Here are my thoughts, I buy all my guns from the same store, the same store I buy my seed and fertilizer from, the same store I buy my hunting clothes from, the same store I buy my ammo and scents and atv disc and bushhog mower from. The guy who owns this store is just a bit older than me, has a family, is a deer hunter and land manager. If I go in his store, or even just call him up on the phone, and ask him a question about anything from fertilizer recommendation to scent placement, to a bolt on a treestand, to what bullet works best on elk, he has an answer. You can walk into wally world and they dont even know who makes a 10-22! The owners of wally world have enough money, I'd rather keep the local guy in business who is always there to help me, even if I am not spending money at the time. And, by the way, he keeps his prices competitive with bass-pro and cabelas, but not wally world....if wally world starts selling something he sells, he just quits selling it. He has gotten tired of trying to defend his prices when he buys 100 of an item vs. them buying 100,000 of the same thing. He once tried to sell on eof his own products at wally world, he agreed to sell them the product for 5.00 each, they told him they would sell the item for 9.99. For 3 months, then, it would be reduced to 7.49 for 30 days, then 6.99 then 5.99. That sound ok...right? WRONG! When they mark the product down 1.00, they only pay him 4.00 each, mark it down 3.00....he only gets 2.00! Thats how wally world puts the little guy out of business all in the name of "saving a buck". Just keep this in mind next time you need some hunting gear, have you ever noticed that when you find a super cheap deal at wally world, they usually quit carrying that particular item? The guy who sold it to them can't afford to do business like wally world wants him too.....