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01/30/25 04:04 PM
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And there is still a Gibson's in Weatherford that has a great hunting section. Found some Browning apparel there I could not find anywhere else.
Cool old typical Gibson's. If you're in DFW and have not been, you need to go. There's still a Gibson's in Kerrville too. Great to know. I remember as a kid, we went to Gibson's every August as my Mom would buy me a new lunch pail. Loved my old GI Joe one.... Bought my first deer rifle in 1971 from Gibson's in Odessa. Cost me $99. I remember it well because I got a job bagging ice (age 12) to save up to buy it. My dad put a Weaver K4 on it for me since I saved the money. Still have the rig as is, and still occasionally kill pigs with it. JG, I grew up in Midland so we were at the Midland Gibson's a lot. They used to have a great toy section too. That is cool that you still have that rig. I'm guessing it's a .243. My first had a Weaver 6 power.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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01/30/25 05:13 PM
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I can't drive through Kerrville without stopping at Gibson's. "If they don't have it, You don't need it".
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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01/31/25 02:02 PM
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Zoe’s Sporting Goods in Fredericksburg. He had everything!
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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01/31/25 05:26 PM
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Mursch's Sporting Goods in San Antonio.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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01/31/25 08:28 PM
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Western Auto, Gibson's and White's Auto were staples. But, the best hunting and trapping store memories are from the General Store in Ben Wheeler, TX in the 1970's.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/07/25 05:37 PM
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As a kid, Muleshoe, Texas, Grandpa negotiated the price of a used single shot 22 rifle in a hardware store down to $12. Early 1950’s. That included a box of 22 shorts.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/07/25 07:02 PM
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Used to get powder (for fireworks) from the old guy in Olathe. Dip out a pound into a paper sack, cig hanging from his mouth. Got a nice high standard 22LR from him when I got old enough.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/07/25 07:48 PM
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And there is still a Gibson's in Weatherford that has a great hunting section. Found some Browning apparel there I could not find anywhere else.
Cool old typical Gibson's. If you're in DFW and have not been, you need to go. There's still a Gibson's in Kerrville too. Great to know. I remember as a kid, we went to Gibson's every August as my Mom would buy me a new lunch pail. Loved my old GI Joe one.... Bought my first deer rifle in 1971 from Gibson's in Odessa. Cost me $99. I remember it well because I got a job bagging ice (age 12) to save up to buy it. My dad put a Weaver K4 on it for me since I saved the money. Still have the rig as is, and still occasionally kill pigs with it. My step dad and his best friend bought the last 2 Marlin 30-30's Gibson's in Odessa had on the shelf when they were closing.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
[Re: Hunter Daddy]
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02/07/25 08:04 PM
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In 1975 Rosen Brothers Pawn Shop in Wichita, Ks. had a fair amount of hunting stuff but a great amount of shotguns and rifles. I looked at 8 of their Model 12’s before deciding on a beautiful 16 ga.
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02/07/25 09:09 PM
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Grew up in Canyon... in the early 70's we were lucky enough to have both a Gibson's and a Western Auto. That's where we'd stock up on shotgun shells during pheasant season. And I'm sure dad bought my first Christmas shotgun and deer rifle at one of those 2 stores when I was 12 and 14 respectively. I remember seeing barrels full of British .303 Enfields for $29 at the Gibson's, still gunked up with cosmoline.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/07/25 09:36 PM
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All the cheap gun prices reminds me of my neighbor. He bought an M1 carbine out of the back of, I think, Field and Stream or Outdoor Life for $10. It was the late 50's and they were selling the carbines issued in the Korean war.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/07/25 09:42 PM
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My son now has the Springfield M1903 that my grandfather bought for $1.00 out of a hardware store barrel after WWI. My uncle carved a stock for it. I put a decent trigger in it and a decent scope on it.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/07/25 11:08 PM
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Tony's in Longview was well worth the drive and Discount City in Jacksonville was another good one.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 12:39 AM
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My brother still has hid Remington 7400 that he bought at JC Penney's
I recall visiting Gibson's in the early '70s when my uncle worked at the sporting goods counter. Cool store
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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We had a Mursh (sp) Sporting Goods here in San Antonio, it was a neat place. They closed the cool old store at Bandera and 410 and took a bigger spot in a new center, they didn't last long after that. I bought a box of .22 HPs there in '84. I still have the box and refill it with new bullets when it gets low.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 12:58 AM
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Nagel's in San Antonio back in the 60's was My Dad's go to for guns and ammo.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 02:09 AM
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Gasman's Archery in San Antonio back in the 70's Seems like it was just South of Nagels in the Olmos basin.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 03:09 AM
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Gasman's Archery in San Antonio back in the 70's Seems like it was just South of Nagels in the Olmos basin. 'Never went in, but I remember that BIG archery target sign out on the street.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 01:57 PM
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Cullum and Boren (Downtown Dallas)
Oshman's, Forest Lane, then Near NorthPark.
Gun and Tackel (Preston & Forest)
Ray's
Bighorn Guns (Downtown Dallas, then Garland)
B&S Guns, Garland
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Mcleland's
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Fed Mart Walmart Sportsman's Warehouse Nix Guns (Lewisville)
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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Tony's in Longview was well worth the drive and Discount City in Jacksonville was another good one. I drove by the old Tony's building on Thursday, it is a clothing store of some kind. I remember Tony very well and have been called Banana Nose by him more times than I can remember. I remember there being a price and some letters on most everything in the store. He used a system, BLACKSTONE is what I think it was. He could look at the letters and read them as numbers to see what he actually paid for the item. He loved to deal and bargain with his customers.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 05:31 PM
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[quote=cos]
I drove by the old Tony's building on Thursday, it is a clothing store of some kind. I remember Tony very well and have been called Banana Nose by him more times than I can remember. I remember there being a price and some letters on most everything in the store. He used a system, BLACKSTONE is what I think it was. He could look at the letters and read them as numbers to see what he actually paid for the item. He loved to deal and bargain with his customers. Called everyone “banana nose” or “cousin” and everyone got the special brother in law price. Seems like he used to holler out “Monjeleeta Cocklaroacha” occasionally too (not even sure that is a word lol) and serenade the customers with a song! Always had deep respect for the man, knew he was a marine and heard he had fought on Guadalcanal.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/08/25 08:53 PM
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The S&W 1000 I was hunting with yesterday I originally bought from Oshmans. My Marlin 22 I purchased at Target. And my first compound Bear Magnum Hunter from Gibsons. My favorite shotgun! Was lucky enough to convince my folks to buy me that and a couple years before a Remington 552 speedmaster BDL in the great Hunt and Whittaker store in Jackson Mississippi.
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Re: Who remembers...Old stores (hunting supplies)
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02/09/25 02:16 PM
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Gasman's Archery in San Antonio back in the 70's Seems like it was just South of Nagels in the Olmos basin. I forgot all about them. Used to be gun store on Bandera St. in San Antonio (Texas Gun's? or Don's?) , it was next to a mechanics shop on the west side. The ramrod that run it was a real hard azz, hardly anyone went in there.
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