Axel,
Bizzare Guns used to be a lot better, but I agree with your assessment as of late.
Gun Trader, oh man, if that is your idea of knowedgeable and friendly, I would hate to see where you shopped before. The owner is the most conceited sob and brash asshole I have met in a long time. I go in there, every time I am in town, just to see if anything has changed, never does and I am always pissed by the time I leave the store. If it wasn't for the fact that the fat guy is a jerk, everything is MSRP, and he charges outrageous prices for surplus ammo. It might be a nice store.
Guns ETC, on Rock and Greg, isn't too bad.
Silver State used to be pretty good, but the old owner sold it off and the new guy has money but no business sense, esp the gun business.
There is a realitively new shop in the shopping center in Lemon Valley, the older guy in there seems to be a pretty good guy. Very little selection, but the guy is hungry if you know what I mean, he will order anything for you.
Shooters Shack, on Wells, seems to be pretty nice, but little selection, check his prices for transfers. He also carries RRA lowers.
There is another shop in Carson City, right on 395 in a strip mall, can't remember the name, but they aren't really salesmen, just a couple of good old boys, they almost ignore you. I did see a couple of pre-ban AR's there for under $1k
Carson Armory is a nice place, lots of selection, Harry is a really good guy, has an indoor range and a cafe in the back. The shop is in Mound House on Hwy50 just out side of Carson City.
All of them have higher prices then I can find here, but I may not have any other choice if I move back to the Reno area.