Big airgun show next weekend in Fresno CA

[eeler1]

Ladies, gentlemen, and airgunners, the mother of all airgun shows west of the Sierra Nevada range is about to begin.

We have lots of stuff going on. The TV show American Airgunner will be there to film the event for a show next season. We have 3 short ranges, one for Field Target, one for 10 meter 3 position, and the Crosman range just to shoot in. Sorry, no big bore shooting, but the rest should be ok.

We have airgun repair classes taught by factory-trained master airgunsmith Randy Bimrose. There are four sessions, covering the Diana/RWS 34 (plus bonus section on Record trigger unit); Sheridan Streak; Cros. 150 pistol; and FWB 300. Space is still available if you want to get some formal training in repairing airguns.

We have a demonstration with replicas of the historic Girandoni Austrian military rifle in .457 cal, and of the Lukens Philadelphia rifle. Martih Orro actually builds these guns today, and knows the workings intimately. If you have ever wondered about how they were filled, loaded, or shot, or the mechanisms involved, this is your chance to find out.

Oh, and a raffle to die for!!!! The Saturday Grand Prize is a Sam Yang Dragon Claw rifle in .50 cal. plus a tin of bullets? pellets? projectiles? so you can actually shoot it when you get home. Sunday Grand Prize is the new Air Force TalonP pistol, with the new trigger unit, almost like a carbine but with that tactical effect that so many are drawn to. You know you have a deep raffle when an RWS 350 or Webley Raider or Mac-1 Bugout kit didn't make it as the grand prize. We'll be giving away our sponsors stuff all day both days.

If that ain't enough, there is a regional gun show going on at the same fairgrounds at the same time, so you powderburner guys can kill two birds with one stone.

I've heard complaints that it is too far to drive. And that from guys in Sacramento and the SF Bay Area. Well, all I can say is that you are not bonafide if you can't drive a few hours to attend the only airgun show on the west coast. We have people coming from Ohio and New York, and Ron Sauls is driving all the way from S. Carolina thru the snow and highway closures and all of that bad weather in the mid-west. Sacramento is too far?

Check out the web site; www.pacificairgunexpo.com for details and information. Bring the kids (kids under 12 are free, as are scouts/JROTC/campfire in uniform) and let them try 10 meter olympic style 3 position shooting under supervision of the Selma and Fresno JROTC programs. This show supports these programs, and helps keep youth competitive airgun shooting alive in this country.

Less than a week until Showtime. I still have a few aisle tables left, you can register online at the web site. Two days admission for two people, the vendor gathering on Friday night, and a chance to offer your surplus airguns and items for sale to what we expect will be a pretty big crowd. Not a bad deal for $65. If you are on the fence, don't wait much longer.

Or, just stop by and check it out. Should be a great show.

Thank you, Jon Brooks

[ModestoPete]

I will try to make it.