NEC - The Shooting Show

[BerettaDan]

Anyone going to the Shooting Show at Birmingham NEC this weekend? I’m going tomorrow with a shooting mate of mine.

 

[Will Hewland]

No plans. A mate asked me about it as he would be passing. It looks like £50 for admission, parking and a light lunch.

 

[Doctor Lecter]

Anyone going to the Shooting Show at Birmingham NEC this weekend? I’m going tomorrow with a shooting mate of mine.

expensive enough to park and enter , let alone buy once inside !    or perhaps I'm just a tightwad ?   

 

[ColinD]

Went pre covid, good day out.But this time entry plus £12 parking, thought I'll go shooting instead

 

[BerettaDan]

You were all right….£25 per head entry fee x4, parking £12, four coffees and bacon rolls £37. I wouldn’t have minded but there wasn’t much there. Plenty of guns there but not much else. I won’t be going again.

 

[Doctor Lecter]

generally speaking ,   anything associated with shooting is usually overpriced   imho    !! 

 

[Stiggers]

I’ve purchased tickets for next Friday and I can’t blumin wait as it will be my first show. If I was to purchase a new gun, do some of the exhibitors provide a fitting service?

 

[Nickredhill]

I’ve purchased tickets for next Friday and I can’t blumin wait as it will be my first show. If I was to purchase a new gun, do some of the exhibitors provide a fitting service?

Best advice, never buy a second-hand gun at a show, you can find some right pups. If you're buying new that's different of course, but haggle the price. Fitting will depend on which dealer you go to, maybe and maybe not. A better way to buy is to do the research and window shopping at the show and buy at a dealer near home.

 

[Freddypip]

It's remarkable that vendors expect purchasers to pay to be sold stuff.

I could think of plenty of things I'd prefer to spend £50 on.

 

[Stiggers]

Best advice, never buy a second-hand gun at a show, you can find some right pups. If you're buying new that's different of course, but haggle the price. Fitting will depend on which dealer you go to, maybe and maybe not. A better way to buy is to do the research and window shopping at the show and buy at a dealer near home.

Was only considering new bud