Anyone else have a cop only gun store

[Eskimo Jim]

I've been in one store like that. They had nothing that interested me and their prices were outrageous. Haven't been back since.

-Jim

 

[Seraph]

Hi, Tamara. So, odd thing here - Craig's counter sales guy seemed more than willing to sell me a new Para recently. I didn't like it - too optioned out for me - but he was ready to deal. Maybe he lied and it was really used? Dunno. It was just a couple of days before you sold me that GI Champion. The guy lost me practically right when he first opened his mouth, by explaining to me how Colts are crap and Colt is not good to its dealers. To think I actually saw Craig's Firearms on Colt's list of dealers recently. Anyway, all in all, as a non-LEO, I would rate Craig's as a big fat goose egg (you know, ZERO) - far from the cool para-military, home defense weapon and Class 3 dealer he was in the 80's ("the 80's" is always enunciated with wistful nostalgia). There's my $.02, as promised (forewarned) in my first post here.

 

[hso]

As LE and wholesale sales crept up sales to the public stayed fixed and therefore became a smaller and smaller percentage of business. Once sales to the public dropped below 10% and the manufacturers started muttering about "you a stocking distributor or just some retail operation" it became inevetable that Craigs would abandone the sale of firearms to the public. Now considering that guns are not the profitable part of any Gun shop it's nice that accessories (where all the markup is) will still be sold to the public.