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Air Gun Home Forum Index » The BS Topic » Cabela's    View previous topic :: View next topic  Cabela's   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:08 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA I was in Cabela's today, the first time since before Christmas. In that time the number of airgun models they carry has just about doubled (at least in the Owatonna, Minnesota location). Then I went to look at pellets. The Gamo Rockets and Raptors were abundant and neatly arranged. The traditional pellets (Gamo and RWS) were a jumbled mess on a shelf, with no more than a couple of tins of each type/caliber. They had more of the Cabela's branded (Crosman) pellets, but they were heaped together also. I cleaned them out of RWS .177 Superdomes - two tins. Do Cabela's customers buy airguns just to look at? A friend of mine just went to work there, and he says Cabela's absorbs so much ammunition that they are second only to the U.S. military. You sure wouldn't guess that based on what I saw. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:07 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Maybe they stash the good stuff for themselves, eh? _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:47 am yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA No Cabela's in CA... I looked at their map of locations... All most looks like a political map... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:51 am billandbeaufort Senior Member Joined: 01 Apr 2008 Posts: 563 Location: Florida Pyramid Air sends me 500 count tins via UPS and if I order 3 the 4th is free. I find it on my doorstep! Why would I go to a store to buy pellets?   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:50 am Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: Pyramid Air sends me 500 count tins via UPS and if I order 3 the 4th is free. I find it on my doorstep! Why would I go to a store to buy pellets? That's the wave of the future for me. Are you listening, Cabela's? _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:41 pm Legendpilot Member Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 67 Location: Baltimore, Maryland I just went to Cabela's myself in SE PA. I concur with the selection of AG's they have availible. Just about every decent one you'd find on Pyramyds site, and they were all there for you to touch, feel, and hold. I was able to shoulder the RWS350 Pro Compact, and realized how HEAVY that gun was, something you can't do online. Although it'd probably would've been better if I was shopping online considering all the drooling I was doing! _________________ Beeman RS2 .22 Crosman 2240 .22 Crosman 1377c .177 Crosman T4 .177 Marksman 0035, 10000+ rds, shoots very well .177 wish List - Diana RWS 350 Feuerkraft Pro Compact .22   Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:44 pm yourdaddyjoe Supporting Member Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 4027 Location: Tatorville, USA STOP IT! I have to drive to Reno to play touchy feely.... _________________ Say "NO" to BB Gun Wars... Quid Pro Quo Rule: An eye for an eye... www.HPASports.com www.Facebook.com/hpasports   Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:17 am AirGunEric Site Admin Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 6930 Location: "Out There" I found the same thing at a (I think it was Cabela's) in Florida a couple of months ago. They seemed to love Gamo's- rifles all over the place. Pellets not so much... _________________ ` I'd say "I care." But I'd be lying. Canadian Airgun Supplier: http://www.scopesandammo.com/storefront   Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:19 pm Jaxom Senior Member Joined: 06 Aug 2008 Posts: 927 <sighs>All the good shops are easily an hour's drive for me. Locally, I either have sports mart or sports authority. (basically large sporting goods clothing stores). _________________ .22 2300kt Crosman Custom   Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 12:51 pm Legendpilot Member Joined: 26 Nov 2007 Posts: 67 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Jaxom wrote: <sighs>All the good shops are easily an hour's drive for me. I hear you, from Baltimore it took me 2+ hours..but worth it! _________________ Beeman RS2 .22 Crosman 2240 .22 Crosman 1377c .177 Crosman T4 .177 Marksman 0035, 10000+ rds, shoots very well .177 wish List - Diana RWS 350 Feuerkraft Pro Compact .22   Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:55 am thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA No Cabela's anywhere near me. I get their catalog, but I wish there was a store nearby. _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:42 am fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia This is how it works: Gamo = (fake) velocity Powder shooters usually just think about velocity. They hear a airgun is doing velocity near a .22lr- buy it. They also don't shoot that much because of the cost of high caliber rifle ammo. This means they will buy a 500 tin of pellets and it will last them a couple months. They also don't know much about airgun ballistics, so they will buy the crappy pellets. Don't blame them, they are just uneducated, and (should) would be happy to learn. _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person. 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