Bud's Gun Shop -1

[jbonnette]

Bought at Buds several times... never had an issue. I woundn't hesitate to buy from them again.

 

[Praesul Presul]

Bought a revolver from Bud's and actually been in their shop on multiple occasions. They are mostly online with a limited amount of in-store merchandise - think slightly smaller than Jim's. They run the place as two seperate entities and have a small range on-site. I really wouldn't be surprised too much if the reviews were fake but who really uses those. We all pretty much buy by word of mouth and by shooting buddies' guns anyway. If you really want something from them I would just buy it.

 

[TRON]

i love buds....great prices....never had a problem with them.

 

[CloudStrife]

Ammunition availability. Plus, these pistols were originally advertised as being the same size as the 19-17/22-23 series.

The FRAMES are; but the slides are thicker, necessitating new holsters.

The .45 GAP cartridge is nothing more than a manifestation of Gaston Glock's vanity. S&W has a proprietary cartridge; so does Sig. Well, HE had to have one too.

It will end up like the 10mm; still around, but more of a specialty/novelty than anything else.

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Actually, the .40 is a novelty that has caught on. Some people, mostly women in the FBI couldn't handle the 10mm, so they chopped it down a little. IMO, you may as well go with a good 9mm or 45 load and save some money.

 

[lsufan1971]

Basically I'm implying that they are making up some of the reviews. They are similar in nature. Read a few and you will see what I mean. Maybe they just got sloppy with this one. A reviewer's name repeats as well...

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1ACAWCENUS307&q=buds+gun+shop+complaints&aq=1&aqi=g10&oq=buds

I have never bought anything from them but there are some complaints out there about them fudging their own reviews.

 

[CloudStrife]

Actually, the 10mm "Lite" cartridge for the S&W 1076 was the result of your above statement.

The .40 S&W was born because the 1076 was a massive pig that nobody- including the manliest of men- wanted to lug around all day. The idea was to get a 10mm round into a 9mm-sized package.

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Hmmm... but the .40 is hardly a 10mm.

Don't know if you'll know this, but the sheriff's office is supposed to be switching to .40. I think my dad said it's 180gr at 800 fps. Do you know any more about this? That's an awfully crappy round.

 

[JBP55]

If you're referring to EBRSO, they began transitioning the street deputies to G22s on Monday. Not sure what their duty load will be... LSP went with the Federal HST.

I THINK Roy said that EBR will be using that cartridge as well... But I know they have quite a bit of Ranger SXT that will probably be issued to start with. Don't remember what the weight of that stuff is; I haven't been in their ammo room in two years.

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I was under the impression EBRSO went with Gold Dot but BRPD uses Gold Dot so maybe not.

 

[Storm52]

Purchased several guns from Bud's. Never receive any spam. Frankly, I don't read the reviews on the guns. I know what I want and have done the prerequisite homework long before purchasing.

 

[CloudStrife]

One assumes you're referring to velocities. The two cartridges utilize the same projectiles.

Yes, velocities.

 

[bronzdragon]

Came across this thread after jumping on a deal from Bud's today. I'll reply with my experience when the gun comes in. I just had to jump on the deal though.

~rc~

edit, yeah yeah, I see now that this is a year old post.

 

[TomTerrific]

I bought a gun from Bud's last fall and it was a smooth transaction.

The only screw up was they sent the magazines I ordered to Precision rather than directly to me, but Precision realized it and there were really no problems.

 

[bronzdragon]

Just wanted to add, that my order from Bud's came in at my local FFL in about a week and a half. Everything went smoothly and I saved a good deal on the handgun. I would buy from Bud's again. I like the fact that you can use electronic check to take advantage of his low cash prices.

~rc~

 

[flamatrix99]

I see what youre saying with the reviews, change a few of the words up and theyre all the same basically, Ive never done business with them, personally I dont like a website that I have to "sign-up" to see the price, that means wayyy more spam going into my email, but I was trying to find the price on a glock 27 before I got to the sign up part, oh well

If you sign up with the GSSF you can purchase one through thier program for a significant savings. I paid $398 for my G26 at BR Police Supply using the GSSF program.

 

[Guate_shooter]

I have also bought a few from Buds mostly rifles though, and they were as described with free shipping and we had them at the FFL withing 2 days, my experience with them was positive.