Southern Ohio Gun (SOG) just shut down???

[swede4198]

I was talking about J&G. Since you're in Dayton, you could stroll by SOG a lot more easily than I could.

I would but I never could find their physical address. It was much easier to buy from Aim surplus.

 

[hso]

I enjoyed doing business (i.e. sending them money for steel and wood) with them.

All things must pass in the surplus market.

 

[Sistema1927]

I made several purchases from them when I had my C&R, and even after it expired they were good enough to do a shipment to my local FFL. The "glory days" of surplus have sadly passed, which was evident in their final ads promoting things like broken stocks. (Not guns with broken stocks, just broken stocks.)

 

[tgrillo]

In the 90's it was my go to place for curio relic. I remember buying a Mosin Nagant M 38 for 99 dollars. 91-30 for 59 dollars. Sorry to see them go.

 

[apexgunparts]

The great number of milsurps of the WWII and early Cold War era has been squirreled away by individuals in the U.S. and recent treaties like ITAR have made it more difficult to import them to the U.S. Samco Global went bankrupt, Interarms is a shell of what it was, Mitchell's Mausers are running dry, Springfield Sporters got out of selling whole rifles over the mail, etc. The U.S. military crushes its surplus AR's and destroyed a bunch of Garands, M14's, Springfields, etc. by demilling them during the Clinton years. The surplus part is down to a trickle from what it was.

Similarly, the great stores of surplus ammo that made shooting a lot of these cheap are either getting to be used up or hoarded, and might not exactly be that safe to fire--hangfires, changed powder burn rates, deteriorated in storage, etc.

Even the big parts houses such as Sarco. Apex, and Numrich are running low on a lot of parts due to folks buying them up to resell them on Ebay or Gunbroker at a higher price.

At a certain point, dealing in surplus is like a mine--when the ore plays out--it is over.

I can't speak for other companies, but here at APEX Gun Parts we have so much material an expansion of our warehouse is planned!
In the past few weeks we have been sharing pictures on FaceBook of the shipments that have been arriving daily:









I have plenty of items to get listed on the web site, and plenty of material already in the warehouse to restock.
Right now its just an issue having enough room to sort product!

Richard

 

[dh1633pm]

I have been an Apex Customer. I have purchased from SOG some things back in the 90's when my dad had an FFL. Sorry to see them go.

 

[Speedo66]

I would but I never could find their physical address. It was much easier to buy from Aim surplus.

They were in Lebanon, just off a main road in an industrial area. No signs, just a mailbox on the road. Small loading dock with a tiny half door window inside was their only retail outlet.

Went there once to pick up some Carbine ammo on sale, also had a hard time finding the place. I can only imagine they did that to try and avoid burglaries.

 

[boom boom]

I can't speak for other companies, but here at APEX Gun Parts we have so much material an expansion of our warehouse is planned!
In the past few weeks we have been sharing pictures on FaceBook of the shipments that have been arriving daily:

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I have plenty of items to get listed on the web site, and plenty of material already in the warehouse to restock.
Right now its just an issue having enough room to sort product!

Richard

I'm glad that your company, which I have bought from in the past and will continue to do so, at least is investing in more stock and bucking the trend. I have always received fine service, fair prices, rapid shipping, and good communication about my order from you guys.

 

[apexgunparts]

Thank you for giving us the chance to earn your business!
I appreciate the kind words!
I too made my share of purchases from SOG.
They used to stock a LOT of goods that Century Arms imported, plus material from other importers.
I would have been pleased to have had the opportunity to purchase all the remaining parts inventory from SOG.
I am sure someone ended up with it.

Richard

 

[swede4198]

SOG was not the most user friendly company out there in the last few years. They did not like retail sales, especially firearms. I think AIM took a lot of their business with their willingness for customers to stop in and pick up their purchases. Every time I have stopped in their showroom for the last year there has been a line at the checkout counter picking up firearms and ammo.