Today, Gun Show Trader will reveal the top 7 largest gun shows in the USA for 2024.
If you’re looking for the biggest and best gun and knife shows, this ultimate guide is for you!
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List of the 7 Largest Gun Shows in 2024
#1. Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
Known as the world’s largest gun show, this event features over 4,200 tables in an 11-acre room, mainly focusing on antique and modern guns. You’ll also find the world’s largest selection of antique, collector and modern firearms, knives, and accessories. Upcoming shows are April 6-7, 2024, and November 9-10, 2024, in Tulsa, OK.
#2. SHOT Show (Las Vegas, Nevada)
The SHOT Show, or Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade Show, is an annual tradeshow for the shooting, hunting, and firearms industry. It’s the largest event of its kind in the world and is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. This show is a venue where manufacturers, dealers, and other industry professionals showcase their latest products, including firearms, ammunition, outdoor apparel, optics, and related accessories and services. Over 50,000 industry professionals from the firearms and outdoor industries will attend the SHOT Show for over four days, with approximately 2,000 exhibiting companies. Jan 23–26, 2024 Venetian Expo + Caesars Forum, Las Vegas, NV.
#3. The Nation’s Gun Show (Chantilly, Virginia)
This show is a massive gun and knife show where you’ll find over 1,300 tables with guns, modern guns, antique firearms, knives, ammo, militaria, accessories, shotguns, rifles, shotguns, holsters, and swords. The Nation’s Gun Show will take place seven different times in 2024, including February 2, 3, and 4, 2024, April 19, 20, and 21, 2024, June 14, 15, and 16, 2024, July 19, 20, and 21, 2024, September 27, 28, and 29, 2024, November 22, 23, and 24, 2024, and December 27, 28, and 29, 2024 in Chantilly, VA.
#4. The Original Fort Worth Gun Show (Fort Worth, Texas)
The Fort Worth Gun Show at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas is the biggest gun show in Texas. You’ll find over 1,200 Tables of Guns, Knives, Ammo, Militaria, Hunting, and Shooting Supplies. There are 10 events in 2024 including February 10 and 11, 2024, March 16 and 17, 2024, April 27 and 28, 2024, June 8 and 9, 2024, June 29 and 30, 2024, August 24 and 25, 2024, September 28 and 29, 2024, October 26 and 27, 2024, December 14 and 15, 2024, and December 28 and 29, 2024
#5. Great American Outdoor Show (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
The Great American Outdoor Show is a nine-day event with over 1,050 exhibitors in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania that celebrates hunting, fishing, and outdoor traditions treasured by millions of Americans and their families. February 3-11, 2024.
#6. Antique Arms Show (Las Vegas, Nevada)
This show brings together top antique firearms, curios, and merchants, with strict standards for participation. Long known for discerning collectors and enthusiasts, the Las Vegas Antique Arms Show and Brian Lebel’s Old West Events offer a show experience unparalleled in the United States. With over 1,000 tables featuring items from the finest dealers and craftsmen in the world. The Antique Arms Show is scheduled for January 26-27, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV.
#7. NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits (Dallas, Texas)
This is a massive event with nearly 80,000 attendees and over 800 exhibitors, showcasing a wide range of guns, shooting, hunting equipment, knives, wildlife art, shooting accessories, and more. The 2024 NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits will take place at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 17-19, 2024, in Dallas, TX. The Exhibit Hall is open all three days and will showcase over 14 acres of the latest guns and gear from the most popular companies in the industry.
Each of these shows has its unique attractions and offerings, catering to a wide range of interests from antique collectors to modern firearm enthusiasts.
Remember to check out our full calendar of 2024 Gun Shows.
About the Author
Brian Reese is a senior advisor and co-owner at Gun Show Trader. He is one of the world’s leading experts in veteran benefits, having helped millions of veterans secure their financial future since 2013. Brian is the founder VA Claims Insider, an education-based Coaching & Consulting company whose mission is to educate and empower veterans to get the VA disability benefits they’ve earned for their honorable service. A former active-duty air force officer, Brian deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He is a distinguished graduate of management of the United States Air Force Academy and earned his MBA as a National Honor Scholar from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.