Weaver's Gun Shop

[Exbiker]

I have to laugh because there is another place I`ve never had a problem. I never purchased a firearm there because I`ve gotten better prices elsewhere but have bought ammo there and never an issue. Perhaps I got hammered after I walked out but oh well, they were always decent when I was there.
PS: I am no expert in firearms. I`ve had them all my life but would never call myself an expert and all of the Pocono shops have treated me with respect while I was in the store.

[mrnyman]

Its easy to dislike Phil, He is Old school Brooklyn Italian with all its peculiarities and Paranoia and Phil expects that everyone that Walks through his door understands this and this is where he gets into trouble or gives the wrong impression.

Cathy on the other hand is the total opposite of Phil, She is mild mannered , greets everyone with a smile or a handshake and doesnt make off the cuff and uncalled for comments to the Customers.

Nyman

[gf45acp]

I second both mrnyman and exbikers comments. I personally shop there, as well as the other shops in the area.
I enjoy making what I call the gun loop, down 209 to American and Weavers, then up to Warners. I have done multiple purchases at each of these shops, and have been treated well at all.
Ya never know what you may find.
There are other shops that I will not do business with, but they are much further north.

[jquinn_alleged_spy]

I just had a couple of things I want to add to the thread.
1) Attacking the man's wife is not cool. Understandably, it was done in the blind overflow of rage directed at the hapless halfwit who owns and operates the shop(albeit rather poorly)

2) To defend the man based on his point of origin is, in fact, asinine. I myself was born and raised on Staten Island, deep in the urban wasteland of New York. I spent a large portion of my life with people from each borough, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, and of course, Staten Island. I have never, in all my time there, come across anybody quite like Phil. To say that he is like that because he is from Brooklyn is just as bad as saying that things "will no longer be as American as apple pie and baseball, but as watermelon and basketball." Defense based on stereotype is no different in my book than attacking his wife.

3)Granted I'm not entirely Italian, maybe it's the Irish mixed in, but to blame his attitude on his genealogy is stereotyping as well.

4)I have nothing against anybody who continues to shop at that hole. I just want other people to know how he treats repeat customer's, because, as I said when I started this thread, I originally bought ALL my ammo and supplies there; holsters, extra mags, cleaning gear. I even had the intent to buy my new smith and wesson M&P from him. Unfortunately I didn't realize what a bad idea it was for me to have made the, obviously, CONSCIOUS DECISION, to have a poor memory, and therefore need to write things down. If you have no problems with him, his decrepit hole in the wall dive, slovenly attitude, or lack of personal hygiene, then more power to you. I however will not be going to him. EVER.


On an unrelated note. does anybody know where i night be able to find a grip extension for the magazine of an M&P compact 9? And if anyone says Phil has one, I'd like it known that HE couldn't pay ME to take it off his hands.

[Dredly]

Yeah I went in there once looking for some 30.30 LeverEvolution rounds and received quite a tongue lashing about the "Fucking companies won't fucking sell the rounds to anyone but fuckin Cabelas, I can't even fucking order the pieces of shit" The woman I spoke with before she asked Phil for help was pleasant

Thanks him and told him I'd go buy them from Cabelas

Went in there a second time, hey on occasion people have bad days right? Picked up some self defense rounds at a good price and he basically told me they were the greatest deal and I better not bother trying to find them at another price as his was the best so no haggling. I asked if they were reloads as all the boxes looked like they had been opened and closed a few times, he very rudely informed he didn't sell piece of shit reloads... damn, I like cheap ammo.

I don't know where he got the impression that I was going to haggle. I told him I know they are a good price, hence why I was buying them, paid and left.


I won't be back there again. American Sport Shooting is a much nicer store, the guys are much nicer to deal with and I don't have to worry about getting cursed out

[TDZ]

Hey! I had to comment on this one. I don't live anywhere near you guys, but we have three local independent dealers in our area that I used to frequent: Shyda's, Glenn's Guns and Bob Enck's Gun Barn. Shyda didn't care if I bought or not and they treated me decently. I would buy a lot of reloading stuff there because of it. Glenn treated you failry well, had good prices and I bought a lot of guns from him years ago. He always promised to buy back from me at what I paid or better if I decided to get rid of anything. Liar! I sold most of my guns for a downpayment on a home many years ago and he was rude, insulting at the price he offered and I basically figured "f*** him! He didn't offer me shit on anything and I walked out of there and sold everything at Horst's Auction for more than I paid!!
Encks: Always acted like I was wasting his time and had a shitty personality. I'm so glad that I lost most of my interest in guns and shooting and started riding motorcycle socially and playing church softball !

-TimZ

I recently stopped in at weavers, the local dive that some call a gun shop. In the past I have bought all my ammo and cleaning supplies, as well as a holster for my .45 from Phil. Never exactly the most polite or presentable person, never had anything nice to say about anybody once they walk out of his store. I had been in several times to check the price on a gun that I'd been saving for, as well as to see if he had obtained anything new. And he would always greet me as "Boy who's always here and never spends money."
Well, earlier this week, i stopped by, and saw that he had a used Smith and Wesson model 60, which i have been looking to buy. I made the mistake of attempting to write the price down. HOLY HELL!!! What was i thinking?!? Phil came running around the corner of his counter, arms flailing, spit flying yelling and screaming at me saying, and i quote, "What the f*** are you doing? You're in here all the f***ing time `looking`, never spending money, and always writing f***ing prices down. Ill tell you what you are, you're a god-damned spy for that d-bag Flynn, in here like all his other spies copying my prices. Get the f*** out of my store and don't f***ing come back until you have money to actually buy something!"

Flynn would be the owner of the cleaner, better stocked, better lit store who has more personality that a teaspoon, and who treats you like a person. Id like to add that regardless of how 'brave' you are, it is pretty tough to keep your composure in front of an angry, overreacting, overweight gun toting maniac. Just my personal opinion here, but Phil has given me reason to believe that he should be the only exception to the second amendment, let alone be allowed to run a store which allows you to preserve your right to said amendment.

Like I said, I purchased from him many times in the past, never a gun, but plenty of other stuff, and this is how he treats his repeat customers? It's understandable why he always has the same three people in his store..they're probably the only people who will listen to his raving lunacies and demeaning comments. I just hope that they know that he probably has nothing nice to say about them either once they leave. Needless to say, he definitely lost my business, and when i do have the money, you can guarantee I will not be handing it over to Phil.

Hopefully others will read this, as well as the startling amount of other negative comments I have seen on this forum, heed their warning, and go somewhere else. Oh, and Mr Weaver...Phil, if you read this, I want you to know that i would gladly hand my money to a bum on the streets of Philly before i gave any more to you.

[gonzoso]

Yeah, I have been there before several times. The place is grimy and the guys are rude. They always seem to know what is best for me better than I do. The one guy told me to test the bore wear on a used SKS by taking a round of 7.62x39mm and putting the bullet into the end of the barrel.

If I pull out live ammo while handling a gun in a store, I would hope the owner would turn me into a collander for the safety of the others in the store. Or at least scream at me while staring down the sights.

This was some grimy army wannabe white trash looking guy.

[ccp72]

Yeah, I have been there before several times. The place is grimy and the guys are rude. They always seem to know what is best for me better than I do. The one guy told me to test the bore wear on a used SKS by taking a round of 7.62x39mm and putting the bullet into the end of the barrel.

If I pull out live ammo while handling a gun in a store, I would hope the owner would turn me into a collander for the safety of the others in the store. Or at least scream at me while staring down the sights.

This was some grimy army wannabe white trash looking guy.

If it was an unkempt smelly little man with pig eyes and glasses, most likely wearing a fishing, or "ranger" vest, that would be Bob- the gun gnome, sidekick to the Troll and sage of all things sks. When he's not in the cave, he can often be found running barefoot through the woods with a rabbit in his teeth muttering "precious, where's my precious?".

[Old Shooter]

I go there and while Phil is a little "crusty" he has never given me a problem. My son is Autistic and Phil goes out his way to be kind to him,giving him things etc. he does not have to do. He always asks for my son and knows his name. Not everyone is kind to handicapped people and I appreciate Phils efforts.
I am not a big spender but that does not seem to matter.
There are other stores where you are "shadowed by employees "the whole time you are there, Phil is not that way.

[Exbiker]

I go there and while Phil is a little "crusty" he has never given me a problem. My son is Autistic and Phil goes out his way to be kind to him,giving him things etc. he does not have to do. He always asks for my son and knows his name. Not everyone is kind to handicapped people and I appreciate Phils efforts.

That statement to me speaks volumes about what may be below the crusty surface of a person, the part that counts. Thanks for sharing.