Columbus Rural King (pics)

[sig-guy]

3. You can not take possesion in store, they walk you outside before giving you your purchase.

When Sportsmen's Warehouse was in Lafayette, they had the same policy. If I remember right, Bass Pro is the same too.

Doesn't bother me in the least, as they allow me to carry in their stores.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

Yeah, them carrying your gun out is going to do any good. I know their line of thinking, but it's a fail.

 

[schafe]

Yeah, them carrying your gun out is going to do any good. I know their line of thinking, but it's a fail.

Well, maybe not a total fail....I can't get my wife to carry my guns out to the car, but these guys will do it for me !

 

[Fordtough25]

First off cool on the additions, that's a nice store anyways for a variety of goods! Secondly most stores are like that, Wal Mart included.

 

[femurphy77]

Stopped in Martintucky RK yesterday, decent selection of firearms, several employees willing to help you out and the best selection of ammo I've seen in any store in quite awhile. They had just run out of 22lr except for some aquila built specifically for revolvers. I was looking for some 44 mag which they were also out of. I hated to leave empty handed so bought some 30 carbine and some 308. He said I could buy 6 boxes but I didn't need 6 so left some for the next guy.


Maybe. Just maybe, the lunacy is coming to an end!!??

 

[TheDude]

I'm glad Rural King is getting guns, but that doesn't change the fact that most of their employees NEED to wear Velcro shoes.

 

[EnochRoot43]

I was in Vincennes two weeks ago, and their RK has the same setup, with a nice selection of long guns and some nice handguns as well. AR pattern 12 gauge, AR lowers.....hell, they even had TWO whole 50rd boxes of CCI Stingers (I took one).

The "rules" as noted above are a little hokey, but whatever....nice to see a retailer bringing guns in instead of pulling them out.

 

[Sharpie]

Maybe. Just maybe, the lunacy is coming to an end!!??

I think so.

Spotted in the wild a couple of days ago:

 

[GNRPowdeR]

I'm standing in the store & got to see 45 Critical Defense & white box 40 @ ok prices... Maybe things are getting better?!?

 

[mikefraz]

**Ruger** 9mm. I need to remember to carefully read before posting...

There's an edit button so you don't have to post twice.. Just an fyi

 

[dannyc626]

I hope ammo does get easier to find. I am ready to train my teenage daughter on 22lr bolt action rifle and 22lr 1911 semi. and i don't want prices on the bigger calibers to hurt me when she steps up to the real guns.

 

[bluestanger66]

I couldnt be happier!! Just hope the pricing is fair and competative!!

 

[Dr.Midnight]

I couldnt be happier!! Just hope the pricing is fair and competative!!

I stopped in the Martinsville Rural King today, and it seems like their ammo prices are all over the place. .308 was at the best price I have seen in months, so I picked up a few boxes. .223 is another story. At the price they were asking, it will decompose on the shelf before I buy any.

While not terribly high, their handguns did seem a little more expensive than some places I have seen. The shop I'm thinking of is PSS, and from my best guess, Rural King's handguns run about $50-$75 higher than what Bob prices his at.

 

[24robinson]

I sure wish the Rural King where I live would sell guns. I really enjoy walking around the whole store.

 

[katfishinking]

this is also like the display at the jasper RK. I stopped in last sunday afternoon to check out the ammo supply. was glad to see they did have some. a really good selection of longguns and handguns. things are a lookin up brothers.(and sisters.)

 

[87iroc]

I was in the Columbus RK last weekend and say the 762x39...was kind of pricey but htey had a few hundred rounds.

Regardless...the Columbus store is HOPPING! which is good to see. Great selection of outdoors stuff this time of the year...popcorn is a bonus..ad for those with kids...the cute-stage animals in the back are fun for the kiddos to look at.

 

[Trooper]

Lafayette Rural King now has a gun store within the store. Selling stripped AR lowers for $169 in various colors.

Not the old sporting goods section...

 

[r.gray87]

There a few days ago, I too am excited. I tell my wife I'm taking the dog to get a pigs ear and BAM...new gun!

EDIT: I heard that the RK has been stockpiling guns and ammo so that they can have a full shelve when they open, so hopefully when they open, they have a significant amount of gun and ammo on the wall. Should be exciting.

 

[OneEye]

Talked to a lady that was behind the counter yesterday. She said guns should start arriving today! Will check them later today when I slide through town.

 

[Kirkd]

Rural King in Columbus went "live" selling guns on Friday. I stopped by on my way to visit my mother and walked away with a sig sauer P226 MK25. I went in for something else and when I saw that pistol, I had to purchase. Didn't even get what I went there for in the first place. It was good experience, though, they physically walk you outside the store before they hand you the weapon.

Oh, they had several AR15s starting at the upper $700 range