Guns Stores in or near Bloomington

[Drotis]

Hello everyone. First post here. Pushing 50 yrs old this year. Did lots of plinking with my dad as a teenager. Didn't fire a gun for 30 years until a co-worker reintroduced me last spring. Now it has become a full blown obsession and I'm having a blast (pun intended). Anyway, I'll be in Bloomington in a couple of weeks with some time to kill, and I love nosing around gun shops.
Any advice?
PS, I joined this forum a while back, and have gotten alot of good info just by following threads. Looking forward to contributing when I can.
Thanks in advance.

 

[oldbikelvr]

Four Seasons on Monon is excellent, and I have had great luck with MC Sports as well. Welcome to INGO!

 

[theundeadelvis]

Drop into Four Seasons. They are a good group of guys, and the actually have a decent selection at the moment, considering the state of things. MC Sports is ok, but they are cleaned out at the moment.

 

[4sarge]

Keep in mind, supply is low everywhere But I'll 2nd MC Sports Indianapolis is the closest metro area with several excellent gun shops

 

[Drotis]

Thanks for the welcome and the input.

 

[Redtbird]

The two places I was going to mention have already been listed. And 'theundeadelvis' is correct, MCSports is pretty much cleaned out. The gun cases and the ammo shelves are really pitiful looking at the moment.

Oh! Welcome to INGO from another Monroe County person!

 

[Beemer]

Welcome to INGO, I like four seasons a lot. I have not had good luck with mc sports. Traildust is a great army navy store as well, like the ones I went to as a kid.

 

[IUprof]

Drop into Four Seasons. They are a good group of guys, and the actually have a decent selection at the moment, considering the state of things. MC Sports is ok, but they are cleaned out at the moment.

Four Seasons

 

[cosermann]

Third on MC Sports. Andrew used to have his own shop, so when he's in there's someone experienced to talk with.

 

[captcarl]

Ill put in another good word for four seasons! Not always the best prices in there but.... Helpful and nice people every time I am there. Ill actually be by there later today to pick up a transfer! They get 100% of my transfer biz bc its only $15 and they are happy and dont act like its an inconvenience! Good to see all these btown folks. Lastly I was always one to check by MC sports but they are truly cleaned out...

 

[nsolimini]

Check out Leathers Limited, he does this part time, so his hours are tricky.

 

[cook5oh]

MCsports is my go to place if it is in Bloomington. Otherwise I head up to Bonnie and Clydes in Martinsville. MCsports, just trickles in guns and ammo right now. The have a glock and a couple xd's and of course the judge, for which I am a proud new owner . Secveral 22 pistols. They still have a good selection of rifles too. Ammo is non existent there.

 

[BigMoose]

You have to experience Trail dust to believe it.

While it isn't an FFL, they literally have everything else including M16 uppers and one of the better ammo selections around.

https://plus.google.com/102376510170069607051/about?gl=us&hl=en

 

[cook5oh]

You have to experience Trail dust to believe it.

While it isn't an FFL, they literally have everything else including M16 uppers and one of the better ammo selections around.

https://plus.google.com/102376510170069607051/about?gl=us&hl=en

+1 for traildust

They do have a lot in ammo and AR/M16 parts. Ammo is a bit pricey, but at least he has some.

 

[throttletony]

THey've mentioned it above. MC Sports, Four Seasons, Traildust (army & navy surplus store, but no firearms), Dick's Sporting Goods.
There are also a couple shops in Bedford and Martinsville as well.

 

[Wanderer]

I'll have to recommend Four Seasons as well, primarily for the fact that they'll do transfers for $15 as previously mentioned ITT. In my experience, they'll give you a copy of their FFL right away upon request, no questions asked. Just let them know you need it for an online purchase or whatever.

Leathers Limited is a good place as well; Gary is a great, honest guy and has some cool stuff for essentially running the business out of his garage. When I was looking to buy some Norma 6.5x52 Carcano he had on display, he actually did some research and found out that some of Norma's stuff is loaded quite hot and considered unsafe to shoot out of some guns and thus told me he couldn't sell it to me in good conscience. And I was quite glad of it, as he may have saved me from a nasty surprise there.

And speaking of Traildust, I was in there about two weeks ago and was impressed by their selection of more unusual and exotic ammo. Bought two boxes of Hornady 6.5x50 Arisaka that I couldn't seem to find anywhere online while I was there, as well as 10 rounds of original Italian surplus 6.5mm Carcano.

 

[Drotis]

Thanks to all. I'll check out all I have time to visit.