I visited the new J & J Sports this evening. Its at
1800 Western Ave, "Cosmo's Plaza". If you head west from Stuyvesant Plaza (right turn at the end of the Northway southbound), you pass two "Crossgate Mall Road" signs. Not far after the second one, on the left side of the road is a sign saying "J & J Sports / Guns & Ammo". It's on the right-hand side of the building.
The setup inside is very similar to the old B & J Sporting Supply, except that it's only about half the size. Ammo is stacked underneath the front window. Guns are on the left hand side with handguns in a glass case that serves as a counter, and rifles on the wall behind the counter. There's a pretty good selection of rifles, including black rifles, and shotguns, The handgun selection is a bit sparse, though he does have a full line of Glocks. There are some knives in the counter at the front of the store. The bullets are in a square stack near the back of the store, arrayed almost exactly as they were in B & J. There's a good supply of accessories, holsters, etc.
Jim told me he planned to be open from 10-6 Monday thru Saturday, and if there are customers, he'll likely stay open till 7 on Friday.
I bought some Brenneke slugs. He had a couple of cases for $1.99/5, a quarter cheaper than the Wolf slugs I buy at my favorite little gun shop in Hoags Corner. I like to "plink" with slugs from my Winchester 1300 pistol grip 12 gauge. Hehe.
Once Brian opens the new B & J Guns, I doubt I'll visit Jim's store very often. Brian's store is bigger, and I'm betting it's gonna be way better. From what I saw looking through the glass door on Wednesday night and in
Hiram Ranger's "virtual tour", it's a lot more pleasant atmosphere. And... I get to viddy the tall and beautiful Vanessa. Hehehehehehehehe.
But hey, I'm always glad to see another gun store. I hope they both do well.
[edited to fix a link]