I noticed that, was there about a month ago looking for a 9mm Shield and they told me they were out, but checked their online inventory and it showed a 9mm Shield in stock. I'm assuming I could have ordered one online and have it sent to the store but if I'm doing that I'll find an online dealer and do a transfer and save some cash. PSA does the same, but considering they have multiple stores I can understand why my local store may not have what's shown online.

BTW I came across a gun shop called Upstate Armory Group in Simpsonville, good selection of guns, ARs & parts, good prices. I bought a Magpul D60 drum for $130 and a buddy snagged one of their 16" midlength uppers w/free float rail for $300 and a nickel boron BCG for $125.

Yeah, Rich is a great fellow to talk with about guns and problems associated with them. I had him fix a PSA PA-10 that was not working right and I got no satisfaction from CS at PSA.

Yeah, Rich is a great fellow to talk with about guns and problems associated with them. I had him fix a PSA PA-10 that was not working right and I got no satisfaction from CS at PSA.

Lexington Guns and Range off of Hwy 378
Guys are pretty down to earth and fair prices.

FFL Transfer fees for $25

Are you referring to Defender Shooting Sports at 146 Litton Drive in Lexington?

www.defenderrange.com

No sir, they are not too far away from them.
http://lexingtonguns378.com/

I drive by JIm's about a dozen times+ a week and haven't seen them open in months. Use your imagination.

ETA: Store is now permanently closed. Good riddance.

This place has quite a bit of inventory now, and some unique items. Quite a good bit of AR accessories. I agree the prices are fair, the staff down to earth and helpful. They have a gunsmith who works there during the week than can help with a build, install pistol sights, etc. Also sell suppressors here.

What is the transfer fee for each subsequent item? In this case I'm talking about stripped lowers.

From what I understand it is $25 for each # - they do give a mil/leo discount.

As far as "gunsmith" - just basic AR stuff that we all can do. No one is certified and they dont have milling, press or stuff like that. Just basic ar stuff and sight install for pistol.

However, defender a few miles away is also $25 each # but will do discount if 5 or more lowers.

The Gun Doctor.
1928 S Live Oak Dr, Moncks Corner, SC 29461
(843) 761-0788

Found the rear sight for my Remington 121 that no one else had in stock.
Good selection on long guns not to many pistols, also they sell a few guns on consignment.
old school type gun shop.

Any time i need work on one of my guns that i can nott do my self i take it to them.
Just be aware that the counter guy is damn near blind.

Camden: Flag Firearms on Jefferson Davis Highway in East Camden has gone out of business. They were located in what used to be Watson's Bait Shop

D & R Gunsmithing announced that they are going out of business. They were located on 17a between Summerville and Moncks Corner. They did Cerakote too.

According to their Facebook page, the business is available for sale.

Southern Sportsman on Bultman Dr. in Sumter is permanently closed.

Defender closed - ray the owner sold out thank god. (he was always rude in my opinion no matter how much i tried to get to know him. .shame i live like 2 miles from the shop)

its now been sold and opened as Kilo Charlie.  Ive been in once.. may go back again soon, they were slammed when i went on a saturday a while back so i need to go in and see if i can get to know the guys who are running it now. thye said thye do transfers too but i didnt get the in and out on it. as to price and what not.

Went by 2 shops yesterday.

Shooters Choice in west columbia.  Theyve been making some changes there slowly.  Widening up the front enterance, and keeping a hell of a lot of stock in store.  Im impressed with the amount of stock they have, and while some of their prices are incredibly high, I feel that they are making an effort.  It also looks like a good bit of the staff has changed. not all mind you but a good bit.  many of the guys that were there were actually friendly and offered to help repeatedly. When i mentioned how they opened the front up they stated that major renovations were to come yet so id expect to see a lot of changes here soon hopefully.  the layout isnt bad, but i feel theres a lot of unused or improperly used space with that side area that houses their safes..

Lexington gun on 378 going out towards saluda.  They had hardly any stock at all on the shelfs or walls. it felt like there was maybe 10 guns total in the cabinets new or used to buy.  i was severly disappointed as it was my second time being in the shop.  I asked the counter help about it and he said that they havent been able to keep anything on the shelf since black friday and that wasnt even including ar's.  He did say he has to fix 6 out of 10 psa ar's that come thru the doors.  (no i wasnt wearing anything PSA related, and no i wasnt talking about psa or anything to him, just came up in casual discussion about guns and quality as i was looking for lowers) they had like 2 lowers that were andersons in stock, for 50 bux a peice iirc.  The range on this shop is a second building.  disconnected from the first out back.  the showroom is big, and you have pleanty of area for stock, but it just was wiped out like no one cared to stock it or maybe they dont have enough income to bring in a lot of stock, i dont know.  it was pretty depressing overall, and i left without being there more than 30 minutes.

I was going to try to go back to what used to be defender but after my chemo yesterday and visiting those two shops after it i was pretty wore out and i went home and crashed.

Driving through Greer this morning I noticed a silhouette target by the road that said Indoor Range across from the Kia dealership on Wade Hampton.  Apparently a new store opened there recently, though I didn't realize it.

http://barrelsblades.com/

Looks like they're friendly to us:

I'm the son. I'm currently just getting spun up, but I am a 07/02 like dad said, and have a silencershop account.

Silencershop dealer URL is the link to find me on silencershop, I don't mark stuff up beyond their recommended prices.

Prices for transfers will be 20 if you have your CWP, 25 if you don't, and NFA transfers outside of silencershop will be 50 dollars.

Starting up prices for NFA engraving on a laser engraver will be 50 dollars for basic name and state. If you're local, I can do it while you wait, if not I can mail it back to you next day.

I don't have any active inventory yet, mostly because I got licensed in November, and you guys have all seen how hard it is to get anything right now, but I can order from several different distributors so if you're looking for something in particular I can look for it.

Lexington, SC

East Lake Industries LLC

By Appointment Only

We have our FFL 07 & SOT 02

Gladly excepting transfers and taking special orders.

We are also a Silencer Shop Dealer

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Suppressors have been our niche lately, so if you’ve ever wonder about the process please reach out and I can walk you through it.

The supply chain is a mess but we plan to start building rifles just after the first of the year.  Just waiting on lowers to come in.

Strong Arms (Sumter) is currently moving to a new location which is 2100 Thomas Sumter Highway (SR 521) next door to Macintosh Auto. Owner says they should open the new location sometime the first week of January 2021.

Grand opening of new location on February 1, 2021

Mauldin Arms in... Mauldin is my goto shop. I do lots of trading with Jeff and he always does me right.

Swamp Fox Armory at 9331 Garners Ferry Road in Hopkins is PERMANENTLY CLOSED.

I went by Palmetto Pawn and Gun in Darlington.


Small selection, a few semi-auto shotguns, couple ar's   and a couple dozen pistols.  prices were close to internet on the cheaper guns and some markup on the more expensive ones.


transfers are $35 and $50 for multiple transfers. according to the sign.  

not much of a pawnshop. very little selection other than used movies. and a little bit of tools and jewelry and a handful of lawn mowers.

Columbia, Two Notch Rd. Between Richland County Sheriff’s Department and Cola mall
Best Deal Pawn and Gun.
$20 transfers. Same day if shipped from an FFL, 7 day hold if sent from an individual.  They’ve always been great for me. Actually liked my Uberti 1866 so much they did a free transfer!

Amchar in Summerville is a decent shop. They are one of two in the state that participate in Springfield’s IOP pricing for mil vets and Leo’s. Not huge place, but worth a stop. Ring the door bell and tell them your headed up to the store.

Crossfire Gunsmith and Firearms
1938 Augusta Highway
Lexington SC 29072

Sells guns, optics (Leupold, Eotech etc), ammo, parts for building (Aero, Magpul etc) and some reloading supplies.  One of the owners or manager told me today that after the New Year they’d be stocking a lot more reloading supplies.

They gave me a couple parts from their private gunsmithing stash at no charge I needed to fix a lower receiver with

Good folks

This was a pleasant surprise that came in last week.

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***I stopped by today, its in an old bank building. Not a large place.  Some nice stuff though. pvs7, some things to just look at. christenen arms, some fancy revolvers and hi power.  not a lot of scopes, mostly thermals and a handful of others. prices were reasonable to very high. They were friendly.  ***


new store opened in Florence recently. not been yet. but they advertising on radio.  sounds like more high end stuff.


High Caliber Guns and Optics.
3320 W Palmetto St, Florence, SC 29501


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I didn't see these guys listed, retail store front plus indoor range.

C&S Shooting Sports
4923 Rivers Avenue
North Charleston, SC 29406

Liberty guns in Mullins now has a diner in it. not sure how long they have.  heard a radio commercial and they said its new. Not been yet.


Freedom Diner

I was down for a few days in North Myrtle Beach and made it to the PSA at 501 and 17. It is one more big store, although they were sold out of the Springfield Ronin compact I wanted to look at. What's with the all guns must be cased before entering sign at the door? I walked past it OC and nobody said anything. Nothing like that in the Greenville store.

Tony's Guns in Sumter has closed.