Big Reno Show

Cool gun show if you want to look at some hard to find antique guns. Prices aren't great 95% of the time in line with gun broker +++ ammo isn't really being sold cheap here either. If you enjoy vintage Winchester guns and just want a chance to see some cool ones in person it's pretty cool. Alot of cool silver and turquoise native American style jewelry forsale here as well. I enjoy the show alot but don't go expecting to buy much more like a trip to the museum.

March 2020 show hosted in the Nugget You can find some interesting old, one-of-a-kind muskets and other black powder firearms with some history behind them, but not much past about 1930, and what was past that date was small in number. Venue was pretty small. So small that the organizers probably alienated half of the local vendors with booth fees since space was a premium. I was in and out in 30 minutes when I can usual spend multiple days in a show. There simply wasn't anything "big" about the Big Reno Show.

Absolutely awful! Do not waste your time or money coming to this show. There were half as many exhibitors as proclaimed on their website. My wife and I bought passes for the entire show because I had been to the big Reno show when it was at the Hilton and it took a couple days to go through. We were in and out in 1 hour. When I asked the ticketing people about a refund for the weekend pass, because I had seen the entire show in one day, I was told that it was my responsibility to know how long I was going to be there and buy the appropriate ticket. As if I was supposed to know that the promoters misrepresented the size of the show and outright lied to the consumers. I didn’t know but hopefully reading this review will give others some insight into the poor business practices of the organizers of this show. Buyer be ware and it it were me, just stay away.

This is not a large or modern gun show. I recall it once being much larger than it is now in 2019 but I've not attended for over ten years so maybe I'm misremembering. It's also fairly expensive to visit as a customer, with $10 parking plus $12 entrance fee. I think customers should enter at no cost, and parking should be free. The vendors who are selling their merchandise should cover the cost of the event. There were zero reps or manufacturers of any firearm or related items. The show was mostly collectors displaying assortments of old firearms, knives, and various trinkets. Felt like a large pawn shop rummage sale. A few modern rifles, handguns, and accessories around but not many.

Pay $18 to have vendors sell you what you can buy down the street at Scheels or Sportsmans Warehouse for Half the price! A bunch of highly over priced wall hangers (antiques, many that are NOT really even antiques but really beaten up replicas). Ammo more expensive then over the counter at local stores, CCI Percussion caps for as much as Three Times you can buy them just blocks away. Even modern handguns they want $100 to $200 MORE then local gun and sporting stores are selling them for. Sorry, I will NOT be attending this one again.