Posted on 06/18/2016 6:28:03 AM PDT by Drew68
After reading that Academy Sports was pulling their AR style rifles off the shelves, I headed to my neighborhood Gander Mountain here in Jacksonville, Florida to see if they had wussed out as well.
If Gander Mountain is pulling their AR rifles off the shelves, it is only because they are putting them in boxes and sending them out the door with customers.
I approached the hunting department around 7:00 pm. I hadn't planned on buying anything, though I hadn't dismissed the idea either. I was just there to look around.
AR-styles have always interested me. I am familiar with the weapon from the military. I earned my rifle qualification on an M4. Although an "AK Guy", I've found the AR to be easy to handle and fun to shoot.
Anyhow, I wasn't the only person occupying the three sales clerks' time at Gander Mountain. They were quite busy. There were a lot of men, some women, young, old, white, black all amongst the crowd at the Gander Mountain firearms department last night.
A half dozen of us were gathered specifically around the rapidly diminishing AR section of the firearm shelves. The salesman, who had grown well-rehearsed at what he was about to say grouped us together so he could deliver his sales speech at the same time.
He then proceeded to sell us on the virtues of the Armalite Eagle-15, an AR flattop with MilSpec construction and a .223 Wylde barrel.
They were selling them for $599. They currently had four left, even after doubling their orders following recent events. A quick internet search showed this price to be a bit high. The catch was, Gander had them here and right now while the lower-priced dealers were out of stock.
Normally, I'd think about it, go home, do a whole bunch of research on "what's the best base-model AR" and then return to the store to buy something three times higher than I had planned on spending.
But this time was different. Something stinks in the air right now. I'm feeling it. I think we all are.
It is the time to buy, not think about buying. I was the first man in the group to raise my hand and say, "start the paperwork." Within an hour, all four Armalites were gone as well as some S&W's, Sigs and other variants.
The rifle came with one 30rd magazine, no sling, no rear sight. Some overpriced ammo and accessories set me back about a grand total.
Not a bad Father's Day weekend at the gun store at all.
In and out took me about an hour last night, from the paperwork to the background check, and everything else. The whole time was non-stop business for the sales people with phones ringing off the hook. Don't bother calling. They don't have time to field queries over the phone. The most common phrase I heard was, "Sir, I'll be with you after these two guys."
They didn't have time for lookie-loos either. People were there to buy.
“Sooo, you’re one o’ them leftists, are ye?”
And, an armed leftist at that!
Congrats on the Rock River AR...great weapons of mass destruction. :-)
Damn sure are a lot of boating accidents.
Just make sure .223 AND 5.56 is stamped on the barrel. If it’s only .223, do NOT use 5.56.
Cute scope! So is the black tape.
Yep. Mourning the loss of all my evil black weapons.
My first gun Mossberg:
You will not regret your purchase. I have two Colts. Love ‘em both. May buy another AR type. Just to have on hand as I think Dimwits may be successful to some degree in outlawing them....
The barrel is stamped ".223 WYLDE CR-MO 1:8"
The lower receiver is stamped "CAL. MULTI"
.223 Wylde is a proprietary hybrid chamber that can accept both rounds.
that’s exactly the reason I got mine. the dimwits are in full out assault mode on AR’s.
that said, I can’t wait to get it and shoot the thing.
The “EYES” on that stove look evil ....:o)
Ya did good going with the .223 Wylde chamber. Same on my varmint rifles and they are “scary accurate” with commercial or surplus fodder..... enjoy !
Boating accident. Impossible to recover with those aluminum non magnetic frames. Must buy new ones...
ROFL...Mae West lives!
Gun owners make lousy sailors.
This is my humble opinion-
Check out the Mossberg MVP. In either 5.56 or 7.62.
The long range versions/target model are tack drivers and shoot well past the scope.
I have shot the 700, Savage 111, Ruger Gunsite. The feel of the MVP and the use of ar-15/10 type magazines, threaded barrel put it over the top.
All IMHO.
That would be an AR-PT. the nice thing is, it can take different forms in a matter of seconds so what is illegal now becomes legal with a small bite, changing the shape.
A proper knife is a heated, long thread in and of itself.
A proper knife starts at $300 and can be custom made for you.
This is exactly how the salesman put it.
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