DFW C&R-interesting stores? (Other areas too)

[Ed Ames]

I'm a CA resident w/ a C&R FFL, currently visiting the Dallas area.

I bring up the CA resident part because CA law pretty much neuters my FFL when it comes to buying handguns. I can walk into a gun store in Texas with a copy of my FFL and walk out with a pistol, and take that pistol back to California with me, but the only way I can order the pistol is to have it shipped to a dealer.

So I'm looking for interesting gun shops that have C&R guns. I found one shop in this area, Jackson Armory, that had a bunch of nice stuff. Some of it really nice. But I didn't buy any of the the nice stuff -- I bough a Nagant revolver. I've wanted one for the novelty factor...and it was probably the cheapest gun in the store by a mile.

Later this month or next month I'll be visiting Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas, and would be interested in shops in those areas as well.

So, any tips?

 

[Boxerrider]

Ft. Worth

Military Gun Supply http://www.mgsdfw.com/shop/

 

[Ed Ames]

I'll definitely be swinging past that shop... what sucks about them is the $30 premium they charge for buying in store. As in the same gun will be $149 for "mail order" and $179 for in-store purchase... and that's for a gun Centerfire sells for $129.

 

[Ed Ames]

How about these shops?
DFW Arms in Grand Prairie
Ray's Hardware and Sporting Goods in Dallas

Anything C&R related in either of them?

 

[vesmcd]

Ray's? WAY more "collector" than fun C&R stuff.

 

[Remander]

You've already found the one I was going to suggest: http://www.jacksonarmory.com/

Neat store. Lots of great guns in a small space.

Happy shopping.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

Yeah, Ray's has more collector and high-end stuff, but it's like making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Everybody needs to go to Ray's at least once.

Mike's Gun Room on Greenville at Main/Beltline in Richardson is a little hole in the wall shop, but he has interesting things from time to time. It's back by the police station in a little low gray brick building between a doll shop and a barber shop.

Further up Greenville, where it becomes Avenue K in Plano is The Bullet Trap and further north is Gun Masters. Both have a few interesting things from time to time, and BT is also an indoor rental range.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[Ed Ames]

Well, collector stuff isn't bad. Even if I can't afford it.


I have a fondness for antiques... I've even got the requisite selection of "affordable" antiques: S&Ws 1-1/2, S&W new departure, Webley, French 1892 Ordinance Revolver, and a few others. No problem buying them in CA even before I had my C&R. I'd love to get my hands on a S&W Model 3 and a few similar.... but my budget doesn't allow it yet. Is that the sort of collector stuff you are talking about, or are we talking $30K rifles and the like?