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I'm going to be in Columbus Ohio for a few days in February with a lot of time on my hands during the day time hours.
Does anyone know of a good gun shop or 2 that I should visit?
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Matt,
Jaqua's is in Findlay is worth a visit.
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I am been to Jaqua in the last on several times. The last time I was there they had converted to more production guns.( This was a number of years ago) Cam told me they were doing better with that kind of stuff than the better grade used and new gun. IE: higher grade and more expensive guns.
When I use to go when Bill was running it, most were high grade and collectors gun.
Not now.
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I knew Bill- years ago-when his store was downtown, near the Courthouse square in Findlay. That's a ways North of Columbus, but not out of reach. Believe his store is located out of town near the I-75 X-Way.
Bill Jaqua set the standard for honest gun dealing-- he had a 3 day return for full refund, NQA policy- wonder how many "Upscale" dealers offer that today? And that was 3 business days after you signed for the delivery of the gun you ordered, not 3 days from when it shipped out of Findlay. The last transaction I had with Jaqua's- Neil Catherines was the gun mgr-- Cam, I assume, is Camilla, Bill's daughter? RWTF
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Jaqua will be your best bet about 1 hr 40 min drive. A lot of the good shops are no more. One of the best was Barns guns in Lancaster Ohio,. However he past away about a year and a half ago.
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I seem to remember that Jaqua's had a trap field out back where you could try out the used guns. John is correct though, they aren't what they used to be regarding guns.
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The gun club at Jaqua’s Is no more. However, Jaqua’s is always worth visiting. Nick, who runs the show there is a high quality person. He is Bill Jaqua’s grandson. If you are in to sporting clays, the Cardinal Center is on the NW side of Columbus, and is quite a place. If the weather behaves and you are in to shooting, that place is worth visiting, but it’s not a gun shop.
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Agree that Cardinal is a great place to shoot clays and Jaquas to visit for eye candy. But both are a drive from downtown Columbus.
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Findlay OH is a doable drive for me from Columbus. But if they now have mainly modern guns, Jaqua's may not be for me.
I'll also be at Wright-Patt AFB in Dayton for a couple of days and from there a small side trip to the NMLRA headquarters in Friendship, IN on my way home to IA.
Antique breechloaders and m/l's are my main interests.
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If you are going to be in Dayton Peterson's in North Cincinnati is worth a look. Albert Peterson Gun in Sharonville. Nice people to deal with.
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