Gun Show Prices Today

I went to a large outdoor gun show today just to see what people were asking for guns and ammo pricing. It's getting worse. Here are some of my observations.<br><br>ARs were abundant but expensive. I saw one table that was averaging $1200 for their ARs.<br><br>Handguns were everywhere. There were tables that had nothing but handguns and there were a couple that were selling nothing but Glocks. I saw one table with a sign that said "No Handguns $700 or Less!" Seriously, I didn't make that up.<br><br>I saw a couple of tables selling bows and several selling knives.<br><br>Ammo was bs. I saw boxes of Federal 9mm 115gr going for $60 a box of 50. I saw 223 going for $140 a box of 50. There were several tables selling IMI 5.56 for $120 a box of 20!<br><br>I saw tables selling powder, primers and bullets, but at exorbitant prices. I thought the prices I saw were a little high for the gun show pricing, but then I looked at Midway and their prices were pretty close.<br><br>As for completed or stripped lowers, I couldn't find a single stripped lower for less than $350. There was one table that was selling their lowers for $450. I saw one table with completed lowers (lower and upper complete) for $650 but they were fixed mag. There were a couple of tables that had CA compliant lowers that were basically a gun with a fixed mag, no pistol grip and a dumb looking device that was supposed to keep the mag in the mag well. Why would anyone buy that?<br><br>I saw a table with 30-round mags for $40 a mag. I asked the vendor if he had any 10-round mags and he said he had them for the same price as the 30-round mags. I asked him why anyone would buy the 10-rounders when they could have a 30-round mag for the same price. He said that some people just prefer the smaller mags. I said "Not me" and walked away.<br><br>I saw a couple of tables selling 80% lowers, armorer's tools, jig kits, drill press kits, etc. The 80% lowers were going for about double what you would expect to pay for them at retail.<br><br>I saw a bunch of the round mags that everybody hates, but I saw very few metal mags.<br><br>I saw a table with Barrett 50-cal mags for $250 a mag.<br><br>Everybody I saw was either cash or credit card. Nobody I saw was taking Venmo, ApplePay, GooglePay or anything else. I saw one table that had ApplePay but I didn't stop to chat with them.<br><br>Ammo cans were everywhere and most places were asking $100 or more for the large cans and $60 or more for the small cans.<br><br>I saw a couple of tables selling night vision equipment. One of the tables had some high-tech night vision goggles that were going for $12,000. Yes, you read that right, twelve thousand dollars!<br><br>I saw a few tables selling body armor. I saw one table that had a full set of armor for $600. It looked high quality, too.<br><br>I saw one table that had riot gas. I thought it was silly until I saw the prices that people were asking for pepper spray. Some of the tables were selling pepper spray for $30 or more. It was a littleSpray that held about an ounce. the stuff I bought at Walmart last year on sale was 3 sprays for $10.<br><br>I bought some sights, a red dot and a small flashlight and that's it.