Old Dog
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... at least, when you purchased a new gun, the shop would always throw in a box, sometimes two, of ammo.
I remember as if it was yesterday, buying my first Colt 1911 new in a shop in San Diego (that no longer exists), clerk threw in a box of good quality new 230-grain ball. Prior to that, when I bought my very first bolt-action rifle (let's just say, late '70s) in a well-known mid-western outdoor store, a beautiful Winchester Model 70 Featherweight .30-06, the clerk took off the shelf and handed me a couple boxes of Remington Core-Lokt in 150 and 180 grain each.
Fast-forward to today, I can't remember an occasion in the past twenty years where I've bought a new gun and the shop threw in, gratis, a box of ammo as thanks. Recently spent over $1200 on a new pistol in a shop I have spent major cash at over the past ten years, and it was almost as though they could not wait to get me out the door with barely a nod.
Are there ANY shops anywhere in the country where the old tradition still holds, you plunk down yer hard-earned dollars for a shiny new gun and the store says thanks by throwing in at least a box of their cheapest ammo?
I remember as if it was yesterday, buying my first Colt 1911 new in a shop in San Diego (that no longer exists), clerk threw in a box of good quality new 230-grain ball. Prior to that, when I bought my very first bolt-action rifle (let's just say, late '70s) in a well-known mid-western outdoor store, a beautiful Winchester Model 70 Featherweight .30-06, the clerk took off the shelf and handed me a couple boxes of Remington Core-Lokt in 150 and 180 grain each.
Fast-forward to today, I can't remember an occasion in the past twenty years where I've bought a new gun and the shop threw in, gratis, a box of ammo as thanks. Recently spent over $1200 on a new pistol in a shop I have spent major cash at over the past ten years, and it was almost as though they could not wait to get me out the door with barely a nod.
Are there ANY shops anywhere in the country where the old tradition still holds, you plunk down yer hard-earned dollars for a shiny new gun and the store says thanks by throwing in at least a box of their cheapest ammo?