The Buck Stop

Just an FYI, they don’t carry pistols, just hunting rifles and shotguns. But the staff member who answered my question was quite polite.

Great selection of rifles. Have not seen that many classic Winchesters in a long time. Extremely helpful on gun safes and great prices. Hope to purchase a safe in the near future.

I attended my first gun show over the weekend, an event promoted by The Buck Shot and held at the Gold Country Fairgrounds. Keep in mind that I haven’t shot a gun in at least twenty years and never one that didn’t say Red Ryder the side of it.
At first I was a bit taken back by the $ 8 entrance fee, but one gaze of the crowd and I knew I would’ve gladly paid double that just for the sheer entertainment of it all. The only way you could get a better people watching experience than this would be to put a Golden Corral buffet and a catfish pond in the middle of a Walmart and simultaneously host a county fair and a tractor pull. Of all the times to be wearing an Obama ’12 shirt, it turns out this one wasn’t it. In fact, I hadn’t felt that out of place since the time I rolled into Sturgis on a teal green Vespa and crashed it while attempting a wheelie on the main drag.
I couldn’t believe the amount of people at this show. At $ 8 a head, someone made some serious money. As for the show itself, there were rows upon rows of tables with proprietors eager to deal in many different types of guns, ammo, knives, BBQ utensils, camouflage gear, jewelry and hideous blankets featuring wolves howling at a full moon. Honestly I wasn’t sure what half of what I was looking at even was, but judging from the madness of the rabid crowd that surrounded me, there must’ve been some pretty special stuff there. I did manage to find myself a bumper sticker that read «The 2^nd Amendment, The Only Gun Permit I Need.» I think I’ll put it on the back of the Prius so that I fit in better at the next gun show.