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Title: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: Moonclip on October 17, 2008, 06:52:16 PM: Some shops I know that exist or have existed include a gunshop combined with a= barbershop,a ornamental ironworks,a deli,a hardware store/mechanic.
Title: Re: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: Gunaria on October 17, 2008, 07:07:03 PM: Does J.W. Guns in Riverside count? Half the store is guns and the other half is autoparts.
Title: Re: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: Moonclip on October 17, 2008, 07:11:00 PM: Quote from: Gunaria on October 17, 2008, 07:07:03 PM
Does J.W. Guns in Riverside count? Half the store is guns and the other half is autoparts.

Yeah, sandrails and such. And expired diet sodas in the ancient soda machine.
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Post by: rolo on October 17, 2008, 07:54:51 PM: I've bought one at a specialty auto parts store/ffl and another at a fence company/ffl.
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Post by: VegasND on October 17, 2008, 08:13:07 PM: Years ago in Oregon, a bar / gunstore; bar on one side, showcase with guns & ammo on the other.
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Post by: bigbronco on November 24, 2015, 11:22:22 AM: I have bought more than one from Pawn shops.
Title: Re: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: NorcalEnthusiast (NCE) on November 24, 2015, 11:49:04 AM: I have bought and also transfered a few at pawn shops. I used to use a pawn shop in Roseville to get all my cool Makarovs, etc... I bought a POS Walther P22 at a Bait and Tackle shop once :) I remember browsing AR-15's etc... back in the good ole days at BIG R Ranch and Home, but never bought anything. Bought a few at BIG 5 too.
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Post by: Red-Osier77 on November 24, 2015, 11:58:59 AM: anybody remember BENO'S
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Post by: Dyson on November 24, 2015, 12:39:03 PM: i used to go to Pixley Auto Parts, they had a huge selection in the back
Title: Re: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: pacrat on November 24, 2015, 01:25:14 PM: Several, I'm old enough to have known the world pre GCA 68. And pre 1991 DROS crap.

I used to buy rifles at Woolworth's five n dime. Pistols from Montgomery Wards and Sears. There is still a Western Auto Store on Atlantic Ave, in Bell, that is also a gunshop.
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Post by: SapperForward on November 24, 2015, 07:51:27 PM: J&K Mustang in Sacramento. They restore classic Mustangs, sell new and used mustang parts and sell guns. They even have their own J&K Mustang AR15 lowers.
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Post by: Canthavenuthingood on November 25, 2015, 09:08:59 AM: Gambles hardware store, walked 4 blocks home with bare 30.06 open carry.
Longs Drug store 10 inch .44 mag
Western Auto .22

Vick
Title: Re: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: Little Bruddah on November 25, 2015, 01:24:10 PM: From an FFL who sold it from the back of his van, at night, in an alley, in the deserted part of town, and he gave me a cash discount, too.
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Post by: big cannon on November 25, 2015, 04:20:35 PM: Sears and Montgomery Wards.
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Post by: small hole shooter on November 25, 2015, 06:32:48 PM: Western Auto in Bell, Sears also, many many years ago. Still like going to Western Auto in Bell, it's a fire trap.
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Post by: Huntsprig on November 25, 2015, 07:30:45 PM: In the early 1980's I bought a rifle from a guy at a bar.
Title: Re: Ever bought a gun at a combination/ non traditional shop?
Post by: LAKA90034 on November 27, 2015, 07:49:38 AM: Dave's - used to be in Main St in Corona it was Guns and Auto Parts

Best (Products) - used to be on Hole Ave. in Riverside...I walked in with birthday/dishwashing money and walked out with a Marlin 336 - I had just turned 18. :)

Coast to Coast Hardware in Woodcrest - used to be on Van Buren....

Those were just "normal".

We used to get Ammo at JJJ Liquor (corner of Van Buren and Inadiana Ave) in a pinch!
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Post by: dmesloh on November 27, 2015, 03:31:51 PM: Bought a pair of Ruger Single Six 22's from a little mom and pop grocery store, bought my first Sig from a second hand store.