OT - The Great Outdoors Gun Shop.....*new pics, video*

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:10 pm

As ya'll probably know, I left county public service to be a manager and gunsmith of a new gun shop in a nearby town. The shop is called The Great Outdoors Gun Shop and it is located in Atwood Kansas 67730. We opened on May 1 and our grand opening is on May 23, 24 with Tom Knapp of Benelli performing an exhibition shoot. We have a much larger shop than the previous gun store in town. Today was a busy day with 11 guns sold. I have attached some pics here for your viewing pleasure. We moved into the building on April 1 and what a busy month it has been. All of the wood cabinets, racks and shelving were made by an employee of a sister business. We have Liberty Safes, Owens dog boxes, Bombardier ATV, Benelli, Franchi, Stoeger, Uberti, Swarovski, Ruger, Remington, Henry, Savage, Springfield Armory, Glock, Browning, Bushmaster and many others. For clothing we have Filson and Kings Shadow Camo. I stock mostly Hornady bullets with a few Sierra and Nosler. We are also a distrubutor for Hodgdon Powder.

Fun times ahead.

Mike S. · Post by **Mike S.** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:17 pm

Looks like a nice store. Best of luck to ya.

Enjoy the tom Knapp show - he's fun to watch.

Mike

Post by **AmBraCol** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:18 pm

Congratulations on a fine looking establishment.

You made me look up Atwood as I could not recall it at all from my many trips through Kansas. I see now you're north of Colby, northeast from Goodland, southeast from Holyoke, CO and southwest from Norton, all places I'm familiar with. Don't know how I ever overlooked Atwood over the years. I'll try and keep it in mind the next time I'm up in that neck of the woods. Anyway, congratulations. Looks like you've got a nice setup there.

brucew44guns · Post by **brucew44guns** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:28 pm

Nothing can beat simply having some good and various inventory. Looks like you got some too. When a guy is in the mood to buy, (at least for me) I don't want to wait for a UPS truck 4 days from now. I'm glad for you guys, I bet this a dream come true.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:29 pm

Man there's a LOT of goodies in that first pic.

Good luck with the store. I would stop in if you were closer to MO.

Jarhead · Post by **Jarhead** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:32 pm

What a great job! Best wishes in your new endeavors!

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:33 pm

Congratulations and enjoy the change. Next time we come that way we'll stop in.

Yance · Post by **Yance** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:43 pm

Nothing like a brand new gun shop!!! Still has that "sterile" look about it.

Post a few more pics 6 months from now with some of the local boys and that "lived in" look. It'll be "just like home".

Congratulations and GOOD LUCK!!!!

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Sat May 03, 2008 11:00 pm

Let me know if you pick up a good used Ruger Blackhawk .357 with the 6 1/2" barrel!

Quinn

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:24 am

Congrats on the new shop.Good luck

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rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sun May 04, 2008 1:35 am

jengle, wishing you the best of luck. Shop looks great. perhaps you could advertise some of the nice or unique items here (with pics of course) blessings

preventec47 · Post by **preventec47** » Sun May 04, 2008 2:14 am

ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
Make sure on your displayed new rifles that there be tags or stickers
that browsing customers CAN READ from across the counter. I dont
like to waste a busy store clerk with 3 dozen what is that gun, how much
over and over and over. In TENN the best gun shop I ever visited
had all the rifles out on the sales floor in racks that the customers
could pick them up and examine them. They all had a steel cable
running through the trigger guard but that was much better than
bothering a store clerk endlessly. Gun shop visitors like to browse
and that is impossible if you make the info impossible to see or read.

Ram Hammer · Post by **Ram Hammer** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:38 am

Congratulations and good luck. Fine looking store.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:43 am

Congrats! That looks like a heck of a shop. I agree with Bruce - I love shops that have a lot of inventory - and a great variety - and patronize them as much as I can. I know it's not cheap to carry all that, so giving them as much of my business as possible is my way of saying thanks!

Good luck - keep us posted!!!

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:48 am

I need one of the newer H&R muzzeloaders with the screw in breech plug.
Might as well buy it from a forum member

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:15 am

Thanks guys. When I was planning this shop, I wanted to do several things. I wanted the price and caliber to be seen from the front of the counter, wide variety of firearms, room to put all the stuff and a friendly atmosphere. With the price tags that I have, it is a little hard to see the price but they actually work pretty good. The first three days of business we sold 14 guns and I have orders for several more. Not too bad for a town of 1500. When Scott Carlson had Northwest Arms and Service in Atwood, he said that over 80% of his business came from out of town. I believe it because of all the firearms I sold, only two were from in county. On monday I need to order a bunch of stuff to fill in some gaps.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sun May 04, 2008 11:34 am

Best wishes and continued success.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:07 pm

Hey Jengel, the store going to be available by internet?

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:24 pm

kimwcook has a good idea there, I would would buy from a forum member.
I was in Alamagordo, N.M. last week, the gun store there was not very friendly.
I think a lot of us would look to a forum member, at least he would be a kindred spirit.

.45colt · Post by **.45colt** » Sun May 04, 2008 6:49 pm

This is good news and I am very happy this is working out for You. Jim.

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:15 pm

very nice shop....

Mutt · Post by **Mutt** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:16 pm

Took a lot of dollars to out-fit that project. Good photos and I'm glad you sound happy......Mutt

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:27 pm

kimwcook wrote:Hey Jengel, the store going to be available by internet?

Not at this time. That is something that we have talked about. If you are looking for something, let me know. Right now, I do have an pre-AE, pre-safety Model 94 on the shelf and a new Uberti Lightning .357 24" bbl.

Within the next week, I need to get some more stuff so that I can get started on my gunsmithing. I will post more pics later of the rest of the shop. The pics that I showed on page 1 were taken by a guy from our local cable provider for a commercial. There is a lot more shop to show you.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:44 pm

You're missing the cots for sleepovers. Of course so are Bass Pro and Cabela's.

Post by **Hobie** » Sun May 04, 2008 9:47 pm

preventec47 wrote:ONE PIECE OF ADVICE
Make sure on your displayed new rifles that there be tags or stickers
that browsing customers CAN READ from across the counter. I dont
like to waste a busy store clerk with 3 dozen what is that gun, how much
over and over and over. In TENN the best gun shop I ever visited
had all the rifles out on the sales floor in racks that the customers
could pick them up and examine them. They all had a steel cable
running through the trigger guard but that was much better than
bothering a store clerk endlessly. Gun shop visitors like to browse
and that is impossible if you make the info impossible to see or read.

That right there is KEY to sales to me. I want to see the price mostly (I know what they are).

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Wed May 07, 2008 9:45 pm

BTT with new pics and video link.

OT - The Great Outdoors Gun Shop.....new pics, video

OT - The Great Outdoors Gun Shop.....new pics, video