Re: More appealing gun shops are more expensive
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thanker92
The OP reminded me about my misspent youth. Ray's was a large shop on Route-22 where I was a fill-in range safety officer for a few years. Even with the "employee discount" I found that I could purchase elsewhere at a better price......and Meltzers (in Lodi) was a trip. The owner was a true character. He was constantly talking, laughing and telling jokes.....but you could rarely beat his prices. His favorite saying was "Meltzer, Meltzer, he's your friend. He'll get your money in the end" And he usually did.
NEVER go to Ray's on a weekend; NY gang bangers were shooting up the place. It was no wonder the owner's kids didn't want to keep it. Was the first place I ever shot a firearm. Meltzer's is where I bought my first gun ever. Was sad to see them close after 107 years.
Re: More appealing gun shops are more expensive
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Walleye Hunter
Bars that look like dives are usually cheaper to drink at too.
^^^THIS
Re: More appealing gun shops are more expensive
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Originally Posted by
thanker92
The OP reminded me about my misspent youth. Ray's was a large shop on Route-22 where I was a fill-in range safety officer for a few years. Even with the "employee discount" I found that I could purchase elsewhere at a better price......and Meltzers (in Lodi) was a trip. The owner was a true character. He was constantly talking, laughing and telling jokes.....but you could rarely beat his prices. His favorite saying was "Meltzer, Meltzer, he's your friend. He'll get your money in the end" And he usually did.
Meltzers had among the best gun prices but they got you on the ammo. The ammo at Meltzers was expensive. Needless to say, its a shame they shut down. And its a shame Ray's shut down, they were fun places to visit.
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sota
Meltzer's is where I bought my first gun ever.
Me too. A Smith & Wesson 686 with a 4 inch barrel, .357 Magnum.
Re: More appealing gun shops are more expensive
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sota
Meltzer's is where I bought my first gun ever.
Me too. A Smith & Wesson 686 with a 4 inch barrel, .357 Magnum.
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Photon Guy
Meltzers had among the best gun prices but they got you on the ammo. The ammo at Meltzers was expensive. Needless to say, its a shame they shut down. And its a shame Ray's shut down, they were fun places to visit.
E.H. Solomon's was the best gun shop in NJ.
It was a 500 sq ft cinder block square with a vault room in the back.
Bought my first gun there, a Ruger MKII stainless target for $216.
Cabela's? Meh.
Disneyland? Even more Meh.
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RockIsland
E.H. Solomon's was the best gun shop in NJ.
It was a 500 sq ft cinder block square with a vault room in the back.
Bought my first gun there, a Ruger MKII stainless target for $216.
Cabela's? Meh.
Disneyland? Even more Meh.
Hey now, don't go knocking Cabela's, they're excellent for doing transfers, they charge only $25 and that's usually how I get guns in this day and age.
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The better looking hookers cost more too. :cool:
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eagleclaw
After buying a gun at Cabelas and a few years ago and asking to handle a gun at Dunhams some time ago, I made a decision not to buy guns at any big box store. The reasons are long waits, goofy people behind the gun counter, too many other customers around that doesn’t promote a good gun buying atmosphere. In addition if you buy a gun at these places you might get being hounded for stupid gun services ( ex. professional annual gun cleaning by the store’s gun smith) and the infamous being escorted out of the store like you stole something after the purchase is made.
I take my business to local gun shops to avoid all that and if you make friends with the owner you have a better chance of scoring better deals.
I usually don't buy guns at big box stores either, or at any gun shop for that matter. I usually buy guns off the internet from which you can get a better price than in most if not all gun shops, even when you do add in the transfer fee that the gun shop will charge you when you go to pick it up.
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eagleclaw
For in state private sales of long guns, yes one can buy over the internet without involving a FFL holder. However for handguns, new long guns, or the out of state private sales of any gun one is going to need a FFL holder to make the transfer.
I usually don't buy used guns and just about all of my internet purchases are out of state, so I have to go to a gun shop to pick the guns up and pay a transfer fee to the shop.