Who misses Fetla's?

[boosteds13cc]

My dad and I would go there all the time....then the army navy in hammond.

 

[paperboy]

Fetlas was my favorite store, I would spend hours there. Dad would take me there as a kid and I continued to go until they closed. Dad would say "Its the best store on earth" and then mom would chime in "There's an inch of dust on everything" LOL....Man, I miss that place! When my son was a little guy I would take him there. He would say "Dad, when are we going back to Fetlers" That would just crack me up!.......A couple times a year we would venture to the old Army/Navy in Hammond, that place just fascinated me as a kid........Great times

 

[paperboy]

The last tent sale I went to I bought boxes of 12 ga Remington Hi-Brass #4 for $4 a box

 

[vangurley]

That place was interesting to say the least. You are so right about the "huggies and a shotgun" LOL!

 

[JDG]

I forgot about the tent sales. Those were amazing. I used to get my shoes there. Airwalks super cheap.

 

[davedolli]

My ex-wife took me there a few times. Great store.

Dave

 

[PhxCollier]

Didn’t feltla’s have a bear in a cage at the front for a while? I could swear there was one back in the 70’s

 

[repeter1977]

Didn’t feltla’s have a bear in a cage at the front for a while? I could swear there was one back in the 70’s

I remember an Indian out front

 

[JDG]

I don't remember a bear, but my first visit was in 1987 after escaping Illinois. A bear would not surprise me, they had everything else in that store.

 

[87iroc]

I forgot about the tent sales. Those were amazing. I used to get my shoes there. Airwalks super cheap.

That is where we'd go to get our school clothes every year. I remember the crates of surplus rifles at the tent sale.

My Marlin 60 came from there....still have it.

 

[El-Cigarro]

That place was great. There were guns everywhere in there! Someone could grab a box of huggies and a shotgun from the same aisle.

Me. ME! They used to even have a BEAR, there!

 

[PhxCollier]

They really did have a bear (and it drank Pepsi)
From boats to bears | Uncategorized | nwitimes.com

 

[bulletsmith]

They really did have a bear (and it drank Pepsi)
From boats to bears | Uncategorized | nwitimes.com

I remember the bear out front! It was right against the building in a cage. I put many guns on lay-away there when I had no business buying them. They gave you a year to pay and somehow they were able to produce the thing when you went to pay it off.

 

[Hookeye]

Sorry I missed 'em.
Uncle told me about it (he in the region).
I was other side of state, so did Norms and Schutz Bros.
Later Lengels.
Good people, good times.

 

[Joniki]

Sorry I missed 'em.
Uncle told me about it (he in the region).
I was other side of state, so did Norms and Schutz Bros.
Later Lengels.
Good people, good times.

Lengel's was a slice of heaven for reloaders.

 

[tedk]

I miss Fetlas great store bought several guns there.

 

[Mark 1911]

Fetla's was a great store. I bought quite a few guns from them back in the 80s and 90s before they closed their doors. Still have the the old receipts with Fetla's name on them.

 

[JDG]

Drove by the old site on Christmas eve. It sure looks different.