Syracuse.com - Chittenango Gun Club nixes bus trip originally slated for Harrisburg outdoors show; refunds will be made.

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Berger said this afternoon he's down on business in Pennsylvania and heard on the radio the potential loss due to the cancellation of the Harrisburg show could approach $75 million.

Unable to find an acceptable side trip, members of the Chittenango Rod and Gun Club have decided to refund money to those signed up to go on a Feb. 13 charter bus trip that was originally slated to go to the Harrisburg, Pa outdoors show.

This would have been the third time the club has sponsored such a trip, however the show was cancelled last week after a number of outfitters pulled out after the show's organizers announced the banning of assault-like firearms for sale, along with the sale of high capacity magazines to the Sandy Creek, Conn. killings.

Mark Berger, chairman of the board for the Chittenango Rod and Gun Club, said as recently as this morning he and others were considering going through with the trip since they had a deposit on a bus. An alternative, he said, was a day trip to the Cabelas store within 45 minutes of Harrisburg.

"We couldn't generate enough interest for a Cabelas trip. So we've decided to cancel it . We have six months for our deposit on the bus and we're going to consider other trips," he said.

Berger said this afternoon he's down on business in Pennsylvania and heard on the radio the potential loss due to the cancellation of the Harrisburg show could approach $75 million.

Berger said the club will be contacting each person individually to arrange a refund.

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