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SAR East Gun Show is Back!

SAR Staff by SAR Staff
August 2, 2022
in Articles, Articles by Issue, Event Coverage, Search by Issue, V20N1 (Jan 2016), Volume 20
SAR East Gun Show is Back!
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The Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex’s Expo†Hall†provided generous space for the show’s nearly 1000 tables and more than 200 vendors, as well as†remarkable “walk up museum” displays of exotic vintage†armaments. Closest to the camera, filling some 18 black-draped tables and†supplemented by a lineup of tripod and†wheel mounted†weaponry, Robert Starer’s Historic Arms Corp. provided visitors with an up close and personal look at his extraordinary collection, brought all the way from Virginia Beach, Virginia. HistoricArms@Verizon.net

By Robert Bruce

SAR’s formula for its sponsored shows – combining regular weapons with machine guns and much more – has long been an enormous success for dealers and attendees of the SAR West mega-shows. This concept has traveled quite well to the East Coast as seen in Robert Bruce’s look at some highlights from our Harrisburg, Pennsylvania event.

“The Harrisburg location is ideal and well known to the Class III and ‘Black Rifle’ community, so we think that this will give both sponsors of the show a chance to grow, just like we did with SAR West in Phoenix.” Dan Shea- Editor-in-Chief, Small Arms Review

Ideal indeed, not only for enthusiasts of exotic weaponry, but most everyone with an interest in firearms, the newly-activated SAR East show both promised and delivered the goods.

For three days beginning on the afternoon of June 19th, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s most strategically-located city, was ground zero for a multi-state tribal gathering of aficionados of vintage and modern weaponry including machine guns, mortars, silencers, black rifles, and plenty more.

The enormous Expo Hall of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex became both a “walk right up museum” and a 950 table shopping bazaar for more than 4,000 customers buying everything from A(mmo) to Z(ombie targets) offered by 225 vendors.

Noting how it was patterned on the enormously successful fifteen year run of the annual SAR West shows in Phoenix, Arizona, Debbie Shea, General Manager of Chipotle Publishing LLC, said that all the essential elements for a successful launch came together.

“We get so many requests for an SAR East show,” she said, “and we have really wanted to do it, but we needed the right partner to ensure that the show would be a success from the start. Steve and Annette Elliott (C&E Gun Shows/Showmasters) finally had an opening in a venue we all thought could allow for the growth.”

Echoing the optimism of both Sheas, show partner Steve Elliott offered his insight into how both personal and professional relationships can drive good business decisions.

From left to right: John Robledo, Deborah Shea, and Daniel Shea at the SAR Table.

“I’ve been long time friends with Dan and Debbie as well as Bob Templeton at Crossroads of the West who runs the SAR West event,” Elliott said. “They’ve had a great success with that so I approached them about doing a show on the East coast.”

Chipotle Publishing, the parent company of Small Arms Review as well as Small Arms Defense Journal, handled the Class III and ‘Black Rifle’ section, while East coast partner C&E Gun Shows/Showmasters brought in vendors from near and far selling “regular firearms,” parts, accessories, ammo, gun books, militaria, and more.

(Author’s Note to Gun Haters reading this feature article for hysteria-mongering purposes: Everything offered for viewing and for sale at the show is fully legal. All dealers/displayers/vendors have the necessary papers and permits and all buyers have to comply with all local, state and federal legal requirements. Not only is this strictly enforced by the show’s promoters, but BATFE was there with an informational booth and – of course – discreet walk arounds).

Left: Scott Erwin of Erwins Firearms and HM Defense, shows HM15 variants with their distinctively marked, precision fit, matched full billet upper and lower receivers. hmdefense.com Center: Among the unusual offerings from Neil Smith of Mentor, Ohio, is this Arsenal Firearms double barrel M1911 .45. Yours for a mere $6000. Right: Summit Ordnance†offers your choice of M134 miniguns – gun kit for $38 K or ready to go at $40K. But wait, there’s more! They also have the ideal accessory as seen in the movie PREDATOR; a generous sized, belted ammo-carrying backpack with chute feed. Email 9am180@gmail.com

Slide Show

Take a virtual tour of highlights from the 2015 SAR East show by viewing the slide show linked on the SAR website www.smallarmsreview.com: Click “https://www.smallarmsreview.com/archive/reference.10-2015.cfm#10202015” for 167 images of many of the specific products mentioned below, along with notes including contact info for their purveyors, as well as some amusing odds and ends.

Guns, of course

Projectile pumpers large and small were offered aplenty, ranging from wickedly powerful and whisper-quiet airguns to grenade type launchers, machine guns, and even mortars and cannon.

Black rifles? All the well-known ones were there for sale at very favorable prices, along with interesting entries from HM Defense and Rev Arms. Shy? Get a no-paperwork 80% finished AR receiver for a measly $79.99. Oh, and for that ultimate AR to star in your collection, don’t miss Dennis Todd’s battle-scarred “contractor bring-back” suppressed SR-25/Mk11 Mod 0.

Pistols? Pick ‘em up and get a feel for most everything from derringers to hand cannons. And if you want to win your bar bet every time, pull out proof that there really is a double barrel M1911 .45. Merely $6000 from Neil Smith.

Left: ArmaLaser’s Christy Pierce demonstrates how the “human-touch activated laser” instantly activates with no fumbling for a mechanical switch. Its†secret is the “FLX” touch sensor that adheres to the bottom of the trigger guard. armalaser.com Right: Mark Mann, “The Rifleman,” with his ultra-rare Colt CMG 3, a one-of-a-kind prototype. The gun is scheduled to be auctioned by the prestigious James D. Julia firm. theriflemanoffice@gmail.com and jamesdjulia.com

Entertainment

YouTube novelty gun video sensation “FPS Russia” was a human star at the show, on hand all three days schmoozing his many fans, posing for pictures and signing autographs. And if your boudoir needs a bit of help on the romantic side, one of his comely young assistants was selling plenty of “napalm and bacon” scented candles.

While certainly entertaining, the UTM show team’s innovative Civilian Target Ammunition and Portable Training Facility was definitely on the more serious side, providing free, hands-on, highly realistic marksmanship training to attendees.

Kyle Myers, better known to legions of Facebook fans and YouTube viewers as “Dimitri Potapoff – FPS Russia,” took a break from fan-meeting duty for a photo with Small Arms Review’s show team (left to right) John Robledo, “Dimitri,” Debbie and Dan Shea, The SAR team handed out thousands of free copies of the latest issues of SAR and Small Arms Defense Journal. smallarmsreview.com and facebook.com/FPSRUSSIA

Museum quality

Extensive displays by collectors and dealers of historical machine guns, artillery pieces and other exotica were also a big draw, giving show attendees two important benefits in contrast to traditional museum settings. First, no rope barriers and no annoying glass cases. Then, the opportunity to have questions expertly answered by owners or their RKI staffers.

Most folks are appreciative, but don’t give much of a thought to the expense and logistical hassles of bringing in a temporary ordnance museum populated by vintage classic guns with iconic names like Gatling, Hotchkiss, Lewis, Vickers, Maxim, Browning, and many more.

But the reality is that Curt Wolf of US Armament, Robert Starer of Historic Arms and others needed a small fleet of trucks and plenty of help to bring it all in and then take it all back home. On their own dime.

Prominent among too many treasures on display to note here was a crown jewel in Robert Starer’s already astonishing collection. His one of a kind “Midas Thompson” is a Model 1921A that’s beautifully engraved and inlaid with 24 karat gold, and has been a famous NFA collector’s piece for half a century.

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A: Curt Wolf’s extensive display of items available from US Armament Corp. included this impressive artillery piece and its horse-drawn limber, trucked in from Ephrata, Pennsylvania. In addition to dealing in vintage ordnance, Wolf’s company manufactures museum quality reproductions of the classic Model Colt 1877 Bulldog Gatling as well as Gardner and Nordenfeldt Guns. usarmcorp.com B &C:The near-legendary “Midas Thompson,” as popularized in the July 1973 issue of GUNS AND AMMO, is now proudly owned by Robert Starer of Historic Arms Corp. This rare and extremely valuable gun was egraved and gold-inlaid by former Colt factory master craftsman Earl Bieu. HistoricArms@Verizon.net D: A British Mk II Lewis Gun, seen here tripod mounted, fitted with anti-aircraft sights and transported in the elaborately painted wooden case, was used as a training aid in WW1 by CPO J.E. Glover. HistoricArms@Verizon.net

Ammo

Without ammo, your firearm’s not much better than a dead pitbull, and this was the place to get the feed you need to keep it alive. Elusive .22 LR was readily available, and most everything else you want that’s ready-made or roll-your-own through .50 BMG caliber, 37mm and bigger. How much bigger? How about a 120mm tank projo from Bob Omsted….

If you are with us in counting fireworks as ammo then you’re in the right place. In addition to Doctor Tom’s Leather selling traditional 4th of July celebratory items, there were lots of spectacular pyrotechnic loads for 12 gauge shotguns and 37mm flare/grenade launchers, as well as Tannerite targets and quick-light tracers.

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A: Ammo, ammo everywhere, with multiple vendors offering everything from 120mm tank cannon projos to plastic BBs for your Airsoft arms. Trading under the evocative name of “Full Excavation,” this seller’s tables were loaded with lots of military and civilian ammo as well as a demil mortar, converted to black powder for no-hassle purchase and use. B: Dom Spano of D&T Arms offers semiauto Brownings in just the right size for all kinds of customers. That’s a Tippman .22 he’s holding over an M2 .50 and M1919 .30. Email domenickspano@yahoo.com C: William Ricca, known over decades for his multi-page ads in SHOTGUN NEWS and many other gun publications, soldiers on selling “real stuff” military surplus of all kinds. He’s understandably unhappy with often-shoddy foreign made knockoff items that others push. His sales offerings, like this lineup of US military grenade launchers, serve double duty to inform and educate. billricca.com D: Backed by a long, tall wall stocked with all manner of reloading components, Nichole Schacher of MACS Reloads and Reloading recommends IMR 4064 as a “good general purpose rifle powder.” No argument from most of us. macsreloading.com

More, more, more

SAR’s shows offer a full-immersion experience in the gun culture, featuring all kinds of directly related things like a bounteous array of holsters, day and night sights, lasers and lights, targets, spare parts and accessories including nifty items like bump-fire stocks.

Ancillary offerings include rare militaria, knives and knife sharpening devices, tactical clothing, gear and body armor, eye and ear pro, reference books, and survival essentials.

Also, just as important to the happiness and well-being of attendees including wives and kids, there are some interesting and amusing things ranging from practical to whimsical and even weird. Like jewelry, “Kalashnikitty” tee shirts, make-fun-of-liberals posters, and music CDs with all the WW2 German marching songs you ever wanted.

Hungry? In addition to the venue’s fast-food concession, individual vendors offered the obligatory jerky, and also nuts, deli meats, cheeses, and even an astonishing variety of pickles! Bon apetit!

Left: Jeff Strine of Stony Creek Co, sells quality vintage militaria. Along with uniforms, helmets, holsters, and insignia, he was offering a genuine Ordnance Corps master armorer’s kit for head spacing Springfields and Garands. Yours for just $900. stonycreek@kuhncom.net Center: Kristin DeVito of MIT USA uses their MagDump unloader to shuck rounds out of an AR15 mag so they can go back into the hopper of a MagPump for another loading demonstration. The MagPump is a cleverly designed†loose ammo loader for .223, 5.56 NATO, and .300 Blackout that quickly fills AR mags from loose cartridges, no matter which way they’re pointing in the hopper. mitusaman.com Right: You’ve read about ’em and seen them advertised, and Jordan Vinroe of JSD Supply had plenty of those somewhat controversial 80% completed receivers for AR 15s and 10s, 10-22s, M1911s, plus jig kits and thread adapters. No FFL hassles (until you ready to start on completing them, of course). jsdsupply.com

2016

Next year’s SAR East show promises to be even bigger and better. Once again in the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex, it will kick off a bit earlier; March 18 – 20. So visitors; mark your calendars and vendors; make your space reservations now.

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A: Dennis Todd has just what you need to satisfy that yearning for a certified combat-veteran Stoner SR-25 Mk11 Mod 0 from Knight’s Armament. Complete with suppressor, Leupold scope and carrying case. Email dtoddmg@aol.com B: Zahid Butt, Managing Director of Bounish Edge Tools, is justifiably proud of this example with distinctive Damascus steel blade and beautifully scrimshawed handle. bounisheedgetools.com C: Joe Piazza showed us some of the custom Kydex holsters and accessories made by Viper Holsters of Atglen, PA. Compare, he suggested, the comfortable and supple Viper (left in photo) with a common competitor. viperholsters.com D: Rob Lambrada, UTM’s Director of Training, prepares an attendee for his first live fire encounter with the company’s unique target shooting kit in an AR platform. The UTM show team brought their innovative Civilian Target Ammunition (CTA) and Portable Training Facility to the show, offering free, hands-on demonstrations to attendees. The special CTA cartridge uses a ball and piston system to send the plastic projectile downrange utmworldwide.com
Left: Krista and Aaron Reed of American Specialty Ammo have plenty of exotic flare and pyro cartridges and will be pleased to sell you a Spike’s Tactical Havoc 37mm launcher as well as a handy reloading kit to keep it fed. americanspecialtyammo.com Center: With literally thousands of titles he brings to gun shows, Scott Laird, proprietor of Scott’s Books in Columbia, Ohio, has something to inform, educate and amuse most everyone. Right: Warning against the influx of cheap and inferior armor from China and others, Jill and Norman Carolino of Defensive Products International take great pride in selling only highest quality body armor from top name manufacturers. bulletproofvestusa.com
This article first appeared in Small Arms Review V20N1 (January 2016)

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