ORIGINAL: #40Fan
I will never buy a gun at a local shop anymore. Prices on the net just can't be beat. If you look around, ask enough questions, and get pictures of what you are going to buy, you will end up with the gun that you expect.
I have tried and tried to barter with the local gun stores over thier prices. I'll even get on the internet and show them what I can get it for. They won't budge much, if any, so I always end up buying it off the net. Same way with reloading supplies.
I agree with you on the reloading supplies. I can buy all my reloading supplies and have them shipped (usually about a 400-500 order at a time), for quite a bit cheaper than I can buy them locally.
I also use the net to research a gun price before I even go to a shop to look at them, 90% of the time I can find a gun for cheaper than advertised at the shop an talk them down to it, if I buy a scope/bases/rings at the same time.