full auto 45 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 (edited) Is anyone going to the Show of Shows in Louisville on February 19 - 22? Chopper28 and I will have a couple of tables. Lots of Thompson stuff and a few guns. Both Thompsons and others. Stop by and say hi. Edited January 22 by full auto 45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Will be there with Folke and Reidar, our tables are on C row, same as in past years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDog2012 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Not going this year. After 2 years of going and seeing most stuff priced double what I can buy it on line for I decided to goto a local gun show this year instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 I looked at their website. Lots of pictures of vintage militaria (and thankfully no surplus junk) but not a lot of firearms. Militaria really isn't my thing so I'm trying to figure out whether or not to go. How large is the firearms part of the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 22 minutes ago, StrangeRanger said: I looked at their website. Lots of pictures of vintage militaria (and thankfully no surplus junk) but not a lot of firearms. Militaria really isn't my thing so I'm trying to figure out whether or not to go. How large is the firearms part of the show? There is always a large number of vintage firearms at SOS. Modern firearms you can find at the National Gun Day show at the other end of the building. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Player_To_Be_Named Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 We have plans to attend. Hard to find a decent gun show anymore and I have the itch:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1gewehr Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 The Gun Show at the other end also usually has a bunch of C&R firearms and militaria. I'll be walking through both shows looking for something interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron_brock Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Yes prices at the Show of Shows may tend to be a bit higher than local shows. It’s THE show for the most unique, hard to find items. There’s dealers from overseas that setup as well. It’s worth seeing and walking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, ron_brock said: Yes prices at the Show of Shows may tend to be a bit higher than local shows. It’s THE show for the most unique, hard to find items. There’s dealers from overseas that setup as well. It’s worth seeing and walking. No, They are stupid prices. Last year a guy tried to sell me a thompson ejector for $40. Bought one on line when I got home for $10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 I have been going for over twenty years, it is great show for networking even if you do not buy anything. Met a lot of collectors at that show who have helped me find hard to find items over the years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 9 hours ago, Outsider said: No, They are stupid prices. Last year a guy tried to sell me a thompson ejector for $40. Bought one on line when I got home for $10. I didn't know PhilFordParts was there. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reichstall Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 I have gone to this show for many years yes, the prices are very high. The gun show at the other end now this is the place to be I have bought so much there at really good prices. Important note on the show of shows several years ago a reporter got in and wrote an article about nazi and kkk stuff there so the officials really went and tightened the appearance on stuff. So if this is your thing lots of stuff like this might not be shown. it is there though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
full auto 45 Posted January 23 Author Report Share Posted January 23 10 hours ago, reichstall said: I have gone to this show for many years yes, the prices are very high. The gun show at the other end now this is the place to be I have bought so much there at really good prices. Important note on the show of shows several years ago a reporter got in and wrote an article about nazi and kkk stuff there so the officials really went and tightened the appearance on stuff. So if this is your thing lots of stuff like this might not be shown. it is there though. That was at Ron's show not the OVMS show. I was across the isle from the dealer. The reporter was found out and quickly escorted out of the building for taking photos. Ron made the guy with the items pack them up and put them away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalbert Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 I will be at the SOS that Friday with TD and another friend. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wv1928 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 HEYDAVID ! ARE YOU SETTTING A BOOT THIS YEAR. I HAVEN'T BEEN THIS SHOW IN A LONG TIME. I WOULD LIKE TO MEET UP WITH YOU FOR A FEW. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE THE LAST KNOB CREEK. HOPE YOU AND THE FAMILY HAS BEEN DOING WELL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reichstall Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Oh so it was not this show. Than why did it turn the way it did with nazi stuff having to be covered? just asking i really like the show as well as the max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 26 minutes ago, reichstall said: Oh so it was not this show. Than why did it turn the way it did with nazi stuff having to be covered? just asking i really like the show as well as the max OVMS was dragged into the dispute with the Expo management over the episode at the National Gun Day show which is why OVMS changed their rules. OVMS came very close to losing the Expo as their venue for SOS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reichstall Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Well so glad they did not lose it . Is really a nice show . I understand point of view but If it really offends folks just don not go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 6 hours ago, reichstall said: Well so glad they did not lose it . Is really a nice show . I understand point of view but If it really offends folks just don not go. To put it in a little bit better context, the controversy occured not long after a white supremacist murdered two people at a Kroger store in Louisville. A Courier-Journal reporter did a story about KKK items being sold at the National Gun Day show and it escalated from there. Unfortunately the Courier-Journal story is now behind a paywall but the link below to another news source covers the opening salvo very well. "The display of the controversial items came just days after two black patrons were shot and killed in a Louisville grocery store in an attack that is being investigated as a hate crime. The gun show also occurred the same weekend that 11 people were killed in a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue in what is believed to be the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history." Kentucky fair officials to propose ban on ‘items of hate’ after Nazi, KKK memorabilia sold at gun show 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reichstall Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 Thank you for clearing that up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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