Shops no longer with us

[morrcarr67]

I've been busy cleaning, purging and packing for our move to OK and found an old binder with business cards of my old customers. 35 years ago or so I worked for a large outdoor sporting goods wholesaler and covered a bunch of tackle and gun stores in LA, Orange and San Bernardino counties. I won't go into all the tackle stores that are gone.

Here's a list of the gun stores, let's see who's as old as I am and remembers these store.

Brea Gun Store
Diamond Bar Guns & Security
Colorado Arms
Slim's Gun Shop - La Puente
H & S Shooting Supplies
Pomona Gun Store
Southwest Automotive Supply
Azusa Gun Shop
Jim's Guns and Gold
Warner's Gun Shop
Old West Guns
Buckhorn Guns
The Gunsight
J & S Gun Shop
Bain and Davis
Chino Gun Shop
Mt60 Rod & Gun

[jarhead714]

Cliff’s Guns right here in Santa Ana, Orange County. RIP.

[Grendel Guy]

I'll add another, MTG firearms that used to be in Elk Grove. Bob is a good guy. During Freedom Week he pulled all the firearms he had on display and kept the shop open as long as it took to sell the standard mags.

[oscfifteen]

The Grant Boys in Newport/Costa Mesa?

[morrcarr67]

The Grant Boys in Newport/Costa Mesa?

They weren't one of my customers, but they were only a few miles from the warehouse. I would swing by there from time to time when I went to the warehouse. They were always really nice to their customers when I was in there.

[Grendel Guy]

I just remembered another, TDS in the Sacramento area. I chuckle now when I wore one of their shirts while grocery shopping. On it there was 'your friendly local gun store'. A store employee asked how can they be friendly? I replied they should be if they deal with the public, like you.

[acaligunner]

Don’t get me started the Val had like 5 shops I like to visit, now those shops are gone and I have to travel outside the SFV to even hit a decent shop. Ahh guey !!

[mjo55]

Don’t get me started the Val had like 5 shops I like to visit, now those shops are gone and I have to travel outside the SFV to even hit a decent shop. Ahh guey !!

Yeah, B&B sales was huge in the valley. Just on Parthenia st alone there was 4 or 5 gun shops, and a shoothing range.

[acaligunner]

Yeah, B&B sales was huge in the valley. Just on Parthenia st alone there was 4 or 5 gun shops, and a shoothing range.

Oh yeah 😁 It was nice. I did take my M1A & my other rifle up those stairs and had a Blast ( It was loud ~ but good ) 😁. Take care brother !

[HYPURR]

SFV...My personal favorite and the family were friends...

PONY EXPRESS

[The Gleam]

Brass Rail in LA - on La Brea
LA Guns - Sunset Blvd
B&B Guns - North Hollywood
Red Star Military - Culver City
The Reloading Center - Reseda/Northridge
And recently, Martin B. Retting - Culver City
More than a dozen Pawn Shops in Los Angeles that gave up selling guns around years 2001 to 2004 or so when regulations on FFLs went full retard.

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[acaligunner]

SFV...My personal favorite and the family were friends...

PONY EXPRESS

The archery room was nice !

[S.A.]

I've been busy cleaning, purging and packing for our move to OK and found an old binder with business cards of my old customers. 35 years ago or so I worked for a large outdoor sporting goods wholesaler and covered a bunch of tackle and gun stores in LA, Orange and San Bernardino counties. I won't go into all the tackle stores that are gone.

Here's a list of the gun stores, let's see who's as old as I am and remembers these store.

Brea Gun Store
Diamond Bar Guns & Security
Colorado Arms
Slim's Gun Shop - La Puente
H & S Shooting Supplies
Pomona Gun Store
Southwest Automotive Supply
Azusa Gun Shop
Jim's Guns and Gold
Warner's Gun Shop
Old West Guns
Buckhorn Guns
The Gunsight
J & S Gun Shop
Bain and Davis
Chino Gun Shop
Mt60 Rod & Gun

Slim’s gun shop - bought my first gun there, M1 carbine
Old West Guns - bought a few handguns from Bob & Karen, one being a Colt King Cobra CCL series at a great price.
Bain and Davis - bought some handguns here also. Great store.
B&E in Hawaiian Gardens
B&B in N. Hollywood
Martin B Retting

[The Gleam]

Think of all the gun shows no longer with us.

The Pomona Great Western Gun Show was truly an event to behold pre year 2000. Forget the beef jerky and other nonsense: that show was like one giant gun store.

The Glendale was always a nice central Los Angeles County show that while small, brought in a lot of quality vendors with actual guns and gun parts.

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[mjo55]

Think of all the gun shows no longer with us.

The Pomona Great Western Gun Show was truly an event to behold pre year 2000. Forget the beef jerky and other nonsense: that show was like one giant gun store.

The Glendale was always a nice central Los Angeles County show that while small, brought in a lot of quality vendors with actual guns and gun parts.

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Those were the days, for sure. No waiting periods for any long gun purchases. No waiting on private party sales, including handguns.
The Great Western Show was more than a gun show....it was an event like no other!