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casp625 wrote:

Teamless wrote: The Smith and Wesson M&P shield 40 was $550 which is about $50 more than Academy

My local academy had the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield Performance Center for $429.99 a couple months ago... $500 seems a bit pricey for Academy

That even makes Dicks prices worse!

ScottDLS wrote: I thought Dick's didn't sell handguns or MSR's? Lat time I was at one near DFW they only had wood stock rifles and shotguns.

They have handguns, shotguns, standard rifles and EBRs

Soccerdad1995 wrote:I got a mailer about a "grand opening" this weekend for the new Houston stores. The only really good deal I could find in it was a 325 pack of .22 LR for $19.98. The same mailer also included a $10 off coupon if you spent more than $25, so if you buy two boxes, and use the coupon you would get 650 rounds for $30, or 4.6 cents per round, plus tax. Not necessarily worth a special trip, but enough to get me to stop in if I happen to be going by one of their locations this weekend.

The coupons aren't good on sale items (I overheard a customer and sales persons interaction)

Also, I don't see $20 for 325 as a good deal, when Academy (when in stock) sells 525's for about $20-22

I had seen on the news this morning that Dick's Sporting Goods was open today at Baybrook mall.

Thought I would check it out, look for any signs, as well as compare guns and ammo prices to what I know from Academy.

The entrance then I went in, did not have any signs prohibiting open or concealed carry, so I was very happy to see that!

So I headed on back to the guns and ammo section, and noted that the standard target rounds of 9 mm we're about $15 for 50, which is $2-$3 more than the going rate for standard academy brand ammunition.

I checked out a few different guns, just to compare pricing as well:
Springfield XDS 45 caliber was $570 comparing to around $500 or so at academy

The Smith and Wesson M&P shield 40 was $550 which is about $50 more than Academy

The one that seemed the most strange to me, was the Ruger MKIII 22/45, which they had marked for $550, which I thought was way crazy, as I own two of them and paid $370 at The Arms Room and $340 at Academy a few years ago and they are still about the same price today


All in all, when it comes to guns and ammunition, the selection was pretty good for guns, and somewhat decent ammunition
However the pricing of both does not make me happy, and I will not be shopping at Dick's for any of these items


ETA: The majority of the above post was done via voice typing, so there may be a few errors in the spelling or wording