Fellas, please tell me about the gun shows where you live ... Living here where the hoot owls love the coyotes, I go to what I can, BUT ... Went to a, "US Guns and Knives," show in Wichita yesterday. Many people, many buyers. No factory people. No high end collector displays. Particularly bad news for us, "Colties." You could've put all the Colts there in a peach basket and still had room for enough peaches for your lunch all week. S&W, only slightly more. Even Ruger - in KANSAS, for Pete's sake, only a few. One nice display, from Cimarron Arms. It was artistically and professionally done and appealing and showed their whole, actual line. (With a Colt Cowboy and a US Arms ringer inserted for comparison - nicely done!) I'm comparing this show and the others I've been to to the annual shows for music teachers, also held in Wichita. At these shows, ALL the manufacturers set up displays - all nicely done and inviting and all are manned by smiling suit-and-tie people just busting to tell you why you ought to buy King trumpets instead of Jupiters, or whatever. Is our hobby ashamed of itself? I enjoy people-watching and if our area gun stores are only going to go after the, "spot-discount-price-point-second-hand-cheapie," buyer, they're missing the boat. They ain't even on the pier. They haven't even got their pants pressed. I'm thinking Colt marketing has got serious problems. Problems? Heck, is there a Colt sales force? There is such a thing as, "Snob Appeal/Slob Appeal," in marketing ... the folks buying yesterday looked like the cast of, "The Grapes of Wrath." These folks will buy Mr. Dealer's used .22 rifle because it's $3.00 cheaper than the vendor next to you, but that ain't gonna' make your store's sales qualify for the next level of wholesale discount come ordering time. I'd love to show you my sketches for a Python display. Ever see that, "Wheel of Guns," Sam Colt himself used? So, as soon as Colt and I agree on my salary, I'm prepared to take the little woman and move to Connecticut and begin. And by the way, all members of a recognized Colt forum get a gift certificate for 20% off the price of a new Python as a reward for keeping the faith. (God himself carries a 7 1/2" nickel played SAA, doesn't he? But no ivory - that would offend him.)