PCGA - Day 1 - Bladerunners Ice Complex, Harmarville, PA

[doug]

Pennsylvania Gun Collectors Association
Formerly known as the 'Monroeville Expo'. $6.00 Entry Fee, $45 for a table.

8am to 5pm

Located at the Bladerunners Ice Complex, in Harmarville, PA

Official Site: http://www.pgca.us/

[D-FENS]

if anyone is going, PM me. I'd like to meetup with any forum members that might be stopping through.

[fullauto223]

I should be there one of the days to bust my class III dealers balls on a new toy for a late X-mas gift to my self

[00gt1]

I think i'm going to try and stop by.

[pghplr]

If anyone remembers, post back if they opened up the second rink for the show this time. Hopefully they've learned from their mistakes.

[rswaz]

I was at a show in the Expo Mart in Monroeville, YEARS ago, and it was pretty good. Can anyone give a description of what we could expect to see at this show in Harmarville (products, dealers, etc.)? How are purchases managed with all of the documentation and verifications that are required? I give the PCGA credit for supporting these shows and making them happen, but I think that they would benefit from some additional marketing (I live 5 miles from Harmarville and never knew that they had a show there in November!).

[avizpls]

I really wanted to go, but I decided on spending some QT with my girlfriend in WVU

[Justin]

it was only in one rink again. it was really packed and not that good of a selection. i did pick up a few boxes of ammo and some glock mags for cheap.

[rswaz]

Very disappointing selection if you are looking for a handgun IMHO. I was looking for a SW M&P, only saw one, and it was not much of a deal. I may be wrong, but purely in terms of gun selection, it was about 95% rifles and shotguns and 5% handguns. Lots of ammo, scopes, and accessories, but nothing special. As for the crowd, I agree, it was very packed and I was there at 8:30am. When I left at 9:30am, the line to get in was all the way out to the front door. What a silly place for a gun show. Does anyone know if the one in Washington PA later this month will be larger or have a better selection?

[ar15jules]

That is too bad. I can recall the OLD Expomart Shows. Good deals to be found. Now it is like a flea market with a few dealers thrown in. If I wanted to buy something from a local dealer, I would go to his shop. But, that is not going to stop me from going down tomorrow for something to do.
Jules