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Years ago, before all the paperwork to buy a gun, our family was friends with a man who was a traveling sporting goods salesman for a big wholesale company. So we'd buy our guns through him to save some money. When my dad wanted a Browning A5, our friend had to run it through a gun shop that was a client of his. This was because Browning wanted only Browning authorized dealers selling guns, and they really frowned on guns being sold at cut rate prices. So much so that they might punish you by cutting your supply for a while, if not dropping you altogether. Now you can buy chicom crap in blister packs with the Browning name. Same with Winchester. Sad, just sad.
