At what point would you not buy locally?

[Pindarslight]

I will Buy online merely for connivence. in the ft Riley we have 4 local shops and only one in my opinion has outstanding service and prices. The one I used to go to is ran by a retired soldier from the fort, started out as a car shop turned into a gun store once the other GS down the street screwed a cancer patient out of a good handgun.

This guy (ogdens best) just built a range and has a huge selection of firearms to rent to include machine guns.

I bought a Fnx from this guy for 660 bucks had to sale it, only shot 100 through it he gave me 300...put it on the rental rack seriously! I bought a 336c remlin from these fools wasn't happy at all and I could not get a good return or trade it in for equal value.

I take that same weapon to another range ( Godfrey's) and I traded it in for a brand new out of box gun for free...

Ogdens range is kinda ragady and smells like lead and it's hot in the summer. Godfrey's is a million dollar gem has excellent filtration, service, good looking women, prices with life time warranty and overall quality is better.

I think buying local depends of service quality of product. I'm moving to NYS and I have to jump through hoops for a handgun and do the same for a good range( most ranges are outside unless pistol and small bore)

I can't say anything about LGS yet but I'd have to say I'm not really optimistic.

 

[Coop45]

The mom and pop places can't buy as cheap as the big guns stores, but I try to give them as much of my business as possible. I've seen Gander Mountain price guns over MSRP. Figure that one out.

 

[Inebriated]

I will buy local when I find a shop that wants my business. I've only got one local place I'll buy from, aside from the less-than-local (hours away) vendors at the gun shows. The rest of my purchases are online.

 

[Old krow]

I'm curious how many of you buy locally no matter the price and if not, at what point do you order it from somewhere else?

In most cases I will buy locally. I won't buy local no matter what, but it usually works out. I'd say that 75% of the time I buy locally. It depends on the initial price as to when I start looking elsewhere, but they've normally got $50 or so on most guns. I look for older guns that aren't in production and they usually handle the transfers.

I'd buy online before I bought anything from Dick's. I'll buy some reloading supplies from Bass Pro or one of the LGSs if I do not want anything in quantity, otherwise I order online. I'll buy some HD ammo from some LGSs, but not many as they're simply too high.