☻☻Local gunshop shout-outs☻☻

[antmai]

Just a bit north of Spruce Grove is Swamp Donkey and I have to say that I have been both accommodated as well as offered more than fair pricing more than once.

Anyone else happy with a smaller shop near you?

[leo]

I always enjoy my visits to CX shooters in Morinville, and The Shootist in St. Albert. They both carry used firearms and oddball stuff.

[Rockyman41]

Bashaw sports. Can't say enough good things about them

[hal53]

Originally Posted by Rockyman41

Bashaw sports. Can't say enough good things about them

Yup...the only problem I have with Bashaw Sports is I am no longer allowed to go there with out supervision.. and apparently my grandsons don't count as supervisors...
Back Country Supplies south of Hardisty is another excellent choice

[Big pete]

Flys etc in high river, especially now that they moved to their new bigger location

[coyote_man]

Prairie Gun Traders have provided me with excellent service and pricing.

[deucecan]

Originally Posted by Big pete

Flys etc in high river, especially now that they moved to their new bigger location

I agree Fly's etc. is great! more than once they were the only one around carrying what I needed. And if they don't have it, they can almost always get it for ya.

[roger]

Originally Posted by hal53

Yup...the only problem I have with Bashaw Sports is I am no longer allowed to go there with out supervision.. and apparently my grandsons don't count as supervisors..

Lol totally agree with you hal53. Me and grandkid head there for breakfast next door and are first ones through the door when pud unlocks it.
support your local gunshop.

[rembo]

Originally Posted by hal53

Yup...the only problem I have with Bashaw Sports is I am no longer allowed to go there with out supervision.. and apparently my grandsons don't count as supervisors...
Back Country Supplies south of Hardisty is another excellent choice

Bashaw Sports is very good.

But I recently discovered something about them that makes me question their location...,....I can leave my shop in Leduc, drive to Bashaw, buy a gun and be back in the shop in 3 hours max,....can't decide if that's good or bad....

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by leo

I always enjoy my visits to CX shooters in Morinville, and The Shootist in St. Albert. They both carry used firearms and oddball stuff.

X2 on both!!
Always make a point of stopping by if I can when I head south
Cat

[Dead Mule]

Originally Posted by leo

I always enjoy my visits to CX shooters in Morinville, and The Shootist in St. Albert. They both carry used firearms and oddball stuff.

The Shootist is great for consignment.

Close-up photos of your gun on-line so you can visit it until it sells.

And, those photos sell the gun really well.

A quiet little shop that hides at the end of a little dead-end street in St. Albert.

[Dead Mule]

I clicked on this thread because I misread it as:

"Local Gunshop SHOOTOUTS", which sounded rather sensational.

Silly me


However, I like Bashaw Sports as well.

I've found guns there that I couldn't find in Edmonton area shops, and I've sold a few guns there under consignment.

It's an old-time gun shop in a century-old wooden building, with a little bit of everything.

I enjoy the drive, and I enjoy visiting Bashaw and driving through the Donalda Badlands, while I'm there.

[Dean2]

There are so many GREAT gun shops, it proves this is one sport where service levels and honour are different.

1. Prophet River
2. Nordic Marksman
3. Hirsch Precison
4. P and D
5. CX
6. Shootist
7. Bashaw Sports
8. Ellwood Epps
9. Alberta Tactical
10. Grouse River
11. RaynerShine
12. Wolverine Sports
13. Fly's

And those are just a few off the top of my head that I have dealt with recently. I challenge you to try to name that many of any other type of retailer who provide excellent service and stand good to their word when dealing with clients.

[elkhunter11]

My go to dealers are Prophet River, and then Bashaw Sports. I also do a fair bit of business with Raynershine, and occasionally P&D, but I had having to drive to their location. Less frequently I use Prairie Gun Traders, Northpro Sports, Hirsch precision and Ellwood Epps.

[Bergerboy]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

My go to dealers are Prophet River, and then Bashaw Sports. I also do a fair bit of business with Raynershine, and occasionally P&D, but I had having to drive to their location. Less frequently I use Prairie Gun Traders, Northpro Sports, Hirsch precision and Ellwood Epps.

Consider yourself lucky. Back in the day before the big box stores appeared, the street were P&D is used to be the hub for all but maybe 3 gun stores in Edmonton. The 3 others were Wolfs, Trail and Phoenix if I recall correctly. These were the crappy days before the innerwebs opened up the magic of online shopping.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by Bergerboy

Consider yourself lucky. Back in the day before the big box stores appeared, the street were P&D is used to be the hub for all but maybe 3 gun stores in Edmonton. The 3 others were Wolfs, Trail and Phoenix if I recall correctly. These were the crappy days before the innerwebs opened up the magic of online shopping.

I remember dealing With Klondike arms, and Custom Gun in Edmonton, Barotto in Calgary, Stalkers in Saskatoon, , and the other companies of the day.

[Homesteader]

Originally Posted by Bergerboy

Consider yourself lucky. Back in the day before the big box stores appeared, the street were P&D is used to be the hub for all but maybe 3 gun stores in Edmonton. The 3 others were Wolfs, Trail and Phoenix if I recall correctly. These were the crappy days before the innerwebs opened up the magic of online shopping.

I'd trade the inter web to have Trail back with Bobby at the helm

[Spot]

Originally Posted by Dean2

There are so many GREAT gun shops, it proves this is one sport where service levels and honour are different.

1. Prophet River
2. Nordic Marksman
3. Hirsch Precison
4. P and D
5. CX
6. Shootist
7. Bashaw Sports
8. Ellwood Epps
9. Alberta Tactical
10. Grouse River
11. RaynerShine
12. Wolverine Sports
13. Fly's

And those are just a few off the top of my head that I have dealt with recently. I challenge you to try to name that many of any other type of retailer who provide excellent service and stand good to their word when dealing with clients.

I have shoped at many of these and one common theme is they do custom orders for stuff you can't find at the big guys because its on back oder.

[waldedw]

some of you may remember Wolf's Guns in Edmonton and before that is was Smoky's Sports back in the early 80's so I may be dating myself somewhat, John from Smoky's was as good as they get and when Wolf bought him out the tradition continued, the coffee was always on and it had that small country atmosphere, a large number of us that spent untold $'s there knew full well we could save 4 or 5% by going to the big boys but we spent there anyway just because you were treated like a friend instead of just a customer with a number, anyway there are still places like that around, drop in at Shepp's in Lloydminster someday around 10, there will be anywhere from 3 to 10 people having coffee and chatting.

[topgenorth]

The guys at Tier One Armoury in Edmonton are great. I've found Tradex Canada to be good to deal with as well.

[243 wild cat]

Kodiak lake in Barrhead. Great to deal with Kevin always calls or gives us heads up when stuff comes in that we need or are interested in.

[sns2]

For me, it is not even close. Prophet River is far and away my favourite. Always will be as long as Clayton Smiley owns it. He understands customer service like no retailer I have ever encountered. Ever. As a result, he has the loyalty of many.

[Pompey]

Just a reminder, make sure the quantity you got is correct/sufficent.

Several weeks ago, I bought some bullets from a local small store. I always prefer to buy locally because i want to keep my money in Alberta. The seller counted them so quickly that I can't even see if it's correctly counted. I had to count again when I got home. As you may guess, it's ten percent short. He may not do it on purpose, I believe it's not, but I do deserve to get what I paid! Enough said.

No defense, no other meaning, just a reminder to all buyers.

[Dead Mule]

Originally Posted by Pompey

Just a reminder, make sure the quantity you got is correct/sufficent.

Several weeks ago, I bought some bullets from a local small store. I always prefer to buy locally because i want to keep my money in Alberta. The seller counted them so quickly that I can't even see if it's correctly counted. I had to count again when I got home. As you may guess, it's ten percent short. He may not do it on purpose, I believe it's not, but I do deserve to get what I paid! Enough said.

No defense, no other meaning, just a reminder to all buyers.

Random Projectile Decimation?

[bulletman]

We must give a shout-out for Prophet River today! I ordered a couple of boxes of LAPUA brass Sunday evening and they arrived at my door just after lunch. Wow! That's excellent service.

[heronfish]

They're a few hours from me but my last browning shotgun purchase was with bashaw, and not only where they great to deal with, but they beat cabelas by several hundred. You can't improve on that.

[ruger338]

Can anyone give me Martin's number ? Havent been able to track him down due to cell vs 13' then stump
thanks

[Steyr Luxus]

OLD POST FROM 2016

KDHUNTER
"ww arcade, in the basement was where all the firearms were, can still remember the wooden stairs going down there, creaking and groaning, anybody remember that, and the Dot, the sales lady there in the gun dept?"

I sure do remember these good old days at WW Arcade with Dot. Had many conversations and sales through her. My father bought me my first shotgun there a CIL Model 402 410 which has claimed many ducks, geese and upland birds. It's still in use today by my sons.

[Seandb]

I was in Proline Shooters today in Inglewood, Calgary. As soon as I walked in they were very welcoming. They knew I was in to test the feel of a few shotguns and not buy right off the bat, but the girl at the counter was really helpful and didn't brush me off. She pulled out all sorts of shotguns for me to test out and none of the guns had trigger locks on them so that was nice (though I wouldn't dare dry-fire one of their guns). Great friendly people, easy going and seem to know their product well. Much better experience than going to the gun counter at any of the big box stores.

[Hurst]

Caroline supplies. Whenever I head out west it's one of my stops. Tackle and trails in Rocky. Also found good deals at the Canadian tire in rocky.