• Rural King

    From Dumas Walker@CAPCITY2 to JIMMY ANDERSON on Sun May 17 18:15:00 2020
    I've heard of Rural King, but we don't have any around here. I think the closest we get is Murdoch's. The one here in sell firearms, they're right next door to Sportsmans' Warehouse so that's understandable, but the one in Laramie does.

    We really like the atmosphere and the store as a whole! They have good,
    GLASS bottle root beer, good peanut butter filled pretzel bites for
    snacks - LOL - and of course a good selection of guns, ammo and other accesories.

    "They" is Rural King, right? We don't have one here, but I think the next
    town over does.

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  • From Moondog@CAVEBBS to Dumas Walker on Mon May 18 01:02:00 2020
    Re: Rural King
    By: Dumas Walker to JIMMY ANDERSON on Sun May 17 2020 06:15 pm

    I've heard of Rural King, but we don't have any around here. I think the closest we get is Murdoch's. The one here in sell firearms, they're right next door to Sportsmans' Warehouse so that's understandable, but the one in Laramie does.

    We really like the atmosphere and the store as a whole! They have good, GLASS bottle root beer, good peanut butter filled pretzel bites for
    snacks - LOL - and of course a good selection of guns, ammo and other accesories.

    "They" is Rural King, right? We don't have one here, but I think the next town over does.

    Rural King is similar to Tractor Supply Co or the chain formerly known as
    Farm and Fleet. At first, they didn't sell firearms, then a few years after w e got a local store they added guns and ammo to their sporting goods. Funny thing is on a shooting forum I frequent, there was a member posting in the state specific forum areas that he was a marketing guy for a major farm store chain, and wanted feedback on which brands to shop for, and wanted to know if customers would be interested in buying ammunition by the case or crate load (1000 rounds or more.) After RK brought in firearms, it was pretty clear who he worked for.

    My local RK has some really firendly and helpful employees. Most look like they are happy to work there. The guys behind the gun counter are
    knowledgable about what's in stock and what other shops in the area are
    selling similar guns and ammo for.

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  • From Dumas Walker@CAPCITY2 to MOONDOG on Mon May 18 10:49:00 2020
    My local RK has some really firendly and helpful employees. Most look like they are happy to work there. The guys behind the gun counter are knowledgable about what's in stock and what other shops in the area are selling similar guns and ammo for.

    That is good information to know. :)

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  • From Race Man@CAPCITY2 to Dumas Walker on Fri May 22 23:33:21 2020
    My local RK has some really firendly and helpful employees. Most look like they are happy to work there. The guys behind the gun counter are knowledgable about what's in stock and what other shops in the area are selling similar guns and ammo for.

    That is good information to know. :)

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  • From Race Man@CAPCITY2 to Moondog on Sat May 23 13:11:48 2020
    Re: Rural King
    By: Dumas Walker to JIMMY ANDERSON on Sun May 17 2020 06:15 pm

    I've heard of Rural King, but we don't have any around here. I think the closest we get is Murdoch's. The one here in sell firearms, they're right next door to Sportsmans' Warehouse so that's understandable, but the one in Laramie does.

    We really like the atmosphere and the store as a whole! They have good, GLASS bottle root beer, good peanut butter filled pretzel bites for snacks - LOL - and of course a good selection of guns, ammo and other accesories.

    "They" is Rural King, right? We don't have one here, but I think the next town over does.

    Rural King is similar to Tractor Supply Co or the chain formerly known as Farm and Fleet. At first, they didn't sell firearms, then a few years after w e got a local store they added guns and ammo to their sporting goods. Funny thing is on a shooting forum I frequent, there was a member posting in the state specific forum areas that he was a marketing guy for a major farm store chain, and wanted feedback on which brands to shop for, and wanted to know if customers would be interested in buying ammunition by the case or crate load (1000 rounds or more.) After RK brought in firearms, it was pretty clear who he worked for.

    My local RK has some really firendly and helpful employees. Most look like they are happy to work there. The guys behind the gun counter are knowledgable about what's in stock and what other shops in the area are selling similar guns and ammo for.

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  • From Moondog@CAVEBBS to Race Man on Sat May 23 22:28:00 2020
    Re: Re: Rural King
    By: Race Man to Dumas Walker on Fri May 22 2020 11:33 pm

    My local RK has some really firendly and helpful employees. Most look like they are happy to work there. The guys behind the gun counter are knowledgable about what's in stock and what other shops in the area are selling similar guns and ammo for.

    That is good information to know. :)

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    I stopped by the store recently, and they had placed barriers by the gun counter to limit how many people were in that area at one time. Looks like they have more guns in than normal, but my guess is the distrubutors are selling them at a discount to RK since the smaller mom/ pop shops may not be open to full capacity.

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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@OTHETA to DUMAS WALKER on Fri May 29 01:47:00 2020

    First - had a corrupted download, so had to reset my message pointers
    manually :-( and have been trudging through getting caught up - so
    please forgive me if I've replied to this alreaddy...

    DUMAS WALKER wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

    We really like the atmosphere and the store as a whole! They have good, GLASS bottle root beer, good peanut butter filled pretzel bites for
    snacks - LOL - and of course a good selection of guns, ammo and other accesories.

    "They" is Rural King, right? We don't have one here, but I think the
    next town over does.

    Yes - Rural King. Just about an hour or so from home, so makes for a
    good day trip. :-)




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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@OTHETA to MOONDOG on Fri May 29 01:54:00 2020
    MOONDOG wrote to DUMAS WALKER <=-

    Rural King is similar to Tractor Supply Co or the chain formerly known
    as Farm and Fleet. At first, they didn't sell firearms, then a few

    We have a TSC in the town where we work. It replaced a local place
    called Homestead, which had a gun department. I wish TSC did too...

    years after w e got a local store they added guns and ammo to their sporting goods. Funny thing is on a shooting forum I frequent, there
    was a member posting in the state specific forum areas that he was a marketing guy for a major farm store chain, and wanted feedback on
    which brands to shop for, and wanted to know if customers would be interested in buying ammunition by the case or crate load (1000 rounds
    or more.) After RK brought in firearms, it was pretty clear who he
    worked for.

    LOL

    My local RK has some really firendly and helpful employees. Most look like they are happy to work there. The guys behind the gun counter are knowledgable about what's in stock and what other shops in the area are selling similar guns and ammo for.

    The one we go to - Martin, TN - also has mostly friendly folks! The gun
    guys though - one is VERY very good - but a couple are goobs. LOL




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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@OTHETA to MOONDOG on Fri May 29 01:56:00 2020
    MOONDOG wrote to RACE MAN <=-

    I stopped by the store recently, and they had placed barriers by the
    gun counter to limit how many people were in that area at one time.

    I think that had to do with social distancing...

    Looks like they have more guns in than normal, but my guess is the distrubutors are selling them at a discount to RK since the smaller
    mom/ pop shops may not be open to full capacity.

    I don't know... I bet they just have a warehouse full somewhere where
    they restock the stores as things sell...



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  • From Moondog@CAVEBBS to JIMMY ANDERSON on Fri May 29 21:54:00 2020
    Re: Re: Rural King
    By: JIMMY ANDERSON to MOONDOG on Fri May 29 2020 01:54 am

    We have a TSC in the town where we work. It replaced a local place
    called Homestead, which had a gun department. I wish TSC did too...


    The one we go to - Martin, TN - also has mostly friendly folks! The gun
    guys though - one is VERY very good - but a couple are goobs. LOL

    Farm and Fleet sold guns, then they dissolved into TSC's and Family and
    Farms. Family and Farms stock just a few, like old surplus Mosin Nagants, Ruger 10/22's or Henry rifles. Maybe a Savage or Remington budget model or two.

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  • From Moondog@CAVEBBS to JIMMY ANDERSON on Fri May 29 21:57:00 2020
    Re: Re: Rural King
    By: JIMMY ANDERSON to MOONDOG on Fri May 29 2020 01:56 am

    MOONDOG wrote to RACE MAN <=-

    I stopped by the store recently, and they had placed barriers by the gun counter to limit how many people were in that area at one time.

    I think that had to do with social distancing...

    Looks like they have more guns in than normal, but my guess is the distrubutors are selling them at a discount to RK since the smaller mom/ pop shops may not be open to full capacity.

    I don't know... I bet they just have a warehouse full somewhere where
    they restock the stores as things sell...



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    RK sells certian brands regularly. Daniel Defense, Del-Ton, and Springfield A rmory are not as common as Henry, Remington, Ruger, Savage, or S&W

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  • From Dumas Walker@CAPCITY2 to JIMMY ANDERSON on Sat May 30 10:08:00 2020
    First - had a corrupted download, so had to reset my message pointers
    manually :-( and have been trudging through getting caught up - so
    please forgive me if I've replied to this alreaddy...

    You may have but that is OK!

    "They" is Rural King, right? We don't have one here, but I think the next town over does.

    Yes - Rural King. Just about an hour or so from home, so makes for a
    good day trip. :-)

    I probably have one about 20-30 minutes from here. Once things get more
    back towards normal (or once I get more comfortable with the new normal!),
    it sounds like I need to pay them a visit!


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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@OTHETA to MOONDOG on Mon Jun 1 12:30:00 2020
    MOONDOG wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

    We have a TSC in the town where we work. It replaced a local place
    called Homestead, which had a gun department. I wish TSC did too...


    The one we go to - Martin, TN - also has mostly friendly folks! The gun
    guys though - one is VERY very good - but a couple are goobs. LOL

    Farm and Fleet sold guns, then they dissolved into TSC's and Family
    and Farms. Family and Farms stock just a few, like old surplus Mosin Nagants, Ruger 10/22's or Henry rifles. Maybe a Savage or Remington budget model or two.

    Not familiar with Family and Farms, but will have to look for them!




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  • From JIMMY ANDERSON@OTHETA to DUMAS WALKER on Mon Jun 1 12:38:00 2020
    DUMAS WALKER wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

    First - had a corrupted download, so had to reset my message pointers
    manually :-( and have been trudging through getting caught up - so
    please forgive me if I've replied to this alreaddy...

    You may have but that is OK!

    Conversation is conversation, am I right? :-)

    "They" is Rural King, right? We don't have one here, but I think the next town over does.

    Yes - Rural King. Just about an hour or so from home, so makes for a
    good day trip. :-)

    I probably have one about 20-30 minutes from here. Once things get
    more back towards normal (or once I get more comfortable with the new normal!), it sounds like I need to pay them a visit!

    Yes, do, and let me know what you think!

    We are in Indy for a few days visiting my son/DIL/grand son. We stopped in Bloomington on the way in and they didn't have a limit on their ammo! Maybe things ARE getting back to normal!

    It was TUL ammo - 50 rounds for 7.99 - I know it's not brass, but I don't reload and my wife's SUB 2000 seems to eat those just fine!!!

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