Torontogosh
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Hey everyone,
I mentioned the Friends of the NRA Banquet briefly in another post, so I thought I would just give it it's own post.
Here's the deal, if you like guns, gun people, good deals, and supporting the future of our chosen hobby . . .then you really need to check these events out. The long story short is that on April 14th at the Shriners club in Summerville there is a banquet and auction to raise money for the "Friends of the NRA". This is a NRA supported, and volunteer driven event to raise money in SC for youth shooting sports. There are events all over the country, and SC alone has many regional events. I'm involved with the "Lowcountry Friends of the NRA", and we focus on our sliver of the state, but folks come from all over.
There are many awesome reasons to go, but here are just a few...
Last year I picked up a Taurus Tracker in 44 Mag and a Kahr CW9 for $75-$100 below retail during the auction.
There are many fun games where the prizes are guns. Picking up a new bang stick for $20.00 worth of tickets sure sounds fun.
There are folks from the local gun shops, training facilities, gun clubs and more. You might just make a new shooting friend!
Did I mention that the end game of all of this supports 4-H clubs, Boy Scouts, Jr ROTC programs, and many other youth shooting operations that badly need financial support ?
The forum could actually get its own table. Talk about good advertising to bring in new members!
Forum Supporters - This event is how I found out about the Ammo Dump and East Coast, and have almost exclusively shopped there ever since. That participation has shifted my money out of ATP and Trader World and into them.
I went 2 years ago, and had such a nice time, I have volunteered to help organize it last year and this year. Tickets are purchasable from East Coast or from the website.
http://www.friendsofnra.org/Events.aspx?sid=42&sc=SC
I mentioned the Friends of the NRA Banquet briefly in another post, so I thought I would just give it it's own post.
Here's the deal, if you like guns, gun people, good deals, and supporting the future of our chosen hobby . . .then you really need to check these events out. The long story short is that on April 14th at the Shriners club in Summerville there is a banquet and auction to raise money for the "Friends of the NRA". This is a NRA supported, and volunteer driven event to raise money in SC for youth shooting sports. There are events all over the country, and SC alone has many regional events. I'm involved with the "Lowcountry Friends of the NRA", and we focus on our sliver of the state, but folks come from all over.
There are many awesome reasons to go, but here are just a few...
Last year I picked up a Taurus Tracker in 44 Mag and a Kahr CW9 for $75-$100 below retail during the auction.
There are many fun games where the prizes are guns. Picking up a new bang stick for $20.00 worth of tickets sure sounds fun.
There are folks from the local gun shops, training facilities, gun clubs and more. You might just make a new shooting friend!
Did I mention that the end game of all of this supports 4-H clubs, Boy Scouts, Jr ROTC programs, and many other youth shooting operations that badly need financial support ?
The forum could actually get its own table. Talk about good advertising to bring in new members!
Forum Supporters - This event is how I found out about the Ammo Dump and East Coast, and have almost exclusively shopped there ever since. That participation has shifted my money out of ATP and Trader World and into them.
I went 2 years ago, and had such a nice time, I have volunteered to help organize it last year and this year. Tickets are purchasable from East Coast or from the website.
http://www.friendsofnra.org/Events.aspx?sid=42&sc=SC
