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I am still thinking this applies only to semi-auto guns with detachable and fixed magazines.

There were good things and bad. Single RSO, not the greatest lighting, and pretty poor ventilation to name a few of the negatives. I doubt they did regular maintenance on the range. It must have been a nightmare to clean up before they leveled the building.

I thought S&W still had their lifetime warranty, but it was only good for the original owner.

When did that change?

PA has entered the race to the bottom. For their sake lets hope their Hunters like to vote more than ours.

God help us all if that was the case.

Not sure about that, but I believe Ramsey Outdoor was featured in The Sopranos several times.

Ok, lets go back again...I used to buy my fishing gear at Hermans Sporting Goods. A few executives left there to start up The Sports Authority, who were actually pretty good for a decade or so. They used to even sell handguns there. They went downhill quickly when they stopped selling handguns, and then long guns a few years later.

Yes Sir, I remember them too. What most people don’t know is that Leslie Edelman who owns Kimber, is the very same guy who owned Edelmans. Send it to Smith. You’ll get it back by the time we have a Republican Governor again.

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I doubt it would to that extreme result. If they backed out those primers don’t you think at least some people would notice. I doubt he loaded every single mag himself. I think all in all this was the worst season ever, and absolutely the worst season finale. Ill give it one more shot next year. If the first episode is this bad..I’m out. You just cant kill off every interesting character and expect that people will come back.

Sorry about that. Us old guys will just shut up now. Didn’t mean to bore you with any history.

Rays was opened in 1947, Rays was in business for over 63 years. Meltzers for 101 years, Efingers for over 107 years. They all must have done something right to be in business that long...yes there was less competition then there is today, but you cannot discount that kind of longevity. Ray’s kids were in their late 60s spending most of their adult life working there. Ray was in his 90’s and did not want to retire, but his kids did. Since they were more or less running the business you can figure out why they sold out. They tried to sell the business as is, but Ray refused to sell until his health was failing. Meltzers story was similar, Billy’s kid did not want to own the business when he was ready to retire. Efinger suffered from increasing completion in the area as well as the internet. The team business suffered greatly when parents had to choose to have their kids play only one sport, once the schools stopped supplying necessary equipment for them to participate. Add to the fact that many hunters started to age, and kids were not taking it up in the same numbers. Not to mention every year there seemed to be less public land to hunt. The writing was on the wall. All great memories in all of those stores. But as was posted earlier there are still Great choices out there. Support your local stores and gun ranges so they don’t one day become a memory.

Maybe I’m thinking of Galyan’s. Was there one of those on RT 22 back in the day?

Jack Ross used to work at Efinger after he closed his shop. Great guy. He retired down in Florida.

Also used to shop at Rays, Edelman’s, Meltzers, Herman’s, and Efingers. There was another big sporting goods store on 22 back in the day. The building had a weird shape like an old ship. Can’t remember the name.

Missed shooting at Greeley’s...I was too young when we lived in Cedar Grove. I have shot at Rays, and I took my Shotgun Hunter course live fire @ Orange Pistol Range. Shot .22 rifles all the time at summer camp.

Paul they were actually rolling along pretty good...No holidays, snow or hour long donut breaks today.

Lots of service size 45’s have 12-13 rd mags.

You need a large payroll to do the big quantity sales you are suggesting. Making 25 bucks on a $500 gun does not make much sense unless your employees all work for free.

Lol ...he should have just said right above wholesale. Still makes no sense to sell a gun a few percentage points above cost and be able to keep the lights on, unless you have almost no overhead.

I think that is what Jack was describing, but a lot of people do mix that up and think that it is an actual cartridge.

Why would any store sell guns for less they paid for them? As Hickok45 always says “they must be from Kentucky”

Now that’s a cool wheel gun!

It absolutely does according to that link...if it is correct.