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Given that the show is no longer in a rural location (Stoneleigh) but on the outskirts of Birmingham (NEC), should you now wear urban camo when attending?

TomH wrote:Given that the show is no longer in a rural location (Stoneleigh) but on the outskirts of Birmingham (NEC), should you now wear urban camo when attending?

Given its Birmingham, I'd more inclined to wear some body armour............

Not the shooting show but the Shot Show - in Vegas next month.

Been on my bucket list for some time and finally going.

breacher wrote:Not the shooting show but the Shot Show - in Vegas next month.

Been on my bucket list for some time and finally going.

A lot of walking, it’s huge.

TomH wrote:Given that the show is no longer in a rural location (Stoneleigh) but on the outskirts of Birmingham (NEC), should you now wear urban camo when attending?

Does this mean you have to figure in another £8 - £10 for the car park? This has been the norm for every event I've attended at the NEC.

Redcat

The BSS at Stoneleigh Park was heading into oblivion, so it was with mixed feelings that I bought an advance ticket a few months back for the new venue. I'm still not sure whether I'll go or not.

The Northern SS was OK in the first year, but I wasn't impressed last year. Perhaps I've just outgrown these shows?

redcat wrote:Does this mean you have to figure in another £8 - £10 for the car park? This has been the norm for every event I've attended at the NEC.
Redcat

The car parking is free - supposedly.

Brit Shooting Shows are a good day out for shooters in the winter months - nothing more. Go with that in mind and you'll have a good day out. At least you can buy stuff - unlike the Shot Show or IWA in Germany. Moving the Show to the NEC should be a great improvement and, if we want a good shooting show we need to support it.

Even the Vegas Shot Show - though massive - is largely hunting stuff and stuff we can't have - i.e. semi-auto rifles and pistols. The layout is crap - cramped in terrible halls with poor food outlets and little seating. Much of the Show is in the hotel's dining and conference rooms. It's a nightmare to find your way around as most of the stand numbers are on the floor! Vegas is great though!

At least IWA is in a modern exhibition centre - roomy airy, good food etc - it's now as big as the Shot Show and even the big American companies - like Leupold etc - have much bigger stands at IWA.

redcat wrote:

TomH wrote:Given that the show is no longer in a rural location (Stoneleigh) but on the outskirts of Birmingham (NEC), should you now wear urban camo when attending?

Does this mean you have to figure in another £8 - £10 for the car park? This has been the norm for every event I've attended at the NEC.

Redcat

£12.00 these days.

The Gun Pimp wrote:Brit Shooting Shows are a good day out for shooters in the winter months - nothing more. Go with that in mind and you'll have a good day out. At least you can buy stuff - unlike the Shot Show or IWA in Germany. Moving the Show to the NEC should be a great improvement and, if we want a good shooting show we need to support it.

Even the Vegas Shot Show - though massive - is largely hunting stuff and stuff we can't have - i.e. semi-auto rifles and pistols. The layout is crap - cramped in terrible halls with poor food outlets and little seating. Much of the Show is in the hotel's dining and conference rooms. It's a nightmare to find your way around as most of the stand numbers are on the floor! Vegas is great though!

At least IWA is in a modern exhibition centre - roomy airy, good food etc - it's now as big as the Shot Show and even the big American companies - like Leupold etc - have much bigger stands at IWA.

Agree with all that, to add, Vegas is now mad money in terms of substance, in the shot a show a bottle of water and a snicker bar was £8! And the food concessions there are just dire, inedible. I’m missing this year and going to iwa instead.