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AMEN BROTHER, dick's ain't scdt !!

You’re thinking of Field & Stream. They opened one in Altoona PA in 2014.
After Dicks refused to sell semiautos and ammunition, the same outfit opened a bunch of F&S alover NY, PA and MD.
I had a couple friends in the Altoona store. They had good deals on some things. I bought a Shield 9mm and a Ruger AR5.56,there, and some reloading stuff.
At their Grand Opening they had pallets of those Remington Golden Bullet buckets of .22 LR.
You recall how hard it was to find rimfire ammo at that time?
One of my friends said they had an agreement with Remington. They sold those 1400 round buckets at $60.00 at the opening I bought 2 and Penny got 2.
Later them buckets showed up at flea markets at $75 and I believe Grice had them at that price too, supposedly with the F&S stickers on them!
But anyway, F8S sold those ARs and things that like hotcakes, while hypocritical Dicks wouldn’t. And while they’re selling them under a second name, they were lobbying for stricter gun laws! Can you imagine that level of hypocrisy?
When they quit selling ARs , my friends both walked out. I stopped in once to give my rewards card to a manager and told them I’d never spend another Nickel there.
Shortly after that they announced that they had destroyed 5 million dollars worth of AR platform rifles. Bullschit. NOBODY takes a 5 million loss for virtu signaling, but evidently the new target shoppers of yuppie hikers and soccer moms did.
7mm

Down $4.60 per share on the open. Paul: you might want to jump in.

I think I will put every asset I have into Dick's at this point. Hell, I may take a second mortgage out and put that money into it.

Those cucks don’t even sell rifle cases . I think they have Yeti though. Don’t worry .

I'm not going to boycott Dicks. They've always sucked and I've never bought anything from them. They don't deserve my anger.

Ours even stopped selling fishing stuff, cant even go in and buy some line or rubber worms in a pinch.

I've gone in a little since my sons started golfing. pretty good proshop at the one by the house. Had a driver cut down and regripped for maybe 20 bucks. Nowhere else around my parts that do this.

Good for them. They are controlled by democrats and either way, its their own fault. Pissed off their major customer base when they went anti-gun and keep throwing money to the dems who love crime and chaos everywhere. Fugg em. I can only hope they end up buried

So, you like dicks.


Sorry couldn’t resist. 😁

Dick's and Field and Stream, can eat s hit and die. They have nothing you can't get elsewhere!

Are the Field & Stream stores still open anywhere? The Altoona F&S switched to Sportsmans Warehouse a couple years ago or more.
I stop every time I’m in the area, always got my eyes peeled for primers and other reloading components.
I never did care for Dick’s even before they got woke. Their guns and ammo weren’t any cheaper than the LGS anyway, and the locals call me by name when I stop. It’s nice to have a personal connection, and we all believe in the Second Amendment as a personal liberty, something Dicks and F&S never seemed to believe.
When I first started dating Penny, factory 150 grains in .308 were really hard to find.
I roll my own, but she wanted Remington Corelocks and on a hunch we stopped at Dicks in Altoona.
By stroke of luck they had some, and she bought 2 boxes.
What happened next made me never wanna go back!
She had to produce some form of ID with citizenship to complete the sale!
WTF??? Anyplace else, you paid cash and walked out the door with your amino!
Like I said though, when F&S went in, I was pretty hopeful they’d do well, because at first they were well stocked with ammo and reloading supplies. It’s nice to be able to buy stuff locally with cash, my preferred method of buying that kind of stuff.
I have no doubt that big brother has a big database tracking who’s buying what.
But after about six months their selection started drying up, and more and more shelves were converted to yuppie outdoor clothing, shoes and camping supplies.
I spoke yo the store manager about it. I had seen this very same thing happen in Johnstown when Gander Mountain came in. They forced the LGSes out of business, then The selection dried up!
It took me a while to learn what we all shouldv known all along.
You’re way better off in the long run dealing with the people that know you!
7mm

Years ago I did good shopping at Dick's on Black Friday sales. Still have a few shotguns and 100's of rounds of military surplus 00 buckshot I bought there. I don't see a reason to go back if they don't sell ammo or guns.

Did you click my link from yesterday?

Good news Paul, Dick's is up 0.48% on the pre market this morning and is only down 25.56% for the week. Might be your buying opportunity.

RAM: Another of my personal boycotts that seems to be working and getting the attention of the dimwits running those boycotted entities.
My n.f.l. boycott is not doing as well.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I went into a Dicks one time. Just one time!

You guys have nailed it. Dick's, whiich started (like LL Bean) as a hunting/fishing outlet has become an apparel store, with a few sports related balls thrown in (baseball, soccer, basketball, football. The place for moms to buy uniforms and shoes for the kids, a Little League baseball bat or soccor cones. The founders of both stores are rolling in their graves.

Back in college during your "experimental" phase?

Same.