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Real service!

mballaimballai Member Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 2002 in Ask the Experts
I am a firm believer in supporting local businesses and much more so when it comes to my local gun shop and range. I might save money on supplies elsewhere, but I'd be lost without a place for service, shooting, and picking up a gun.

Yesterday I went to pick up a S&W 640 I bought and stopped to asked the owner if he could do a trigger job on my Model 60 2". He told me it would take him two or three days. So I hand him the gun. Great! So off I went to shoot the 640. I come out of the range and he's busy working on the 60. He tells me that if I want to come back in an hour and half and he'd have it ready! Went out to dinner and came back and of course the gun was ready: the trigger is smooth as silk and fires at maybe half the pull.

Of course now I'm in real trouble: I've got some other S&Ws that could benefit from this guy's wonderful work



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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Its good to have a dealer like that,plus I like to give the small man the business.




    Enjoy that new S&W !!

    Rugster
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The guy I deal with here is as small a shop as Im sure you can have.There are other bigger stores here with more guns and better prices.But I feel comfortable there and I will do business with him as long as he is there.He honest if I ask him about a gun and he doesnt like them even if its more exspensive he will tell me about a different cheaper gun that fits my needs perfectly.I broke the firing pin and a action bar on my Springfield 67 shotgun and he said hang on a minute I got ya.He fixed it on the spot for free.Ever since he has had all my business.

    Eric S. Williams
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  • treedawgtreedawg Member Posts: 321 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i'd love to support my local dealer, but they are so rude and the prices are way out of line. i do have a local gun smith that i deal with and he's also grumpy and slow, but i love his work and keep spending money with him.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I buy some things from catalogs, some collector ammo at auction, but more than 50% of my purchases are with proprietary firearms dealers. Some of these folks are more eccentric than I (quite a feat!), but it enhances the experience and usually they give you *great* service if not the best prices. Capsized a canoe during duck season. Shotgun spent 30 minutes totally immersed. Took it to my dealer / gunsmith and it was given top priority, stripped down, dried out and completely ready for the next day's hunt.
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.comcaptkirk3@dslextreme.com Member Posts: 3,804
    edited November -1
    This Topic would be better served in the general Discussion Forums...

    Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
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