Crossroads of the West Gun Show

Always new vendors, good prices, friendly people and I will be at the next one!

I will say I got a decent price on what I went there for. It was a local vendor, very small time and was hassle free. Got a great price. But it was literally buy from them or leave empty handed as the pricing for most items are easily beaten online, that is without factoring in the the $ 40 I paid for two of us to park and enter. Some people were actually selling for $ 100 – 150 more than you can easily find online for some new stuff. Roll your eyes, move on.
I wish certain gun people realized one party or one ideology does not have a monopoly on the hobby. Not everyone possesses them for the same reasons. Being an election year, the political groups were in full force. The non «gun show» stuff is quite annoying.
The people watching is fantastic, as is any event in this dumpy part of town, just magnified with the gun show experience. But overall, I don’t get why we pay so much to get in. Why not charge vendors more? Maybe they got tired of the window shopping, and only want shoppers in there, who knows.
There are some quality vendors, with helpful employees. so it isn’t all bad, and there is an incredible variety, great place to look for ideas of something you maybe never got to handle, or considered purchasing. There are deals to be had. Do your research online, and at your local stores, if you see a deal, go for it. If not, eat the $ 40 entrance fee and bail.

There were NO GUNS for sale at this stupid show. Really, a few old beat up antiques and that’s about it. STUPID. We went with cash in hand, ready to drop $ 1,200, and they had NOTHING. Maybe it’s because it was in California, but they should have told people they have NO GUNS before we went.

Arrived at the very end of the day on Sunday but still full $ 8 parking and full $ 16 entry (way overpriced), even though some vendors had started packing up. They won’t take the $ 1 coupon on your phone like virtually every other place on the planet so had to pay full price.
The vendors I was looking for either weren’t there or didn’t have what I wanted. All in all $ 24 flushed down the toilet and an hour of wasted driving while still noticing many of the prices are high.
The only people making out seem to be Crossroads, since they charge a steep admission and also charge the booth vendors. I say save your time and money, since you can most likely do better.
The sad part is that many of the vendors are great people and Crossroads is hurting their booth attendance with the ridiculous admission price. If they even cut the price down to $ 10, more people would come, causing the vendors to sell more.

$ 8 to park in the nearly empty parking lot, $ 16 per person to walk in the door. It cost us $ 40 to attend this gun show.
Never again will i spend my money at a crossroads of the west gun show. They don’t even charge this much in illinois to get in a gun show with the same crap for sale.
Do not waste your time and money going to these gun shows.

Sorely disappointed by this «gun show». The cost just to park and walk in is ridiculous. Tons of booths aren’t even selling anything related to firearms, and of the booths that do carry firearms, half of them are just packed with super-​tacticool ARs, AKs, or 500s/​870s.
None of the prices for anything — guns, ammo, knives, or random shit — seemed to stick out to me. There was very little variety as far as knives and guns go. If I wanted something so ordinary, I would’ve just gone back to Cabela’s or Shooter’s World — and they don’t charge $ 20+ to walk in the door.
What makes it even worse in my opinion is the super-​conservative sentiments being tossed around by a large portion of the vendors and attendees here. My rights as a gun owner are probably the most important to me of all political topics. But if gun owners want people to support that right, perhaps they shouldn’t be so closed-​minded when it comes to others’ political or religious ideologies, sexual orientation, etc. … Just sayin’.
I don’t think I’ll be going here again. Here in Arizona, gun shows are entirely pointless, anyway.

Great gun show in Phoenix. Lot’s of venders, not so many «junk tables» food was good by prices high.

Mostly junk. Shady sellers. Overpriced ammo. Less expensive at overpriced Cabela’s. Expensive to enter the event to look around. Stay away.

$ 17 bucks to get the permission to walk around and look at junk, vendors, and tactical booths? You got to be freakin kidding me. I’ve been to several of these gun shows and every time I go I ask myself why? I am writing this review to remind myself to never go again.
It used to be held at the fair grounds but is now held at University of Phoenix stadium. Same old junk, new venue. In case you’ve never been and are curious to what you are getting for almost 20 bucks I will break it down for you.
–Ammo that costs more than Cabelas from shady owners. A box of 100 rounds of 40 cal costs 39 at Cabelas and 45 here. A 50 round box costs $ 25. Why would I pay you more for the same ammo when Cabelas is across the street and doesn’t charge 17 bucks to walk into their store?
–Vendors selling anything from shock therapy gadgets, to flying helicopters, to Nazi memorabilia. Yeah, no thanks
–Vendors selling cheap Chinese knifes that you can buy cheaper on Amazon without the cover charge
–Food vendors selling Dasani bottles of water for $ 4.50 a pop
–People asking you to vote for them, join the NRA, etc
–T shirts that hate on Obama, Democrats, and Muslims
–There are guns but most of them are shotguns and AR-​15s with every piece of junk you can think of attached to them
–You can sometimes find other suckers walking around 17 bucks lighter trying to hawk their own gun and find a deal. But that can be done by going on Backpages from the comfort of your own home.
To sum it up, the crossroads gun show is a complete waste of time and money. If you like to waste your time and money and look at gun junk, mall kiosk vendors, over priced ammo, and a few dozen more accessories to slap on your AR-​15 then the gun show is for you. If you are looking for hunting gear/​rifles, good prices on ammo, hard to find/​bargains then do not waste your time.

I went to the gun show at the University of Phoenix stadium. Location is much better than at the fair grounds. Parking is free and that’s about the only good thing about the entire gun show. Entrance ticket was $ 17 (there is a $ 1 off coupon from the event web site). Once in the event all the guns were over priced and the used guns were in rough shape for the same price as new at local gun shops. Lots of Chinese replacement parts, scopes and knives. Some custom ladies bags and sandals, basically lots of non gun related crap. Don’t waste your time or money going to this show, just go to your local gun shop or go on-​line.

As a hardcore card carying gun toting NRA member, I would have to agree with some of this democrats comments, crossroads used to be a cool show to attend but they are just gouging show attendees, $ 27 for parking and entrance ticket, f u crossroads, just go to Walmart or cabelas for ammo and order everything else online or go to local shops that don’t charge for parking or to just walk in the door. With that said, no gun show should be banned, let the free market dictate success.

First off, if anyone reading this gets offended, please be aware that as an American, I do in fact have the right to an opinion. I don’t want to get shot!
I support the Democratic party, but since my red state dad was in town, i thought it might be interesting to take him to the gun show. i am a gun owner but the thought of being around several thousand other gun owners made me a bit nervous.
it’s kind of a rip-​off. 7 bucks to park, 16 bucks to get in the place. and then everything in there is mostly over priced. it is kind of a nightmare for a liberal like me… the things overheard should make the owners of those comments ashamed of themselves. race, religion, sex… i overhead every kind of hateful thing said about every other race, religion, sex, etc. and to top it off, even my father… a gun-​totin, conservative republican said to me as we were leaving «Well, i can see why most people shouldn’t own guns». one of the scariest things i overheard from a vendor was this: a young man walks up to one of the sellers of guns. the young man says «So what’s your background and paperwork requirements?». the gun seller says «how about cash?» and that was it. a semi-​automatic AR-​15 was sold.
there was a line for ammunition about 3 hours long. people seem to be really scared about their guns and ammo getting taken away. this happens every 5 years or so.
in any case, an excellent place for mullet spotting, but i wouldn’t go back and would advise anyone with any sense to avoid it as well.