Bass Pro buys Sportsman's Warehouse

[.455_Hunter]

I noticed that at Murdochs. Pretty impressive the variety of firearms they could fit into that space.

I always seem to forget about them.

[Gman]

We were trying to socialize our puppy at Murdochs pre-Covid. I always seemed to make it by that corner of the store.

[Martinjmpr]

I don't think a business oriented major store chain would walk away from that kind of market power.

More to the point, there will always be a demand for guns so if X stops selling them, Y will pick up the slack. No businessman with a lick of common sense is going to leave all that potential money on the table.

Who else is old enough to remember when:

* Sears
* JC Penny
* K-Mart
* Target
* Montgomery Wards (remember them?)

sold guns? It wasn't that long ago - maybe 30 years or so (I know I'm showing my age here. )

EDITED TO ADD: Anyone else buy their first gun at Sears? Mine was a Universal .30 Carbine I bought at the Sears in Columbus, Georgia in 1981 when I was stationed at Fort Benning.

[Doc45]

^^I definetly remember those days lol. When we moved to Tucson in 1968 (I was 12) I'd generally be found hanging out in the sporting goods section of Monkey Ward and Sears oogling the rifles and shotguns. My dad found a hardware store he really liked and I remember barrels of rifles for sale. The big gun store in Tucson at the time, now long out of business, also had a big section of used rifles/shotguns in barrels. Same thing when I moved here in 1984, the Dave Cook store on the 16th St Mall had barrels downstairs in the gun department with all kinds of old rifles. Ah, the good old days.

[.455_Hunter]

Even the Dave Cooks in Boulder had the rifle barrels in the post-86 surplus explosion.

[BladesNBarrels]

I bought a Colt Frontier Scout .22 with the 2 cylinders, .22 Mag, .22 LR at McGuckin's Hardware Store in Boulder in the early 70's.
Cheaper than Garts or Dave Cooks at the time.

[.455_Hunter]

I bought a Colt Frontier Scout .22 with the 2 cylinders, .22 Mag, .22 LR at McGuckin's Hardware Store in Boulder in the early 70's.
Cheaper than Garts or Dave Cooks at the time.

My Grandfather bought his elk rifle from a McGuckin's manager in the late 50's. I think it was a private sale, but got him an immediate post-war Model 70 in .270 (still has pre-war safety and an Lyman Alaskan 2.5X scope) that I proudly own now. By the time I was cognizant in the 80's, they only sold airguns and ammo. Now it's just airguns, and ammo for .22 and shotgun. Still a great store, however.

[MrPrena]

I lived in boulder off and on since 95-01.
I remember McGuckin's was the ONLY Hardware store available in city of Boulder. Until the 28th st mall renovation/reconstruction and Home depot came in.

[.455_Hunter]

I lived in boulder off and on since 95-01.
I remember McGuckin's was the ONLY Hardware store available in city of Boulder. Until the 28th st mall renovation/reconstruction and Home depot came in.

There was also Sutherland's on Valmont by the RR tracks until maybe 2010?

[MrPrena]

There was also Sutherland's on Valmont by the RR tracks until maybe 2010?

I use to work about 0.5miles from there ( south of valmont and 30th during late 90s and till end of 2000), and I still forgot to mention Sutherland's