[Bob F.]

Gonna be in Johnson City, TN this weekend for a car show, Nice that TN honors my CHL! Always feel a little vulnerable in motels. Any gunshops or public ranges in the immediate area that I should check out?

If ya make the car show on ETU campus, come by and introduce yourself. I'm the old fart with the wife showing a RED 2000 Mustang (TERSTANG) and khaki "Molon Labe" ballcap! Sure would be nice to put face with the names here!

Stay safe.
Bob

[real_name]

Not sure about Johnson City, or Bristol. Might be worth a Google. I know there's a lot of fun to be had in Knoxville if you make the trip, and down at Gatlinburg there's a real good knife store that I always divert myself over to when I'm on I40 over that way.
http://www.eknifeworks.com/webapp/eCommerce/main_front.jsp

[Chawbaccer]

Wideners calls JC Tenn home, worth a visit maybe.

http://www.wideners.com/

[Razor]

There's a gunshop/range just a mile or 2 down the road from ETSU. I think the name is Point Blank or such. I've never shot there myself and last time I did stop by their inventory was pretty sparse. That was last summer, though.

If you see a chubby Filipino with another khaki Molon Labe hat wandering around the carshow, that'll be me. (I might not be able to make it, because I may have to work).

Edit: http://www.pointblankindoorfiringrange.com/

[Kaylee]

Widner's has crazy short hours, I don't think they'll be open if you come by on the weekend.

Point Blank is the local indoor range. They don't have a lot of inventory, but the folks are nice. They're about four blocks from ETSU on Walnut -- easy walking distance.

Also nearby is Crowder's on the Jonesboro highway. They have a LOT of inventory, but are almost always so crowded you can't hardly get close enough to the counter to see what it is. And because of that they can get a little crabby at times.

Keep going down to Jonesboro highway and you get to Byrd's Specialty Firearms.. it's about oh... fifteen minutes or so from ETSU, and I think prolly the best place locally. Their inventory isn't as expansive as Crowders, but it's much more eccelctic. Nice ARs, beautiful Kentucky longrifles made by a local craftsman, and quite a bit in between. If you can only make one place local, that's where I'd go.

-K

[Bob F.]

Hey, thanks for the replies! Hope the weather's good and we get to hit a couple of the places. Been to the Knife Shop! Nice SG store near Pigeon Forge last time I was there, no the left going in but don't recall the name.

Razor: be watchin' for ya'!

Thanks.
Bob