Straight Shooters

[johnwoitalla]

Way back when I first got into airgunning, my go to shop was "Straight Shooters." I had several very productive conversations on the phone with the owner and purchased my RWS Air King and my Air Arms S410 and a bunch of pellets as well, from him back in the early 2000's. Just wondering how many of ya'll did business with this guy? He recently retired and closed up his shop, too bad, because I'd do business with him any day. I would have liked to have met him in person.

 

[Dead-On]

My first internet bought quality airgun was an HW97K from Kevin at Straightshooters around Dec 1999?. Kevin and Craig? I think I have one name wrong.? ...Keith? My memory is fried. Had many conversations and bought a bunch of guns there. I still own a .25 Tomahawk deluxe and an R7 from them. I sometimes go to the Waybachmachine for information, past conversations, or just to look at old guns. So many old names there, it was Russ Best's favorite place to post for a while.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030402021257/http://www.straightshooters.com/chat/

 

[shambozzie]

I did business with Kevin and Craig, owners of Ss. Great guys to deal with. Sorry they are not longer around.

 

[Gerry52]

My 1st ever pellet order was their sampler pack. Long time ago

 

[Kgphotos]

It's been a while but I'm pretty sure that's where I bought my Air Arms S410. That S410 was my second ever pcp air rifle. I also remember always checking their pellet testing charts that they provided on their website. You could see how particular pellets performed in a specific rifle.
Kenny

 

[BBGunn]

I use to buy most of my pellets from Straight Shooters back about 30yrs ago.

 

[Revoman]

That was a really good place for conversation and buying air guns.
At first, they moved location, then Craig retired shortly there after.
I always had a good experience with them.

mike

 

[djna]

I’ve done business with them in the past.

Towards the end of the line, I got A Beeman R9 from them at great price, they were great to deal with.

They were a good dealer back in the day, like mentioned above their site had a lot of good information and even had a forum of their own for a time.

 

[cmatera]

Bought my first 2 guns from them in 1997, a Beeman R7 in .177 and a Theoben SLR98 in .22. I remember it because I told my wife I bought 1 gun and got caught sneaking the 2nd into the basement after meeting the UPS man. It did not go well. Still married (43 years) but I never did it again. I never needed to in the first place but didn't know it then. They were in St Cloud, MN then Arkansas, Craig retired, Kevin kept it going some then retired also. Their Our Take mini- reviews were very helpful, and when I needed more they were a pleasure to talk to.

 

[Florida_Man]

I bought a lot of pellets from them for my RWS 48.
When I got back into AG’s I bought a FX Royale 400 from Jim at Precision Air in Michigan, unfortunately he’s retired also.

 

[hitech]

I did a lot of business with Kevin and Craig, they were great guys to buy from. I also bought from Lee Wilcox of Airgun Express back in the day, as well as Rick Willnecker and even a CO2 rifle from Dennis Quackenbush. I've pretty much bought something from all of the dealers back in the day. When Pyramyd Air was just starting out, I met Joshua Ungier at one of the Damascus MD airgun shows. He was a super nice guy to talk to. The airgun community used to be a lot smaller than what it is today.

 

[Tumblinginflight]

Before chronographs were commonplace, their velocity charts with samples of all the popular pellets at the time were pure gold. I liked taking with Craig, and that’s where I’ll leave it.

 

[DeanB]

I bought a couple airguns from them and a lot of pellets back in early 2000s.

 

[Poopshoot55]

Bought his pellet samplers, great for seeing which pellet shot the best, instead of buying multiple tins.

 

[Rob_in_NC]

Still have a mostly complete SS pellet sampler something in amongst my junk. Loved the 'stats' they had for each of the guns as well. Took a while to compile all that. Great folks to deal with.

 

[BBGunn]

Still have a mostly complete SS pellet sampler something in amongst my junk. Loved the 'stats' they had for each of the guns as well. Took a while to compile all that. Great folks to deal with.

Semi-clear plastic box with compartments. I still have one some where around here also.

 

[Rob_in_NC]

Semi-clear plastic box with compartments. I still have one some where around here also.

Yes sir. I actually have one in .177 and one in .22, but one of them is missing quite a few pellets. Over the years, I've used it to send 'samples' out to folks to try in their own guns. Back then, I think we tried every pellet to find 'the' one. Nowadays, I'm lazy. If it doesnt shoot JSB's well, I tend to get rid of it..haha

 

[Rob_in_NC]

For those not familiar, here is a snapshot of SS from 2005, courtesy of the Way Back Machine

Straight Shooters Precision Airguns Home Page

 

[EMrider]

Bought an R1k from them 10-12 years ago. They provided a lot of useful empirical data on FPS/FPE for springers with various pellets, and very helpful gun reviews in the 'our take' section of their website.
R

 

[boscoebrea]

Loved the store; it got my English Tomahawk from there