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They may have already been mentioned but the oldest ones I remember down my way were Carr's, Thompsons Sporting Goods and Bob's, which is now Village Sports and Service Merchandise in Swansea.
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The Co-op had ammo, how did I not know this. My Mom had a charge account there. You'd go to the back left of the store and they had a Rolodex of Little Blue Cards. I had a Raleigh Record. I could carry 4 Gallons of Cabot's Cordovan Brown hanging from the handlebars from the Co-op back to Boxford. I did that more than once. People who didn't grow up in the sticks have no idea how important an automobile is to a teenager.Same, but rode my Schwinn Varsity from Boxford to Topsfield, Co-Op sold .22
My future BIL and I tried for woodchucks at Merideth Farm.
Roach's in porter Sq. Camb. on Mass. Ave. I think they packed it up in the early 2000's . . . great gunand ammo selection new and used . . .
One of my favorite girlfriends in high school lived near there.The Co-op had ammo, how did I not know this. My Mom had a charge account there. You'd go to the back left of the store and they had a Rolodex of Little Blue Cards. I had a Raleigh Record. I could carry 4 Gallons of Cabot's Cordovan Brown hanging from the handlebars from the Co-op back to Boxford. I did that more than once. People who didn't grow up in the sticks have no idea how important an automobile is to a teenager.
Where are you from in town? I grew up on Mill Road half way between the East Parish Farm (on Main Street) and the waterfall.
I was in Roach's not long before they closed, around 2010. If you miss them go into Patriot Arms in Ipswich. They have a bunch of mix and match Holsters, Mags, Grips & Sights. A fair amount of them have the Orange Roach's tag on them.
Old Killam Hill Road, Pond Street aka Service Dragway, Kelsey, or were you on the Topsfield side of 95?One of my favorite girlfriends in high school lived near there.
I was near the intersection of Rts 95 and 97
Topsfield side, Corner of Roberts and IpswichOld Killam Hill Road, Pond Street aka Service Dragway, Kelsey, or were you on the Topsfield side of 95?
Glad the gun room closed. Bunch of DBs there.I bought a Model 94 30-30 rifle in K-mart in Webster. And I remember The Gun Room in Shrewsbury.
Ah, the other end of Ipswich Road, that was chopped off by 95 in the 50's.Topsfield side, Corner of Roberts and Ipswich
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?
It was the ~ early/mid sixties. I remember my Dad taking me out to his gunsmith. I forget where it was and I remember the Man's name as Bowers Fuller or something like that. He would also take me out to RT 40, Westford I believe, a private house where the garage on the right side of the house was converted into a gun shop. He and the Owner would sit and talk a bit and I was completely taken in by the place. So much so I wanted a place just like it when I grew up. Both places are long gone.
When Chuck Amico died his Nephew, Mike Jelley, bought the property, rented out the house and reopened the shop as "Yankee Sportsman" That shop is also now gone and the building has been torn down.What a great thread! Brings back lots of memories.
Chuck's Gun Shop, RT 40, Westford. The owner, Chuck Damico?, was quite a trapshooter and used to compete nationally. I got a great deal from him around 1967 on a Remington Wingmaster TC shotgun, and foolishly sold it in the 80's.
I note Alpha Arms in Milford has been mentioned a couple times. Great shop, the owner, Paul Alphonse, was also a class 3 dealer and very active.
Unfortunatey he took his life. Very tragic. I heard he had planned it and left documentation so any guns on consignment could be returned to their owners.
That was Chuck's Gun Shop. That building was actually the original building of The Tyngsborough Sportsman's Club. That building was moved when Tyngsborough built the new clubhouse.It was the ~ early/mid sixties. I remember my Dad taking me out to his gunsmith. I forget where it was and I remember the Man's name as Bowers Fuller or something like that. He would also take me out to RT 40, Westford I believe, a private house where the garage on the right side of the house was converted into a gun shop. He and the Owner would sit and talk a bit and I was completely taken in by the place. So much so I wanted a place just like it when I grew up. Both places are long gone.
Just remembered the gun shop next door to the Police Station in Cleary Square , Hyde park ( on Hyde Park Ave)
Closed about 2010 ish ? . . . transfers ,gunsmithing etc. . . . great little shop
Romanian AK-47 M&M Sport Plymouth $350.00 circa 1992
Crate of Chinese SKS's in cosmoline and straw $75.00ea I believe it was 4 or 5 to a crate Lew Hortons Framingham