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    WNY Gun Show in Hamburg

    The winter show at the Erie County fairgrounds was well attended. A large crowd on Saturday and still busy on Sunday. Kudos to the team that organized the show.
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    Anyone know which states sell ammunition to NY Residents?

    New Hampshire - Live Free or Die. Or Vermont.
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    Will there be a lot of FFL Closings early 2024?

    Sad to confirm that Batavia Marine is closing.
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    Prosecutors to recharge Alec Baldwin for 'Rust' shooting

    Who loaded the gun with live ammo?
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    Fetterman Resigning at End of Year

    Somehow all the evening news programs tonight missed this "news".
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    Looking for gunsmith near Syracuse

    +1 to what Bustedknees said.
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    NYS Arms Collectors Association is no more.

    The fine folks who brought us the gun shows in Syracuse and Albany are no more. The letter arrived today from Sandy Klinger. Sad.
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    Niagara Gun Range reopening?

    Update: the place is up and running. Clean, well lit and friendly. I hope they do well.
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    The Gun Show thread

    Who went to the Syracuse show on Saturday? I couldn't make it. Crowded, I suppose.
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    IRS agent killed at Phoenix shooting range

    I agree with 4 paws.
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    What Are the Best Pistol Sights for Old Eyes?

    +1 to flourencent orange front sights.
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    Senate Democrats unveiled a new bill that would pack the Supreme Court

    I'm not concerned. Didn't happen in the 1930's. Won't happen now.
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    WHY you SHOULD open carry

    Nope. Anyway, not an option in NYS for day to day carry.
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    Hamburg Gun Show

    I was there both days. A good show.
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    Friends urging disgraced Anthony Weiner to run for office

    They say that name recognition is important in politics.
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    Niagara Gun Range reopening?

    Might be some good news for our members up in the northwest corner of NYS. Defensor on Grand Island appears to be taking over the closed Niagara Gun Range on Niagara Falls Blvd. Let's hope they can make it work.
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    Syracuse Gun Show

    I will miss it this year. I will have to settle for the Hamburg show the next weekend.
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    Favorite Type of Firearm?

    Revolvers. Calibers beginning with "4". Love em.
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    Firing Pin on fire

    This is sad news. Here's hoping they can rebuild bigger and better.
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    France does protests right

    France has a pension problem. Too many old people and not enough young workers. They are not alone in Europe with this problem.
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    BPD confirms they dropped a sniper rifle off a roof at the st Patrick’s day parade

    Oops! But it WAS a very windy day in WNY. Thankfully no one on the ground was injured.
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    Do Y'all Seat Your Primers Like This?

    Over forty years of hand loading. I have lost count of how many upside down primers I have encountered in my cases. Dozens, for sure. It happens.
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    Gun show Saturday... (Cheektowaga – March 4-5, 2023)

    I was at the show on Saturday. There was a good crowd. A mix of firearm dealers, ammo and knives. It was worth the drive.
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    Planned New FBI HQ Is Twice the Size of the Pentagon

    Twice the size of the Pentagon? Is this guy serious? BS.
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    Gun Humor thread

    I wonder if a hot spent case might have been a factor.
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    Utica police make gun arrest after man accidentally shot in ear

    Shot in the EAR? At first glance, I thought that was a typo.
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    Holy BLOOMIN' Bullet! The 9mm INTERCEPTOR - Tested ... NEW VIDEO

    Not enough penetration. Did we learn nothing from the FBI Miami shootout? Penetration is #1.
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    Former superintendent Bruen hired by warren county

    Public defender is a BIG step down for him.
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    I heard Erie County, NY will no longer require a training for a premise permit

    When this mess is all said-and-done, will there still be such a thing as a premise permit?
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    Little Valley Gun Show, WNY

    Did anyone here attend this show last weekend?
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    Red flag and guns seized in Buffalo after a school threat

    I'm confused. What makes this a red flag order and not just an ordinary search warrant ?
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    Price check for a friend on a colt trooper mkV in .357

    The Mark V is much less common than the more numerous Mark III revolvers.
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    Found a bullet

    It looks like that tree had its lungs shot out.
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    Arrest at the Tops in Buffalo, NY for two BB guns

    He did not get "arrested". He was sent for a mental evaluation.
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    The Gun Show thread

    Selection was OK. Many of the same dealers that you see at the larger gun shows. I don't know about CC.
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    The Gun Show thread

    I just got back from the Rochester show. Plenty of dealers, but the place was a ghost town. Hardly anyone in the aisles. A dealer told me it was a lack of advertising. Usually Saturday is the busy day.
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    Trapping to survive

    Trapping makes sense. Back in pre-contact days Native people relied on trapping for much of their protein.
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    10 stabbed to death and 15 more hurt in Canada

    When knives are outlawed, only butchers will have knives.
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    The Gun Show thread

    Rochester gun show, it's back!
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    Will gun ranges have to post "guns allowed" signs?

    Come September 1, will gun ranges be posting the signs? The whole idea seems comical. Let's hope the judicial system makes this moot.
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    Target Sports USA

    +1 for TSUSA! A great company to work with.
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    Henry Big Boy

    That Henry is nice, but I'm not about to give up my Rossi lever gun. I might buy a Henry outright.
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    Ithaca deerslayer value?

    C'mon folks, it's spelled ITHACA.
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    S&W 629 vs Colt Anaconda

    629 for the win.
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    What is your dumbest or most useless firearm related purchase?

    *Handgun rugs* I like my handgun soft cases - rugs - for carrying pistols to the range. I keep guns in Bore Store cases in the safe. They are great, but a bit fugly for the range.
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