I've found better prices at the Sportsman Den in Shelby than at the gun shows around central Ohio. And I'm not just blowing smoke. There may be niche guns that are cheap at the show...but hunting guns (what I'm looking at) are not.
My logic is this...If I have a job making $30/hour then that's what my time is worth. If I have to go stand in line and blow an afternoon to buy a gun...then I am wasting my valuable time.
Maybe with new management it will be better.