Coming to visit New Orleans w/ the family next week from TX.  What's some good gun shops I need to see.  Looking for older collectible stuff.  Don't really care much for the newer stuff.  I-10 from the border to New Orleans.

Thanks.

Start in Houston...Collectors Firearms on Fondren Rd.
Not cheap but huge inventory to drool over. Nothing like that in La.

Yep that place is pretty cool.  They are usually pretty proud on their pricing too.

I'd love to recommend something, but I'm pretty sure Louisiana was only occupied by Fudds until the last 10 years.

There are typically older firearms at the gun-show in Kenner at the Pontchartrain Center Mar 17-18 , ( http://www.greatsoutherngunshow.com/calendar.htm ) just outside New Orleans, but I don't know of a shop that primarily offers such.

I got this list from google maps, anyone have any feedback on these shops?

Gator Guns
148 S Cities Service Hwy, Sulphur, LA 70663
gatorguns.com
(337) 527-9885

Bullets & Bows Inc
110 Lousiana Ave, Rayne, LA 70578
bulletsandbows.com
(337) 334-0033

Barney's Police Supplies
218 Four Park Rd, Lafayette, LA 70507
barneyspolicesupplies.com
(337) 896-3667

Bayou Teche Guns
136 Market St, Arnaudville, LA 70512
(337) 754-5115

Pinhook Pawn
3404 W Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA 70508
(337) 504-5032

Bayou Defense LLC
1004 Belle Terre Dr, St Martinville, LA 70582
bayoudefense.com
(337) 660-4927

Hebert Guns
17400 Airline Hwy, Prairieville, LA 70769
hebertguns.com
(225) 673-1850

Jim's Firearms Inc
5760 Siegen Ln, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
jimsfirearms.net
(225) 293-5467

Accurate Firearms & Police
9244 Florida Blvd E, Baton Rouge, LA 70815
accuratefirearms.com
(225) 929-6500

Spillway Sportsman
1920 American Way, Port Allen, LA 70767
spillwaysportsman.com
(225) 749-3680

Bayou Gun Slingers
1107 Florida Ave SW, Denham Springs, LA 70726
bayougunslingers.com
(225) 271-8922

**Ford's Firearms
5525 S Sherwood Forest Blvd Suite C, Baton Rouge, LA 70816
fordsfirearms.com
(225) 296-3001

Brewd Arms LLC
740 Evangeline Rd, Montz, LA 70068
brewdarmsllc.wordpress.com
(504) 810-2527

Jefferson Gun Outlet
5115, 6719 Airline Dr suite a, Metairie, LA 70003
jeffersongun.com
(504) 733-7695

James H Cohen & Sons Inc
437 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130
cohenantiques.com
(504) 522-3305

Gretna Gun Works
230 Lafayette St, Gretna, LA 70053
(504) 361-5422

Puglia's Sporting Goods
1925 Veterans Memorial Blvd, Metairie, LA 70005
puglias-sporting-goods.com
(504) 837-0291

BJ’s Pawn Shop
3828 Veterans Blvd, Metairie, LA 70002
bjspawn.business.site
(504) 456-6374

I've been to Jim's, Jefferson Gun, and Puglia's on your list. All newer stuff for the most part unless you find something on consignment.

Ditto on the above, but the old Jefferson Gun, plus both locations of Barney's where you might find police trade-ins, and I've spoken with Mr. Ford (think his first name is Gary) a couple times, he had a nice selection of 1911s.  Puglia's had CZs, ARs, and other neat stuff, but that was 6-7 years ago last time I was there.

Cool appreciate the feedback.  Trying to weed out which shops are just full blown retail new guns vs ones that has some used collectible stuff.

Skip Barney's and Bayou Teche Guns. Barney's is a police supply store so most of the stuff they sell is new.
Bayou Teche is a gunshop with little inventory. Mike does good work. Good places but no old collectible firearms.
Most of the shops in La. sell new stuff. Occasionally they will take something in on trade.

I've spent many thousands of dollars at Jim's Firearms. I've bought a couple guns from Spillway. My favorite is Meplat in Metarie. He doesn't have a huge showroom but is a great class three dealer.

Nothing in the state will compare to Collector's over in Houston.

thanks for the feedback.  i'll probably call a few of the other places to see if they have what i'm interested in before making a detour.

Gator Guns in Sulphur is a great shop. They put on the gun show here every so many months.  Not sure how many used firearms they have though.  Then again i haven't been to their new location  yet.

The shop on royal street in Nola is worth a visit, I'm talking about blunderbusses etc type weapons there. It's a neat store.

The Cabela's gun library in Gonzales has been good for a few gems here and there.

called most of the shops on my way out and one had a preban colt that they just sold for $1200 and another had a colt sp1 carbine for $3000.  stopped by collectors in houston as well but no early AR15s either.  had fun in your state, ate well and didn't get a ticket in or out which was good.  i forgot someone told me how bad the traffic would be getting through baton rouge.

Did you have any trouble with traffic around the Sulphur/Lake Charles area?  I've been hearing bad things but I've been able to avoid most of it.

We came in pretty early around lunchtime and didn't notice anything too bad around sulphur/lake charles and hit that part of town pretty late going out so I don't know what it's like under normal conditions.  Baton Rouge was pretty bad though.