Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
There is nothing like a good gunshop, but today you can look at and buy 10s of thousands of guns all over the country and even the world. I see and own guns I would never have seen in any brick and mortar gunshop anywhere I have lived.

Lloyd you have not lacked for acquiring nice guns of late. I doubt you would have found them in that shop.

It ain't all doom and gloom, guys. Pull up your big-boy pants and soldier on. .

Multi dimensional thought is completely above your pay grade.

It was so much more than a gun store. If it was just about guns it wouldn’t have mattered as much as it did. We’ve lost more than our share locally, places you could buy 2 1/2” ammunition, clothing that was aimed at and for guys who hunted and fished, and kit for same, and the chance to rub shoulders with like minded souls who did those things. I couldn’t get Frost Proof or Filson gear at Target, or K-Mart, but, I could at Burgher Brothers, sadly gone as well. They had a magazine rack that I bought my first copy of The Double Gun Journal from, I subscribed when I walked in the door back home. Never bought a gun there, but drooled on a few. I have a Conolon 5 Star light action rod and a Mitchell 401 that came from there, you weren’t going to get those anywhere else, either.

When I was a kid, those independent sporting goods stores were my version of a candy store. It would seem you missed it.

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Best,
Ted