WTR wrote: ↑Sun Sep 16, 2018 9:55 am
Went to Mc Brides gun shop while in Austin. Great selection,a bit proud of the prices I saw and paid but be friendly and knowledgeable staff.
If they are a small independent operation they don't get the deals big box and online sellers get. Most have to depend on service and knowledge to bring in customers who are willing to pay a little more. I have a LGS and he's shown me his wholesale prices, which are often more than some large web sellers are asking for the same firearms. He sometimes get special deals, but for the most part is selling at minimum profit, but still above the web and big box stores. I don't buy many new guns, but the last few I have purchased have been from him because I'm willing to pay a little extra to support the local guy who often helps people with their gun problems free of charge. I watched him help a guy who came in complaining the pump SG he had just purchased from a pawn shop would only hold two shells in the magazine. You all probably know what the problem was, but the guy had no clue. Rob removed the magazine plug free of charge and explained to him why it was there and that he'd have to replace it if he ever hunted migratory birds and then showed him how to put it back. The guy returned with a six pack of cokes a while later. He put one of his own Leupold scopes and mounts on a customers rifle to try when he was running out of elevation with two others he'd tried. That's why we need local independent gun businesses.
