dixidawg
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And here in Danvers and Framingham I can't find a single box of 20 gauge sabot 3". Want to send some up here?
Have you tried the 2 3/4"? From what I have read, you only lose 50 FPS, and it might help the ejection issues???
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And here in Danvers and Framingham I can't find a single box of 20 gauge sabot 3". Want to send some up here?
Have you tried the 2 3/4"? From what I have read, you only lose 50 FPS, and it might help the ejection issues???
PS: Squished: I sold the last 3 boxes of 3" yesterday. Will check freight and if more come in, I'll get them to you. That being said, (no links)... We just sold a 220 and the customer is using 2 3/4 Accutips with amazing result accuracy wise anyway. Will have to see how he does in the field...
Sadly, that sound like a typical experience buying guns at "big box land"... I should have it in my sig line, if it weren't too long: Dicks Sporting Goods is not a gun shop - far from it. The Lodge is a gun department in a sporting goods store. If I had it my way, it would be so and when I'm there I try to make it feel that way, but it's not...
I'm to the point now, where customers call the store to get my schedule. Word has apparently spread about my customer service and limited knowledge of firearms there, (and I'm not bragging whatsoever). I have shaved the paperwork down and now that the gun boxes are organized, I can generally get folks to the register in about 20-minutes, (more if I have to boresight), which is something only I and a couple other associates seem to be able to grasp. Things go awry if MIRCS is down and the fingerprint scanner is a waste. Even perfect prints take forever to capture.... The only things I can suggest to customers there, is to prepare for paperwork, (to the letter of the law and beyond), MIRCS delays and long lines at the register. The value to buying a gun there is exactly that - value. Service by an associate who knows more about guns than fishing tackle or canoe paddles is a roulette wheel....
PS: Squished: I sold the last 3 boxes of 3" yesterday. Will check freight and if more come in, I'll get them to you. That being said, (no links)... We just sold a 220 and the customer is using 2 3/4 Accutips with amazing result accuracy wise anyway. Will have to see how he does in the field...
I will never buy another gun from Dicks, I would rather buy one at Walmart (not gonna happen). I purchased a Franchi over/under shotgun from them last year at one of the stores in RI when they had it on sale. I went back a week after I bought it, due to our 7 day waiting period, and the manager looked at me and said "this is just what we need another gun on the streets". If I had not already paid and the fact that they dont give refunds on firearms I would have walked out. I have not and will not ever shop there again whether its for firearms, ammo, or other sporting goods.
I will never buy another gun from Dicks, I would rather buy one at Walmart (not gonna happen). I purchased a Franchi over/under shotgun from them last year at one of the stores in RI when they had it on sale. I went back a week after I bought it, due to our 7 day waiting period, and the manager looked at me and said "this is just what we need another gun on the streets". If I had not already paid and the fact that they dont give refunds on firearms I would have walked out. I have not and will not ever shop there again whether its for firearms, ammo, or other sporting goods.
If that was a dept manager, I hope you complained to the store manager. If it was the store manager, I hope you complained to corporate. I would have - I would have tried to get him fired. He obviously doesn't belong there.
The store has a skeleton crew and finding somebody to help you is harder than looking through a wall.
Edit: I mean the Natick store specifically
And yet, when I was applying for a job there the Lodge manager blew me off twice when I was supposed to interview with him. I do have more than a clue when it comes to firearms, too.
you guys where "over qualified"
Squished, just a bit of humor on the "over qualified". Dicks in plymouth had signs all over the front of the building for help wanted. I was trying to find a part time job that fit into my life. Working at dicks at night would have been good. I never even recieved a reply from my 3 apps ?????
I have not been to dicks as much in the past 2 years....aside from a cheap scope and some rifle socks they have not had much of what I want being guns or ammo.
Thr plymouth store is horrible for stocking ammo. I wasted more time and money going to see what they dont have. Walmart in plymouth is just as bad now also.
I have not had much luck with either store.
Same happened to me in Danvers, blown off. The funny thing is not only do I know a thing or two about firearms, I also know a thing or 20 about fishing. I fish, ALOT. Talk about a loss to them.