Best shops for buying from in the USA

[tramblygoat]

Going over to the USA again soon. As always I try to stock up on nice things. I always go business class so have lots of luggage weight to use up.

For those who bought over there what are their favourite places to buy from?

Brownells and Amazon.com were good for me. Cabelas and Midway USA were a pain and wouldn't sell me some things for my reloading due to the CC being registered outside the USA. I was only wanting some shell holders, a powder stand and a die set!

Never use Optics Planet as they are very painful to buy from.

I sometimes use USPS to ship back to the UK - good service and discrete....

 

[Geordiehillbilly]

Depends on where you're going but you're never too far from a Bass Outdoor Pro shop. Trading Post is also another good one if you're close to Boston. There's a good one in Pittsburgh too which I forget the name of and they post to the UK, no questions asked.

 

[tramblygoat]

Thanks. I've used Bass Pro and they are good but sometimes not as well stocked as they could be. I'll look into that Trading Post. I'm off to Florida with my 6 year daughter - so it's theme parks, beaches and shopping for us two

 

[Southern]

Shop Shooting Supplies | Reloading | Gunsmithing | Hunting gear MidwayUSA
Natchez Shooters Supply Natchez Shooters Supplies
Graf & Sons
Palmetto State Armory
www.SWFA.com for optics

Then there are specialty niche shops, for cast bullet and black powder shooters, metric ammunition, etc.
EA Brown Co www.eabco.com for single shot rifles, scopes, barrels, scopes.

 

[JabaliHunter]

Sinclair International http://www.sinclairintl.com/

 

[paul o']

As said Above it depends on you location, but any will ship to your door or hotel i'v had stuff sent to a few holiday villas around Orlando, i find apart from the big ones bass pro etc getting a local phone book can end up getting you a some real good deals from the small outlets ,small road side gun shops have some good used kit and scopes so worth a look .

 

[tramblygoat]

Shop Shooting Supplies | Reloading | Gunsmithing | Hunting gear MidwayUSA
Natchez Shooters Supply Natchez Shooters Supplies
Graf & Sons
Palmetto State Armory
www.SWFA.com for optics

Then there are specialty niche shops, for cast bullet and black powder shooters, metric ammunition, etc.
EA Brown Co www.eabco.com for single shot rifles, scopes, barrels, scopes.

Midway USA woudn't accept my non USA credit card and directed me to the UK or French (much more expensive) versions of Midway. I'll look at those others though. Yes that's what I do, ship to my hotel.

 

[762Scot]

tramblygoat,
I have bought a few US items and ended up just getting it from the manufacturer and had it shipped here (Slings, rearbag, rests). I also bought some stuff from Sinclairs and they are happy to use UK credit cards great service. I recently however have decided to start buying local when available... ie UK or European as I think sooner or later the US will be very difficult to get things from.

 

[gixer1]

I now live in the USA and find Cabelas to have the healthiest stock (I am near a cabelas, Bass pro and a few local gun shops) just use cash although I cant see why you had issue as i have used my UK cards hundreds of times in Cabelas.

Regards,

Gixer

 

[Southern]

Midway USA woudn't accept my non USA credit card and directed me to the UK or French (much more expensive) versions of Midway. I'll look at those others though. Yes that's what I do, ship to my hotel.

Can you get a Walmart VISA cash card, load that, and use it?
Or in the US, walk into a major bank and get a similar cash card, or one from American Express.
That way, you are not exposing your bank card to an Internet site, which is an added security step.

 

[devon deer stalker]

Can you get a Walmart VISA cash card, load that, and use it?

Nope, they won't accept it unless you have a billing address in the US.
I tried to order a gift for a friend in Montana, not a chance.
Cheers
Richard

 

[Freerange]

http://www.Riflescopestore are brilliant to deal with on the internet- good postage charges from the U.S too, unlike Sinclairs who really know how to charge postage. I would love to visit Sinclairs if I was visiting the U.S. however

 

[MARCBO]

Sinclair is owned by Brownells.

SS

 

[pjkaz]

Hi off to orlando next week for xmas and the new year I will be after reloading gear. hunting clothes and general kit slings etc bass pro shop not far from us on international drive any tip for other shops and good shooting ranges. Many thanks Paul.

 

[tramblygoat]

I'll also be in Orlando for some of my time. Bass Pro is the only decent place in Orlando that I've found. Shooting ranges in the US often demand that you shoot with a 2nd person, you'll also need ID. There are a couple of places in Orlando. Go to TripAdvisor for reviews or feedback.

 

[tramblygoat]

Cabelas wouldn't sell me a powder dosage stand nor a die set. Their online service stinks. A shop would be fine except there are none in Florida!

 

[paul o']

there is another outlet big store north of orlando

Gander Mountain

Longwood3750 Flagg Ln
Lake Mary, FL 32746
United StatesPhone number+1-407-804-0514

I'll also be in Orlando for some of my time. Bass Pro is the only decent place in Orlando that I've found. Shooting ranges in the US often demand that you shoot with a 2nd person, you'll also need ID. There are a couple of places in Orlando. Go to TripAdvisor for reviews or feedback.

 

[tramblygoat]

Thanks for that though their feedback is not great...

 

[Southern]

Go hit some gun shows, on Saturday or Sunday. Like any bazaar, you have to hunt for things, but there are always some bargains, like discontinued bullets, scopes taken off rifles by dealers or horsetraded by customers. Some shows have some large optics dealers with huge inventories of trade-in optics - Kansas City and Indianapolis have a big one like that once a year with 1,500 tables. Louisville has the annual machinegun show and shoot. Smaller cities sometimes have some interesting things, because in areas like the South, so many people own firearms. A town of 20,000 in Georgia has more firearms than Chicago.

 

[Timney]

I always go business class so have lots of luggage weight to use up..

Why not travel standard class now and again and put the few hundred quid saved each time to postage from a reputable UK company?