Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Theres all sorts of ‘barometers’ people use to guage or predict situations/events. For example, the price of gold is sometimes thought of as a barometer in regards to the general feeling the public has about the economy.

Today: the gun show barometer.

Out of an 800 table gunshow:
7.62×39, .223 or .308 by the case? None. Loose boxes, sure…but actual cases? No.
AR mags? Almost none.
AR’s? Some bit not nearly as many as normally seen.
Oddly, I saw more HK91’s on different tables at this show than at any other ($2700-3600). Oh..and one G3 full auto.
Very little surplus/survival gear. Plenty of people talking about ’stocking up’ and how ‘after the election [insert bad thing here].
So theres a genearl mood of impending doom…

I bought myself a barrel for my Thompson Contender (14″ .223) and a Glock sight adjustment tool. Nothing else really jumped out at me.