Whipped Cream Difficulties

The Saxet Shows are back in Austin. (Previously.)

A group of us went yesterday. Things I noticed:

• The show was at the Travis County Expo Center. There was no requirement that sales go through a licensed dealer, and I saw a lot of folks with “Private seller” signs on their tables.
• I did see a considerable police presence, but I’m not sure how many of those police officers were just browsing the show in uniform, and how many were actually working.
• I also saw a lot of folks with what I’ll call, for want of a better word, “wanted” posters with photos of some guys who’ve apparently been running doing purchases at gun shows as part of some kind of Brady Bunch sting.
• No book dealers. Except for that guy who is always at the gun shows, selling survivalist books and weird crank literature about the Trilateral Commission/New World Order/Illuminati connection.
• A fair amount of ammo, including .380 auto.
• Didn’t buy any guns. Someone had a XP-100 in .221 Fireball, which was tempting, but I’d have to start reloading, and I didn’t feel like shelling out $575 right now. (That was with a scope, though I didn’t look closely at what kind of scope.) As I’ve noted before, I have a nostalgic attachment to the XP-100. As I’ve also noted before, nostalgia is a moron.
• Decent assortment of vendors. I’m hoping next month’s show will be even larger, now that folks have had a month to prepare.
• What of the gun show in the old Target building? The web site still shows them with a show scheduled December 18th and 19th. Yes, that is the same weekend as the next Saxet show.

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