Chantilly show

[paul shields]

Anyone else going to the Chantilly, VA show this weekend? They say the snow is plowed from the parking lots and they're ready to go.

[Dean Romig]

How's the snow load on the roof?

[Bill Murphy]

Dean, that's why they hope for good attendance. All those who pay admission will be issued a shovel and routed across the roof on the way to the front door. Only then will they be admitted to purchase their share of slim jims and camo gear. I will be there to buy "The Parker Shotgun".

[Dean Romig]

Well Bill, get there early to get your share of the shoveling done so you can be first in line for THE Parker Shotgun. If you see more than one please give me a call. I won't need snowshoes to get out of Massachusetts but rumor has it that the farther South I travel the deeper the snow becomes. How's that "Global Warming" thingy workin' for ya'??

[Robert Rambler]

Dean , It's no RUMER! as you wade through PA, be prepared for the 18in we received yesterday:shock:

[Kevin McCormack]

After 9 gallons of gas and two drive shear pins, 18 inches wouldn't make my monster snow blower burp! The 8 inches we got yesterday and last night on top of the 30 inches we got last weekend really put the strain on the drive train; had to blow most of it in 1st and 2nd gear. My 400-foot pipestem makes me a firm believer in the "less bling, more horsepower" club.

So far as Chantilly is concerned, plow it and they will come. Some of the great gun deals of legend have occurred by braving the drifts instead of hanging out at Starbuck's on a bitter cold snowy morning.

[Carl Brandt]

I'll be there on Saturday. Hopefully before lunchtime and through to closing. :smiley7:

Carl.

[Bill Murphy]

Carl, be sure to stop and visit "Tight Corner". By the way, two shows ago, I scored a really nice straight grip GHE Damascus 16, 28" with all the choke. For you that question the terminology, "all the choke" is full and full. I just heard Annette's commercial on the 5 o'clock news. She will be there to host the show.

[Dave Noreen]

Mr. Gore must be here in the Inland Empire. My new backup snow blower I bought last summer when they were cheap is still sitting on its shipping pallet and the old one was only started once this season.

[Dick Miller]

Bill, You better hope that Annette doesn't bring her neo Nazi "Deputy Dog" gun strapper with her or you won't see as much as a picture of a Parker come in the door. He's the one who denied entry to a patron in Roanoke recently who was wearing a Leatherman !!!

[Bill Murphy]

I've known Annette since she was a baby in her mother's arms. I knew her mother way before Annette was thought of. She is harmless, just keeps bad company.

[tom tutwiler]

I'll be there shortly and swing by and give Murphy a hard time. That is if I wasn't finally plowed in last night by those elusive VDOT snow crews. My neighborhood as of last night hasn't yet seen a plow. I've got piles of snow 7 feet tall, and that was all man made by me, three kids (my own) and lots of snow shovels.

[Kevin McCormack]

Annette and her Show Rottweilers run a VERY tight ship. Seems one of the staff floorwalkers observed a longtime vendor scanning blank vendor badges on a PC scanner/printer after the show closed to the public, presumably for distribution to his buddies. The vendor was immediately ejected from the show, charges were filed with local police, banned from all future shows, and will face a variety of criminal misdemeanor charges (not sure what). VERY bad news since the guy was an FFL holder who transferred guns purchased at the show, quite a convenience since there are less than a half-dozen holders doing so at this, a very busy show. Moral ; play by the rules and Don't mess with Annette and the Show Rottweilers!!!

[Bill Murphy]

We had a good time but no one ended up with any finds that I know of. One exception may have been that one of our tablemates scored a near mint 1895 L.C. Smith Syracuse frame transition hammer gun for a knockdown price. Phillip Futrell was not there, nor was Roger Bain or Mike Cairns, for different reasons, so some fine guns that may have been available, weren't. We will be looking forward to the Baltimore Show for more finds.