Moderator: carlson1
texasjeep44 wrote: I just hope that when folks are looking for information they don't go to the local gun shop where the folks might know something
This may be so in some cases, but I have had a different experience with Academy. Long ago, I purchased a Bersa Thunder from Academy. It turned out to be a real LEMON. The Academy manager sent it in, at no cost to me, for repairs three times before I finally gave up on it and gave it away. When the well known Bersa authorized shop in Colorado returned the Bersa sans the second magazine that accompanied it, Academy gave me a new Bersa magazine.texasjeep44 wrote:50 bucks ain't so bad.
Yea, box stores might have the better price initially, but if you have a problem with the gun, or need something out of the ordinary etc, your just another customer. To the box stores, every customer is the same, every time you walk into the place. Whether you have purchased 20 guns or this is your first one it doesn't matter to them.
I really wanted to keep this gun but today I went back to local gun shop and asked if any modifications could be made to make it easier for me to operate this really nice piece of equipment. Nope only thing that might loosen it up is to shoot it a lot (maybe). Long story short, my entire purchase price was REFUNDED and I was told "I don't want to sell you anything you can't use", by the owner. Academy won't take guns back. You buy it, it's yours and adious. So if a gun is $50 or $75 bucks higher at the local's so be it. They will always get my business over big box every time. If they don't have what I want I order online and pay them the FFL fee and just so glad there is a really great gun store in my neighborhood and they know me by my first name. I am treated like a person and not a dollar sign.
