Owner of Birmingham Pistol Wholesale buys S.E. Guns in Trussville

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Owner of Birmingham Pistol Wholesale buys S.E. Guns in Trussville

Posted: 8/31/2017 8:09:25 AM EDT

Southeastern Guns (S.E. Guns) in Trussville has a new owner.

Johnny Walker, owner of Birmingham Pistol Wholesale (BPW), purchased S.E. Guns on Monday. Former owners Mike and Debbie Davenport are retiring.

Walker, who has been in the firearms business since 1974 in the Birmingham area, has big plans for the future. Walker said he plans to keep both stores open for the time being.

Both stores are located on Hwy 11: S.E. Guns is in a strip mall with Enterprise Rent-A-Car by Vann Road; BPW is located about a half mile west of Deerfoot Parkway.

"We pride ourselves on offering great customer service and a family atmosphere," Walker said. "That will be the case at S.E. Guns as well."

Next year, Walker plans to consolidate the two locations into a new state-of-the-art wholesale/retail store and distribution center. He plans to build a new facility on five acres on Valley Road, just off I-59 in Trussville.

The new facility will also offer much more parking for customers and house BPW's huge online operation Gunprime.com. BPW offers over 14,000 firearms on Gunprime.com and another 1,500 on GunBroker.com.

S.E. Guns has been in business since 1985 and moved to Trussville is 2002.

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Walker opened Birmingham Pistol Parlor in April 1974. He sold it in 1991 and continued in the firearms business as a wholesaler and importer from 1992-1999.

Posted: 8/31/2017 10:50:43 AM EDT

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Wasn't like they could let the kids take over.

Posted: 8/31/2017 4:04:41 PM EDT

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I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

Posted: 8/31/2017 8:46:44 PM EDT

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I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

Ain't that the truth.

Posted: 9/1/2017 10:22:42 AM EDT

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Same with me. Rude and a bit condescending.

Haven't been back in since.

Posted: 9/1/2017 1:58:53 PM EDT

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Things will be different now.

Posted: 9/1/2017 2:09:47 PM EDT

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A few years back I walked in their front door with a few k in cash that was burning a hole in my pocket. I begged the son to take my money and order a POF415. The son was extremely rude and refused to take the full payment to order the rifle because he had several Bushmasters on the wall.
Hoover TAC happily took my money. Never went back and steered anyone who would listen to go somewhere else.

Posted: 9/2/2017 7:14:56 PM EDT

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GOOD! Couldn't stand dealing with those assholes

Posted: 9/3/2017 2:24:05 AM EDT

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Truth.

Posted: 9/3/2017 5:50:37 AM EDT

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Did they still have the $200 transfer fee on suppressors? I dealt with them in 06. Never went back. They acted like they had been forced to get a Class 3 license and were trying to discourage people from using them. Bill Mcdonald was much more pleasant to deal with.

Posted: 9/3/2017 7:21:29 AM EDT

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Both stores could dry up and blow away as far as my dollars are concerned. I've had bad experiences in both places. I hope someone teaches the art of customer service to the counter folks.

Posted: 9/4/2017 12:21:44 AM EDT

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Absolutely right. Good riddance, as far as I'm concerned.

Posted: 9/4/2017 6:23:48 AM EDT

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Damn, thats harsh (but True).

I forgot what Mike Jr. caught a felony conviction for.

Posted: 9/4/2017 7:24:43 PM EDT

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I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

Ran into Mike at the grocery store a couple of months back. It had been years since I'd seen him. He's a good guy. The kids, now that is a different story...

Posted: 9/4/2017 9:23:04 PM EDT

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Ran into Mike at the grocery store a couple of months back. It had been years since I'd seen him. He's a good guy. The kids, now that is a different story...

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Wasn't like they could let the kids take over.

I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

Ran into Mike at the grocery store a couple of months back. It had been years since I'd seen him. He's a good guy. The kids, now that is a different story...

Yeah, I dunno why everyone drinks the haterade about BPW and SE Guns, Mike Davenport and Johnny Walker are both OK by me, TBH I've had worse experiences at Marks and Hoover Tac than SE or BPW, but not to the point where I get butthurt and swear them off.

Posted: 9/4/2017 11:31:30 PM EDT

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Yeah, I dunno why everyone drinks the haterade about BPW and SE Guns, Mike Davenport and Johnny Walker are both OK by me, TBH I've had worse experiences at Marks and Hoover Tac than SE or BPW, but not to the point where I get butthurt and swear them off.

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Wasn't like they could let the kids take over.

I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

Ran into Mike at the grocery store a couple of months back. It had been years since I'd seen him. He's a good guy. The kids, now that is a different story...

Yeah, I dunno why everyone drinks the haterade about BPW and SE Guns, Mike Davenport and Johnny Walker are both OK by me, TBH I've had worse experiences at Marks and Hoover Tac than SE or BPW, but not to the point where I get butthurt and swear them off.

I've been dealing with BPW for what decades now. Always had great service and I even feel like I got a fair trade with them one time. I don't normally trade guns.

Posted: 9/26/2017 2:19:37 PM EDT

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I live close to both Shops. SE Guns seemed to have decent pricing but were ass hats of the highest order. Hated going there. BPW is just down the street practically. They are typically higher in pricing but are not openly hostile..but they are not paragons of Cust service either unless you are one of the "in" crowd. If one had to go, I'm glad its SE Guns.

Posted: 10/7/2017 10:05:28 PM EDT

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Damn, thats harsh (but True).

I forgot what Mike Jr. caught a felony conviction for.

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Wasn't like they could let the kids take over.

Damn, thats harsh (but True).

I forgot what Mike Jr. caught a felony conviction for.

I think youre thinking of Chris.

Posted: 10/24/2017 6:11:23 AM EDT

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I was a regular customer of SE Guns from '02 until I moved to Atlanta in '05, and can count on one hand the number of problems I had with Mike and his boys...and all of those problems were with the heavy one with the ponytail (Michael). The other son, Robin, was always great to deal with.

As a matter of fact, Michael pissed me off so bad one day over a rifle I wanted to order that I drove down the road to Plaza Gun and paid about 20% more to order the same damn gun just so I wouldn't have to deal with him again.

My impression of them is that they get a lot of tire-kickers and window shoppers, so they're not all that friendly until you show that you're actually serious about buying. I had bought a bunch from them, so Robin would call me when something good came in so I could swing by and take a look at it and/or buy it.

Posted: 10/24/2017 9:14:26 AM EDT

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Wasn't like they could let the kids take over.

Damn, thats harsh (but True).

I forgot what Mike Jr. caught a felony conviction for.

I think youre thinking of Chris.

Guns and Alcohol are the two legally most risky things to sell. But more people die in car accidents and the car dealers face NO legal risk.

Posted: 10/30/2017 2:18:53 PM EDT

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I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

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Wasn't like they could let the kids take over.

I quit even walking in that store they were so rude.

I don't know how they stayed in business.

amen. worse company i ever dealt with. the live close to me and i have been to their house once or twice bringing their son home drunk.

might have a reason to go in now. Good riddance to them. i am amazed the atf never shut the down.

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