I thought Dick's stopped selling all guns????

[2WheelGnnr]

I don't support dicks but I was desperate and needed to get something I could not find anywhere else...including the new Sportsman Warehouse...so Finally I caved and went to see if dicks has it last evening?! NOTHING has changed in henrietta. all hunting was still there and the gun counter is there will long guns and handguns in the case and what not. Ammunition for sale and everything. I swear I read they were going to stop selling firearms. I asked the clerk about it and he was like "HUH" so he didn't seem to be that intelligent on the matter either?

Again I also had HEARD they were going to stop selling anything hunting related....but nothing has changed?? Did I miss something?? whats up. Again I don't go there often if at all but I'm looking for this one item I need and plan to try eastview store tonight....if its still there.... as wifey wants to go to movies?!

I just don't get it........ NOTHING has changed.... going in I expected to not find anything there but maybe more fishing and maybe some hunting clothes??

 

[vanderblack]

They stopped selling AR style rifles a couple years ago but there was never mention of stopping the sale of all guns.

 

[Deplorable Me]

They're changing their name to "FUDDs Are Us."

FUDD guns only.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

I don't care if Dicks has the heart I need for a transplant. Not stepping in the door.

 

[2WheelGnnr]

Oh I must be confused I see the article that they were considering it... but i must of got it all confused with the ar-15's that they stopped and destroyed.

Account Suspended

 

[camper4lyfe]

Has F&S switched over to Sportsman Warehouse already?

 

[2WheelGnnr]

Yep last friday at the Henrietta ( Rochester) location at least.... but inside totally the same layout and all and peeple...literally just a name change...must have bought all the outstanding inventory too as all is exactly the same... nothing new at all!!!!

except a banner sign over F&S to SW.

 

[camper4lyfe]

Yep last friday at the Henrietta ( Rochester) location at least.... but inside totally the same layout and all and peeple...literally just a name change...must have bought all the outstanding inventory too as all is exactly the same... nothing new at all!!!!

except a banner sign over F&S to SW.

At least I have a place to shop again. My wallet is going to cry soon.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Nope. They sold some douchebag a shotgun so they decided to stop selling semiautomatic sporting rifles.

Because that makes sense.

 

[GTN]

Yep last friday at the Henrietta ( Rochester) location at least.... but inside totally the same layout and all and peeple...literally just a name change...must have bought all the outstanding inventory too as all is exactly the same... nothing new at all!!!!

except a banner sign over F&S to SW.

Dam. I was hoping they would bring in different selections

 

[GTN]

They say they are only selling hunting guns yet they have a lot of pistols you can’t hunt with.
Bass Pro guy told me the same bull crap so I pointed at the pistols and said well that’s different

 

[HIghlander]

Could be only Corporate owned stores removing guns and bullets. Franchised does not have to abide I would think.

 

[2WheelGnnr]

I don't think any are franchises. I think all store Corp Owned. But I was wrong was ONCE....and that turned out to be incorrect.....

 

[Bob]

Yep last friday at the Henrietta ( Rochester) location at least.... but inside totally the same layout and all and peeple...literally just a name change...must have bought all the outstanding inventory too as all is exactly the same... nothing new at all!!!!

except a banner sign over F&S to SW.

Dam. I was hoping they would bring in different selections

I was in there over the weekend and was able to talk with some of the folks working there. The sale happened fast and included all of the inventory. They literally had time to inventory what was in the store, make some technical changes, and little else. The FFL transfer hasn't even been approved, so Field and Stream is assisting with their firearm sales.

They are in the process of blowing out the rest of the Field and Stream merchandise and replacing it with their own. It's going to take some time to do it. I was encouraged by their shift in attitude relative to firearms, which was basically "If you as our customer can legally own it, we will sell it to you."

 

[Harry Hood]

If Dicks was on fire on the sidewalk, I would cross the street to avoid having to piss on them.

 

[Catskillkid]

Since when has Dick's sold pistols? None of the ones by me (SE NY) have ever had them. Having said that, Dick's can go suck it. Haven't set foot in one of them in years since the Sandy Hook bullcrap and definitely won't buy anything from them ever again with the rhetoric coming from their CEO.

 

[Saltwater60]

Some dicks sell pistols. Very few. None around me do. I too avoid them like the plague. My wife will go in there every once and a while for something for the kids and I give her hell.

about the guns. Yes they stopped selling all AR-15’s and some stores will stop all gun sales but most will still continue to sell them. I think it’s like Walmart some stores sell guns and some don’t.

 

[mgunner]

Yeah, I decided to stop going to Dick's Sporting Goods as well. I would rather just support the smaller shops anyway.

 

[Acer-m14]

Fk the box stores .. support the small LGS .. or learn to reload ..

i know some do not like TYM .. but watch ..

 

[96coal449]

I don't care if Dicks has the heart I need for a transplant. Not stepping in the door.

I admit it. I stepped in Dick's a month or so ago. Their parking lot was emptier than the rest of the mall so it was easier to gain access to the mall using their store. I hate going to the mall also but sometimes I go with my better half. Using the regular entrances forces you to park a 1/4 mile away. While we passed through asshole's.... I mean Dick's, she paused to look at something on the rack.
"Nope, sorry honey ....we're just passing through."

 

[Marine Cpl]

Fk the box stores .. support the small LGS .. or learn to reload ..

i know some do not like TYM .. but watch ..

Yep. Because when Joe’s Gun Shop goes out of business because it costs $550 for a Glock compared to $525 for the same Glock in Dicks , you’ll be sorry that Joe’s Gun Shop no longer exists when Dick’s stops selling guns.

On a side note, these local gun shops need to learn to stock their shelves with bulk ammo if they don’t want to go out of business. Enough of the 20 rd boxes already. Nobody buys those to shoot regularly unless the gun is new. Sell 1000 round cases.

Start selling good defensive ammo too. Get people into your stores so that they don’t have to buy online and perhaps they will impulse buy something. There is no reason why they cannot have all lines and grains of Hornady Critical Duty, Speer Gold Dots, and Federal HST’s along with Buffalo Bore and Underwood Hard Cast bullets. All they sell is junk Critical Defense and white boxes that have turned yellow of some Remington Hollow points that have been on the shelf for years.

 

[Acer-m14]

when i won my .270 win axis from a drawing .. got a box of shells too .. WhiteTail hunting stuff .. and i was just into reloading .. ahh that bullet is the same as the gameking 130gr SPBT .. i like to take things apart .. LOL ..

making rounds for less ..

 

[Edwardteach72]

Fk the box stores .. support the small LGS .. or learn to reload ..

i know some do not like TYM .. but watch ..

Comparing Sportsmans to Dicks is apples to oranges. Hes just mad (and rightfully so to an extent) that they couldnt put up petitions in Sportsmans store

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

Yep. Because when Joe’s Gun Shop goes out of business because it costs $550 for a Glock compared to $525 for the same Glock in Dicks , you’ll be sorry that Joe’s Gun Shop no longer exists when Dick’s stops selling guns.

On a side note, these local gun shops need to learn to stock their shelves with bulk ammo if they don’t want to go out of business. Enough of the 20 rd boxes already. Nobody buys those to shoot regularly unless the gun is new. Sell 1000 round cases.

Start selling good defensive ammo too. Get people into your stores so that they don’t have to buy online and perhaps they will impulse buy something. There is no reason why they cannot have all lines and grains of Hornady Critical Duty, Speer Gold Dots, and Federal HST’s along with Buffalo Bore and Underwood Hard Cast bullets. All they sell is junk Critical Defense and white boxes that have turned yellow of some Remington Hollow points that have been on the shelf for years.

An LGS right up the road from me opened about a year ago. I went in there once and they had no reloading supplies. I chatted to the people there about it and they said they would have reloading stuff soon and were rearranging the store. So I went in there a few weeks ago and low and behold they had reloading stuff. Here's the kicker. They only had primers and powder. No brass and no bullets. I asked about bullets and they said they wouldn't know what to keep in stock. I said not even 9mm and 45? Those are pretty common. They guy just kinda blew me off.

The point is if you don't make it a one stop shop then what's the point? I mean I guess it would offset the hazmat fee but if I'm gonna buy bullets and brass online then I may as well also get the primers and powder and have it all on my doorstep in a few days. So it looks like I'll continue to go to the other one down the road in the other direction. Disappointing because this one is maybe half a mile away. There are a surprising number of LGS in my area for how small the town is. My girlfriend actually stumbled upon a hidden one the other day. This one sells machine guns so I have to go check it out soon.

 

[BDinPutnam]

Haha Haha this again...

"Those stupid local shops better stock up on expensive inventory that may or may not sell, or they'll go out of business!"

 

[Edwardteach72]

Haha Haha this again...

"Those stupid local shops better stock up on expensive inventory that may or may not sell, or they'll go out of business!"

I had something all typed up for those comments, even hit up my buddy who owns a gun store to get an idea what his cost was before putting it on the shelf then I though nope we've been over this, and people just dont want to understand over heads, cost, how bulk buying actually works, and something sitting on a shelf or in the back room is actually costing the store capital from the second they paid for it up until the second someone hands them money for it

 

[Marine Cpl]

Yep. Nobody ever buys Gold Dots or a case of 500 of 9mm. Nobody. True story. Gander Mountain in Middletown (when it was there) used to sell out of 124 gr HST’s and the Blazer bulk packs that came in the cute little ammo boxes with the handle all the time.

They also could not keep Lake City 5.56 in stock either.

 

[Edwardteach72]

Yep. Nobody ever buys Gold Dots or a case of 500 of 9mm. Nobody. True story. Gander Mountain in Middletown (when it was there) used to sell out of 124 gr HST’s and the Blazer bulk packs that came in the cute little ammo boxes with the handle all the time.

They also could not keep Lake City 5.56 in stock either.

Yup and mom and pop shop has the same warehouse size as those places to store all the bulk ammo

 

[BDinPutnam]

Yup and mom and pop shop has the same warehouse size as those places to store all the bulk ammo

And the same lines of credit with 3-4 big banks that allow them to carry unsold inventory on the shelf and warehouse...

 

[Edwardteach72]

And the same lines of credit with 3-4 big banks that allow them to carry unsold inventory on the shelf and warehouse...

Or distributors who are shipping truck loads full of ammo to multiple locations ie buying in bulk bulk.

Or numbers showing they can sell X,XXX,XXX number of boxes per region so said distributor will give them an absolute crazy good deal on each truckload