(This story involves my first handgun purchase so I'm a little passionate and long winded)
I've been in Target Sports MANY times in the last 3 years just because it's on the way home from work and a gun store is a great place to go when you have an extra 30 minutes. Despite my being a tourist more than a customer I've always been treated with great respect.
Ron has an amazing ability to be answering the phone and deal with 2-3 other customers at the same time. That in and of itself is not all that rare but he does it in a manor that each customer is still getting his honest attention and respect. Consider all the negative stories you hear about other stores not being able to stretch their attention between customers that need help, and friends that want to chat, and the callers that want to ramble on and on. Then go into Ron's place and watch the master work. I am too new to the gun culture to comment with credibility about the selection, prices, and technical stuff. I do, however, know enough about people to know it takes a lot of raw intelligence to be able to make dealing with multiple people at the same time look as easy as he does. I also know that when I hear him tell someone on the phone "I do carry those but I don't know much about them" that he is a professional at least as much as he is a business owner.
I went in to buy a M&P standard size. The first thing I noticed is that he had a (new)Henry survival .22 that I had been looking for and not found (in 4 other gun stores). I put that on the counter as if to say I'm not done shopping yet. He didn't have an M&P standard but he did have all its cousins...a compact in 2 or 3 calibers, several others I didn't know existed and a (cue the heavenly aaaaaahhhhh background sound) M&P9 pro series. I had the good luck to make the move of inquiring about this one first. You could see the excitement in his tone as he started to spill the beans on the evolution of the handgun for service, protection, and sport and how he feels this gun fits into that picture. Don't get me wrong he will let you know where he stands on most any subject but unlike the political sermon I've endured at other stores his is more conversational and I've seen him tone it up or down if the customer looked like they were engaging or being put off.
I walked out of there after buying both.
I've been in Target Sports MANY times in the last 3 years just because it's on the way home from work and a gun store is a great place to go when you have an extra 30 minutes. Despite my being a tourist more than a customer I've always been treated with great respect.
Ron has an amazing ability to be answering the phone and deal with 2-3 other customers at the same time. That in and of itself is not all that rare but he does it in a manor that each customer is still getting his honest attention and respect. Consider all the negative stories you hear about other stores not being able to stretch their attention between customers that need help, and friends that want to chat, and the callers that want to ramble on and on. Then go into Ron's place and watch the master work. I am too new to the gun culture to comment with credibility about the selection, prices, and technical stuff. I do, however, know enough about people to know it takes a lot of raw intelligence to be able to make dealing with multiple people at the same time look as easy as he does. I also know that when I hear him tell someone on the phone "I do carry those but I don't know much about them" that he is a professional at least as much as he is a business owner.
I went in to buy a M&P standard size. The first thing I noticed is that he had a (new)Henry survival .22 that I had been looking for and not found (in 4 other gun stores). I put that on the counter as if to say I'm not done shopping yet. He didn't have an M&P standard but he did have all its cousins...a compact in 2 or 3 calibers, several others I didn't know existed and a (cue the heavenly aaaaaahhhhh background sound) M&P9 pro series. I had the good luck to make the move of inquiring about this one first. You could see the excitement in his tone as he started to spill the beans on the evolution of the handgun for service, protection, and sport and how he feels this gun fits into that picture. Don't get me wrong he will let you know where he stands on most any subject but unlike the political sermon I've endured at other stores his is more conversational and I've seen him tone it up or down if the customer looked like they were engaging or being put off.
I walked out of there after buying both.
