OT-I'm still kicking. Gun shop update.

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:26 pm

I just thought I would update some of you that remember me from about a year ago. I have not had time to get on Levergusn.com since I started a gun shop in NW Kansas called The Great Outdoors Gun Shop. I have been very busy selling guns and doing gunsmithing. I work about 60 hours a week and don't get any breaks during the day. Since we opened on May 1, we wil have sold about 1200 guns. I am still able to get the black guns and bulk ammo. Here are a few pics of the shop. I will include a pic of a levergun just for you guys.

20cows · Post by **20cows** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:31 pm

Wow, that looks like a fun place!

Good to here from you.

(It does sound like you need to go hunting, though!)

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:32 pm

I remember you and your Ma. Now what is that Winchester Featherweight and and how much and I got dibs?

BTW where abouts you shootin' those sailfish in NW Kansas?

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:32 pm

Holy smokes! Do you need any friends? Just kidding. You betcha I remember you. Good to see you're still around. I remember when you first jumped into that endeavor. Sounds like you're doing good. That's great. Now, if you have a website we can all peruse we'll take some of that ammo off your hands. Reloading components would be great too. How you doing in that department? Looks like you had a bunch of bullets.

PS - Nice looking '95.

crs · Post by **crs** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:33 pm

Thank you for the post and congratulations on your success!
That picture of the 1895 High Grade might just sell it for you.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:33 pm

Welcome back, nice place you got there

Keep on selling

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:37 pm

Wow, if I bought that 95 I bet Can't Remember Sheila might take me huntin'.

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:41 pm

Thanks guys. I am still able to get reloading components for now. I am out of primers except for 209s. Primers are being allocated from the distrubutors and I can't just order them up. Since we buy a LOT of stuff from certain distributors, they call me on some of the good stuff. I have a couple of Lipseys .44 specials in stock, a LCR coming in and we usually get a few Judges a month. Shortly before the bulk ammo craze, we had over 300,000 rounds of bulk ammo in stock. Now, we have less than 100,000 rounds. It is really hard to get stuff like 9mm, .40, .45, .22lr and of course .223. 7.62x39 is impossible right now. Hodgdon is about 1-2 months backlogged on powder orders right now.

Post by **Old Savage** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:44 pm

Whoa, stop the bus, what about the Winchester and how much for the 44 Special Lipseys????

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:49 pm

Old Savage wrote:Whoa, stop the bus, what about the Winchester and how much for the 44 Special Lipseys????

I have a .270 WSM Model 70 FW that I ordered in for a guy a couple of weeks ago and he ended up getting one somewhere else. I can't remember how much I have on it but the .44 Specials are $489 and I have two with consecutive serial numbers.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:51 pm

Yup, I remember you as well. Which is saying a lot since I don't recall what I had for breakfast...

Is that a Pedersoli Sharps I spied?

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:56 pm

awp101 wrote:Yup, I remember you as well. Which is saying a lot since I don't recall what I had for breakfast...

Is that a Pedersoli Sharps I spied?

I know you guys would have your magnifying glass out to spot the good stuff.

It is a Uberti Standard Sharps rifle.

jdad · Post by **jdad** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:01 pm

You have more reloading components and ammunition than almost all of shops, in the Portland area, combined!

PM me if you have any older vintage 22 pumps, semiauto's, or levers.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:09 pm

Nice gun shop!!!!!!!!!!
I am in love with that 1895 Browning 30/40 Krag
I need a towel to stop the drooling!!!!!

Regards!

SmokeEater2 · Post by **SmokeEater2** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:14 pm

Great looking shop! I wish it was close by but then I'd probably be broke all the time.

JerryB · Post by **JerryB** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:22 pm

Jengel, I think of you sometimes when family travels through that area. The shop looks great. I reckon that the hours get long being away from the family but you are doing what you wanted and that counts too.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:27 pm

Boy, that looks like one heck of a candy store! I'm glad to know that you are still kicking out there. If I ever pass by close you can bet I will be in there buying something.

Post by **Chuck 100 yd** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:29 pm

Welcome back!

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:35 pm

Andrew wrote:Boy, that looks like one heck of a candy store! I'm glad to know that you are still kicking out there. If I ever pass by close you can bet I will be in there buying something.

Thanks.It's hard for people not to buy something. I have stuff from a Sig Sauer 556 SWAT to a Uberti 1866 short rifle. We have the best selection of guns anywhere around. We have over 800 guns in stock. Atwood is only about 30 miles north of I-70 from Colby, KS. I live in Colby so I drive an hour a day and work 10 hours a day.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:19 pm

Looks well stocked!!!

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:09 am

Welcome back and congrats on success.

claybob86 · Post by **claybob86** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:41 am

Glad to see you back!

Been wondering about you. Looks like your shop is better stocked than anything out Denver way.

MikeS. · Post by **MikeS.** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:41 am

Great looking shop, wish I had 1 like that around here. Keep up thr good work.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:06 am

Congratulations.

Wish I lived closer, a LOT closer

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:38 am

You picked a great year to get started. Products are in demand. Great reloading section !

dr walker · Post by **dr walker** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:40 am

Nice looking shop, congratulations on your success.

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:02 am

Jim,

Looks good. That is my kind of set up. You really picked the right time, as it turns out, to get into the business. Quick return on the capital investment and you have the diversity of product line to carry on when the inevitable downturn. Have been "going to" write for a while but felt I shouldn't intrude knowing you were working hard.

I've got to ask, are those Lipsey's .44 FTs 4-5/8" guns?

RIHMFIRE · Post by **RIHMFIRE** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:18 am

Hey ...welcome back...
nice shop...congrats to you and the owners
looks great....
Oh yeah...we want first dibs on any levers that may
walk through the door...
congrats again...
now get back to work and sell a bunch of
guns and ammo!

dkmlever · Post by **dkmlever** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:26 am

PM sent on the Ruger Lipsey 44 specials

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:01 am

PM sent on the two requests about the .44 specials

Post by **Hobie** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:02 am

jengel wrote:PM sent on the two requests about the .44 specials

And replied...

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:27 am

Lots of great stuff! Much better stocked than my local shooter supplies store. Sounds like sales are booming.

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:21 pm

Looks good... I never get jealouse.. but your sucess almost could create an execption.

good luck
~J

JohndeFresno · Post by **JohndeFresno** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:45 pm

That's quite a decent assortment of fire sticks and fodder, and a nice looking layout. Good to hear from you! Best wishes in your continued success.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:27 pm

Jengel,
Good to hear from ya, and great pics of the shop and wow... so much better supplied than some of our local shops also.

Uh... how you set on lead round balls? I use .375, .520 & .526... and in those pretty red 'n white boxes, too! Hopefully I'll be thru Kansas in a couple of days... wantin' to get from Denver to Joplin... if they leet me, I should pass near enough to ya!

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:10 am

All I can say is, I'm glad you're up there and I'm all the way down here or I'd be in more trouble than I am now.

1886 · Post by **1886** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:22 am

Looks great. Glad you are well. 1886.

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:23 pm

Griff wrote:Jengel,
Good to hear from ya, and great pics of the shop and wow... so much better supplied than some of our local shops also.

Uh... how you set on lead round balls? I use .375, .520 & .526... and in those pretty red 'n white boxes, too! Hopefully I'll be thru Kansas in a couple of days... wantin' to get from Denver to Joplin... if they leet me, I should pass near enough to ya!

I have a couple of boxes of .375 but none of the others. The closest I come is .530 round balls. Sorry. It would be great to see you. Atwood is 30 miles north of I-70 from Colby. From there, you can take Highway 36 to east of Denver and then take I-70 the rest of the way in.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:52 pm

Oh my, a pink cammoed shotgun. Do Not let my neice see that. She saw a picture of an AR done in pink and hello kitty. Scary thing is she's decided she wants one. Girls and pink. I'll never understand it.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:44 pm

Wow those are the best stocked shelves I have seen in awhile. What is the condition on the SVD (or is it an actual Dragonov?)

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:18 pm

JReed wrote:What is the condition on the SVD (or is it an actual Dragonov?)

JReed, that looks like a Romanian PSL to me. Honest to goodness SVDs are scare in the US (well, so to speak) so I don't think he'd have a $3K+ rifle just out on a rack...

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:14 pm

awp101 wrote:
JReed wrote:What is the condition on the SVD (or is it an actual Dragonov?)
JReed, that looks like a Romanian PSL to me. Honest to goodness SVDs are scare in the US (well, so to speak) so I don't think he'd have a $3K+ rifle just out on a rack...

I wish I had an original. It is one of the new Century Arms Imports. It has the sniper scope on it too. I have a bunch of ARs right now. A few weeks or so ago, I sold 9 of them to a gun shop in Fort Collins CO because I had an excess and they had none. I actually get several smaller gun shops that get stuff from me because they can't get it.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:16 pm

awp101 wrote:
JReed wrote:What is the condition on the SVD (or is it an actual Dragonov?)
JReed, that looks like a Romanian PSL to me. Honest to goodness SVDs are scare in the US (well, so to speak) so I don't think he'd have a $3K+ rifle just out on a rack...

You are probably right my alergys are playing heck with my contacts. A PLS would be just as fun though.

Jengle does it still have the scope?

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:22 pm

I'm surprised that nobody noticed the FN-49, Win 1895 made in 1912, Low Wall Browning, or the Zabala 10ga SxS.

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:23 pm

JReed wrote:
awp101 wrote:
JReed wrote:What is the condition on the SVD (or is it an actual Dragonov?)
JReed, that looks like a Romanian PSL to me. Honest to goodness SVDs are scare in the US (well, so to speak) so I don't think he'd have a $3K+ rifle just out on a rack...
You are probably right my alergys are playing heck with my contacts. A PLS would be just as fun though.

Jengle does it still have the scope?

Why yes, it does.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:27 pm

I used to have one of the Tennessee Guns imported PSLs. Nice shooter that I let a buddy talk me out of.

Didn't see the 49! Guess I need to look again...

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:30 pm

Found the 49!

Is that a Para-FAL next to the PSL?

jengel · Post by **jengel** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:36 pm

awp101 wrote:Found the 49!

Is that a Para-FAL next to the PSL?

Century Arms Golani (Galil copy) in .223 with 35 rnd mags. I still have about three of them left.

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:37 pm

Ah, the Galil copy. No wonder I couldn't figure out what kind of handguard it was sporting...

AkRay · Post by **AkRay** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:53 pm

Wow! jengel, if I promise to give up a good moose hunting spot, and tell you where to find good fishing, would you please move your gun store to Fairbanks, AK? We have the big box stores that sell guns now, which don't really count and 2 smaller real gun stores, but we need a nice big one like yours.