I had a good show and here is some others that made it enjoyable. Lee Shaver and wife, Dan, Bruce Nelson, Greg Tryon, John Noe  , Jason Brewer and Rodney behind the camera.

Had a great time, didn't come home completely broke 

It was Mr. Noe's first trip to the big show and his head is still spinning    I feel we have him addicted to the single shot game and with his machining skills there's a good chance he'll contribute to the eye candy we all look at and for.   
Greg

Why wasn’t I born rich instead of so darn handsome? 

It’s a two day trip from Central VA to Tulsa by car, and I can’t afford a Lear Jet, so like Vall, it’s on my bucket list, but more and more looking less and less like I’ll ever get there. 

Sounds like you had a pretty good show, Rodney. I hope you saved those two levers we talked about in the PM right before you left.  BTW, what do you have these days in the way of a catalog or website?  I can’t seem to find anything current.   

BTW, I first fell in love with your stuff many years ago while visiting Ken Hurst.  He had either a Redfield or Farrow action (IIRC) he had gotten assembled and ready to engrave and finish building and I was fascinated.  Recently our buddy moodyholler showed me one of your Ballard receivers he was working on and my passion was reignited. 

Looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Charlie the Frog

As spiffy as it gets. I really like the checkering pattern, and they hold/hang like a Ballard. A beautiful rifle, and extremely well done.

It’s two days’ drive from Arizona, too, but it is well worth the time and effort.  Tulsa is a nice city, easy to get around in.  The show is gigantic; a statistical universe where you have a 100% chance of finding something of interest.  Plus, of course, a ton of stuff to see that often isn’t even found in books.

Somebody had COL Whelen’s Ideal Armory loading set, with all the accessories and documentation.  (I didn’t even know he had an Ideal Armory set, but there it was, in all its Japanned cast-iron glory.)  More Ballards, Sharps and Winchester SSs than you could shake a stick at.  I probably walked 20 miles over the two days.  Hiking in the outdoors tires me out rather quickly, but hiking at gun shows is no problem.  I finished up tired, sore and happy, happy, happy.

I didn’t realize until too late that a VIP Badge is available so you can go in Friday as well as Saturday and Sunday.  With the extra day, you might have a chance of seeing the “whole” show.  As it is, people still have their tables covered Saturday morning, and are packing up and leaving Sunday, and it takes a solid 8 hours to walk the whole show, so it’s impossible to see everything.

The only downside is the snowstorm I always seem to encounter on the 40 when I go home.  I was glad to see the Michigan winter driving techniques I learned in my youth pop right back in play when the car starts skidding around.  Not to mention the adrenaline.

Had to miss this one, actually missed the last two years, but went for about 15 years before that! Hope to make the April, 23 show! Always enjoy Tony’s table of fine guns and Ron Peterson’s tables! Seems I alway manage to pick up something. Found an old Ballard for my collection in 2019 from a guy from California. It was a number #8, Union Hill. Someone had put what looked like a construction grade 2x4 stock on it and crudely carved to resemble a Ballard stock. I remembered a Union Hill stock set that I had bought from Gary Quinlan about 5 years earlier, turned out it was a perfect match! I bargained  on it from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon before we came together on a price. 
I bought a gorgeous Ballard #10 Junior there about 10 years ago from a gentleman from Iowa. It has a beautiful stock on it unlike any I’ve ever seen before. Always something at Tulsa that will interest you—- and me!

Richard Carlson