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From the dealings I have had with Cabelas, they seem great. Any problems bring it back. I thought they had a 30 day period on used guns, but the last one I picked up the fellow said 90 days.
The other equipment seems to follow the same way, if you have the receit no problem, no receit store credit. A friend of mine had a e-collar that went bad, had it for close to 3 years, no receit, they pro-rated it and basically he got a new collar for nothing, close to $300.00. It seems that most of these stores want to cater to the customer and keep them happy for future sales and to tell other people of their dealings.
As for the prices, I think they are close to the others, some better, some worse.

My first rifle was Herter's Mauser in 6MM Remington. I removed seythe factory stock and got me a really nice semi inlayed curly maple stock from Bishop in Warsaw MO, and that how I started my gunsmithing carrier by fitting the stock.It came out better then expected.
I kind of wished I never sold this Gun.
Casey

I still have a lot of Herter's stuff. I got a dove call from them before they became popular and never has any other type of call worked nearly as well. They had the first great pintail widgeon whistle, too. In fact their duck and goose calls were as good as any I have seen since. And I still have 3 dozen of their goose decoys and several dozen assorted duck decoys.

One book that will get attention is how to live with a bitch!

About 10 weeks ago I sold my barber shop in Waseca and retired. The Herter's Catalog was always in a drawer as it seems at least 2 or 3 times a week someone from out of town would stroll through "lookin for Herter's". It is amazing how many, upon seeing the old catalog, would sit in the barber shop, page through the catalog, and reminisce about days gone by for hours at a time. Much like you guys are doing now. George was a very interesting fellow. They say there is a fine line between genius and insanity...It would seem in George's case, that he may have wandered, back and forth over that fine line for most of his life. His stuffed animals from the showroon ended up at auction. The last I heard of them they can be seen in Springfield, MO at the Bass ProShop there. George had some rather spectacular gunstock wood! Ideas ran through him like water through a sieve. Quite frankly, while Waseca has many other businesses, it seems to me as though when Herter's closed Waseca was no longer a destination for a day stop during one's vacation.

I, for one, miss old George...But, I still have one of his World Famous Catalog's. And NO! It is NOT for sale!

Hairy

For those who long for a bit of Herter's here is you opportunity:
http://cgi.ebay.com/GUNSTOCK-FINISHING-K...1QQcmdZViewItem

Herter's was a cool place. I actually drove from Chicago to Beaver Dam when I heard the original store was closing. I have lots of Herter decoys and assorted other Herters equipment. Never had a Herters gun though. That would be interesting.

Always wanted a original G&H rifle for the same reason. They were THE outfitter store to go to if you were traveling overseas to hunt in the first half of the 20th century in my opinion.

If you were a duck hunter, Herters was your store during the same period. My grandfather had Herters decoys that we hunted over and I still hunt over the same ones.

Any one interested in Herter's catalogs or books, will find they show up regularly on ebay.
Mike B.

George Leonard Herter: Date of birth 1911. This was rather a surprise to me as we always figured he had to have been at least a hundred years old in 1960.

Goodness I miss that annual catalog. The man had to be another PT Barnham.

I wish I had a nickel for every old time Alaskan I asked if Dolly Varden had ever had a bounty on them.this was back in the 70's, when I asked they looked at me like I was nuts. George had said there was!

What happened to the Herter castle?

I would love to find the orbit for old George, maybe he's still alive, hey?

They had a brand new store across from the Olympia brewery along I-5 in Wa. state in the mid 1970's.

The rumor was when they closed they had gotten into trouble with the feds over jungle cock and other feather they sold for fly tying.

I can find no reference to Herter's store before 1960.

The one thing you could dead sure say about the Man, He was an original!

I remember an old Field and Stream story by Russel Annabel, who should have known about Alaska, called "Fish Tail Poker" which involved using dried Dolly Varden tails in place of money. I thought there had been a bounty on them to...Geo