I am heading in there once I get home from Seattle.
Hopefully, there is still an interesting item or two around!
Hopefully, there is still an interesting item or two around!
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I am heading in there once I get home from Seattle.
Hopefully, there is still an interesting item or two around!
What a coincidence, I am not back until Thursday.Was there when he closed yesterday and there are still a few revolvers and semi autos there, including some nice 1911s. I was there looking at his over unders and will be getting a nice Browning CX at a price that was hard to pass up.
He'll be opening again on Thursday. Still not sure when he's going to be closing up shop, but he said he's seen more people in the last three days then he's seen almost all year. It's too bad a great place goes under as his prices were pretty good there. Just not enough foot traffic.
I got there yesterday about 10 minutes after they opened to pick up my Browning. Place was packed again. Bought the shotgun, shook Marks hand for the last time and left. I was excited about the new purchase but a little melancoly to see my favorite gun shop close.
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I got there yesterday about 10 minutes after they opened to pick up my Browning. Place was packed again. Bought the shotgun, shook Marks hand for the last time and left. I was excited about the new purchase but a little melancoly to see my favorite gun shop close.
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Nice. What one did you get.
It's the Browning Citori CX model. I was going back and forth between this model and the CXT. Decided on this one as it left me a little extra cash for ammo.
That's a sweet gun. Im going to try to get three tonight to see if they still have the one I've been oogling over for a bit but was trying to save up for.
When my closest LGS has a price tag on a used Hi Point pistol of $210, Winchester Bonded .40 for $50 (normally $25 online) I really can't accept buying much from him. Years ago I had him order me a bolt action .22 and it took a month for it to finally show up. Had I bought online, I would have had it in a week and paid less. After that, I've never bothered to have an lgs order me something they didn't have and usually, when I go in to get an estimate for something they don't have, their distributors don't have it and I order online anyway.i don't know why holiston is going out but i know how skinflintish shooters are. i've said it before, they'll hunt down and drive for hours or buy online to save a couple of bucks because they think the local b&m is charging too much. then in the next breath, brag how they supported the local shop by buying a bag of cleaning patches. yep, that sale of $4.99 is really going to pay the rent, utilities and the employees. people can blame everybody in state government for a shops demise but are they really? think about it next time you drive past a local shop heading to four seasons to save 10 bucks. just my opinion, so have fun picking holistons bones. i can feel the hate already.
When my closest LGS has a price tag on a used Hi Point pistol of $210, Winchester Bonded .40 for $50 (normally $25 online) I really can't accept buying much from him. Years ago I had him order me a bolt action .22 and it took a month for it to finally show up. Had I bought online, I would have had it in a week and paid less. After that, I've never bothered to have an lgs order me something they didn't have and usually, when I go in to get an estimate for something they don't have, their distributors don't have it and I order online anyway.
So to me there's no point in bothering with the local shops other than the FFL transfer. They make their money on the uninformed panic buyer/first time gun owner who goes in and buys a Glock for $600, a box of ammo for $50.
I know that, the taxes, fees, and regs must be insane, but all those costs get passed on to me. The benefits of a gun store are you get to look at the gun you buy and you can take it home the same day, but not down here where every sale is an 8 day wait. When I can buy online for less, have it shipped, and get the gun the same day I normally would have, it's not worth it for me to pay the businesses overhead and the sales tax that goes to fund anti-gun research at the state house.Most people don't know what it costs to have a small business. I ran my own for 13 years.
All of the sales revenue has to cover labor, materials and overhead (called the Break Even point) BEFORE they make any money.
Think of all the expenses: Rent, utilities, taxes, expenses, inventory, etc.
The lower the volume, the higher the prices have to be to get to the points above.
Can you shop for a lower price....yup
The smaller shops can't be viable and close.
It's all about you, now isn't it?When my closest LGS has a price tag on a used Hi Point pistol of $210, Winchester Bonded .40 for $50 (normally $25 online) I really can't accept buying much from him. Years ago I had him order me a bolt action .22 and it took a month for it to finally show up. Had I bought online, I would have had it in a week and paid less. After that, I've never bothered to have an lgs order me something they didn't have and usually, when I go in to get an estimate for something they don't have, their distributors don't have it and I order online anyway.
So to me there's no point in bothering with the local shops other than the FFL transfer. They make their money on the uninformed panic buyer/first time gun owner who goes in and buys a Glock for $600, a box of ammo for $50.
I'm not a charity and neither is a business.It's all about you, now isn't it?
Thanks
It's all about you, now isn't it?
Thanks
nobody can blame you for avoiding a local shop for piss poor performance, i do it myself. if that's the case then we know who's to blame if the store closes. i have my own stories about that stuff...over 45+ years of stories. all the poor performers are gone. the difference is you (using "you" in general terms) gotta give the legit shop owner a chance.When my closest LGS has a price tag on a used Hi Point pistol of $210, Winchester Bonded .40 for $50 (normally $25 online) I really can't accept buying much from him. Years ago I had him order me a bolt action .22 and it took a month for it to finally show up. Had I bought online, I would have had it in a week and paid less. After that, I've never bothered to have an lgs order me something they didn't have and usually, when I go in to get an estimate for something they don't have, their distributors don't have it and I order online anyway.
So to me there's no point in bothering with the local shops other than the FFL transfer. They make their money on the uninformed panic buyer/first time gun owner who goes in and buys a Glock for $600, a box of ammo for $50.
If we didn't have gun stores and FFL's, we wouldn't be able to buy guns (and in some states now, ammo).So,are gunshops doing us a favor by being in business. ?
Legit owners are pretty hard to come by here in RI, the best one I've come by is Midstate Gun Company down in Coventry, but they're almost an hour drive. The only reason I think they're as good as they are is they have the public indoor range and make a ton of money off that.nobody can blame you for avoiding a local shop for piss poor performance, i do it myself. if that's the case then we know who's to blame if the store closes. i have my own stories about that stuff...over 45+ years of stories. all the poor performers are gone. the difference is you (using "you" in general terms) gotta give the legit shop owner a chance.
My last two guns were purchased from Holliston Firearms.
Could I have gotten them cheaper? Probably.
The reason I didn't is proximity and wanting to keep a small LGS open.
For all you Walmart shoppers, keep on skinflinting.
Didn't work, did it? You can't shovel against the tide.My last two guns were purchased from Holliston Firearms.
Could I have gotten them cheaper? Probably.
The reason I didn't is proximity and wanting to keep a small LGS open.
Didn't work, did it? You can't shovel against the tide.
My last two guns were purchased from Holliston Firearms.
Could I have gotten them cheaper? Probably.
The reason I didn't is proximity and wanting to keep a small LGS open.
For all you Walmart shoppers, keep on skinflinting.
I got there just as they opened. Not busy at all then. They had the gun I've been drooling over for a while now. I figured it would still be there. I figured it was now or never. Picked up the left handed citori 725.
I've never been to a gun show that had any of these "deals" you speak of.Im guessing you never go to gunshows looking for deals either,because that would be hypocritical.