Disappointed with GM
Here's my experience with Gander Mountain.
Called the store on two occasions. First time, couldn't get anyone to answer the phone. Second time got put on hold, sat like a bump on a log for 10 minutes, then hung up.
So yesterday I decide to go there (GM in Huber Heights OH) to see for myself. Big, huge, store. Very busy with lots of customers.
They had plenty of firearms. Unfortunately, they were very overpriced. On everything: rifles, shotguns, handguns, ammo, accessories, etc. They only had 6 mil-surp rifles. All were in craptastic condition. All overpriced. I guess if you want to buy a shotgun, its a good place to go. They had racks upon racks of those.
They seemed to be sufficiently stocked on ammo of most sorts, not all naturally. Of course, some of their ammo didn't have a price tag, so forget comparing prices.
Here's the thing that ticked me off the most. They didn't carry any AKs or AK accessories. None. Zip. If you like AKs or looking to add on to your AK collection, forget it. In addition to the aforementioned crappy-condition mil-surp rifles, they had about 5 ARs. But nothing AK-related. Mind you, the gun dept in this place by itself is pretty big, but they can't carry any overpriced AK stuff? Ridiculous.
If you like paying extravagant prices for camping or hunting or shooting merchandise you could order online at half the price, then you should love Gander Mountain. The next time I see someone in public wearing a Gander Mountain T-shirt or other GM apparel, I will secretly snicker to myself, because they assuredly paid dearly for the right to be a walking billboard for this company.
In summary, I don't plan to waste the gas to drive there again. My .02