The Syracuse Gun Show, the state's largest firearms-oriented event, is set for Saturday and Sunday at the New York State Fairgrounds.

More than 800 exhibits and displays are expected from collectors and dealers at the show, which is being run by the New York State Arms Collectors Association, Inc. It will take place in the Center of Progress Building.

This year, a new exhibit will be set up for viewing outside of the show's main entrance.

The Syracuse Gun Show, run by the New York State Arms Collectors Association, is held in the Center of Progress Building at the New York State Fairgrounds.

The Auburn-based, Spano Container Corp. will display one of its containers that converts into a hunting cabin.

Featured inside at the show will be displays and sales tables of U.S. Military arms, Colt Revolvers, high grade double barrel shotguns, Remingtons, muskets, Smith and Wesson, Kentucky rifles, gun parts and accessories, Native American items, Frontier and Western paraphernalia, swords, Springfields, Winchesters, vintage fireams, bowie knives, bayonets, hand-crafted knives, powder horns, targets, optics, ammunition, hunting and fishing items, books, western art, civilian and military weapons from all nations, custom-made and factory-made knives, and military relics and equipment from before the Revolutionary War to the present.

"While most items are for sale on a cash basis, Gun Shows cling to the old-fashion trade and barter ways of doing business. Haggling for the very best gun deal is both expected and accepted," said Sandy Ackerman Clinger, the show manager. "We encourage the public to bring in old and unwanted guns and military items which will be gladly purchased by our collectors who will pay top prices."

Sandy Ackerman Klinger, of Endicott, manages the Syracuse Gun Show. She has never owned a gun.

Ackerman stressed, though, that all firearm sales or transactions require by law a NICS background check and must be conducted through available dealers only, inside the hall. No private sales or trades or barters of firearms are permitted.

The Syracuse Gun show has been endorsed by state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman for following Model Gun Show Procedures developed by the Attorney General's Office. These procedures, which all known gun show operators in New York have agreed to follow, mean a background check is conducted on virtually every firearm sold at gun shows in New York State.

The Syracuse show was among the first to sign on to the Model Procedures.

Members of the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office Pistol License Unit will be on hand at the show to answer questions regarding state pistol license applications issued by the county and will be processing amendments to acquire handguns to county-issued pistol license holders.

In addition to providing services at the show, the Sheriff's Office will also open its doors at the Sheriff's Office Headquarters, 407 South State Street, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday to provide supplemental services that cannot be provided to existing license holders at the show.

The gun show runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7 per day. Seniors will be charged $5 per day. Children under 12, with parent, free.