The EPIC Website now shows 117 exhibitors, well short of the 300 originally advertised, and the fine gun tent is not full yet. I suspect the 30K attendee estimate to come up way short as well. The Vintage Cup recently published it's vendor list on its webite. (see below). Clearly, it's lost a lot of dealers from past events. (There were about 70 vendors listed in 2010) It's really a shame these events are the same weekend, as both are taking a big hit. You'll notice a number of the dealers will be at both events, which means a smaller stock at each as well.
It seems if you want to see the most guns, you need to go to EPIC that weekend. If you want to actually shoot them, the Vintage Cup is the only option. At least a number of the vendors will be at the Orvis Cup at Sandanona in September and the Fall Southern SXS in October, where you can both shoot and shop. Here's the latest Vintage Cup vendor list:
Vintage Cup Sponsors
Shooting Sportsman Magazine
Bruce & Joan Samuels
NRA Office of Advancement
RST Classic Shotshell Company
Additional Exhibitors
(as of August 26, 2011)
Check for up-dates
A. H. Fox Gun Collectors
Allgood Associated Sports Suppliers
Barbara Nyholm
Bertie's Boutique
Best Guns Ltd.
BraeVal
Conroy Engraving
Dave Riffle Gun Sales, Inc.
Doublegun Cases
Dubarry of Ireland
Famars USA
G. T. H. Preserve
German Gun Collectors Association
Great Bay Outfitters
Gunnerman Books
GunsInternational.com
Heritage Guns
The Hunter Collection
Jerry Smith
John Liberati Books
J-Mar Enterprises/Krieghoff
L. C. Smith Collectors Association
Robin Hollow Outfitters, Inc.
Ruffed Grouse Society
Schwandt Classic Arms
Stephen Cobb
Trader Keith, Inc.
Turnbull Manufacturing
Vintage Firearms, Inc.
Vintagers, Order of Edwardian Gunners
The Virginia Sportsman Magazine
W. C. Russell Moccasin Company
William Larkin Moore & Sons, LLC
