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This.

Keep an eye peeled for the sales:

aluminum ball bats

Frisbees

underarmor shirts

academe is cheaper and better.

Well, there does seem to be a rare consensus here on the 'fire!

Sounds like there's no need to get excited!

thanks to all...

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+1

Living in the Vestal / Binghamton NY Area in the 1970's to 1991 the Pre-corporate Dicks was great, big assortment of guns and deals. Very good archery shop back in those days and gunsmith's.

Their managers would show up and support local gun clubs when we had events with both gifts and to help out.

After old man Dick died and so did that level of service.

Now hunting equipment is limited to low end guns, etc..

Agreed Roger!

They sell fishing gear cheap from time to time. Picked up some Rapala Scatter Raps for $3 each the other day.

It's not for nothing that the head of Dick's is called the Dickhead by hunting and fishing enthusiasts!

Steve

No.

I have never been fond of Dick's generally speaking, but as a savvy shopper I have taken advantage of sale items when it suits me.

Dick's is Pittsburgh based and has been around for quite some time. They are not shooting oriented and have never really identified with anything in particular.

They were big into golf a few years ago and even cut back on that. They cover a lot of sports, in general terms, but nothing stands out. They sell a lot of sports clothing.

I quit going when they decided to fold their tent and not offer a decent array of rifles.

Stick with the other options IMO.

donsm70

Not a huge fan of Dicks, sometimes you will find deals on game cams ect. I was able to buy an off the shelf Benelli M2 for 799.00 this was around December/January time frame so I made out ok.

I bought 2 game cams from them and found them around the same price or better than online. I usually buy my running shoes from them out of convenience even though the selection is small.

Hit them up after the hunting season and you can find mark downs on scent cover, deer attractants, ect. Same with Wally World though.

So it is not my first place to shop but sometimes I run into a deal from them?

That you're a lucky man. Grandpa.

Fairly uninteresting hunting offerings, generally speaking. Lots of Chinajunk. They've had some deals. For years they've had non-catalogged 700s, and regular sales that are a bargain. ADL Varmint, ADL SS, an oddball matte black wood stocked one I don't recall the details of... They were getting out of SS Tikka T3s and IIRC, agreed to order me another caliber at the posted clearance price, $517. They were offloading Vortex, got a Ranger 1000 for cheap. Got a Prostaff to try for $99 once. Glad I didn't pay more. Not sure if they still have the 700 SS ADLs but BiMart a local chain stopped carrying Remingtons and the Dick might be the only local outlet? I drop by one occasionally as it's next to my least favorite local outdoor store. With extremely low expectations, I'm often left satisfied.

Not even close, more like Academy.

Reassuring.




Hey, Travis ain't here!

Except that it's all wrong. Dicks carries Leupold scopes {I bought one there recently} and Vortex and zeiss Terra's. They've also had 22LR's on the shelf in several different brands every single time I've been in there for the past year which is every other week. They also carry Hornady and Federal fusion centerfire rifle ammo as well as Browning, Benelli, Franchi, Remington 700's and Marlin lever guns in several different models. Prices are better on virtually everything than Gander and Bass pro. This is all in the original Dick's on Court street Binghamton NY.

Probably won't run over to Binghamton to find out.

They have the same stuff in the Vestal store so probably others as well. Dickhead.

Last time I purchased from Dick's they had all of the shotgun ammo on sale for like $4.99 a box. I went in and asked if the AA 28 gauge was included and was told yes.
Walked out with 15 flats of 28 gauge ammo.

That was in 2001.