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Last time I passed thru Sydney Neb, I stopped in....

If I didn't have to use the bathroom to take a whiz, I'd have been in there less than 5 minutes to walk thru the store...

so taking a Whiz, added two minutes to my trip inside....

would have been a total waste of my time If I didn't stop and take that Whiz....


and as for their "gun library".... always thought that was nothing but overpriced selection of already over priced guns....
so I just stopped and looked at that selection, if I needed a chuckle about something....

The one in Buffalo is usually way overpriced on used guns.

They took care of the situation well, but the gun is back on their site with the wrong cartridge again. @

100 percent agree. I can remember as a kid getting the Cabelas “big book” catalog and loving it. The first store I went to was Owatonna, MN on a family Vacation to a Twins game. We stopped at other stores when traveling and bought 90 percent of our hunting and camping stuff from them. Especially when one was built in Mitchell friends and I would go there for sale events.
Now I live 20 minutes from the Rapid City store and go there only as a last resort. I go to Scheels most of the time. I really enjoy Sportsman’s Warehouse but the closest to me is in Gillette.

I bought a used 6CM from Cabelas Gun Library this spring. All went fine until I went to pick it up and they couldn’t find it. They eventually did but what should’ve been a 30 minute deal took 90.

Went to the Hamburg store years ago on the day after Christmas. Was a Super Spreader opportunity for certain, SRO! Great sales that day, and the Gun Library was chock-full of nifty stuff. Last time I went was in 2014 on the way home from JFK. Place was nasty, the taxidermy was in poor condition, and since it was during another ammo dearth, I only managed to acquire a few needful things. I’ve since been to the Gainesville, VA store, which is newer and cleaner, but still not worth an hour drive.

Still have some shirts and a very old coat (Made in USA, no less!) that refuse to die from before the sellout, but I don’t even look on their site for that stuff anymore. What a tragedy.

I love the older Cabelas hunting clothes.

Now, all they have is cheap imported stuff.

Dropped in the Gonzales store South of Baton Rouge couple months ago. Very few cars in the parking lot. Gun Library was closing early. Guy told me they were having problems finding employees and customers.

Almost nothing in reloading. They had two cans of powder, I bought one.

Poor excuse compared to what they once were.

DF

THIS. And returns, absolutely no issues.

I think cabelas and bass pro are in a tough spot. Most of your top of the line hunting gear can now be bought on line…. Doesn’t fit? Send it back for free for new size.

Looking for a certain rifle… gunbroker

Times have changed and the big box store model that’s got a large overhead for a large store sort of isn’t a sustainable model.

OMG. Some people never learn.

Yep it is still listed as a 270 Winchester https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/101219550

I wanted to call the store and tell them they have it listed wrong but hey I am not as knowledgeable as these Gun Library guys.

BTW I broke down yesterday and added another 70

I was there in 2004, I was impressed with the library. They had several DR'S there. Sounds like they have gone downhill.

I dunno. Chicken or the egg? For my part, I know I stopped going and looking online because they no longer had stuff I wanted to buy, and that started about the time rumors of the BPS buyout began. Used to buy all my pants and shirts from their website, plus other gear as well. Several times me and my family travelled for hours to visit the store in person. I think, like Reagan and the Democrat Party, they left me. Now Amazon and sometimes Sportsmans Guide and Midway, are getting that business.if I want the mega-gunshop experience, I’ll toodle on down to Greentop, or hit Clark Bros. in Warrenton for the mini-mega version.

Similar experience with Gander Mountain. They went nationwide with retail stores, with two nice ones nearby. Someone bought them out and fugged them up. Both those GM stores did a steady business until the buyout.

Agree

Ya reckon the new business model is against big malls, big expensive brick and mortar facilities? Don’t ya think Covid may have started that trend, Amazon and other on line companies picking up the slack?

Could be a new trend in retailing.

DF

Is that considered an up-send??
I just received a Sako they had listed on GunsInternational. Talked to the owning store and the sob story on how they secure their guns every night made me fear for its continued well being. Luckily they were able to send it to my local store for pickup before any further harm - even reduced the price because it was "old". My experience took less than a week to "out the door".

I still wear a cabelas wool coat my grandma bought me for Xmas 20 odd years ago it’s bullet proof and warm I highly doubt there’s one like that now

270WSM is a great cartridge. Maybe god is telling you something . . .

All gun places I've been have seen dwindling used racks.

I think Joe gun owner is seeing the writing on the wall and much less willing to give something up these days - better off simply saving another month or two and buying it outright, no trade so you have 2 guns, not 1. So to speak.

Cabelas is dead. You can read the name on the tombstone, but they're still dead.

I've seen the same. Think guys are also hesitant to trade because 'they don't make 'em like that anymore' is accelerating rapidly under the $1000 price point. Hard to get raped on trade and swallow the price tag on a new pick your poison.