I will confess I took advantage of their ATI 223 sale this last week, but that is the ONLY reason I went in there. I too live a stones throw away and will NEVER purchase a firearm from them.
About 3 years ago I was perusing the used rack and they had a standard Springfield M1A that had seen a hard life. Front sight broken, rear sight missing and forend cracked. I thought it might make a good project piece if the price was right. I flipped the tag over and they were asking $1299.00
I asked one of the salepersons if that price was correct and she sent the Hunting manager over. He told me that the price was correct and non-negotiable because this was a rare M14.
I chuckled to myself and asked him what made it an M14. He told me that only Springfield made M14 rifles. I asked him if it was select fire. He told me yes, I could select safe or fire.
I laughed out loud and told him he may know all about an A bolt or Citori but he needs to learn a bit about his Battle rifles.
About a year later I learned they are a good place to get rid of a junk gun. I picked up a NIB Bushmaster A2 that just would not run. I changed the gas rings, lapped and staked the key etc but no matter what I did it just would not run. I sent it back to Bushmaster but even when it came back it still would not run.
took it to Gander and they gave me $50.00 more for it than I paid for it. No "Gunsmith Inspection" or anything.
Beware of any used firearm at Gander