Author Topic: sportsman wharehouse (Read 569 times)

gilly · « **on:** November 09, 2003, 05:04:19 PM »

Anyone herd of this store its being built in my town in Iowa
They have a small web site that isnt that informative
is it a good store

Questor · « **Reply #1 on:** November 10, 2003, 03:00:43 AM »

We have one here in Minnesota. Some things are expensive. Others are fairly priced. The people that work there don't know much. I don't think I'll be going back often, but probably will occasionally.

colt451911 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 10, 2003, 12:14:25 PM »

We have one in south eastern Washington. Ours has some reasonably well informed people but nothing compared to what you will find at your average neighborhood gun store. Their biggest advantage is in store selection, by and large what others will tell you they can order sportsmans has in stock. You can get ammo in any almost any modern caliber there as well. Their prices arn't great but not bad either. My advice is if you already have a store that your loyal to there is nothing at sportsmans worth switching for, however if you don't then they are a good option.

His lordship. · « **Reply #3 on:** November 13, 2003, 11:08:35 AM »

We have one in St. Paul, MN near the stockyards. I used to go there to check out their military surplus ammo and guns. Then I went in there a few years ago just before deer hunting season, and what a change. They stopped carrying guns completely, here it was just before deer opener and nobody was in the place except for 3 other customers in the whole big building. In the retail gun business, you use the guns as a lure to get the customers in to buy the high markup merchandise like the clothes, etc. The guns don't pay, accessories do.

Then they decided to sell ammo only through a catalog. I got one of their catalogs a few months ago, and now they won't even sell ammo. Just clothing. I question whether they will be around in a few years as everybody sells jackets and pants. :?