Just got this Email from Michael:
Pacific Airgun Expo Updates
The bi-annual PAE is this Saturday and Sunday, April 13 and 14. 9:00-5:00 Saturday, 9:00-1:00 Sunday. Location: El Dorado County Fairgrounds, 100 Placerville Drive
Placerville, CA. Turn at the Shell station on Armory Drive just past the main entrance.
Food
There will not be a food vendor. There are a wide variety of food options near the fairgrounds, including the Placerville Brewing Company across the street.
Gun Safety
If you are bringing a gun to try to sell/trade, be prepared with some way of demonstrating it is in a safe condition. Breach flags/zip ties, triggers tied back, magazines removed, etc. Each type of airgun is different in how it can be displayed as being in a safe condition. I will be checking guns at the door but it would make it a lot faster and easier if you make absolutely sure that each gun is unloaded, unpressurized if appropriate, and no forgotten pellets stuck in the breach or barrel. Look down the barrel. Pull the trigger to make sure it's released. Make sure your guns are safe. Do not let anyone cock a gun that can't be un-cocked without shooting! (You really shouldn't let anyone cock a gun for any reason anyway). If the gun is not in a bag or box, even though it is in a demonstrated safe condition, please carry it vertically up or vertically down. No cross arm carry or over the crook of your elbow like you're in the field. NO ACCIDENTS!
You might prepare a sign to attach to the gun so that as you are walking around the show it is obvious to everyone that it is something you want to sell/trade.
Shooting
Discharge of an airgun, pellet gun or bb gun is illegal by city ordinance and the fairgrounds rules. At the last show I had arranged for the nearby gun range to be open for us, but it turns out only a few people availed themselves of the opportunity. I am still trying to have the gun range opened for our use this year, but they're a small operation and I'd say at this point don't count on it. Remember, this is a gun show swap meet and trade show type event, not a fun shoot.
Proof that your gun functions in order to make a sale
We can not discharge air in the hall. We can not shoot into a bucket of sand in the hall. We can not shoot a gun into the dirt at the edge of the parking lot. Nor should you discharge an airgun into a box of duct seal (available in the electrical department of hardware stores) inside your truck with the doors and windows closed where no one can see you to prove to a prospective buyer that a gun works. I am not endorsing this idea but I figure my oversight ends at your closed up car.
A better idea is to take a cell phone video of the gun being shot over a chronograph. Have your videos lined up in your phone with good labels so you can find them quick to show a prospective customer.
Marketing for the show
I distributed stacks of flyers to 21 gun shops and gun ranges along the I80 corridor and throughout the greater Sacramento area and I spent a grand on advertising in the Sacramento Bee, which is a step up from the last show's expenditure.
Hopefully you have all been mentioning your attendance at the show on the chat forums. "See you at the PAE" goes a long way to attract people.
Hotel
If you haven't made your hotel reservations, you better do so. I waited 'till the last minute (today) and they're filling up. There is a list of some hotels in the area (there are probably more) here:
https://www.pacificairgunexpo.com/lodging-suggestions.html A couple of the places have broken websites, but the rest of the links work. Also there is free car camping/RV camping at the nearby Redhawk Casino.
After Party RSVP
Please RSVP at info@pacificairgunexpo.com or text to 707-337-9410 how many of your group will be attending the Pacific Airgun Expo After Party at the Placerville Brewing Company (located across the street from the show). This is Saturday evening right after we close up for the day. I already have a goodly size space reserved, but I promised them I would come up with a better number than "a bunch". If the noise level in the place allows we'll hear comments from the vendors on what they might be doing that is new and any observations they might have on where our industry is heading. Separate tabs please for your food and beer, this is a no host everything :-)
Questions or problems call, text, or email anytime: info@pacificairgunexpo.com 707-337-9410
Michael McKeown
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See you there shooters, and bring plenty of cash

, Cani.