Shame on Cabelas
 

Went to Cabelas today to pick up a pistol I had bought and decided to spend some time browsing the blackpowder section. First of all, the salespeople obviously had no experience at all with any muzzleloaders- I asked to look at the CVA Apex, and the salesperson starts fumbling around with a H & R break-action slug gun until I pointed him in the right direction.

Second, the selection of muzzy's at this store was disgraceful, to say the least. (keep in mind, this is a massive store with many hundreds if not a thousand guns on display)

There was not one traditional muzzy on display, other than a couple blackpowder pistols. In terms of inlines, they had about 10 - 12 assorted rifles, a few TC's, CVA's and Traditions. They had no Knights for sale. They did not have a TC Encore, Pro Hunter or CVA Accura for sale.

I guess maybe I'm expecting too much, but I would hope a store of that size should have a better selection....

They impress me as hiring the same level of people as Walmart . I do not go there any more.

At least they have ML guns and supplies. I went to the Academy Sports & Outdoors store in my area yesterday. It's a pretty large store with lots of cartridge guns and usually a few ML and a small ML supply section.

The ML stuff was not in its usual place. When I asked a salesperson where they moved the ML stuff to, he said "We stopped carrying ML supplies. Sales were too low." That's surely a factor of Louisiana allowing single shot cartridge rifles in the "primitive" season. The worst thing that ever happened in both Louisiana and Mississippi.

Academy is a Texas-based company that operates over 135 stores throughout Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.

I don't think they sell Knights. Their order would probably be too big for Knight right now.

[QUOTE=Semisane;3874403]
Louisiana allowing single shot cartridge rifles in the "primitive" season. The worst thing that ever happened in both Louisiana and Mississippi.


Are you kidding me? That's crazy. Louisiana also allows hunting on Sundays, right? How many people out there hunt in a state that allows hunting on Sunday's. Maryland just started letting you hunt 1 Sunday during the deer firearms season a year or two ago. That's all we get.

Well my Cabela's has a good selection of both inlines and sidelocks. But, they stopped selling a lot of things ML related. For instance, you can buy 50/44 or 50/45 sabots but they no longer carry 45/40s. That sucks. My store only has the pre-packed bullets with the sabots. A pretty good selection, granted - but not what they had before. The sales person, who is also a ML nut like me (there are actually 2 working there) told if it is the buyers who do those nutty things. They see it on TV and think it must be good.

Mine has a pretty good selection of MLs and most accessories except loose sabots. Grafs is just a few miles further away though and has a great sabot selection.

The sales guys though at Cabelas barely know anything about MLs or accessories.

BassPro though has nearly nothing.

I guess I'm just comparing it to other stores I have experience with. I went to another cabelas in PA last year when I was visiting my brother and they had lots of rifles, both traditional and inline and a good stock of supplies. The local gun/hunting shop in Ohio near where I hunt has about 3 times the muzzy supplies and rifles that the Cableas around here has, and that's a mom & pop business....

[QUOTE=pluckit;3874468]You can hunt here on Sunday.

You're kidding, right? :biggrin: Of course we can hunt on Sundays. Heck, you can buy booze in any grocery store on Sundays also.

The majority of the states you can hunt on Sunday. PA is trying to push it but I don't think its going to pass. Pity for the guys who work all week then can only go out on Saturday.

That's so true. I scouted the elk hunting area for next year. It was the 1st Sat of the season. There were camps everywhere. I went back on Mon, and they were all gone. Weekend hunters.

Wisconsin can also hunt on Sunday. But the Wal Mart around here stopped carrying black powder supplies. I did check a local shop.. Blackhorn $37.00 a jug. Triple Seven $28.00 a pound. Pyrodex RS $22.00 a pound. I could not believe their prices. But since they are the only store in town, I guess they can charge what they want.

end of the year clearance most likely. Moving out the old stuff, not restocking until the new stuff comes in and goes on display.

I am in Florida currently until Nov 25. Triple 7 is $29.95/lb. here.
You can hunt on Sunday in Florida but BP is closed here now. :(
You can hunt in Tennessee on Sunday and BP closes at dark on the 18th.:(

In Michigan You can hunt on sundays by booze at a party store and go to a bar and watch a foot ball game on a big screen with a bottle of beer.

Persons who work for cabalas gander mountian and bas pro shops are hired right off the street like wal mart does. they do not get any special training on the products they sell and some even have a difficult time knowing a bullet shinker from a box of bullets for reloading.

Several years ago My wife bought me a brand new Remington 700 Ml for christmas. sine we were going to Minnasota to visit the daughter and the Cabelas store in Albert Lea was just miniutes away I decided to buy the scope and mounts there.
After the attempt was made to get me to join in on their circle jerk fun I left with out buying any thing.
I am lucky in having williams gun sight with in 15 miniutes of my home I went there when I got back.
I don't fool around with those big box sporting goods stores any longer. Williams gun sight has any thing I want in the scope line Muzzle loader line and reloading bullets and powders

:D Al

Cartridge rifle?
 

Semi;
When you say single shot cartridge rifle do you mean BPCR or modern rifle?

Forget Sundays. I cant wait till they open up night hunting of deer. After all, it is a nocturnal animal.

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Minnesota we can hunt on Sundays. The rule they have that I don't get is I can't hunt with a scope on my muzzleloader during muzzleloader season. I can hunt with any muzzleloader using any bullet, sabot, powder and primer I want. I can use any type of open sight, fiber optic or otherwise. Why can't I use

There's only five states you can't hunt on a Sunday. All along the east coast and all are former colonies. Its the last remaining blue law (well, no, you can't buy a car in some states on Sunday either).

I'm in Virginia and I can't hunt on Sunday. And I also hunt in PA and I can't hunt on Sunday there.

Heck, even NEW JERSEY allows some hunting on Sunday.

blah!!!!!!!!!

Here, we cannot use optics during muzzle loader season. Nor can we use smokeless powder. We must use 44 caliber or larger rifle.

Zeek, the rules published by LA Wildlife & Fisheries are as follows.

I would guess that 80/90% of the hunters out during our "primitive season" are using NEF or H&R single shots in 45-70 or 444 Marlin.

Cabela's has Always been My No1 Place to Shop for Hunting Gear untill Last Year. Our 2010 Hunting Season was comming up and I decided to Pay All My Bills Early so they were paid and I did'nt have to worry about them while I was Hunting. I Paid My Cabela's Club Visa Card 3 weeks befor it was Due...I was good.
Well after the time My Cabela's Visa Card was due I got a letter from Cabela's that My Account was PAST DUE! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! I called them and they said they did'nt get My Payment, I made a over the Phone Payment. The next day I checked My Cabela's Visa Account and there was 2 Payments, the one I made over the Phone and the one I sent in, I called them..........OK they did'nt charge me for the late payment fee but they did Reduce My Credit Limit from $10,000.00 to $3,000.00 and Upped My Finance Charge to 13.99% I argued with them on the Phone but got no where. Now I spent annually about $10K on My Cabela's Visa, I used it for everything and was never ever once Late, and I was'nt late on My Payment to them that they said they never got but did. So I wont buy anything from them untill they straighten this out, they have called me and asked me why I have'nt used My Card and I told them why......still unchanged.
Now if you want to buy something from Cabela's they do have Everything Listed, but you have to call them and have them search for it in all there stores. I've called them for a item and they did'nt have it there but they did find it in one of there Stores and had it Shipped to Me right away, never a Problem except for the Cabela's Visa Card, so much for being a Loyal Cabela's Club Member.
I still do buy from Cabela's if I absolutely need something they have, and when they ask if Im gonna use My Cabela's Card I say NO, tell them why and use a different Card!