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Up To Date Gunrunner News
The Gunrunner - A Reality Show:
Hollywood here we come! Our biggest news these days is a pilot we shot for a reality TV series based on the daily WONDER that goes on here at The Gunrunner! Yes, that's right - we might soon be in the limelight of cable TV! I was contacted a month ago by a production company who has done some very impressive features for Discovery, History, National Geographic, Animal Planet, etc. and they believe we will make a great series (are you breathing normally now? Ha!). The film crew shadowed me for a 12-hour period one October day doing what I do every day - looking at high quality firearms, crawling through peoples' attics, rummaging through big gun collections, jawing with the customers and generally talking up guns (some life, huh?)... It was great fun and some of the Gunrunner Girls got in on the filming as well as the other staff members. They said we did quite well, so there's hope we will get picked up as a series! Wow! The nice gal who filmed us worked on American Choppers, so she knows what she's doing! If the series gets picked up I will be on a nationwide hunt to find, say, Hitler's Luger, Dirty Harry's .44 Smith, Elvis' personal guns, John Wayne's guns, etc. It could be great fun! They want me to crawl around in attics, find hidden walls full of guns, crack safes, etc. Also the crew will film the "behind the scenes" of The Gunrunner calendar, so that will be MOST interesting - you guys will see what I see in doing every calendar - the model call, the final selection of the top 15 models, them dressing up in outfits, me selecting guns to match the girls, the day of the shoot, etc. Should be some show (s)! From the film we made, there will be produced a 30-second promotional tape, a five-minute promotional tape and a 30-minute pilot. We'll keep you posted as to the progress. These are heady times at The Gunrunner! Stay tuned!
The Gunrunner X-Mas Party:
Mark down Saturday, December 19 on your calendar for The Gunrunner X-Mas party! DO NOT MISS THIS ONE! Last year we had customers flying in for it and it was QUITE FUN. All customers of The Gunrunner are invited! Yee haw! Free spirits, free food, the Gunrunner girls in attendance - what more could you want? This year I am flying in a special chef from Omaha and the menu promises to be QUITE GOURMENT! I'll also have a full bar set-up with bartender. The festivities will start at 7 pm and continue into the next day... Oh my... By this time we may have quite a bit to celebrate, so come one and come all! Let's celebrate the WONDERFUL gun market this year! (Should I invite Obama and Rahm? After all, they are the cause for the spike - shouldn't they be rewarded? Ha!)
Safari News:
A couple of months ago I went on a wonderful two-week safari in South Africa (hey, I gotta field test the guns don't I?). My Dakota 76 in 7mm mag was plenty busy - I took 12 big game animals and all will make the record books (see the kudu above). We hunted the Kalahari Desert and humped 10-12 miles a day, so it was plenty rigorous and FUN! I also took a Browning Superposed and harvested quite a few doves, rock pigeons and Egyptian Geese. The trip was so fun I've decided to put together a group hunt for July of 2010. If I can get 4-6 of you to go as a group, we can get a great discount. In late January we will have a get-together/party with my professional hunter from South Africa here at the store and you're invited. If you're interested in going to Africa to hunt Plains Game in 2010 with me, drop me an E-Mail at scott@thegunrunner.com. I'll send you the details and more photos of the animals. Let's go!
Gun Market Is Up!:
The demand and prices for high-quality firearms is still up, up, up! Our site here has recently set some national records for individual firearms and we're plenty happy about that. If you have firearms to sell, call me at (440) 834-0160. We can sell one or 1000 guns for you. NOTE: It is totally legal for you to pack your firearms up and mail them directly to me here at The Gunrunner - I receive guns all day long from all over the country. No license is required by you to ship your guns into me. We are a federally licensed firearms dealer. Just give me a call and we can discuss your collection. I specialize in estate collections.
"Girls of The Gunrunner"
2009-2010 Calendar
Our "Girls of The Gunrunner" 15 month calendar is now hanging in over 20 foreign countries and all 50 states! We're getting some raves reviews on our beauties with firearms. What could be better? Your favorite Gunrunner models with world famous Gunrunner guns in their hands. The calendar runs until July of 2010. If you're interested in a copy, they are $15 each and $4.95 shipping/handling. Just call Jill at (440) 834-0160 to put a calendar on your credit card and get one speeding to you. We're down to the last 200 or so, so don't dally. You gotta love it!
Gunrunner Store Expansion
Business is so brisk we have expanded our large retail Main Street store double and are now in the entire upstairs rooms. Upstairs we have a "Gun Library" with high-end store firearms, a book store/reference library of 5000 books, a "Dirty Harry" tribute room (must be seen to believe...), a well-stocked bar, a new auction office as well as our western auction meeting room/art gallery. Lots of great guns, artwork and gun books! The building was made in 1880, so it's antique itself. The new rooms are a combination store/museum/library/art gallery/bar - all rolled into one! Come and have a look! Tours daily. The Gunrunner X-Mas party is December 19, so that's a good time to tour the new rooms.
Gunrunner Book Store
We are now carrying hundreds of firearm collecting/hunting/shooting/
competition/history books in our Gunrunner Book Store. Our top sellers right now are the newly released Blue Book of Gun Values, Gun Prices 2009, Flayderman's Guide To American Antique Firearms and 2009 Standard Catalog of Firearms - these are all books I use here in the store every day and they are mighty handy and informative when you need to evaluate guns. If you wish these books, we can add them to your auction invoice and put them right in the box with your firearms. Our book prices are highly discounted.
"Showman Shooter" Second Edition For Sale
We sold out of the First Edition of the story of Winchester shooting great Herb Parsons The Showman Shooter and just now received the BEAUTIFUL Second Edition with more photos, new cover and greatly expanded index. We have this 500 page book for sale here in the store for $29.95 as well as the DVD of a classic 1950 shooting exhibition. If you want a copy, we can put in it with your guns for no extra shipping charges. Some of you may have seen my article on Herb Parsons in the June edition of American Rifleman or the segment on exhibition shooting on the History Channel.
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