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Post by Pinoc on Jun 2, 2020 12:42:42 GMT -5
Just left the Greenwood Rural King and the line into the gun department was 18 people deep. The gun rack was almost completely cleaned out and I heard the gun guy say they had a two hour minimum wait? Did I miss a good sales flyer or are people just preparing?
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jun 2, 2020 12:46:48 GMT -5
Seems the line at that store for guns is always long, but 18 is a whole lot. I’m guessing it’s just people getting guns in response to all that is going on.
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Post by Pinoc on Jun 2, 2020 13:16:02 GMT -5
I didn’t get a chance to speak to anyone but I also wondered if they put their guns away in fear of theft? I couldn’t see the handgun case so I am not sure if it was empty or not.
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Post by treetop on Jun 2, 2020 17:34:56 GMT -5
I’d say just like the last rush it’s media driven but maybe there right this time
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Post by scrub-buster on Jun 2, 2020 19:03:52 GMT -5
I'm glad I already stocked up on guns. And toilet paper. And meat.
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Post by Woody Williams on Jun 2, 2020 21:39:38 GMT -5
I’d say just like the last rush it’s media driven but maybe there right this time Woodmaster called me earlier about getting a carry gun. He has never carried before, but wanted to "with all this crap going on".. He said he wanted something small and easily concealed and was looking at the Ruger LCPII. I told him I have the Ruger LCP and like it a lot. With Critical Defense cartridges its a good gun for that purpose. So he went to Rural King in Evansville and bought one. He said he was in and out pretty quickly..
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Post by deadeer on Jun 2, 2020 22:25:14 GMT -5
I’d say just like the last rush it’s media driven but maybe there right this time Woodmaster called me earlier about getting a carry gun. He has never carried before, but wanted to "with all this crap going on".. He said he wanted something small and easily concealed and was looking at the Ruger LCPII. I told him I have the Ruger LCP and like it a lot. With Critical Defense cartridges its a good gun for that purpose. So he went to Rural King in Evansville and bought one. He said he was in and out pretty quickly.. Nice! I like ours. I have my wife carry it as much as possible. It's about as big as she would carry, as she doesnt have a purse. My buddy has the wallet type holster for it that's pretty neat. We use a DeSantis belt holster or an inside the pocket that is flat on bottom to hold the gun upright. I am a big guy, so I mostly carry a Ruger SR9C with 10rd mag (same size as a Glock 26, 27, 29). It will take a bare 17rd mag, as well as an extension that slides over the mag at bottom of grip. It makes it a full size then, which I have no problem concealing with a loose tee shirt. Other full size are rotated as well. Been keeping an AR locked in the vehicle regularly too. We are not going down without resistance in these terrible times recently.
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Post by sakorifle on Jun 3, 2020 3:26:49 GMT -5
greetings and i thought i was tooled up with my blood stopper catapult that will put a 9.5mm ball straight through the bottom of a coke tin at twenty yards. squirrel medicine it is. But if i do not have a reason to have it and it is seen i will be prosecuted, not allowed to defend yourself properly over here. I am afraid of a bloodbath over your side by what i am seeing going on, it will just take one person to start it. Take care all. Billy.
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Post by bullseye69 on Jun 3, 2020 6:56:54 GMT -5
We had a Big R that was or still maybe owned by Rural King. It was a great store. Now its called stock & field and it sucks. Nothing close to what it was.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2020 7:03:19 GMT -5
I've been going to Orscheln Farm & Home in Lawrenceburg, IN more and more. They seem to have the stuff that I prefer.
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Post by jbird on Jun 3, 2020 9:37:31 GMT -5
Between the covid and the riots people are stocking up. My local Rural king has had long lines in general. I have 2 stores within a 15 minute drive. I heard there was concern over possible riots in Greenwood...so depending on if there was any truth to that folks may have tried to be better prepared. I know I have been carrying more and more...even in the small towns. Crazy people everywhere. Been considering getting more of a pocket pistol since my full size 1911 is a bit of a challenge to keep covered in shorts and a T-shirt. I avoid open carry..its just my preference.
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Post by stevein on Jun 3, 2020 9:57:47 GMT -5
I was in the Ft Wayne store Sunday. They seemed to have a good assortment of long and short guns. They were almost out of pistol ammo. They had some rifle ammo including .223/5.56 but there usual stock was down. There were a lot of people in line at the gun counter.
Thomlinson in Chrubusco had a decent supply of most ammo. There was a limited selection of 9mm, .40 and .45ACP defense rounds but they still had some.
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Post by steiny on Jun 4, 2020 9:15:50 GMT -5
I've been in a lot of Rural King stores but the one nearest me (Logansport) is the most absolutely filthy dirty store you will ever set foot in. All of their carts are junk with busted wheels, the parking lot is solid pot holes, the floors are filthy, birds flying around inside the building, I'm sure they must have rats & mice, etc.
I can't believe management allows that place to operate like it does, because I've been in many other Rural Kings that were first class.
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Post by bullseye69 on Jun 4, 2020 9:16:50 GMT -5
Wow thats hard to believe
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Post by omegahunter on Jun 5, 2020 8:52:19 GMT -5
I've been in a lot of Rural King stores but the one nearest me (Logansport) is the most absolutely filthy dirty store you will ever set foot in. All of their carts are junk with busted wheels, the parking lot is solid pot holes, the floors are filthy, birds flying around inside the building, I'm sure they must have rats & mice, etc. I can't believe management allows that place to operate like it does, because I've been in many other Rural Kings that were first class. Sounds about like the one in Vincennes, although it seems to have cleaned up a bit inside the last couple of years. Used to see birds in there all the time; haven't the last several times I have been there.
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Post by esshup on Jun 6, 2020 0:03:41 GMT -5
Thomlinson in Chrubusco had a decent supply of most ammo. There was a limited selection of 9mm, .40 and .45ACP defense rounds but they still had some. If I need powder for reloading and nobody local has it I make the hour + drive there. Had a nurse visit Moms and she and her husband are firearm instructors. She carried 2 in her car, and when I mentioned that an ankle holster would fit her line of work perfectly she said that she had a holster ordered, she couldn't carry regularly because the patients would feel the gun. She said she wasn't supposed to carry, but she wasn't going to rely on the enforcement to get there in time. She has also refused to go to some areas of South Bend because of the hour of the day and the neighborhood.
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Post by deadeer on Jun 6, 2020 0:57:38 GMT -5
Thomlinson in Chrubusco had a decent supply of most ammo. There was a limited selection of 9mm, .40 and .45ACP defense rounds but they still had some. If I need powder for reloading and nobody local has it I make the hour + drive there. Had a nurse visit Moms and she and her husband are firearm instructors. She carried 2 in her car, and when I mentioned that an ankle holster would fit her line of work perfectly she said that she had a holster ordered, she couldn't carry regularly because the patients would feel the gun. She said she wasn't supposed to carry, but she wasn't going to rely on the enforcement to get there in time. She has also refused to go to some areas of South Bend because of the hour of the day and the neighborhood. She wouldn't come to my work then. Lol. Just west of downtown. Western Ave and Olive St. AR in the trunk or back seat of truck now more than ever!
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Post by esshup on Jun 6, 2020 8:44:23 GMT -5
If I need powder for reloading and nobody local has it I make the hour + drive there. Had a nurse visit Moms and she and her husband are firearm instructors. She carried 2 in her car, and when I mentioned that an ankle holster would fit her line of work perfectly she said that she had a holster ordered, she couldn't carry regularly because the patients would feel the gun. She said she wasn't supposed to carry, but she wasn't going to rely on the enforcement to get there in time. She has also refused to go to some areas of South Bend because of the hour of the day and the neighborhood. She wouldn't come to my work then. Lol. Just west of downtown. Western Ave and Olive St. AR in the trunk or back seat of truck now more than ever! She might if she worked the day shift, but she starts at 8pm.........
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Post by Russ Koon on Jun 6, 2020 9:58:27 GMT -5
Hmmm...sounds like my old home neighborhood hasn't improved much over the years. Our tiny four room tract home was in that area, about four blocks west of Benjamin Harrison elementary school, where I began school. That was in '48. Haven't been back there since, except to fly over with Google Earth.
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Post by deadeer on Jun 6, 2020 10:10:05 GMT -5
Hmmm...sounds like my old home neighborhood hasn't improved much over the years. Our tiny four room tract home was in that area, about four blocks west of Benjamin Harrison elementary school, where I began school. That was in '48. Haven't been back there since, except to fly over with Google Earth. That area has turned in to little Mexico now.
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