NRA Houston

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 > missed Steve Rothstein, unfortunately. Good, free motorcycle parking
 > right in front of the George R. Brown Convention Center and it was fully
 > lined up with nice machinery. Kawasaki had a display inside that was
 > mainly ATVs but they did have their 2000cc cruiser in the display area.
 > Got lots of nice comments on the old /5 and had a long chat with some
 > old guy who had ridden down from NW Arkansas for the convention on his
 > Roadstar, but was now lost because he didn't remember where he had
 > parked it. Dude, this is the big city, you've got to pay attention to
 > that kind of thing!
 >
 > With the mandatory mc content taken care of, all i can say is:
 > guns, guns, guns, guns, guns, reloaders, guns, guns, guns, knives, guns,
 > guns, guns, old guns, new guns, guns guns guns...well you get the idea.
 >
 > todays highlights for me:
 >
 > two operational gatling guns owned by someone out in Kerrville. Really
 > brilliantly designed machines to see up close and study the operation. 6
 > inch pattern at 300 yards and obviously mechanically very reliable once
 > you saw the mechanism.
 >
 > nice booth with all kinds of artifacts from Custer/Little Big Horn
 >
 > several companies nice laser targeting optics for my AR as well as other
 > weapons. i could have dropped some serious coin in a hurry. one
 > company offers infrared laser for nite scope use, said they were being
 > field used in the mideast with great success.
 >
 > how about $3,000.00 for a competition pellet rifle? gorgeous piece of
 > machinery, infinitely adjustable to fit the shooter.
 >
 > very nice hydraulically driven automated shotgun shell reloader, ca'tn
 > justify it, but it was sweet.
 >
 > "Gunny" from whatever that tv show on militaria he does on the
 > Discovery/History channel was there signing autographs.
 >
 > a Chevey Avalanche 4X4 with all the plastic parts inside and out done up
 > in a pretty nice camoflage pattern was on display and for sale;
 > $52,000.00. i'll pass.
 >
 > Some nice leather working booths were there too, western gunbelts and
 > such with nice tooling. i need to go back and see what they have in
 > more detail.
 >
 > Tom Delay was the keynote speaker tonight and there was a sizable
 > demonstration against him going on when I left. didn't see any anti-gun
 > protests.
 >
 > Probably go back again tomorrow and see if there aren't some end of show
 > deals to be had. I know i'm leaving out a lot and maybe if Steve made
 > it and chimes in with his impressions we can compare notes.
 >
 > --
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 > R1100RT, R75/5
 > "If you are civil to the voluble, they will abuse your patience;
 > if brusque, your character." - Jonathon Swift

I drove by but didn't stop. The place was swarming!<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->