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My first rifle was an Interarms 30-06 I bought with Christmas gift cash from Grandma from The Value House in Auburn (eventually bought out by Service Mechandise"
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Boston Gun Range (Not sure if they did firearms retail there, but I imagine they did)
The ORIGINAL Gun Room run by Peter Dowd, first almost next to Spags (same side of Rte. 9), later moved across the street and then sold it to John (has a long mustache).
Spags sold ammo, lots of it.
I also miss the old Ivanhoe's and Lew Horton's retail shops (downtown and later on Rte. 9).
I don't know why I thaught of this, but I was driving through my old hometown the other day, remembering my childhood. Does anyone remember the hunting section of "MVP Sports" in Woburn, by 4-corners? I remember as a kid going in there and oohing and aaahing over the guns. I remember the guy who worked there used to watch us like hawks. if I remember, it went from "MVP Sports", to "Decalthlon" to "bye bye!"
So, what are your memories of gun shops of long ago?
I bought my first handgun from MVP in Danvers.
The Cheap Shot Gun Shop up that was up in Tamworth I believe,He had rows and rows of C&R rifles he had Hundreds of them.AKs galore,thats were I picked up my caught in customs polytech neutered down for post ban.
- There was a store in a small strip plaza almost across from Curran's that sold full auto toys.
Woodlawn Sports shop in Randolph, I bought a Remington nylon 66
Another one, Tom's Handloading in Burlington
Damn your old.Armco was in boyleston. He got busted by the Feds I think for importing or something.
I bought my first gun at The Fair in Worcester.
Bought a lot of guns at some log cabin place in northboro. Trading post or something. That place is long gone.
I worked at County Stores (hardware store) in Milford NH as a kid in the early '80s. At the time they had a case with rifles and pistols.
They still sell ammo and bb/pellet guns, but no more firearms.
Cheap Shot was worth a drive from anywhere! I remember when people were moaning about how no one could find any Saigas, and Cheap Shot had about 50 in the racks, and more still boxed.
Yeah they stopped selling firearms in the early 90's,I remember them on the back left wall...as for ammo they are sold out for good
Nope. I was in there this eve on my way home from work. Still sellin' ammo. Didn't look to see what they had, but did notice ammo in the case.
Tight Lines in West Bridgewater on RT 28. In the early 80s that was the largest camping / gun shop on the south shore. The store that they to moved and closed on Rt106 was sad.
Does anyone remember the gun shop that was on Park Ave in Arlington? It was there for many years while I was growing up. I think they had a small range in the basement and I heard that supposedly some people committed suicide there, which may be part of why the store closed down. Sucks that it's no longer there now that I'm old enough to be into firearms...
American Arms in Wareham,MA. a big S&W dealer. Ammo from Sears in Quincy center. There was a gun shop in Pembroke on RT 53 near RT 139 whose name escapes me. All from the late '60's.