Neat Shops to Visit in Balto Area?

[Machodoc]

It looks like I'm going to have a few hours to kill on Monday, and was wondering where a shop or two is in the area that's likely to have C&Rs to look at. I'd just as soon avoid downtown, unless there's someplace really special there. Any recommendations?

 

[Darkemp]

It looks like I'm going to have a few hours to kill on Monday, and was wondering where a shop or two is in the area that's likely to have C&Rs to look at. I'd just as soon avoid downtown, unless there's someplace really special there. Any recommendations?

Go over to Northwest Pawn on Pennsylvania Ave. The ambiance alone is worth the trip.

 

[yellowsled]

Come up to Westminster. Shooters discount, south Carroll sporting goods, brownstone trading, Balt best pawn.

 

[-Z/28-]

The Gun Shop on Eastern Ave in Essex

 

[ma_deuce]

Go over to Northwest Pawn on Pennsylvania Ave. The ambiance alone is worth the trip.

Be very, very careful if you do.

 

[c33m0n3y]

Go over to Northwest Pawn on Pennsylvania Ave. The ambiance alone is worth the trip.

I was there a few years back. The guy will take you upstairs if you ask to see their inventory of firearms. I was very excited at first when I saw dozens of long guns lined up in a cage, but then winced at the poor condition they had been kept in. Almost every single one had surface corrosion, and were just in poor condition. Their pricing (asking "Very Good" pricing for "Fair" to "Poor" condition firearms) and attitude towards negotiating ("we can always go higher") left me leaving empty handed. It is worth the one stop for the experience.

 

[6pack]

Constitutional Firearms in Howard County, just off Route 29 in Maple Lawn. They always have at least some Mosins, Arisakas, Garands and K98's on the wall.

 

[mgbill]

It looks like I'm going to have a few hours to kill on Monday, and was wondering where a shop or two is in the area that's likely to have C&Rs to look at. I'd just as soon avoid downtown, unless there's someplace really special there. Any recommendations?

Christian Soldier Guns in Parkville (I think) is worth a visit. Each time I've been in, there's always been something interesting in C&R category.

 

[Brad]

The guys who run Christian Soldier in parkville are nice guys and have some cool stuff but they are never open. They have very awkward hours and when you call you always get a message saying to call back tuesday and then you call back tuesday and you get the same message. Great guys and easy to deal with but getting in the store is like finding a unicorn.

 

[Second Amendment]

The guys who run Christian Soldier in parkville are nice guys and have some cool stuff but they are never open. They have very awkward hours and when you call you always get a message saying to call back tuesday and then you call back tuesday and you get the same message. Great guys and easy to deal with but getting in the store is like finding a unicorn.

Or, he could mosey on down the street to Just Guns and have a really tacticool experience.

 

[Son of the Oozlefinch]

The guys who run Christian Soldier in parkville are nice guys and have some cool stuff but they are never open. They have very awkward hours and when you call you always get a message saying to call back tuesday and then you call back tuesday and you get the same message. Great guys and easy to deal with but getting in the store is like finding a unicorn.

What is it with gun shops and wierd hours? I liked to spend lunchtime on payday at Duffy's Guns, but the last two (three?) times I visited they were locked up. During posted business hours, no less. I cannot name one gun shop in MD that is open for at least 8 hours a day, 6 days a week.

 

[Alphabrew]

Constitutional Firearms in Howard County, just off Route 29 in Maple Lawn. They always have at least some Mosins, Arisakas, Garands and K98's on the wall.

Pimp! I work near there (well, in Columbia) and never heard of them. Will have to check out the Arisakas and K98s.

 

[6pack]

Pimp! I work near there (well, in Columbia) and never heard of them. Will have to check out the Arisakas and K98s.

It's a good place. They were one of the first to release after seven days. I'm in Ellicott City just off 29 and make lunch trips there whenever I can.

So, Mach, how did the trips go?