Bob's Sports Shop - Westport, MA

[Len-2A Training]

Business yesterday took me down to Fall River and I had some time to kill before finishing business and heading back my way, so thanks to Thunderbolt, I stopped in on Bob's Sports Shop, Inc. in Westport, MA.

Interesting place for those of us into older guns. VERY OLD ammo (.22) in original boxes in a case. Police supplies that date back to the 1950s to 1960s, old guns, etc. VERY OLD gun books for $5 each. Gun powder and reloading supplies, some black powder supplies, etc.

The gentleman working the shop (he told that he was a part-timer) was very nice and he told me that if I had visited that shop in 1956, it looks the same today! Yup, he's telling it like it is!

Worth stopping in there, especially for the nostalgia.

They do sell new and modern weapons as well.

Doubt that the owner has ever used a computer from the looks of the shop, so no visible signs of a website or Email address.

Here's info from their business card.

Bob's Sports Shop, Inc.
737 State Road, Rte. 6
Westport, MA 02790
508-675-1603
Ron O'Connor

Hopefully Thunderbolt can add more to this thread.

 

[SKS Ray]

Being local I can only say bad experiences for me at Bob's. I remember spending hours in there when I was a kid with my father and glaring at the sign that said "If you're in a hurry you're in the wrong place". That was some 20+ years ago back when IHMSA was big around here and it still looks the same today.
I stop in once in a while when i'm heading to Richie's in Westport, but the salesmen I usually encounter at Bob's look like they're ready to fall asleep and look a little put out when I ask to see an old rifle.

 

[Len-2A Training]

The guy working there when I dropped in was polite and offered to help. I explained that I was just browsing and wasting time, so he just told me to ask if I had any questions. Good behavior in my mind, so I had no complaints.

A few other people came in looking for something specific, one person with a broken gun for repair, and another person with some very old hand-loading (literally) tools to show him or sell. The sales person gave each of them appropriate attention, so again I saw no issues like you describe.

I will say that I saw some items there where the dust on them probably qualified as C&R!!