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Jan 8th, 2026 at 9:32am
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Anyone here go to their shows in Allentown, Pa? Their focus is on antique and military firearms with no jerky or pickles.
It's a 1 1/2 hour drive but I'm likely going to the next show in February. I expect to be overwhelmed by both selections and prices but IDK. What say you?

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Reply #1 - Jan 8th, 2026 at 10:31am
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With your travel time, I would go to the show. Yea you might see pickles but mostly its old stuff. Half of the show of so is old military, the other half is other older guns and such. Its a 4 plus hour drive for me and I try to get down there a few times a year. Rarely buy anything but often see a number of things nice to look at.
If you have GPS navagation in your car, its pretty easy to get to. Paper map, a little harder but not impossible. 
As a bit of an added bonus, take a cooler as across the street is a Farmers market. Well worth the time to walk through. I keep forgetting my cooler but have seen a lot of very nice produce in there. 
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Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2026 at 8:16pm
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I went to the show today, Valentines Day as it were, and all I can say is... wow. Not a single pickle or strip of jerky to be seen. But lots of old stuff. Everything from Garands to original Brown Bess muskets and much more. There was a nice sprinkling of modern firearms too. Two halls of very interesting stuff.
I went with the intent to find a reasonably priced shooter grade #2 Remington rolling block rifle and am happy to say that I found my thrill, a decent example in one of my favorite calibers, 32-20 WCF. The gentleman I bought it from had two beautiful Stevens rifles, a 44 1/2 in 32-40 and a 44 in that ridiculously long 25-25 cartridge. Both were with beautifully case hard receivers but were a little out of my league, money wise.
The #2 was the only one seen so I guess it was meant to be.
Afterwards I found a rather nice Hepburn, marked 38 on the barrel, the seller had no idea of the exact cartridge or whether it was a rimfire of centerfire rifle. The chamber looked like a straight walled case but IDK. Nice rifle that showed its age. My funds were depleted so it remained on the table. 
That show was definitely worth the hour forty minute drive.

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Been going for about 10 years. About a hour & forty five minutes away. It was better 10 years ago. As Sam said, alot of military stuff now. I really enjoy talking with Gary Quinlan. He has the best stuff. Really a nice guy. But, to me, prices are kinda high on some items. But what's new. It's a gun show.  Dale.
  

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