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    jimbobborg

    jimbobborg

    Oddball caliber fan
    Aug 2, 2010
    17,120
    Northern Virginia
    Per one of the folks here, I went to Atlantic Guns in Rockville to pick up a cartridge belt for CAS. Atlantic has quite the selection of cowboy action shooting guns and gear. They were kind of busy, so it took a bit before one of the guys there came to help me. I could not believe my eyes. He was a LOT grayer, still as tall, and as friendly as the last time I saw him almost 20 years ago at Old Town Armory. Jonathon was the guy who sold me my first gun I bought myself (a Ruger Blackhawk in 32-20), along with my first holster, box of cartridges (I brought it with me), and my first reloading set up. The guns I brought with me to check the fit with the belt were both in 32-20. So it's come full circle. I'm finally shooting CAS with 32-20, and the guy who sold me my first set up sold me my new cartridge belt. Pretty cool if you ask me.
     
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    jmiles1960

    Jim Miles
    Jan 9, 2013
    57
    Germantown, MD
    I've known the entire "Atlantic Guns" family: George, Bill Schneider, etc.. since I was a kid in the late 1960's. Can't speakly highly enough about their business and customer support.
     
    jr88

    jr88

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    Mar 7, 2011
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    Jim, that's a cool story. I bought my first handgun from a place in Old Town Alexandria. I thought it was called Potomac Arms. It was in a building with a big Torpedo on the side.
    Where was old town armory?
     
    jimbobborg

    jimbobborg

    Oddball caliber fan
    Aug 2, 2010
    17,120
    Northern Virginia
    jr88 said:
    Jim, that's a cool story. I bought my first handgun from a place in Old Town Alexandria. I thought it was called Potomac Arms. It was in a building with a big Torpedo on the side.
    Where was old town armory?
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    Old Town Armory was further up Duke Street on the second floor of the building they were in. They opened a second store in Manassas, then they shut down their original store, then they shut down the Manassas store and moved back to Old Town.


    I remember Potomac Arms, that place was huge. Too bad they went under. They had artillery pieces in the parking lot.
     
    JoeRinMD

    JoeRinMD

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    Jul 18, 2008
    2,014
    AA County
    jimbobborg said:
    Old Town Armory was further up King Street on the second floor of the building they were in. They opened a second store in Manassas, then they shut down their original store, then they shut down the Manassas store and moved back to Old Town.
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    FIFY. I bought my first pistol there as well -- a Ruger Mk II that I still own and shot today at AAF&G's Rimfire Match.


    jimbobborg said:
    I remember Potomac Arms, that place was huge. Too bad they went under. They had artillery pieces in the parking lot.
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    Yes, I remember that too. At various times it was also called Hunter's Haven and Ye Olde Hunter. They were basically the retail outlet for Interarms, then later had a great selection of milsurp rifles and LE trade-in pistols.

    JoeR
     
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    aquashooter

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    Apr 17, 2013
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    Monkey Co
    I started using Atlantic in Silver Spring in 1973. I was a rookie and lived around the corner. I later helped teach the Schneider bros how to scuba dive. Atlantic Guns certainly has stability.
     
    coopermania

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    aquashooter said:
    I started using Atlantic in Silver Spring in 1973. I was a rookie and lived around the corner. I later helped teach the Schneider bros how to scuba dive. Atlantic Guns certainly has stability.
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    That was most likely Bob Schneider and maybe older brother Steve along with David Prangie. Back then bob just got out of college and david was a salesman for Art Cook.
     
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