Walmart vs Gandermountain

[jim21]

Went to GanderMountain yesterday and seen a nice .260 Ruger Mark II.
I told the manager that Walmart had the same firearm for $50 less, he mention if that was so,he would match there price.I went home and copied walmarts add off the internet.Went back to Gander and sure enough they match it.Now I have a Ruger II stanless on layaway.

[nasem]

I don't like Gander Mountain.... they are bunch of sharks....

[Grubbs]

nasem, how so?

[nasem]

They are always over priced, they buy guns from thier customers for like $80-150, turn around and sell them for over $450.  Rip off....

I had a winchester 70 classic stainless New in box in 375 h&h....one of thier "guys" offered me $250 for it lol (and this was after winchester closed out its model 70 factory), I started laughing as I walked out of the store.  Few weeks later, I sold that same gun on gunbroker for $1580.

[skb2706]

ah........the free interprise system at its finest. Guess I would sell the used gun for something less than I could get for it...just cause I'm a good guy.

Walmart = few if any Walmart employees know jack about guns......some probably can't spell 'guns'. You better know exactly what you want when you go in.......sure as hell nobody there can help.
 
Gander Mtn = the local store here has a very good sales group and although I have not purchased a gun they are knowledgable. i would work out a gun purchase with them anytime.

[oldelkhunter]

Gander is not the place to trade a gun that is for sure

[nasem]

Please, please, please donÂ’t tell me youÂ’re the type of person who goes into a place (like gander) , asks one of the guys there who make like 10 bux  an hour “so what do you think of this Remington 700 375 RUM”
And the clerk goes “hell, isa grate gun man…..My granddaddy can shot them suckers all day long, recoils like an ‘06” lol
When you go to a gun shop, YOU BETTER know what you want before walking in there, its very pointless to have one of them “clerks” talk you into buying something, 99% of the time, you will have regrets about it.

[technical fowl]

I have found the sales staff at my local Gander Mountain very knowledgeable and helpful.  As with anything retail, it all depends who they have working there.  Although it may be the same company, the quality of the sales staff can vary greatly between different store locations.

[qajaq59]

Please, please, please don’t tell me you’re the type of person who goes into a place (like gander) , asks one of the guys there who make like 10 bux an hour “so what do you think of this Remington 700 375 RUM”

The guy you want to ask about rifles is that quiet one at the range that keeps making one hole just a little bit bigger each time he shoots. With him you at least have a chance at getting an intelligent answer.

[nasem]

There are a few things that trigger “buying a new gun” every time I want a new gun.  The first and most effective trigger HAS got to be “omg I donÂ’t have that cartridge, I NEED!!!!”  When realistically I DONÂ’T NEED  but instead I “want”.

Second trigger has to be looks, if it looks good, and it looks even better out side in @ the range, I buy it (example, my Romanian PSL 7.62X54R, this thing is wicked evil, every time I take it to the gun range I get at least 4-5 people ask me “what is that”)

Third trigger isÂ…Â…Â… Future dreams that one day IÂ’ll end up in Africa and hunt DG (pshhh yeh right, at over $20,000 a hunt, IÂ’d rather put that as a down payment for a new corvette) So I went a head a bought me a 375 h&h, and now looking to get a 416 rigby.

Ok, so the point of this is, I do not walk into a gun shop and ask “what I want”…..When I walk in, I ALREADY know what I want, I just go in to shop for the cheapest Price I can buy it at.

[younghunter12]

Third trigger isÂ…Â…Â… Future dreams that one day IÂ’ll end up in Africa and hunt DG (pshhh yeh right, at over $20,000 a hunt, IÂ’d rather put that as a down payment for a new corvette) So I went a head a bought me a 375 h&h, and now looking to get a 416 rigby.

Do you use the 375 h&h mag for varmits and occasional deer? lol. Alec

[safetysheriff]

Went to GanderMountain yesterday and seen a nice .260 Ruger Mark II.
I told the manager that Walmart had the same firearm for $50 less, he mention if that was so,he would match there price.I went home and copied walmarts add off the internet.Went back to Gander and sure enough they match it.Now I have a Ruger II stanless on layaway.

i hope you enjoy the cartridge and the rifle.    go to www.centerfirecentral.com to see how they would do a trigger job on a Ruger.   I've done three of them keeping the angles proper,etc.etc. and it worked Very Well.  

you did your homework and you got a break on the price.   good man.

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