I worked at the Cabela's Gun Library in Lehi, Utah both as a lead and manager for over 10 years. When Bass Pro shops bought out Cabela's in 2017 it went to hell in a hand basket quickly. Bass Pro in their infinite wisdom eventually got rid of all the senior library staff with all the knowledge in favor or hiring joe blows off of the street for $10 per hour. I left a little over a year ago and actually stayed 5 years too long, but in truth it was going down hill even before the Bass Pro fiasco. Now, all you will find are black plastic handguns and rifles and lots of Turkish shotguns. I personally ordered a barrel wall thickness gauge on the company credit card and caught hell for it. They eventually got over it. Bass Pro does not care about loyal old time gun owners. They are only interested in Boats, fishing, and their name on NASCAR. They have no business buying classic SxS shotguns as the knowledge base is long gone. If you walked into a Cabela's today with your Parker, Fox, L.C. Smith, Purdey, Boss, Francotte, Darne, German drilling, English double rifle, cape gun, etc., etc.,....they wouldn't know what to do with it. It is very sad but all good things seem to have an end at some point. The traditional Gun Library concept as intended by it's creators is long gone.
