Jim Pruett Gun Ad: Buy Cheap, Bury Deep!

[Mike1951]

Never had anything against Jim Pruett as a dealer or a personality.

However, I find any slogan involving 'buy cheap' to be really ironic.

Truthfully, I've only been in his shop once. I try to maintain a fairly complete mental list of current street prices for guns, at least the ones that interest me.

It only took 20 minutes of so mental price checking to realize that I would never pay his prices for anything in his shop.

This was about two years ago and I find no reason to ever go back.

As for burying them, Natchez SS has 120mm mortar tubes for sale at $4.99. 40" length inside.

Shipping weight is almost 25 #'s, so total cost would be considerably more.

http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?co ... N=31241471

[gregthehand]

If your going to bury them 6" pvc pipe would be a lot easier......

[Mike1951]

If your going to bury them 6" pvc pipe would be a lot easier......

•Large Ammo Storage Tube 120mm Mortar •Excellent Condition 44-1/4� long, Inside 40� deep, •Inside diameter 6.75� w/air tight seal cap weight: 21lbs

Probably a lot cheaper, anyway.

The shipping is quite high, as I suspected.

I ran quotes for various quantities based on shipping to my zip code. Remember, the tube itself is only $4.99.

10 / $183.75
20 / $342.91
50 / $789.84

No doubt this is why they've had these for years. Just thought I'd mention them.

[KD5NRH]

If your going to bury them 6" pvc pipe would be a lot easier......

•Large Ammo Storage Tube 120mm Mortar •Excellent Condition 44-1/4� long, Inside 40� deep, •Inside diameter 6.75� w/air tight seal cap weight: 21lbs

Probably a lot cheaper, anyway.

The shipping is quite high, as I suspected.

Do they have a retail store? It's not that long of a drive, and surely someone on this board will be making it anyway at some point...and would probably love $5-10 from each of the people who want these to help with the gas costs.

[Mike1951]

Natchez Shooters Supply is the one with the mortar tubes.

They are located in Chattanooga, TN.

One could call, but as far as I can tell, they are not set up for will call.

However, for something they've been trying to clear for so long, they might agree.

[tarkus]

Never had anything against Jim Pruett as a dealer or a personality.

However, I find any slogan involving 'buy cheap' to be really ironic.

Maybe he's encouraging us to take advantage of gun shows before the next president bans them.

[Skiprr]

Never had anything against Jim Pruett as a dealer or a personality.

However, I find any slogan involving 'buy cheap' to be really ironic.

I dunno; I'm torn here. I'm darned frugal by nature. I'm happy to drive a car so long as its reliability and standard maintenance expenses don't exceed the annualized cost of a new vehicle, to heck with prettiness. Pretty clear to those who see my SUV.

But I also do what I can to support my local merchants. Particularly independent gun dealers: this unfortunately dying breed.

I've bought about $10K worth of guns from Jim in the past year or two, and each time I knew I wasn't buying the firearm at the lowest possible price.

My point-something mark-up was going to a worthy cause: It would help Jim and Joy and Barry and Eric keep the doors open, keep selling firearms in my community, keep an important RKBA vendor in business.

I think this is an important purchase consideration.

[nuparadigm]

Anyone planning to cache firearms, shouldn't mention it on a public internet forum.

[longtooth]

Good job Skiprr
The reason I trade at Bill's Gun Trader. His ammo prices are quite a bit higher than Academy or WalMT. I reload everything but PD & buy that from him. His reloading components are competative but he does not keep them in stock so better buy when I find them.

Need to keep him & Allen around here too.

[BigDan]

When did he start that? I took my class in 2005 and I don't remember that. LOL.

For a while (maybe a year and a half?) starting May 2005, Jim hosted a live call-in show on KFNC-FM along with former Stevens and Pruett sidekick Brian Shannon. A regular segment that developed was a weekly guest spot with Brian Hoffner (http://www.hoffners.com/info.htm). Jim also carries Brian's products in his store (http://www.jimpruett.net/Home/).

One of Hoffner's mottos is: "Life is a battle, train to win, fight with a vengeance, never quit." The "Warrior Mindset" came from Hoffner, and it became part of a brief introduction Jim does for the classes; started in 2006, I think. Here's Hoffner's "Code of the Warrior" article. So there's a method to Jim's madness.

How's that for more than you wanted to know?

Ahhh, well I think I took mine in April of 2005 (mind's a bit fuzzy). CHL Expires in June of 2009, so I worked backwards. =-]

And, I'd rather know too much than too little. ;-]

[zaroffhunts]

I saw this and remembered Jim's commercial. http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/cb.aspx?a=478511

[TheArmedFarmer]

Natchez Shooters Supply is the one with the mortar tubes.

They are located in Chattanooga, TN.

One could call, but as far as I can tell, they are not set up for will call.

However, for something they've been trying to clear for so long, they might agree.

If anybody wants to make the drive, I'd be in to buy 50 of those tubes, and I'd kick in $100 for your time and gas money.

[LedJedi]

either way you interpret the slogan i'm A-OK with it.

[JasonH]

Kahan's email address is andy.kahan@cityofhouston.net if you'd like to respectfully disagree with his comments.