Read This Gun Thread...

[C3C6 Norm]

Gots some ball less folks.

http://www.huntingpa.com/forums/ubbt...Number=2925835

[BJC99Hardtop]

Looks like my plans for 2/2 just changed. I am either not going to that show, or will be there with a picket sign in my hands.

[XQIZT]

Boil this all the way down to the basic element...I am willing to bet that an analysis was done and a business decision was come to where they feel this was the most advantageous way to go. Free markets are a bitch when they cut against what you feel you should be getting, ain't they?

[Vette_Newb]

Originally Posted by XQIZT

Boil this all the way down to the basic element...I am willing to bet that an analysis was done and a business decision was come to where they feel this was the most advantageous way to go. Free markets are a bitch when they cut against what you feel you should be getting, ain't they?

No, free markets are never bitch.. until you buck them. I personally think these guys pissed down their leg.. what kind of morons would exclude the biggest segment of their market?

[XQIZT]

Originally Posted by Vette_Newb

No, free markets are never bitch.. until you buck them. I personally think these guys pissed down their leg.. what kind of morons would exclude the biggest segment of their market?

I wondered the same thing....so when obvious answers fail...go to the default....follow the money. That's the only explanation.

[rickv]

I'm pretty sure Reed Exhibition (the company that puts on the show) is a British company. So they could really care less what the 2nd ammendment means to us as Americans.

[blckslvr79]

Originally Posted by rickv

I'm pretty sure Reed Exhibition (the company that puts on the show) is a British company. So they could really care less what the 2nd ammendment means to us as Americans.

That explains a lot.

[XQIZT]

Originally Posted by rickv

I'm pretty sure Reed Exhibition (the company that puts on the show) is a British company. So they could really care less what the 2nd ammendment means to us as Americans.

Good enough....didn't stop droves of gun lovers from showing up and making purchases before this latest hubbub.

[BJC99Hardtop]

Originally Posted by XQIZT

Free markets are a bitch when they cut against what you feel you should be getting, ain't they?

I think your understanding of the shooting and hunting market is a little undernourished. The hunters and the guys who buy ARs are the same guys.

Immediately following Sandyhook, Dicks Sporting Goods stopped selling AR's. All of the guys I shoot with immediately stopped doing business with them. One of those guys spent $8K in 2012 on shotgun shells alone. The rest of us spent about half that.

The free market will speak when the first quarter numbers come out for these companies.

[Vette_Newb]

Must see video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=gsr_3PEATaw

[BJC99Hardtop]

So many vendors and celebrities have pulled out of this event. Cabelas, the largest sponsor of the show, has pulled out.

This show will be a ghost town.

[XQIZT]

Originally Posted by BJC99Hardtop

I think your understanding of the shooting and hunting market is a little undernourished. The hunters and the guys who buy ARs are the same guys.

Immediately following Sandyhook, Dicks Sporting Goods stopped selling AR's. All of the guys I shoot with immediately stopped doing business with them. One of those guys spent $8K in 2012 on shotgun shells alone. The rest of us spent about half that.

The free market will speak when the first quarter numbers come out for these companies.

No. I said what I meant. Free market...meaning that a business does what it needs to do for the sake of itself, NOT for caring about it customers/employees/etc. Does anyone here REALLY think that they didn't see this backlash coming (meaning loss of money)? So then why do it? There's gotta be more to this.

[BJC99Hardtop]

The following is a list of companies and celebrities who backed out of the show as a result of the OP. I think the free market is speaking.

Vendors Pulled Out
2 Million Bullets
24/7 Hunting TV
Alaska’s Ravencroft Lodge
Alaskan Outdoors TV
Ambush Firearms
American Whitetails of PA
Antler Insanity
Apex Tactical
Appalachian Big Game TV
Arrowhead Outdoors
Athens Archery
Atlantic Tactical
Avian X Decoys
Bangin Redhedz Turkey Gear
Bear Archery
Blitz TV
Blue Rock Outfitters
Bohning Archery
Boondock Outdoors
Bow Hunter’s Den
Bow Life, LLC
BowHunter Planet
Bowhunting.com
Cabela’s
Camo Addiction
Campbell Cameras
CanCooker
Cochrane River Outfitters
Cody Turkey Calls
Cold Steel Knives
Combative Edge
Continental Divide Outfitters
Cross Canyon Arms
Cutting Edge Bullets
Darkwoods Blind
DCVR
Dead Ringer
Deer and Deer Hunting.com
Direct Action Tactical Firearms
Dirty Dog Outdoors
Domari Nolo Defense Consulting
Dominance is Everything Hunting System
Dominator 365
Down N Dirty Outdoors
Driven TV
Droptine Outfitters
DuckWater Boats
Eastern Chapter Wild Sheep Foundation
Eastern Outdoors
Easton Bow Hunting
Excalibur Crossbow US, Inc
Farmland Trophies Outfitting
Fear No Evil
Field Proven Calls
Firearms Industry Consulting Group
Flatline Productions
Foiles Migrators, Inc
Forbes Turkey Calls
FOXPRO High Performance Game Calls
Full Circle Outdoors
Furtakers TV
Ghost River Outfitters – Alberta
Gone Wild Outdoors
Goodling Rifles
Gut N Tag, LLC
H.S. Specialities
Heartland Whitetails
Hevi-Shot
High Lonesome Outfitters
HookHunt
Hoyt Archery Inc
Hunter Safety Systems
Hunter Specialties w/ Rick White
Hunters and Guides Connection
Hunters Comfort, LLC
Hunter’s Specialties
Huntin’ Is Good! TV
IceHole Coolers
International Bowhunting Organization
Iron Kin Hunt Club
IScope
J & M Traditions
Keystone Country Store
Keystone Elk Country Alliance
King of the Mountain Inc.
Kinsey’s Outdoors
Kodabow
Lancaster Archery Supply
Major League Bowhunter
Men in Treestands Productions
Midwest Whitetail Adventures
Mindful of Nature LLC
Mountain Dog Chews
Muddy Outdoors
Muskie Moose, LLC
NasHunt Outdoors
Nature Blinds, LLC
NasHunt Outdoors
Northern Hideaway Outfitters
Northern Outdoor Lodge
Northern Wilderness Outfitters
Old Goat Outdoors
Open Season TV
Outdoor Channel Outfitters
Outdoor Edge Knives
Outdoor Specialist Grou
Outdoorsnative.com
Ozonics Hunting
PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs
PA Taxidermist Association, Inc
Pat Strawser Custom Calls
Pennsylvania Trappers Assoc.
Perry’s No Peep Archery Site
Pipeline Ridge Hunting Preserve
Primal Urge Outdoors
Primos Hunting Calls
Proc’s Huntin Buddy
PSE Archery
Radical Hunter
Ranew’s Outdoor Equipment
Red Star Arms
Revolution Hunting
Rhino Outdoors
Rougeaux Taxidermy
Ruger
S & W Outfitter
SecureIt Tactical
Skull Shine
Smith & Wesson
Southern Game Calls
Spook Span
Sportsmen of North America TV
State Line Bone Mine
Staudt’s Gun Shop
Stay Ready Inc
Stokerized Stabilizers
Susquehanna River Waterfowlers Assoc
Table Mountain Outfitters
Team Overkill
The Bear Whisperer
The Outdoor Loop
The State Line Bone Mine a NW Missouri and Iowa outfitter
The Warmbag
Timberline Outfitters
TNT Archery
Tough Country
Trijicon, Inc
Triple Mag TV
Trop Gun Shop
Turnbull Manufacturing
U Slide Bow Hunter
Ultimate Camo
Umax Outdoors
Upper Canyon Outfitters
Wallaston Lake Lodge
Tex Mex Outdoors
The Warmbag
Watson Air Lock
Watt’s Truck Center
Whitetail Bosses
Whitetail Freaks
Whitetail Heaven Outdoors
Whitewolfsurvivalsupply.com
Wired Outdoors
Woodcock Limited of Pennsylvania
X-Stand Treestands
Zink Calls
Zook Cabins

Speaker / Celebrites Pulled Out
Abner Druckenmiller – Furtakers TV
Angie & Scott Denny – THE LIFE at Table Mountain
Blaine Anthony, The Bear Whisperer
Bob Folkrod
Bob Mercier
Chris Brackett
Eddie Salter
Fred Eichler – Fulldraw Outfitters
Jay Gregory
Jim and Eva Shockey
Larry Weishuhn
Lee & Tiffany Lakosky “The Crush“
Matt Morett
Michael Waddell
Pat & Nicole Reever
Ralph & Vicki Cianciarulo – Archers Choice
Stan Potts
The Bone Collector
Tom Dokken
Trent Cole

[92Roadster]

....never heard of any of those celeb's

....and some of the names of those companies are just
waving a "red flag"...

Ambush Firearms
Atlantic Tactical
Cutting Edge Bullets
Down N Dirty Outdoors
Team Overkill

..is there any companies left that are going.....

[Vette_Newb]

Originally Posted by 92Roadster

....never heard of any of those celeb's

....and some of the names of those companies are just
waving a "red flag"...

Ambush Firearms
Atlantic Tactical
Cutting Edge Bullets
Down N Dirty Outdoors
Team Overkill

..is there any companies left that are going.....

I found it interesting that Cabella's pulled out, I think they were a primary sponsor of the show.