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Posted: 1/4/2006 5:18:03 PM EDT
My zip code.
Results for store locations: No locations were found within 250.00mi. Please expand your search or modify your search criteria. It is NOT! A national chain. NOT everyone has one around the corner. NOT everyone even knows what the heck you are talking about. It took several times of seeing it mentioned before I asked, and was told what Academy is. So please stop telling me and others that I should just go to Academy to get my ammo. I'm not griping about people posting about great sales there. I'm sure that that is helpful to many people. But when someone talks about a gun, or ammo, or some other thing, and you quote them and tell them they are a moron because they could have paid $10 less at Academy, please take a second to pull your head out of your ass and realize that not everyone has this wonderful mecca of great fricking wonderfulness!!!!!!!! Thank You |
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You fell for the old "buy your ammo from Academy" trick? Dumbass!
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Academy is great. I have one in between my house and office. It's about a 3 mile run from either place. Cities/States that don't have Academy should be BANNED!
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They were gonna put one about 20 miles from the house - and now - not so much
I'm assuming it has something to do with the hurricane but still I need ammo :) Barry |
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I got two within 25miles of me, I buy 9mm ammo for $3.86/box, and I don't even own one yet, figure when I get enough of it laying around it'll be an incentive for me to buy a lorcin or jennings.
MLW>"< |
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Apparently this "Academy" does not exist in the Midwest. Bastards.
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Why yes, I sure do! |
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Yes as a matter of fact. About 15 minutes away from me is one, in Oak Brook, IL. Illinois has: REI Dick's House of Nut Cakes(Dick's Sporting Goods) Gander Mountain Bass Pro. |
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Academy rocks
the old dude behind the counter actually likes firearms and people with manners |
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I have a Bass Pro about 5 mins down the street from my house. I hardly ever go there..I should check to see if we have an Academy
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There is one about 20 miles from me,maybe a little further. Really great selection in boots/shoes as well.
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One thing I have to say about Academy is that any sporting goods or ammo I will buy from them than from Walmart. After the hurricane Academy was selling guns and ammo. The Walmart by my house still will not sell guns. The sad part is that Walmart is the only game in town. I have to travel 30 plus miles to go to Academy but for now on I will.
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Wow. Really? Every Academy has an old dude behind the counter who actually likes firearms and people with manners? That is incredible! It is a wonder that they have not had some sort of discrimination thing against them because they refused to hire a young woman with contempt for firearms and like people who spit on the floor. |
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Yes, of course. Where have you been? |
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Hey I've never seen a Dick's, no comments smart asses, or a Sportsmans Warehouse, so quit your crying.
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i was just suprised to find a chain store that actually handled the business of firearms well
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You must be angry at "Arsenal" ? |
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There's one at the Golf Mill shopping center in Niles as well. |
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No. www.academy.com/ And I'm not really mad at them...well maybe for not putting one near me..yet. |
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+1 I buy 2-3 cases at a time and get no-smart assed comments. Tell him I run it in a SMG and he asks what do you have, instead of usual - "those are illegal" or "what do you need that for". Guy is actually very pleasant to buy from. |
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Now you know how some of us feel when you mention the great deal you saw at Gander Mtn...........
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I don't have Gander Mountian either. |
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There's one no more than 30 miles from me in Fredericksburg, VA |
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I have one located right next to a Borders, Best Buy, and Target only five minutes from my house. w00t.
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I went there tonight.
FWIW, if you went to Academy tomorrow, and walked around, you might chill out a bit. |
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The plane ticket to the nearest one would probably negate my savings. |
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Academy, the only chain that trust people and lets the customers pick up the ammo and not have to ask for it behind a counter (except for pistol).
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Yep. I was not used to a store stocking so MUCH ammo either. First time I went in there years ago.... I wanted to pick 3k of 9mm. I asked the old guy behind the counter if it was $3.86 a box, he said "yep.... how many you want?" Feeling cocky, I said "Oh, I will take everything you got, I shoot a lot." and smiled. He grinned, and said "hope you brought a big truck" He pointed under the counter where there were 10 cases of 9mm sitting there, and with my jaw open, he said.... "you want me to go get the rest from the back too?" I sheepishly told him I would take 3 cases.... thanks. |
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And they sell Bushmaster AR15's too! They always have three in stock at mine. A M4-A2, a camo flat-top, and a Carbon 15. |
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Thanks Tango. Oak Brook is still the closest one to me. Gander Mtn is in Elgin, Joliet, Geneva, and Rockford. Bass Pro is in Gurnee...but they're supposed to put one in Bolingbrook according to their site. Dick's I haven't seen anywhere except Orland Park and Schaumburg...there could be more, since wherever a Galyans was, a Dick's is... |
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Figures that I'd be the only one to get a comment at Academy. I went there a couple of months ago (during the last tax free weekend as a matter of fact) to pick up a 250 pack of UMC .45 ACP. The guy behind the counter says "that's alot of bullets" I told him I did alot of shooting. |
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Want to get real mad?
My step daughter works for Academy and I'm getting a rather super discount on white-box 3131. |
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Or just pressure Academy to put a store in VA. Granted, VA ain't TX, but it's a free state. |
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that's sweet |
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Last year the guy at Spring Creek told me that store alone, sold over 400,000 rounds of CCI/Blazer/9mm in 2004. I was responsible for about 2.5% of it. |
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i do btw-none of the girls at the registers have ever made any comments about the amount of ammo i buy....they recognize me and know me by name |
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