Past Dates
- Jan 23rd – 24th, 2026
- Oct 24th – 25th, 2025
- Jan 24th – 25th, 2025
- Oct 25th – 26th, 2024
- Jan 26th – 27th, 2024
- Oct 29th – 30th, 2022
- Sep 25th – 26th, 2021
- Feb 29th – Mar 1st, 2020
- Dec 28th – 29th, 2019
- Apr 13th – 14th, 2019
- Dec 29th – 30th, 2018
- Oct 6th – 7th, 2018
- Jul 7th – 8th, 2018
- Apr 28th – 29th, 2018
- Dec 30th – 31st, 2017
- Oct 7th – 8th, 2017
- Jul 8th – 9th, 2017
- Apr 1st – 2nd, 2017
- Oct 8th – 9th, 2016
- Feb 13th – 14th, 2016
- Jan 2nd – 3rd, 2016
- Sep 26th – 27th, 2015
City/State
Bloomington, MN
Hours
- Friday: 4:00pm - 8:00pm
- Saturday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Admission
General $8.00
Children 12 & Under Free w/ Adult
Public Welcome
Parking Available
No pets allowed
First Responder or Active Military Free w/ ID
NO SMOKING INSIDE BUILDING
Description
Food & Refreshment Concession.
The Bloomington Gun & Knife Show currently has no upcoming dates scheduled in Bloomington, MN. This Bloomington gun show is held at Bloomington Armory and hosted by Crocodile Productions. All federal and local firearm laws and ordinances must be obeyed.
Promoter
Location
Vendor
8ft Tables
Prepaid $40.00/each
At Door $50.00/each
Setup Times:
Fri/ Sat Show S/U 10am-4pm Friday of the show
Sat/Sun Show S/U 3pm-8pm Friday, 7am-9am Sat
80% of table content must be arms or
arms related items
This is an odd show, limited hours Friday night and open Saturday. (no Sunday) That’s tough because anything really worth getting was taken on Friday night and not everyone can make an evening weekday show. It’s also pretty limited. The days of the River Center or State Fair big shows are over. I haven’t found any “deals” at a Crocodile show in years. You can pretty much beat all the prices at Fleet Farm. A couple of tables have some interesting used guns, but at a premium. I still like to check it out, and it’s not the show’s fault, they are like that everywhere now. I have two used firearms I really desire so I keep checking the shows hoping they will turn up, so far no luck.
Not sure if it was because of this being the last day, but today’s gun show was ok. I didn’t stay very long; about 45 minutes. The firearm selection was quite limited but there were some pretty cool antique show pieces that were worth the price of admission alone. And, for what they did have in stock, the prices were really good! Whether you buy or not, there are always nice people there and the atmosphere is always pretty cool, but the pickings were pretty slim this time out. Still, no matter what, these shows are always a great place to find hunting and camping gear at pretty good prices. Even with the $5 entrance fee, you will still save a great deal of cash!
Although I don’t completely disagree with the other reviewer about it being the same, I find that at gun shows all over the midwest regardless of who puts them on. You do still find some interesting older ones from time to time but the days of there being good prices on new guns or ammo are long gone since the period of scarce ammo and the threat of losing your guns in the previous administration. The prices never went back down to reality. But again, the occasional used piece you’ve been looking for might just show up!
If you’ve been to one crocodile productions gun show anywhere in in or around the twin cities, you’ve been to em all. Literally the same people with the same stuff every time, just at a different venue.