Calgary gun show

[Robert Bergeron]

Hi all . Is this gun show worth buying an airline ticket and a couple of nights at the hotel for ? Cheers . Robert

[rob love]

Any other year and I wold say absolutely. I have had tables at that show for the past 20 years or more. A great show for selling, and a great show for buying. Bur with the covid situation this year, I'll be passing on this one.
This was always held at the BMO roundup center, where they would have 1000 tables sold each year. I see they have moved the venue this year...hard to say how that will effect things.
If you ecide the risk is worth it, your best bet is to get a table, that way you aren't like I used to be....nose to the glass on the Friday morning watching all the dealers buying up the bargains. With a table you are in on the Thursday afternoon, and can deal away before the public ever knows what they have missed. If you make it a display table, then you don't have to man it all day but get the advantaged of the early entry.

[Robert Bergeron]

Thank you very much Rob , very good advice from a guy who has been there for 20 years no less !

[rob love]

I was just on the phone with one of the longterm organizers of the show. He mentioned the BMO center would no longer allow the vendors to drive in and out of the venue, so they had to look elsewhere. So as they say, the one constant is change. He mentioned they still have approx the same capacity of 1000 tables, and are going to limit the commercial vendors to make more room for the small hobbyists and sellers.