My Husband's Favorite Country Store

Back in May, I shared My Favorite Country Store store and now I will show Bill's preferred store type.  Normally when he goes shopping, I stay in the car and snooze.  Not today, I decided to explore.  Definitely a man cave; however pink camouflage guns are beginning to be popular.  There were none in the store on this day and it appeared emptier of merchandise than usual.

The first thing you notice when you approach the front door is this sign.  They take gun safety seriously. Every person inside is probably armed so it is friendly but no-nonsense.  An armed society is a polite society.

In addition to selling guns, they also sell archery equipment.  These are compound bows which are different from the traditional longbows you see in movies.   Compound bows have wheels which store the energy so when you pull the string back to full draw, you are only holding a small percentage of the poundage.  A compound bow with a 70-pound draw weight, (which is like pulling 70 pounds) has a typical 80 percent let-off.  This means you are holding back 20% of the 70 pounds or only 14 pounds.  With a traditional longbow, you must constantly hold the full draw weight until you shoot. Most people can't pull back a 70-pound bow much less hold it while waiting for the perfect shot.  I can't even pull back a 50-pound bow.  It is really hard.  Traditional bowhunters jokingly refer to compound bows as having training wheels.

Compound bows.

This is a bow press which is used to push the limbs together so you can change the strings and "tune" the bow.  The wheels must be synchronized so the arrow will fly straight.

Bow press.

You can't buy a bow without buying arrows and every type of gizmo possible.

The table below has a row of fletching jigs which are used to hold the arrow while gluing on the plastic feather veins.  

If you buy a gun, you will also need accessories and more gizmos.

This is a vise which holds your gun while you work on it to mount a scope or attach more gizmos.

Gun Vise

In the middle of the store is a room size vault which stores the rifles and guns.  Federal law says all guns must be secured when the store is closed to avoid theft. This is the door to the vault.  Like I said, they take safety seriously.

The walls are lined with rifles and shotguns and the handguns are in the glass display case in the center. 

These are the modern sporting rifles.

Modern sporting rifles.

This section is all shotguns.

Shotguns.

If you are wondering about the price.

$589.95

$829.95

These are the handguns.  I looked for a pink one but they were sold out.  They would have been glad to order me one.  I am sure.

Handguns.

This is my happy hubby.  His new toy finally arrived.  I love it when he buys a new gun.  Now I get to go shopping because he can't say no!