I guess I spoke too soon…ol’ Johnny Trochman was there at the show after all. While he is definitely a proud wearer of the tinfoil chapeau he does have a very nice selection of things that would be useful to those in our particular interest. Plus, for pure fun and games, nothing beats a case of these:

The parachute flares are especially fun if you’ve a creative mind and a modicum of McGyver in you…coupled with a rat trap, cordage, and a few odds and ends, they can be used to make perimeter warning devices. Plus, theyre just fun to play with. If you’ve the mind, you can use the smoke cannisters just as creatively. It would be interesting to dissect one and see if the pull-ring igniter could be replaced with something electronic.

AR and AK rifles were aplenty, though there did seem to be a lack of used Glocks there. Ammo was available at the usual prices, but, as is the norm, .22 ammo was somewhat scarce.

The only thing that made me covetous was a rather worn HK91 for $1800. Honestly, I’d take the $1800 and buy a pair of PTR-91 rifles and not feel that i’m really missing anything other than a little prestige.

All in all, a rather good show. There’s one here in town at the fairgrounds this weekend and I plan on walking through. Its a rather smallish show, but any gun show is usually better than no gun show.