British Shooting Show, Newark

[Simon]

Anyone here visiting next weekend?

Cheers,

Simon.

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[conec]

Anyone here visiting next weekend?

Cheers,

Simon.

Well, the only hint I got from your post was the "cheers". You're talking Newark in the UK, not New Jersey USA?

[Thunderbox]

I'll be there with a few rifles. For UK HBSA-ers/LERA types, "Smith Arms" will be there with a range of historic military firearms.

[Simon]

Well, the only hint I got from your post was the "cheers". You're talking Newark in the UK, not New Jersey USA?

Yep Newark UK. I thought "British Shooting Show" might have been enough of a clue

Cheers,

Simon.

[Thunderbox]

Perhaps they habitually shoot Brits in Newark, NJ?

[Alan de Enfield]

Went a couple of years ago and apart from Thunderbox's stand there was only a couple or three Enfields to be seen.

The show is huge (by UK Shooting standards) and had to wait in line for about an hour to get in.
There are only so many variations of green wellies and waxed jackets and after three or four halls of them you give up the will to live

Never again.

[Gingercat]

I'll be there on Saturday. I think the 'classic' arms area has grown in the last few years and it's nice hunting for and sorting through the odd vintage rifle on the more general dealers' racks too. I found my all matching 1917 SSA SMLE there last year, in amongst much more modern stuff on a dealer's rack.

(Certainly needed wellies last year - I think poor 'SmithArms' awoke to find WW1 conditions of standing water on his dealer floor!)

All the best

Mike

[Thunderbox]

I understand that, this year, we are all in one enormous marquee, and that there are quite a few more firearms stands grouped together.

They could do with cutting out about 50% of the (made in China) "English country clothing" stands, though.....

[conec]

Perhaps they habitually shoot Brits in Newark, NJ?

Bollocks! I must have been half asleep thinking it was anywhere but the UK.

And no, they don't habitually shoot Brits in Newark, NJ, they habitually shoot everybody in Newark...

[Simon]

I'll be manning the "Lovat Societies" display of Sniping weapons.

Say hello if you're in the neighborhood you never know there may be spare beer or two on offer for the price of donation to Help for Heroes.

Cheers,

Simon.

P.S. I'm no longer the Lard Arse in my profile pic