Wanna be made out as an idiot? – I've been to this place several times over a period of about 20 years. I've never purchased from them as they have always been kind of pricey. I can usually find any weapon I'm looking for at 20% to 30% less elsewhere locally. Recently I noticed they carry quite a few Winchester model 12 shotguns. 12's are pricey on their own just because it is a high quality weapon.



I recently took a "model 12 trap grade" in trade and whomever finished it at some point in the past had done a really crappy refinish job on it and having experience with stock refinishing I figured I could make some money on it. A 12 trap grade with a quality aftermarket finish could go for as much as $1800 or more depending on the quality of the finish. As any dumb fish could guess you have to completely disassemble the weapon to refinish the stock. So I get the stock done and was having trouble getting the weapon back together and knowing they have an in store smith there, who by the way has always been very polite and cordial to me, I decided to take the weapon over there to see if he (the smith) could slap it together for me real quick.



So I call ahead to make sure he's there. Ring ring, "Gunroom", "Yeah I was wondering if your smith is in today", WHATDYA WANT?", "Well I was just wondering if your smith was in today", WHATDYA NEED?", "Um, well I'm having trouble getting my model 12 together and I was just wondering..", "JUST BRING IT IN !!!!". So I take it on over there knowing it was the gruff old dude behind the counter that I spoke to on the phone and everytime I've been in there he makes himself out to be the all knowing gun officianado and really I just needed to get the 12 together because I have it pre-sold.



So I get there and pull the assembled parts out of the case (I had it mostly together, I was just missing one step in the assembly) and this guy darn near comes unglued. "YOU NEVER TAKE A MODEL 12 APART THAT FAR, NEVER, YA NEVER EVER DO THAT !!!!!!!" He ranted and raved and all but called me an idiot and to anyone else he would leave you with the impression that you definitely are an idiot because of course according to him you just dont take a model 12 apart that far. He ranted that I was going to have to schedule an appointment with the smith and it would be around $100 to put it back together.



Conclusion/summation. I wanted to talk to the smith in the first place and he wouldnt allow that. He knew that he was smart enough to put it together for me (on the phone), but then couldnt. Due to his inability he tries to divert the incompetence to me, a guy off the street when he was "supposed to be" the expert but he was unable to assemble the weapon. Ranting he was. I found disassembly instructions on the internet and had it together in less than ten minutes. Truly I felt like questioning him as to what his weapons must look like after he refinishes his stocks without disassembling the weapon, I found that with his belittling attitude is simply wasnt worth my time. I can say with surety, that old man behind the counter is an idiot. Thats not a slam, its simply the truth. My warning to all who read this is "dont buy guns from idiots". And actually in all fairness the old guy behind the counter is the only idiot I've found there, the gunsmith guy is a very nice guy to work with, that is if you can get by that ogre behind the counter as you first walk in.