W 586! Absolutely gorgeous guns; much nicer than the 686 IMO. Any photos?

 

[matefrio]

The important part of the story here is the S&W 586! Absolutely gorgeous guns; much nicer than the 686 IMO. Any photos?

Cameras always seem to be discouraged at gun shows.

 

[mitchntx]

The important part of the story here is the S&W 586! Absolutely gorgeous guns; much nicer than the 686 IMO. Any photos?

Everything feels very tight.

 

[Vaquero]

Nice find. Glad you got it.
Not surprised at agents trying to lure a dealer into a trap. Pisses me off that they harass the legit people and "walk" the crooks.

 

[kfc903]

I was there. I picked up a nice gun belt, a couple hundred rounds of ammo, a magazine tube rail mount for a mossberg, and a Streamlight TLR-3 to go on it. I was looking for an M&P Shield, but no one at the show had one. A lot of the vendors did seam to be packing up a little early on Sunday afternoon.

 

[kfc903]

Be careful, while at market hall I noticed a lot more counterfeit product out there

Counterfeit products? I must be naive. I wasn't aware of this.

 

[cleric]

Counterfeit products? I must be naive. I wasn't aware of this.

I saw some counterfeit magpul stuff. Also I saw some guns that were referred to the wrong gen, ie a gen 3 labelled gen 4


Edit: counterfeit magpul I have heard off UBr, acs, ps, buis, slings, just about everything. Google countrfeit magpul to see the signs

 

[Rentz]

I saw some counterfeit magpul stuff. Also I saw some guns that were referred to the wrong gen, ie a gen 3 labelled gen 4


Edit: counterfeit magpul I have heard off UBr, acs, ps, buis, slings, just about everything. Google countrfeit magpul to see the signs

and some of the counterfeit stuff looks very close to the real thing unless you start reading whats printed on the product you might not notice.