Best gun show in ohio?

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Steve22

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Feb 16, 2016
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whats everyone's opinion on the best gun show in Ohio? I've been too the one in niles and it wasn't bad but there has to be better ones
 

Ohiobellboy

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To be honest with you, I haven't been to one that seems to be "better" than the other. I see the same vendors with the same guns at all of them. The fact that people want as much for a used gun as a new one also just puzzles me. I think the only way to find a bargain is to be like a lot of guys walking around asking "Are you selling your ......?" I missed out on a Sig P938 SAS that a guy carried in to trade in. He had bought it for his wife who didn't like it. Guy sold it outright to one of the afore mentioned "dealers" for $500 after an FFL dealer offered him $450 for it. I went to the Medina show back in March. Only thing I bought there was a doughnut and some raffle tickets.
 

~ZENAS~

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There are 3 shows that happen every month within an hour of me, so I pretty much just stick to them.


The Tri-State Gun Collectors show in Lima is probably the best of the 3. Then the Maumee Valley Gun Collectors show in Toledo/Maumee is a close second. I also go to the Stateline Gun Show in Montpellier. It's much smaller than the other 2, but if there are no other shows that weekend I will hit it up anyway.


Lima show is this weekend and I'm really excited to spend some money that's been burning a hole in my pocket. Then the Maumee show is the next weekend in case I don't find what I want in Lima.
 
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David

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I'm with T.L so far the best one I've been to has to be the Lima show. Free parking, lots of vendors, loads of guns and related equipment.


The only thing I didn't like about the Maumee Valley one was having to pay to park. Other than that it was a pretty good show too.