Past Dates
- Sep 18th – 19th, 2021
- May 22nd – 23rd, 2021
- Jan 16th – 17th, 2021
- Nov 28th, 2020
- Sep 19th – 20th, 2020
- May 2nd – 3rd, 2020
- Jan 18th – 19th, 2020
- Sep 21st – 22nd, 2019
- May 4th – 5th, 2019
- Jan 19th – 20th, 2019
- Jul 21st – 22nd, 2018
City/State
Lakeland, FL
Hours
- Saturday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
- Sunday: 9:00am - 3:00pm
Admission
- General: $12.00
- Children 16 & under: FREE & must be accompanied by a paid adult
Free Parking
Description
The Central Florida Arms Show currently has no upcoming dates scheduled in Lakeland, FL. This Lakeland gun show is held at SUN 'n FUN Expo Campus and hosted by Lakeland Rifle and Pistol Club Educational Center. All federal, state and local firearm ordinances and laws must be obeyed.
Formerly known as The Lakeland Rifle & Pistol Club Gun Show (Since 1968), and Formerly held at the Lakeland Civic Center.
phillips22250 @yahoo.com best show in florida. if your looking for a certain gun you will find it here. they could work on a few things to make it even better and their doing just that. you want be disappointed. the guy that gave one star is dead wrong.
I have attended this show for a number of years because it is the best.
Has as been said the first show was a try out as the previous venue was raising the price on rental and parking. The new venue has improved considerably.
I’ve attended most (all?) of the shows at this new location. The start was a little rocky what with A/C issues and crowding but after the first one or two it seemed to me that all was ok.
I just want to emphasize that if you are a collector, this is simply the best show in Florida. I won’t bore you with fish stories of the great finds I made, I will just point out that it seems that 75-80% (?) of the tables are held by collectors or by dealers with old firearms. Compare to other shows where the percentages are reversed.
The only thing that comes close is the Araba Shrine show in Fr. Meyers. For a tiny show that one is pretty darn good.
Best show in the Tampa Bay area for finding collector firearms. I love this show because i always seem to find a gem to take home.
I attended the most recent LRPC Gun Show the weekend of May 4 & 5, 2019, being held at this new venue for the 3rd time.
The bugs are being worked out. The earlier complaints (from the inaugural show in July ’18), about tight aisles were absolutely correct. In both the Jan ’19 and May ’19 shows a bunch of tables were removed and they widened the aisles .
In Jan ’19 they tried having a second hall, but the second hall was way too poorly lit. Hopefully the Sun-N-Fun venue will come to realize that if they ever plan to rent that 2nd hall again they’ll need to make an investment in lighting and a/c.
This is a collector’s show. Some of the nicest stuff you will see anywhere short of Tulsa or Louisville. Lots of the black guns and modern guns, ammo and supplies as well.
By far the best quality show in the State of Florida.
4 stars only so they keep working to improve.
I went to the second event at the new location at Sun & Fun after hearing good things about the first event.
I liked the new location. My only suggestion is to have indoor or shaded areas for people to get off their feet for a moment.
If you’re new to this promoters show you need to know that is not a typical show with just a bunch of modern black rifles but rather a show for mostly collectors and older guns, not that there isn’t modern guns being sold but it’s a different show. Most probably love it or hate it but I like the change of pace from other shows of this size.
Do NOT bother to go! admission was $12 to compensate for parking at the old location.. Now FREE parking but no price reduction ! NO A/C !!!! NO lights?? How would you like to look at a $40,000 shotgun with a flashlight ?!?!?! only affordable guns sold privately cos the tables are also overpriced ! A waste of time – and – aggravation after over 3 hours to attend !!!
Most of the big shows up North are $12 now. I’ve been to all of them, and this is the best one in FL. I always find something, but not always at the price I want to pay! Trading works better for me. I sometimes get better deals on the Internet, and Gainesville Pawn only charges $15 per transfer… I’ve been going on Sunday lately, so I can stop at Webster flea market on the way back.
Made the trip this morning from Jacksonville and was impressed with the number of vendors and the items they had, but was highly disappointed in how close the spacing was between the vendors was. You could barely get two rows of people passing down the aisles. If someone stopped to look at a table it backed up the row until they moved on. There were several items I wanted to come home with, but I got frustrated with not being able to move freely enough to inspect without knocking into other people. I also felt bad for a guy with crutches and one on a scooter to get around…they couldn’t travel anywhere very easily. I won’t be back to this one unless they stop trying to cram vendors in and make the shopping experience ridiculous. I been to alot of shows and I can’t give this one a very good rating. $70 in gas and $12 admission were wasted this weekend. Expand to another building and allow better access or move to a larger venue please!
Hi. That was the first time at that venue and was sorta a “try-out”. I know that the powers that be were aware of the crowding. I am heading off there today and was told that they added a bunch of space.
Still the best show in Florida for collectors.