How is Gilbers in business?

johnnyb2 · Sep 24, 2014

Stupid

outrider58 said:
True dat!

HEY, just because...they shoot themselves in the leg, beat their wives, threaten their team mates with weapons, murder friends and relatives, sell drugs, whip their children, abuse PHD's, drink excessively, use drugs, and kill dogs.....does NOT necessarily make them stupid. Just......well.........not thinking clearly! Or....they could have had a less than perfect upbringing!!

YEA..thats it...it was their childhood experience!! :lol2:

Biggfoot44 · Sep 24, 2014

If I knew what a PHD was , I might figure out how to abuse one.

Biggfoot44 · Sep 24, 2014

Gilberts is like the joke about the poker playing dog. The remarkable thing isn't their prices and service. It's simply the fact that a shooting range exists at all in the heart of enemy territory.

DaemonAssassin · Sep 24, 2014

Biggfoot44 said:
If I knew what a PHD was , I might figure out how to abuse one.

PHD - Piled Higher and Deeper.

outrider58 · Sep 24, 2014

DaemonAssassin said:
PHD - Piled Higher and Deeper.

I don't think I wanna know how to abuse that.....

tsmith1499 · Sep 26, 2014

My dad used to work at NIH and called all the MD's down there "mouse doctor's" because that's what they did research on.

No offense to our resident MD's. Especially the ONE with spectacular hair!!

Pinecone · Sep 30, 2014

donw@fyi.net said:
It costs me more than the extra $15 to drive to Fairfax. So I use Gilbert's when I shoot 9mm.

If you shoot more than one box on a range trip, that may no longer be the case.

OrbitalEllipses · Sep 30, 2014

tsmith1499 said:
My dad used to work at NIH and called all the MD's down there "mouse doctor's" because that's what they did research on.

No offense to our resident MD's. Especially the ONE with spectacular hair!!

I imagine those are PhDs, not MDs.

fabsroman · Sep 30, 2014

outrider58 said:
I remember when Gilberts had a gun store on Rockville Pike many moons ago. My wife went in there to buy an AR 15 as a surprise gift for me. Instead of trying to figure out what she wanted, they instead treated her as if she were from another planet. No sale for them that day. Gilbert Guns epitomized the term, Dickhead Gun Store Owners Syndrome.

And that is how they treated my wife back around 2005. Cancelled my membership and that was that.

I too remember when there were locate don Rockville Pike. Believe there is a bicycle shop there now where they used to be. Maybe Revolution Cycles.

Rack&Roll · Sep 30, 2014

Went there once or twice and never went back. Won't miss them a bit when they go out of business.

clay_shooter · Sep 30, 2014

I haven't been there in a year because of the 2013 ammo shortages. They are the only place within 25 miles of my house if I want to shoot at night or in the winter.

Their ammo prices vary widely based on membership type. Annual memberships came with unlimited range time and a big ammo discount. The price difference was small enough that two boxes in VA cost me more when taking travel costs and time into account.

Porsche · Oct 1, 2014

Even with the annual membership a box of .45 is over $30 and 5.56 is even worse...

Pinecone · Oct 1, 2014

After reading the linked content on their FFL violations, I am wondering how they are not in jail.

swinokur · Oct 1, 2014

NRA is 20 miles from Bethesda, and has night hours.

Wednesday 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Thursday 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.

beenaround · Nov 4, 2014

How do you "lose" 421 guns?

jasonk1229 · Nov 5, 2014

The gun range elves who come out at night

Afrikeber · Nov 5, 2014

Went there twice about four years ago and the same jerk was behind the counter both times. He had a real smart a## attitude and was downright disrespectful. Took my business elsewhere and never went back. Surprised they are still in business.

clay_shooter · Nov 5, 2014

This is actually my main gripe about Gilberts. They couldn't deliberately come up with a slower checkout.

The annual member price for ammo is radically different than the one time tourist price. Its close enough to retail to balance against time spent and travel costs.

matt said:
a customer waiting to check out shouldn't be waiting for 15 min for the employees to stop screwing around with each other. .

Bob A · Nov 8, 2014

tsmith1499 said:
My dad used to work at NIH and called all the MD's down there "mouse doctor's" because that's what they did research on.

No offense to our resident MD's. Especially the ONE with spectacular hair!!

Not totally fair; some of them are monkey doctors.

Schipperke · Nov 8, 2014

clay_shooter said:
This is actually my main gripe about Gilberts. They couldn't deliberately come up with a slower checkout.

The annual member price for ammo is radically different than the one time tourist price. Its close enough to retail to balance against time spent and travel costs.

Yes, what the hell is up with checking out? I mean is it utterly painful if you want to leave.

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