Quoting denny...Such is the nature of marketing.... It really is a terrible way for a company to stay in business. At one time the price of guns was very well controlled by the manufacturer. Brownig guns were sold almost exclusively at retail. Remington and Wichester may have been discounted but not much. Those days are gone though. After being in the gun business for a whole lot of years..I learned how to compete with the Marts. I sold the guns they sold so few of. I got out of the entry level gun sales and got into the better grades. In fact I even got into high grade and collectibles. Still sold some of the entry guns...but mostly to people who wanted the expertise of the gun trade. Not the guy in the Mart who says he really doesn't know about the gun. The small gun shop is going the way of the buffalo but not because of a lack of demand. Go to Cabela's...You have to take a number to look at a gun there. so the demand is there. A real shame. Hate to see the small shop going away
