We have two shows here locally. One is the big, flashy one which is owned and operated by the main vendor within. You will see miles and miles of generic, black, plastic pistols at full retail price being hawked to the unknowing and little else.
The other one is a somewhat smaller affair within which are many private sellers, lots of milsurps, handcrafted leather goods, and, yes, beef jerky.
I avoid the big one, but try to hit the little guys when I can. Ive found all sorts of strange and wonderful stuff there, including bayonets, obsolete pistol magazines, rare ammo, and whole guns.
The coolest thing Ive probably seen was a guy just casually strolling around with a Reising SMG over his shoulder looking for a cash sale with no paperwork. He may very well have been an ATF agent, but who cares, I never thought Id ever see one let alone get to play with it. Didnt try to buy it, thats for sure!
At the last show they had a semi-auto, belt fed FN SAW, a couple of Barretts, lots of old Lugers and Nambus, and a table full of Pythons and M27s at fire sale prices- they had literally been in a house fire. Sold as is, lol!
I actually saw a Rogak too! The seller wanted $700. I didnt know if I was going to laugh, cry, or puke.......