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  • gao1976
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2011
    • 708

    Gun shop for sale

    Does anybody know any gun store is for sale in IE,LA or OC? I want to start my own gun shop business, I think buying a established store is better than start fresh. Thank you in advance for any information!
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    kemasa
    I need a LIFE!!
    • Jun 2005
    • 10706

    If it is an existing store, then it can be good or bad depending on their reputation. It is hard to get rid of a bad reputation.
    Kemasa.
    False signature edited by Paul: Banned from the FFL forum due to being rude and insulting. Doing this continues his abuse.

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    • #3
      Barbarosa
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2013
      • 2166

      Annie's Get Your Guns in Corona had a notice on their website a few months back announcing they were looking for a buyer. Don't know if it is still available. Very nice small mom pop shop.

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      • #4
        downdiver2
        Senior Member
        • Apr 2012
        • 972

        Buy Elite Firearms in Laguna and make the prices realistic
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        • #5
          acespawnshop
          CGN/CGSSA Contributor
          CGN Contributor
          • Jun 2012
          • 2852

          It would seem to me that it would be better to start fresh than get the baggage that goes with a new shop. If you have the liquidity to buy one maybe starting would be a good option. This way you get to start your way and not have to deal with how the prior owners did things.
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          • #6
            Tyke8319
            CGN/CGSSA Contributor
            CGN Contributor
            • Nov 2013
            • 2105

            Agreed. You most likely have a certain business profile in mind and to find a shop that fits your concepts of how your business should be would, I think, be difficult unless you have in mind spending a bunch to recreate your own business atmosphere.
            American soldier by choice. Made in America by the Grace of God.

            So, now it is ironic that the State whittles away at the right of its citizens to defend themselves from the possible oppression of their State.
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            LCM's ruled legal 3/29/2019

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            • #7
              rbetts
              CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
              • Jan 2009
              • 1150

              I know of one for sale in Northern California. . . .
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              • #8
                weaselfire
                Member
                • Jun 2014
                • 118

                Originally posted by gao1976
                Does anybody know any gun store is for sale in IE,LA or OC? I want to start my own gun shop business, I think buying a established store is better than start fresh. Thank you in advance for any information!
                You're sure you want to start one in California? I'm not being facetious, you're in a tougher market than you would be in many other locations.

                That said, do your research and due diligence. There's a reason they're selling, and that often is an indicator you shouldn't be buying. But there are always plenty for sale, especially if you're willing to relocate even a little. Start at the NSSF web site and hit up any business brokers in your area of choice.

                Jeff

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                • #9
                  ZirconJohn
                  Rattlesnake Hunter
                  CGN Contributor - Lifetime
                  • Sep 2007
                  • 10373

                  Firearms business (gun store) can be very exciting, you will meet all kinds of new people, make all kinds of new friends, and have lot's of fun telling and hearing stories.

                  Gun stores are like story central ... everyone has a story, and you gonna hear a lot of stories.

                  And finally I hope you make a small fortune in the firearm business ... BUT FIRST ... you will need to START with a LARGE fortune

                  Wishing you the best of luck
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                  • #10
                    Eat Dirt
                    Calguns Addict
                    • Nov 2007
                    • 9692

                    Originally posted by Barbarosa
                    Annie's Get Your Guns in Corona had a notice on their website a few months back announcing they were looking for a buyer. Don't know if it is still available. Very nice small mom pop shop.
                    Nice shop
                    Did a PPT there once
                    Really nice people
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                    I miss the Good 'ol days of Cal -Guns

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                    • #11
                      madjack956
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 2617

                      I would buy one in another state that allows you to sell a wide array of product with no b.s. rules like cali has.
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                      • #12
                        Sir Toast
                        Veteran Member
                        • Dec 2012
                        • 3140

                        I think you're better off starting from scratch. Form an S corporation, trademark a logo, brand your business and remember every person is a Yelper, so do your best to make people happy. Keep us posted wherever you set up shop.

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                        • #13
                          kemasa
                          I need a LIFE!!
                          • Jun 2005
                          • 10706

                          There are tradeoffs with respect to being a FFL in CA vs. in a free state. In free states FFLs are a dime a dozen since there are not all the issues that there are in other places, such as CA. In CA there are fewer FFLs, for a very good reason, and there is a lot of stuff that you have to deal with, but there is less competition.
                          Kemasa.
                          False signature edited by Paul: Banned from the FFL forum due to being rude and insulting. Doing this continues his abuse.

                          Don't tell someone to read the rules he wrote or tell him that he is wrong.

                          Never try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and you annoy the pig. - Robert A. Heinlein

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                          • #14
                            Tyke8319
                            CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                            CGN Contributor
                            • Nov 2013
                            • 2105

                            Originally posted by kemasa
                            In CA there are fewer FFLs.
                            2415 to be exact. And they processed 1,331,322 DROS in 2016. Up from 880,603 in 2015.

                            CA fluctuates between the second and third highest firearms sales in the US.

                            Some trivia...........
                            American soldier by choice. Made in America by the Grace of God.

                            So, now it is ironic that the State whittles away at the right of its citizens to defend themselves from the possible oppression of their State.
                            Judge Roger T. Benitez
                            LCM's ruled legal 3/29/2019

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                            • #15
                              I Swan
                              Calguns Addict
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 8770

                              Originally posted by kemasa
                              There are tradeoffs with respect to being a FFL in CA vs. in a free state. In free states FFLs are a dime a dozen since there are not all the issues that there are in other places, such as CA. In CA there are fewer FFLs, for a very good reason, and there is a lot of stuff that you have to deal with, but there is less competition.
                              You have any stats to back that up? CA has quite a few gun shops and there is areas in USA that have less gun restrictions that don't.

                              Depends on area I guess too. City of LA has very few gun shops relative to the population due to laws but the surrounding areas have quite a few.

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