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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:01:22 PM EDT
[#1]
Come on, 30 folks have read this and nobody else hates these bastards????
Hard to believe. [:)] |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:01:56 PM EDT
[#2]
Hey Chaz- wait one for that...I'm looking
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:06:36 PM EDT
[#3]
Yeah, I hate them. I was going to reply but my post was laced with profanity. @%@ck them. Your dad was right, they can go to hell.
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:11:07 PM EDT
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Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
Stores in the South and Midwest My experience was at the Orlando, FL store, (the store in Dania, FL also has the same retarded policy-- it might be all of them). (407) 563-5200 http://outdoorworld.com/ Tell em what you think, they will probably lie and say they are gun friendly. They are only gun friendly when it comes to "sporting purposes." Other than that, they are a bunch of spineless pussies. |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:13:28 PM EDT
[#5]
Take your business somewhere else. I am sure that there are plenty of other gun stores and ranges in the Central Florida area. Life is too short, f'em!
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:22:00 PM EDT
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When you can't shoot a damn squirrel gun (stock 10/22 other than a pistol grip stock) in an indoor range, where it is acceptable to shoot a 7mm Mag. all day long, that is bullshIt. When you are told that your legal firearm is an assualt weapon- that is also bullshIt. When no one at a so-called sporting goods store even cares to know the law, or make any effort to serve loyal customers, that is disturbing. I would love to see them shIt their pants when I ask if it is OK to shoot my AR and my AK at their range!
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:31:47 PM EDT
[#7]
On another board I have read something else like this, I believe it was he was not allowed to shot a M1A at Bass Pro shop. I am never going to by from them again. The need to get on the ball there.
Six |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:38:18 PM EDT
[#8]
Here's what I sent them. Hope it helps:
"Recently in Florida, an acquaintance went to one of your indoor rifle ranges, and was denied service, simply because his Ruger 10/22 rifle (a .22 rimfire rifle) had an aftermarket pistol grip. This at a range where it is fine to shoot rifle calibers up to .340 Weatherby. The worker there told him that you "don't allow assault weapons on the range." This is a .22 rimfire rifle, that is stock out of the box with only the addition of an aftermarket pistol grip. By definition, an assault weapon is a weapon that is select-fire: able to be switched from full-auto to semi-auto fire mode. I find this unacceptable practice. This .22 caliber rifle was not a select-fire rifle (an assault rifle). You can be sure that I, plus a whole lot of my friends, acquaintences, enemies, people I talk to, people I email, people that read Usenet, etc., will go out of our way not to send one damn thin dime to any of your shops, stores, or subsidiaries. We do not take alarmist idiots like this employee lightly, and will be sure not to do any type of business with you now, or in the forseeable future. Thank you for making your shop one less place I have to waste my time walking through. Sincerely, Jeff Cook" -Gloftoe |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:53:27 PM EDT
[#9]
anti gun rules, and pro gun people giving them $$$ for the anti's
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Posted: 5/21/2001 9:57:04 PM EDT
[#10]
Thanks for all of your efforts! Let's put the squeeze on these turds!
Spread the word about these wolves in sheep's clothing- by the way, their prices sucked anyway! -Rich |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:09:04 PM EDT
[#11]
next time take your most evil looking AW or AK47 and see what they say, if they say to leave tell them to F off
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:13:27 PM EDT
[#12]
Hey, where did you get the pistol grip? I'd like to get one for my 10/22
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:13:47 PM EDT
[#13]
Good idea,
Maybe I could set up a whole group of my friends with AW's. We could come in as a group (about 12 of us). They would have to turn us all away, but I'm sure that it would send a hell of a message about their demented policy and how it WILL hurt their business. -Rich |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:14:43 PM EDT
[#14]
Hey Liberty,
Try Butler Creek or Choate-they both make a fine product. -Rich |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:21:20 PM EDT
[#15]
Bass Pro Shops... Aren't they the same as "Cabelas". Hell, I bought a flash suppressor for my mini-14 from Cabelas.
I'm sure they also sell the pistol grip stocks for the 10/22. They just lost about $800 to $1000 worth of business per year from this cat. It's a .22...... attach grip... assault rifle.... remove grip... it's a .22. Those people make about as much sense as Imbroglio's zero tolerance folks. |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:22:30 PM EDT
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The last time I looked in their catalog they sold high capacity magazines, and accesories for the Mini 14, AR-15, and even the evily dreadful 10/22. I also remember them selling ammo boxes of .223 which were in a picture next to a AR in one of their catalogs. Those hypocrites will never see another cent of my money.
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:25:17 PM EDT
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Hit em where it hurts- right in their fat wallet! I didn't know that they sold all of that stuff- the hypocrisy and stupidity of these cowards is incredible!
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:29:35 PM EDT
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The scoop on Bass Pro Shops:
BP was started here in Springfield Missouri where I live by John Morris...now an old fart with a shit load of money. He started it when he asked his father if he could place some fishing tackle in the chain of liquor store he owned under the name of Brown Derby. The tackle was so successful that he eventually opened his own store dedicated to fishermen, hunters and outdoorsmen. The local, original store has grown to gigantic proportions and takes up several blocks. Right now he is in the process of building a live wildlife museum scheduled to open in November. He is one of the cities leading business men and there is no one in town with more money. But somewhere along the line he forgot his roots, at the risk of sounding like Alex Haley. Last year he odopted a policy that they would no longer sell "assault weapons". No semi-auto handguns other than rim fire. No center fire semi rifles of any kind. Not even a Browning BAR model. No guns with evil looking black stocks. Approximately 10% of the local stores annual revenue comes from a week long "Fall Hunting Classic" that he puts on in.....well, the fall. Last year I tried to organize a picket of the store for the event. But the people in the area did not seem to care. Not that it would have mattered to most of the "duck hunters" that come to it. While you are boycotting him keep in mind he also owns the Redhead brand name of camping gear and Bass Tracker boats. If you sit down with a Bass Pro catalog and a Cabellas catalog and compare prices (I've done this) their prices are identical and they have the same items in them. Buy from Cabellas and to Hell with Johnny Morris and Bass Pro Shops. |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 10:37:05 PM EDT
[#19]
Very interesting background info. I wonder what made him turn yellow.
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:10:47 PM EDT
[#20]
I have been to the Cabella's here in Michigan and they sell AR-15's. Bushmaster's to be exact.
Six |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:13:46 PM EDT
[#21]
Cabella's will be getting my money from now on. As somebody mentioned, they are a great alternative to Redhead/Bass Pro Shops
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:14:52 PM EDT
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I think he figures he has more money now than he will be able to spend in his life time and he does not want to risk it with some bullshit law suit. But, be that as it may, you are correct sir, the proper term is yellow. He has got his now and does not care about the people, us (gun owners), that made him rich.
The snot nosed punk at the range in FL was probably following company policy. |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:16:46 PM EDT
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Gunslinger:
I never knew you were from Springfield. I lived there 5 years. I have family in Ozark now (in fact, that is where all my guns are). I used to shoot (and am still a member of) the Springfield Benchrest Shooting club range out past Billings. Ahhh... 50 to 100 meter rifle, 25 meter, falling plate, and barricade pistol ranges, Clay pigeon throwers. Show up any time it is daylight and no Range Nazis to deal with. A fine place indeed. Incidentally - I went to college there at SMS. Kept my AR in my dorm room until my junior year when I moved off campus. The campus was an anti-gun campus, but my roommate, RA, heck everyone knew about it and no one cared - or at least kept it from the Hall Director (A Flaming Liberal Commie). As an example of how it COULD have been - I had a friend who was a martial arts instructor get threatened to be kicked out of his dorm for having a pair of tsais in his room - so I guess I was lucky that I could trust all those guys. My point is it is a rather gun-friendly area. What hurts MO is that it has not one, but two big cities with large demicommie voting blocks. Chicago doesn't harm IL poilitics as much as St. Louis and Kansas City mess with Missouri's. Soundslike Morris sold out. Oh well, his prices were always high anyway. I used to go to Bass Pro to look at the guns, then save several $100 by going to Steve's on the south side of town. He sold me a brand new Beretta 92FS for $485 when Bass Pro wouldn't go below $650. The focus of that store seems more on tourists than locals anyway - perhaps they feared the bad PR of "Evil" guns. It is one of the few large touristy places filled with soccer moms that you can walk in with guns though - gotta give 'em credit for that. Adam |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:23:32 PM EDT
[#24]
I will also send them a letter of disaproval. Also gunslinger, can you reccomend a decent gunstore in springfield? I live in Branson.My local dealer recently moved. You ever go shoot at busek?
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:26:12 PM EDT
[#25]
Adam,
My friend, they still SUCK. |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:40:47 PM EDT
[#26]
this is what you do. Get your hands on a sar with a skulatan stock on it and see what they say no pistol grip!! and if they still bitch I would make the bigest seen they had ever seen
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:42:13 PM EDT
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Piss on them, they are even worse than WalMart and KMart because they are traitors. The Benedict Arnold of sporting goods stores.
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:42:56 PM EDT
[#28]
In December of 99 I was looking for a HK USP full size in 9mm. I called and the salesperson said he would check. He gets back on the phone and said he saw three in the safe in the back. I said I will be over in a half hour to pick one up. I asked if they could hold one for me. The salesperson said sure. I get there and I go to gun department to pick up the USP. The salesperson says "What is a HK USP?" . I told him who I spoke to and that one is being held for me. The salesperson that I spoke to comes over and says that we don't have any. By this time I was seeing red. What kind of nut jobs do they hire to work in the gun department. Its all about numbers at that place. I would rather pay more at a small gun store than to pay Bass and Pro for a firearm.
NO SLACK! |
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:44:30 PM EDT
[#29]
I Declare War!
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Posted: 5/21/2001 11:47:45 PM EDT
[#30]
Garry,
Rest assured, they would find some bullshit excuse to not let me shoot. Next thing they will tell me that I am limited to a 5 rd. magazine capacity. And, God forbid that the thing have a muzzle brake---ohh nooooooo!!!! I guess I will never find out, since I wouldn't step foot on their property to take a dump on it. |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 12:08:34 AM EDT
[#31]
If you really want to tick them off, here is what you do. Get one of your friends to go into the store several times to look at the most expensive hunting rifle or shotgun they have. And the last time he goes into the store to look at and to pay for the weapon he should have either his check book out or a large roll of bills. Then either you or another friend shows up, and you tell the guy getting ready to pay for the rifle about what they did when you wanted to shoot your 10/22. So your friend tells the sales person that any store that treats gun owners that way will never see another cent of his money and that they can take the rifle that he was just about to pay for and shove it where the sun don’t shine. Watching all that money walking out of the store should really irritate them. By the way it is all a set up since your friend never intended to purchase the rifle in the first place. This can be done at any of their stores.
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Posted: 5/22/2001 12:23:16 AM EDT
[#32]
Sounds like a plan. Maybe I'll get lucky and have a slip and fall on the way out. My lawyer drinkin buddy says that we could really screw them. You guys didn't hear that...[;)]
I like your idea, but the problem is not with the sales people or even the store managers. It is the higher-ups in upper level management that allow company policy like this to continue. The only way to screw them over is to hurt their bottom line for next quarter. Then they will figure out that they are ass backwards- and that the customer is ALWAYS right. My buddy's got a Barrett- maybe we could sneak it in there and get a couple shots off at the range. That way, there would be no range left to shoot at, and they could write a new f'ing company policy for that. |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 5:29:32 AM EDT
[#33]
I sent them a hate mail also....I was already ticked off at them for removing over half of their selection of guns......
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Posted: 5/22/2001 5:39:41 AM EDT
[#34]
Their corporate policy is not only no AWs but not pistols grips on rifles or shotguns and no rifles with extended magazines. If you brought in a regular 10/22 with no pistol grip and standard wood stock and standard 10 round mag, they would let you shoot. But if you tried to put a 25 round mag in it they would kick you out.
The reason is, they don't want to offend the women in the store who have children with them, because their store is a "family store". There policy is a bunch of crap and they should be made aware that you will not shop there. |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 5:48:21 AM EDT
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From the "Cutting Off Our Noses To Spite Our Faces" Department:
How about we bitch about those "dealdy, scoped, high-powered sniper rifles" that they allow? [NI] |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 6:15:41 AM EDT
[#36]
That place sucks...makes me want to move there so I can hate them too! One range here puts a magnet on all ammo coming in, as he proceeds to show me a target holder with a hole in it. (Can shoot any cal. there...AKs, Garands, etc.) I tried to tell the know it all that just about any rifle can do that, plus I keep mine on the paper, in the black. As he tells me how bad AP is for wearing out the barrel. But you can shoot full auto there! No lead either, only in 22s. Another local range has a one shot per second rule...cramps my style. I hear some dont allow picking up your brass. (my 10-22 is a '93, with ALL the evil features!)
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Posted: 5/22/2001 6:31:14 AM EDT
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Holy Crap!!! i was in the Dania store once and bought some targets they had on clearence...now I will never spend another penny in there ever! That is just plain Bull...I hope you put this on every gun site you can think of!
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Posted: 5/22/2001 6:57:39 AM EDT
[#38]
Gun owners should band together. There are millions of us and on this board alone, 10,000 registered users. We've got a lot more power then we think, but it requires a little time on our part. By letting these manufactures, city councilmen and business owners who treat gun owners like criminals know what we think, we can hurt them where they listen, in their pocketbooks.
There are violations against gun owners occuring like these every day around the country, a great way to put some attention on these issues is to post them and let gun owners vent their displeasure as a group. Together we can and will make a difference. I propose that we put up a forum right here on AR-15 that is focused to bring attention to such violations. Buried here in general discussion is fine, but out of the 10,000 registered users, how many will see this and respond? Can you imagine 10,000 (plus guest visitors) who might respond if they saw postings like this in their own catagory? How about a "Gun Owners Fight Back" category on AR-15 where stories and contact information can be posted for all to see? Hell, I'll do it on my own website, I've had enough of the media, business owners and watermelon wackos telling me what I can and cannot own and where I can and cannot shoot. Make it a daily habit or weekly at least, to check the Fight Back category and contact the latest offender of our rights, freedoms and liberties. Posters should give us as much contact information that they can, others, like in this thread can fill in any blanks. We've got a great big voice if we just use it in the right direction. I just put up as site suggestion on this topid here: [url]www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?id=24242[/url] |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:04:20 AM EDT
[#39]
Hey AnotherGene,
I wonder if they would let me use my brass catcher for my Springfield 1911. Brass catchers are probably illegal at that range too- you know, they are tools of assasins! [grenade] |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:18:02 AM EDT
[#40]
Maybe my "Semi-automatic, para-military style, black parkerized, assault pistol" is not welcome there anyway---I wouldn't want to scare one of the yuppy soccer moms.
As for Bass Pro Shops, I say hang the traitors! [-!-] |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:36:05 AM EDT
[#41]
[moon]
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:41:58 AM EDT
[#42]
Does anybody know if Bass Pro Shops even sells pistols anymore??
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:48:41 AM EDT
[#43]
I guess its Cabelas for me from now on. I used to drive to Bass Pro about once a month. Not anymore after reading this. What a crock. Beware.....Red Rider BB gun coming in the front door, call security, its evil looking. Maybe I'll put a pistol grip on my kids BB gun and try to bring it in. Maybe even put a rubber training bayonet on the front.
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:52:53 AM EDT
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someone should(granted they want to go in there anymore) go to the shop, with pistol grip on and get rejected. Then take the pistol grip off and try again to see what happens. That or just go there without the pistol grip but with ALL the EVIL features:laser, scope, flashlight, beta-c, flash supressor. Just as a fuck-with-em test.
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:53:27 AM EDT
[#45]
Yes, they sell pistols, but only Browning Buckmark, Ruger Mark II, .22lr pistols only. All else are revolvers. They aren't deadly like centerfire pistols are.
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Posted: 5/22/2001 7:55:11 AM EDT
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Won't order from these bastards ever again. Tried to write them an e-mail but it came back "error in submission." Figures.
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Posted: 5/22/2001 8:06:46 AM EDT
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Sigh. Once again we see the problemw with RKBA radicalism. You know, if they don't want you to use their range, go use another range. But there is no need to get mad at them, or campaign against them, or whatever. They don't seem to be anti-gun, they seem to be operating on a business decision basis. Maybe the atmosphere is a little better for those soccer moms. That is a good thing for us. Obviously, they have a good atmoshpere for hunters. That is a good thing for us. They are going for "family friendly atmosphere?" That is good for us. They sell rifles and shotguns and have a range where they let people shoot? That is a good thing for us. Need to look at the big picture, folks, which is that we need everybody we can get that supports firearms ownership and the shooting industry in any way, shape, or form. No need to invent enemies, or to make new ones. We already have enough of them.
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Posted: 5/22/2001 8:07:38 AM EDT
[#48]
You might want to try your email again later, it did that to me at work, but the mail went through at home. I would love to see Bass Pro Shops' stock drop like Rosie O'Donnell off a bridge. By the way, Rosie would be OK once she hit the water- fat floats you know!
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Posted: 5/22/2001 8:12:13 AM EDT
[#49]
Hey Darm,
Please don't be an apologist for these Benedict Arnold's. What if they don't let you shoot there because they decide that YOUR gun looks too scary for the yuppy soccer moms? Until it effects you personally, I guess it is no problemo, eh? Hey, what if they decide that pistols are too scary, and that they are not conducive to the "family atmosphere?" Where do you draw the line? Get a sack and tell them that you will not stand for their discrimination of such a large group of active shooters. Remember, my 10/22 rifle is not considered an assault weapon according to Federal law. It is not pre-ban either, the gun just has a pistol grip on it. But, if I wanted to shoot a .340 Weatherby that would be ok. Don't apologize for these cowardly bastards. I bet you buy S&W too. |
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Posted: 5/22/2001 8:18:56 AM EDT
[#50]
PS Darn,
If you really want to help support our sport, buy from small local dealers. Screw the mega stores, and double screw Bass Pro Shops! |
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