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How to Reward Customers and Get Them Back

Your regular customers are your bread and butter, so show your appreciation to keep them coming back.
Shooting Steel

Make More Money by Selling the Safety of Steel

While knowing the inside scoop about steel targets can help you sell more of them, the real importance of a steel education is safety.
Walther CCP M2 380

Walther Arms Adds Weight to PPQ Lineup

With its latest offering, the Q5 Match Steel Frame, Walther Arms adds some weight to its 2019 lineup and looks to a strong future.
Robar Gunsmith SW revolver

Robar Puts a Gunsmith in Your Shop

It’s hard for a small gun shop to compete with larger stores that offer a variety of products and services such as on-site gunsmithing. Fortunately, Robar has a solution for smaller gun shops that want to provide gunsmith services to customers.
Springfield XD Mod 2

Years of Feedback, Tactical Upgrades Shine in Springfield XD MOD.2

A large part of what drives sales for all gun shops is handguns for personal protection in the home as well as competition and “contingency planning.” It's this market the Springfield XD MOD.2 Tactical pistol is intended to appeal to most.
Traditions Muzzleloader Luke Laggis

Back To Traditions: Modern Muzzleloaders Help Make Sales, Fill Tags

Modern inline blackpowder guns are accurate, dependable and relatively easy to operate. For a modest price, your customers can greatly extend their time in the woods and overall odds of success. That should be an easy sell.
EO Tech at range Vudu scope Photo Mike Schoblaska

Looking at the Past, Present and Future With EOTech

A tour of the EOTech factory and chance to test products at the shooting range reveal more about this high-tech, growing company as it looks to the future.
Marlin retools lever action 1894

Marlin Firearms Gives Customers Some New Leverage

Marlin Firearms has retooled its Model 1894C, adding to the lever action’s undeniable connection to the Old West and widespread appeal.
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Outdoor Shooting Sports Retail Industry Reinvents Itself

Things have changed. Gone are the days when commerce in the shooting sports retail industry involved the simple buying and selling of hardware. That is no longer enough.
Rifle headspace ammunition bullets seated neck

What Is Rifle Headspace and Why Is It Important?

To help customers who have questions and also sell more used guns, learn how to break through the mystery of rifle headspace.
DOUBLETAP ammunition variety

Doubletap Ammunition Offers Dealer Program for Hard-to-Find Loads

The ammunition shortage is over and inventories have grown, but some cartridges have always been hard to find — until now, thanks to Doubletap Ammunition.
KIMBER HUNTER Performance quality at value price Photo by Scott Mayer

Rifle Review: Kimber Hunter Provides Performance, Affordability

The new Kimber Hunter rifle line, available in popular calibers, makes high performance more obtainable thanks to an affordable price point.
RENT TO GROW Shooting rental guns at a range Photo by Mike Faw

Rent to Grow: Gun Rentals Provide Profit Opportunities

Gun rentals at shooting ranges or retail stores provide a new profit center, an opportunity to bring in new people and potential for sales.