New Gun Store in Windsor--Windsor Armory

[funkymonkey1111]

No affiliation with this place, and i've not been there--but ran across this story

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/mone...sor/100925476/


https://www.facebook.com/Windsor-Arm...4554982413584/

[drew890]

I was just in Windsor today. Wish that I would have seen this sooner.

[Great-Kazoo]

If anyone's going that way, pm me. Been there a few times, nice guy with a few former Liberty arms (ft fun) working there.
The gun inventory is sparse, which i have no issue with. Who want's $20K of inventory on the shelf when guns are not moving. The guns on hand are comparably priced with other stores in the area, also carrying some higher end long guns.Their P&A stock is getting there, with some requested "items" . I'm waiting for his rifle classes to start.

[bryjcom]

Did a transfer there the other day. Nice people. Glad he's in Windsor

[StevieJ]

Stopped by yesterday, pretty anemic inventory and the salesmen, Ed I believe, offered to "order that" for me about a dozen times. I want now, now, now and you have to order something, I can just do that myself off the internet and save some tax and gas. I like that they are veteran owned, but if all they can offer is the ability to order online just like I can, I'll pass.

[Great-Kazoo]

Stopped by yesterday, pretty anemic inventory and the salesmen, Ed I believe, offered to "order that" for me about a dozen times. I want now, now, now and you have to order something, I can just do that myself off the internet and save some tax and gas. I like that they are veteran owned, but if all they can offer is the ability to order online just like I can, I'll pass.

Almost (ok all) gun stores in todays extremely slow buying time are keeping minimal inventory on hand. Why keep $1-200K of parts paid out of pocket, when I can order on line ?

There's not 1 gun store in CO, or even down in AZ, that has every rack filled.

[StevieJ]

Almost (ok all) gun stores in todays extremely slow buying time are keeping minimal inventory on hand. Why keep $1-200K of parts paid out of pocket, when I can order on line ?

There's not 1 gun store in CO, or even down in AZ, that has every rack filled.

Point taken, but I also feel like it's almost a waste of time to start a small/tiny gun store nowadays and only have 5k in inventory. Like I said, I was looking for a few items, none of which they had, and the salesmen offered to order them for me every time. With online monsters out there now like CDNN or Palmetto State, I just think it's a waste of time and resources to try to compete when you're just going to close the doors in a few months and put people out of work.

[Great-Kazoo]

Point taken, but I also feel like it's almost a waste of time to start a small/tiny gun store nowadays and only have 5k in inventory. Like I said, I was looking for a few items, none of which they had, and the salesmen offered to order them for me every time. With online monsters out there now like CDNN or Palmetto State, I just think it's a waste of time and resources to try to compete when you're just going to close the doors in a few months and put people out of work.

Great, shop on line and avoid bringing your gun store drama here.

[StevieJ]

Great, shop on line and avoid bringing your gun store drama here.

Gun store drama? Is this OP not about a gun store? Wtf

[bczandm]

Point taken, but I also feel like it's almost a waste of time to start a small/tiny gun store nowadays and only have 5k in inventory. Like I said, I was looking for a few items, none of which they had, and the salesmen offered to order them for me every time. With online monsters out there now like CDNN or Palmetto State, I just think it's a waste of time and resources to try to compete when you're just going to close the doors in a few months and put people out of work.

Inventory is a double edge sword. Too much and the costs consume the business (figure the inventory costs at 40% of inventory annually, so a $100,000 inventory will cost $40,000 a year to keep on hand) and too little and the shop can't produce the gross profits to cover expenses. The smaller shops that appear to do well seem to have found a balance between these two inventory issues. Of course there is more to it (such as having the higher gross margin items in stock) but StevieJ is correct. A $5,000 inventory for a retail shop is likely certain death unless there are some very unusual sales metrics.