Shelbyville Gun Show August 4th-5th... Still on??

[SmokyBaer]

A buddy told me theres a gun show in Shelbyville on first weekend of August. Never been to that show myself so i thought to ask if any you been there and liked it or not.

[dlm37015]

only place to go that weekend is crossville .great gunshow only gunshow i go to that is put on my local county gov. also same weekend as the 127 flea mky yard sale and the gunshoe is rightv on the main drag

[lshel]

Is the Shelbyville show a gunshow or a hunting/fishing expo?

[hipower]

only place to go that weekend is crossville .great gunshow only gunshow i go to that is put on my local county gov. also same weekend as the 127 flea mky yard sale and the gunshoe is rightv on the main drag

There's a gunshoe in Crossville? HMMM..my wife is going on the 127 excursion. Maybe I could get dropped off.

David, is it a big, fair, good show? I'm about equally split on whether to go to it or Shelbyville. Any comments on S'ville?

Edited August 1, 2012 by hipower

[Will]

Shelbyville Show /Calsonic Areana Their website says no air exhaust fans only. Put on by local car show promoter. Anyone know

how many vendors and how hot it will be?

[SmokyBaer]

I'm gonna chance it. Have an M1A to peddle and maybe a Ruger .22 that needs a new home. Like you're saying tho, gotta get there early before the sweat bath.

[AlvinCYork]

Oo an M1A? What model? I have a Colt Sporter I'm taking up there with me to unload.

Edited August 2, 2012 by AlvinCYork

[lshel]

I called promoter and they said gun show and hunting/fishing show. Buy/sale/trade guns. I plan on taking a couple of Ruger New Vaquero's in 45 Colt.

I'll be there early on Saturday.

[Guest Shep Stoner308]

Arena does stay pretty cool with the fans, been to a few summer events there.

[Guest 556or762]

I am going there is always someone that shows up to these " non show shows" i mean that by not a regular show or promoter, with sopme pretty good stuff thats been hidden in a closet or a drawer for a few years and the buyers are there for anything you want to get rid of since they dont normally have a show close they are hungry.

[SmokyBaer]

Getting ready to head out. Decided not to peddle my SOCOM folder. Instead the Standard is going up on the block. I'll be the big guy with a purple LSU hat doing the "have a look" with a single six too.

Hope you right about the temp. Wifey going too. Any sweat, my tail gets yanked. We'll see.

[MiddTennTaco]

Heading out too! I'll be wearing a black t shirt and green shorts. Good luck identifying me! Hahaha!

[SmokyBaer]

The show is a little smaller than i expected but for a hunting/expo and gun show it was okay. Very friendly vendors but it hadn't got hot yet. Never been in the Calsonic arena before. That's a cool building. I like going all around the top circle to each table instead of one end to the other like at other shows. Went down into the arena dirt and checked out those vendors too.

If you go down there, check out Flower's Deer Processing. We used him this past season for a couple deer and I'm am very satisfied with the product they put out. We had him do us the "Snack-sticks". Highly recommend the Pepperjack treatment. I got jalepenos in mine too but that for the faint of heart. Anyways, grab one of his cards for this coming season. Won't go wrong.

The guy to the far right when you first go in had some good pieces. I almost bit on the CMMG .308 but i had to keep remembering the goal is to reduce what i have not bring more home. Daaang.

Tempature gonna get hot. If you not by one of the doors, there aint a breeze. Left about 11:30.

Take your time if you go cause it'll be a quick one.

[MiddTennTaco]

I'd say there were about fifty guns to look at on the tables. There were maybe 25 tables. Quite disappointing especially at $10 a person.

[Guest Shep Stoner308]

Who was the sponsor of the ""show"" ? Sounds like some poor planning and also money grubbin to boot.

[lshel]

It was a small show, but has potential in future. I traded by set of Vaqueros 45 Colt and sold the G27 w/ns I received toward trade. I made slightly more

than I priced on TGO.