Recent trip to a few East bay area gunshops

[Darklyte27]

My first stop was at Dublin guns and knifes.
My second time going and it was pretty nice. The shop is a average small shop with display of guns on one side and knifes on the other.
Selection was ok, they had a few glocks and various handguns.

They even had some new lowers in stock! some company in Nevada, Dessert something.. anyways, theres a old guy that works there is pretty nice, hard of hearing though.

overall not a whole lot to look at but nice guy.

second shop was Castro Valley gun shop.

Wow, more than the first shop but the attitude is there.
3 guys were there, 1 was somewhat helpful, I saw the reloading stuff in the rear and saw reloader 15 in stock, wow! how much is this? guy said 25$ nice ill get one. I looked around some more, quite a few people walking around looking, then some guy who was wearing digi camo pants, some Tshirt that had a star on it and said something like corrections or rehab something, looking to buy 3 revolvers.

*warning bells went off in my head 1 handgun 30 days* what the 3 handguns? well, the guy working there was first talking about the DROS sale, then they were talking about a PPT because they are on consignment or something and could save the guy tax.

Anyways, being puzzled about the guy wanting to pay cash all up front for the handguns etc i thought hmm, this guy exempt some how?

anyways, I and another guy waited to pay for our powder and finally the guy called another guy out to come help as they were blabbing away in the back,
Guy rings me up, 32.92 WTF?

wait the other guy said 25$ noooooo price went up..
sure did, no thanks

so overall, service sucks, overpriced wolf ammo too so i left.
One store i will never return to.




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Ohh i forgot to add, I stopped by Diablo Valley gun works in Pleasant hill,
Small shop, not much to see, but all the workers there were nice, greeting with a smile and eating a hotdog!

I asked about ammo and the guy went to check but didnt want to give me a price because he said "xxxx" will say the price is wrong. I guess he meant the boss?

from the previous stories i wanted to stay away from this shop but i thought what the heck might as well check it out.
Quite a few people at the store though. seems like all the workers were cool, didnt stay long enough though.

Then went to caspers right across and had a nice hotdog.

[Saigon1965]

That's unfortunate what happened to you at CV as that is my favorite dealer -

[Darklyte27]

just to note, i didnt goto the androtti? shop.

[sirnonz]

i went to CV and will not go back due to similar encounters.

[battleship]

Its night and day when you compare Castro valley with Bullseye in Marin, both are owned by the same people. but the service is completely the opposite.

[Darklyte27]

I never been to bullseye yet, out of all the shops so far around the bay that I have been to, JR has top notch service, great attitude, willing to joke with ya etc.

Randy rang up a guy, handed the guy a receipt and said, heres your free bookmark, and the guy said no thanks, and Randy crumpled up the receipt and was ready to toss it and the guy said wheres my receipt? haha
I thought you didnt want it? ohh i thought you asked if i wanted a free bookmark! haha, went right over that guys head.

[scotthmt]

irvington is the place, hands freakin down

[xzw151]

I too was shocked at the reception, or lack there of, I got at Castro Valley compared to Bullseye. I do my shopping at The Old West Gun Room in El Cerito, Bob the owner is an interesting fellow, but he is knowledgeable, pleasant and best of all he is honest (which is more than I can say about most gun store owners). Been to Androtti once, and will never go back. What a tool, guy is a prick, the service sucks, and he is most unhelpful. I also got a funny feeling he wasn't the type to ask for an honest opinion on a product if you know what I mean.

[Stormfeather]

Irvington Arms FTW!

[Gunaria]

What ashame, looks like CVGS is reverting back to their old ways. They seems to go in cycles there. One day good, then the next day bad.

Keep going back to Dublin Guns, you never know what will come in through that shop. I've got some nice deals out of there. Just speak up to the older gentleman in there. His name is Jack.

[11011500a]

j&r sports,dublin gun&knives will make you acash deal sometime,been there once autolife in modesto looking to give them some cash soon they had the best attitude of any gun store/auto part store.

[Ezekiel2000]

I'll recommend the following two gun shops which are also in our area, both of which I've found friendly and helpful. Worth a visit next time you're making the rounds...

J&R Sport Supply - Livermore
Contra Costa Collectible Firearms - Walnut Creek

[Darklyte27]

Ez, ive been to JR and CCCF shops before many times, this was just a review of the shops i listed as they were the ones ive never been to.
and yes, jr is awesome, cccf is alright.

[wildhawker]

Nice writeup, thanks for taking the time to share with everyone.