Tulsa Gun Show

P95Carry · March 17th, 2006, 08:13 PM

I think this can sit in this forum, as it is to do with potentially meeting up for a few of us.

So - Saturday April 1st - Tulsa OK - Bonnie and I will be flying over, via Denver it seems - and as yet I am not at all sure of my timing as to arrival etc. Some scheduling and planning to do yet.

I know when I last posted about the show there were two at least members hoping to go. World Pax I recall is in the locality and Steve (fed) also hoping to get there. I will be primarily liasing with Larry Ashcraft and his wife Sandy.

For now over next few days - anyone likely to be there, post here and then later on we can do some PM'ing and exchange cell #'s etc - and see if some of us can't find a way to meet up somehow, even if briefly.

Rock and Glock · March 17th, 2006, 10:14 PM

You can pick out Chris with the S&S.

HotGuns · March 17th, 2006, 10:20 PM

I am seriously considering going along with two other friends.
Its about a 3 and half hour drive from here.
It would be nice to meet some folks from here...

P95Carry · March 17th, 2006, 10:37 PM

Do come if you can HG.

R&G - yeah right - like I'll show up in S&S mode - hah - not *&@#^%* likely

WorldPax · March 17th, 2006, 11:54 PM

Still planning on making the trek.

Larry Ashcraft · March 18th, 2006, 11:53 AM

We should be pullling into Tulsa about 4:00-5:00 pm. Planning on leaving Pueblo at 5:00 am, maybe earlier. There will be four of us, Sandy and I, and our friends Bud and Annetta (Bud is a member of THR, "Smoke Rizen").

If everything works out, we should be driving my new (to me) black Chevy crew cab.

We'll all be staying at the Marriott, and Sandy and Annetta are planning on some outstanding munchies for Friday evening. Y'all are invited to stop by.

BCurry1 · March 20th, 2006, 02:30 PM

I hope to be there on Saturday morning. They are advertising it heavily here in OKC.

jarhead79 · March 20th, 2006, 03:03 PM

Still thinking about it. I'll likely never be this close to it again, so It's possible. Just wish I had a little $$$ to buy something.

Larry Ashcraft · March 21st, 2006, 09:32 PM

Chris,

We're gonna make this work, buddy.

P95Carry · March 21st, 2006, 09:35 PM

Sure thing Larry - my main hope is that one way or another our trip over lets us make it in time. Looks like we'll leave even earlier, in order to make the hop to Denver. The connection to Tulsa will hopefully not be too tricky.

Next week I'll circulate a PM to everyone who seems likely to be going and ask for cell #'s - and give you mine. With that then with luck some of us just might manage a quick meet and handshake, even if no time for much else.

elance · March 22nd, 2006, 12:25 AM

they have remodeled the expo ,but you could say meet up at the concession stand east of the main entrance golden driller side , on the odd hour or something of the like . anyway i'd say hey, can't say what time exactly i would be there .

elance

P95Carry · March 22nd, 2006, 12:38 AM

Right now, rather than make any major plans - I'll just hope to have cell numbers and you folks have mine. Then we'll see what can be managed.

Being such a large place it won't be easy but I am sure something can work out. I expect to be there most of day and so maybe by early afternoon time we can throw some phone calls and see who is there.

If nearer the time you do have a time schedule decided then you can post again here.

Arkie · March 22nd, 2006, 04:14 PM

Gun Show?

I wanna gooooooooo!!!
Can I come, can I huh? can I huh? can I huh?

It's only a hop,,,skip,,,,and a 2 short hour drive for me.

P95Carry · March 22nd, 2006, 04:27 PM

Hope you can make it Arkie - as I said earlier - I'll be sending out a group PM in a few days - and get y'all to write me back with cell #'s - and I'll pass on my own.

dr_cmg · March 22nd, 2006, 04:50 PM

Hey, Chris, I can't come this year, but I am already making plans for '07. When I went to the website on this I nearly passed out. This thing is huge. Well, anything that needs a building that has 11 acres under one roof is huge. I wish I had known about this 6 months ago, but my vacation time is all scheduled out for this year. I'm already looking forward to it next year. What is really funny is that the folks we are going to see in Vancouver, WA at the end of April moved there from Tulsa last year. If they were still there I could rearrange my vacation and include the gunshow. Bummer!

Arkie · March 22nd, 2006, 06:34 PM

Well it looks like I don't have to work that weekend so I would be able to go!

I think it will be fun!

We will have to arrange a meeting place so no one will get lost. lol.

Ride4TheBrand · March 22nd, 2006, 06:40 PM

Interesting...

Looking at their websight, I see that one of the guests will be
the pilot of the Enola Gay ~ Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets (USAF Ret.)

P95Carry · March 22nd, 2006, 07:00 PM

Arkie - I reckon due to the shere size of the place that trying to fix a time and location in advance may be tricky. It's gonna take some doing to get round most everything too.

I will be with Larry Ashcraft and his friend - but reckon what might work best is to try and fix a meet via cell phone - maybe in middle of day perhaps. See how many folks we can get together then at one time and location.

Larry Ashcraft · March 22nd, 2006, 07:13 PM

Last year sm and I had kind of a late start (breakfast with the girls). But if you are going to try and see "all" of the show, you need to start early.

Couple tips: Wear good shoes. Take a notepad and pen, if you see something you are interested and want to come back later, write down the aisle and table number! I guarantee you'll never find it again if you don't. Also, if you're an annual NRA member or not a member at all, you can avoid the long lines by going to the front and paying $25 (reg. $35) for renewal or membership and get into the show free (show costs $10).

First time I went, I tried to see the whole show. Ten hours of walking later, I was completely overwhelmed. Last year, Steve and I had a "mission" (28 ga 870). I think it was more fun to relax and not try to look at every table.

This year my only mission will be to get some ammo and a new copy of The Blue Book from Steve Fjestad. And to meet and enjoy visiting with some friends.

Arkie · March 22nd, 2006, 07:51 PM

You mean I gotta Buy something?
What happened to just looking around. LOL!!!

I would like to pickup some ammo too. and oogle or droole at everything else. LOL... I hope they don't charge me for drooling.

Actually I have never been to one that big. All of the ones around here you can actually handle all of the guns in about 2 hours. If you don't pick anything up 20 minutes. And way overpriced to boot.

March 17th, 2006, 08:13 PM	#1
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,466	Tulsa Gun Show I think this can sit in this forum, as it is to do with potentially meeting up for a few of us. So - Saturday April 1st - Tulsa OK - Bonnie and I will be flying over, via Denver it seems - and as yet I am not at all sure of my timing as to arrival etc. Some scheduling and planning to do yet. I know when I last posted about the show there were two at least members hoping to go. World Pax I recall is in the locality and Steve (fed) also hoping to get there. I will be primarily liasing with Larry Ashcraft and his wife Sandy. For now over next few days - anyone likely to be there, post here and then later on we can do some PM'ing and exchange cell #'s etc - and see if some of us can't find a way to meet up somehow, even if briefly. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 17th, 2006, 10:14 PM	#2
Rock and Glock VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado at 9,500' Posts: 4,746	You can pick out Chris with the S&S. __________________ Richard NRA Life Member *"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything."* Harry S. Truman

March 17th, 2006, 10:37 PM	#4
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,466	Do come if you can HG. R&G - yeah right - like I'll show up in S&S mode - hah - not &@#^% likely __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 17th, 2006, 11:54 PM	#5
WorldPax Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 274	Still planning on making the trek. __________________ Pax Tulsa, OK

March 20th, 2006, 02:30 PM	#7
BCurry1 Distinguished Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,316	I hope to be there on Saturday morning. They are advertising it heavily here in OKC. __________________ Curry

March 17th, 2006, 10:20 PM	#3
HotGuns Senior Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,228	I am seriously considering going along with two other friends. Its about a 3 and half hour drive from here. It would be nice to meet some folks from here...

March 18th, 2006, 11:53 AM	#6
Larry Ashcraft Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 78	We should be pullling into Tulsa about 4:00-5:00 pm. Planning on leaving Pueblo at 5:00 am, maybe earlier. There will be four of us, Sandy and I, and our friends Bud and Annetta (Bud is a member of THR, "Smoke Rizen"). If everything works out, we should be driving my new (to me) black Chevy crew cab. We'll all be staying at the Marriott, and Sandy and Annetta are planning on some outstanding munchies for Friday evening. Y'all are invited to stop by.

March 20th, 2006, 03:03 PM	#8
jarhead79 Distinguished Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Stansbury Park, UT Posts: 1,328	Still thinking about it. I'll likely never be this close to it again, so It's possible. Just wish I had a little $$$ to buy something. __________________ Sig P239 9mm Bersa Thunder.45 Ruger SP101 .38 SPL Glock 36 (night sites) UBG Holsters current wait time as of 12-2-2009: 3-5 weeks.

March 21st, 2006, 09:32 PM	#9
Larry Ashcraft Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 78	Chris, We're gonna make this work, buddy.

March 21st, 2006, 09:35 PM	#10
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,466	Sure thing Larry - my main hope is that one way or another our trip over lets us make it in time. Looks like we'll leave even earlier, in order to make the hop to Denver. The connection to Tulsa will hopefully not be too tricky. Next week I'll circulate a PM to everyone who seems likely to be going and ask for cell #'s - and give you mine. With that then with luck some of us just might manage a quick meet and handshake, even if no time for much else. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 22nd, 2006, 12:25 AM	#11
elance Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: tulsa ok Posts: 204	they have remodeled the expo ,but you could say meet up at the concession stand east of the main entrance golden driller side , on the odd hour or something of the like . anyway i'd say hey, can't say what time exactly i would be there . elance

March 22nd, 2006, 12:38 AM	#12
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,466	Right now, rather than make any major plans - I'll just hope to have cell numbers and you folks have mine. Then we'll see what can be managed. Being such a large place it won't be easy but I am sure something can work out. I expect to be there most of day and so maybe by early afternoon time we can throw some phone calls and see who is there. If nearer the time you do have a time schedule decided then you can post again here. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 22nd, 2006, 04:14 PM	#13
Arkie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 796	Gun Show? I wanna gooooooooo!!! Can I come, can I huh? can I huh? can I huh? It's only a hop,,,skip,,,,and a 2 short hour drive for me.

March 22nd, 2006, 04:27 PM	#14
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,466	Hope you can make it Arkie - as I said earlier - I'll be sending out a group PM in a few days - and get y'all to write me back with cell #'s - and I'll pass on my own. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 22nd, 2006, 04:50 PM	#15
dr_cmg Lead Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 10,031	Hey, Chris, I can't come this year, but I am already making plans for '07. When I went to the website on this I nearly passed out. This thing is huge. Well, anything that needs a building that has 11 acres under one roof is huge. I wish I had known about this 6 months ago, but my vacation time is all scheduled out for this year. I'm already looking forward to it next year. What is really funny is that the folks we are going to see in Vancouver, WA at the end of April moved there from Tulsa last year. If they were still there I could rearrange my vacation and include the gunshow. Bummer! __________________ George Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. Albert Einstein

March 22nd, 2006, 06:34 PM	#16
Arkie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 796	Well it looks like I don't have to work that weekend so I would be able to go! I think it will be fun! We will have to arrange a meeting place so no one will get lost. lol.

March 22nd, 2006, 06:40 PM	#17
Ride4TheBrand Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: The Lone Star State Posts: 709	Interesting... Looking at their websight, I see that one of the guests will be the pilot of the Enola Gay ~ Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets (USAF Ret.) __________________ "We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school." ~Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

March 22nd, 2006, 07:00 PM	#18
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,466	Arkie - I reckon due to the shere size of the place that trying to fix a time and location in advance may be tricky. It's gonna take some doing to get round most everything too. I will be with Larry Ashcraft and his friend - but reckon what might work best is to try and fix a meet via cell phone - maybe in middle of day perhaps. See how many folks we can get together then at one time and location. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

March 22nd, 2006, 07:13 PM	#19
Larry Ashcraft Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 78	Last year sm and I had kind of a late start (breakfast with the girls). But if you are going to try and see "all" of the show, you need to start early. Couple tips: Wear good shoes. Take a notepad and pen, if you see something you are interested and want to come back later, write down the aisle and table number! I guarantee you'll never find it again if you don't. Also, if you're an annual NRA member or not a member at all, you can avoid the long lines by going to the front and paying $25 (reg. $35) for renewal or membership and get into the show free (show costs $10). First time I went, I tried to see the whole show. Ten hours of walking later, I was completely overwhelmed. Last year, Steve and I had a "mission" (28 ga 870). I think it was more fun to relax and not try to look at every table. This year my only mission will be to get some ammo and a new copy of The Blue Book from Steve Fjestad. And to meet and enjoy visiting with some friends.

March 22nd, 2006, 07:51 PM	#20
Arkie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Arkansas Posts: 796	You mean I gotta Buy something? What happened to just looking around. LOL!!! I would like to pickup some ammo too. and oogle or droole at everything else. LOL... I hope they don't charge me for drooling. Actually I have never been to one that big. All of the ones around here you can actually handle all of the guns in about 2 hours. If you don't pick anything up 20 minutes. And way overpriced to boot.

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