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Louisville KY show
Feb 17th, 2025 at 2:56pm
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Anyone going, is there anything of interest there?,,,Thanks!
  
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Re: Louisville KY show
Reply #1 - Feb 17th, 2025 at 4:23pm
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Never been to it, but friends who have tell me it was a great show.
  

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Re: Louisville KY show
Reply #2 - Feb 19th, 2025 at 8:03pm
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It has been a while, so this may be dated.....

You might want to visit the show on Saturday. I went to the show on Sunday and there were a lot of vendors packing up. Talked with the organizer and they seemed unconcerned.   We were a little disappointed after driving down from Indy and the high parking fee.
  
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Re: Louisville KY show
Reply #3 - Feb 24th, 2025 at 9:26am
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Well, We went to the Louisville show on Saturday. It was held at the Louisville,  Kentucky Fair & Expo center. This is a huge expo center with many rooms. There were actually 2 gun shows going on and a huge flea market. The parking was $15 a car. The one show was a historical military show, $12 fee. It had everything from the Civil War to present. Lots of accessories, clothing, uniforms, bayonetts, swords and helmets, etc and a gatling gun. There were some guns, but they were mostly military type weapons. This show was being held Thurs, Fri and Sat. We spent about an hour there before we went to the 2nd show. It was $15 to get in but it was more to our liking. Lots a vintage firearms. There were three original Sharps rifle on one table, one was a 50-90 with heavy barrel. I got to handle an 8 bore percussion elephant rifle. there were a few "plasic" guns there but not many. We spent most of the day there. I didn't buy anything but my Son bought three military guns. I would probably go back, it sure breaks up the boredom of winter!!! 
  
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Re: Louisville KY show
Reply #4 - Mar 31st, 2025 at 4:36pm
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We went to Louisville about 15 years in a row prior to Covid. At first there were well over 1500 tables and the aisles were packed with walk ins. Over the years the number of tables declined a little and the  walk in crowd shrank quite a bit 
How many tables do you think they had and how large was the  walk in crowd?
We went for the military show and the gun show never made it to the flea market 
Have not gone since Covid just wondering if it still is as good as it used to be.
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Re: Louisville KY show
Reply #5 - Apr 1st, 2025 at 9:37am
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Both shows had a good number of tables, and the crowd was adequate. Not overcrowded, but I hate those shows when you can't get down the isle.
  
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