AND
NOW, OUR THIRD NEWSLETTER IN HISTORY
Hopefully
you’ll be reading this towards the end of August and maybe even bless us
with your presence this fall. Our
efforts to make this place more enjoyable and rewarding to you continue.
NEW
GUN NEWS
At
this time of the year, all the “new gun news is pretty much out and about
already. In general, a lot of
the camo shotguns are still in short supply.
Center fire rifles are going to be tough to find in some
combinations. The new Browning
over/unders are starting to show up Make sure you ask to see the 24 inch
micro 20 Citori! Ultra 300 mags
are trickling in, again some combinations like laminate and stainless are
scarce. We are even more
thrilled, than a few months ago, with how satisfied you Kimber owners are.
We also have two more months experience with Franchi shotguns and
their new distributor Benelli. Believe
me its nice to see an old respected name like Franchi hooked up with someone
that can do them justice.
GUN
LAWS- FEDERAL AND STATE
There
are too many places that make a living writing about gun laws, so we’re
not going to attempt to reinvent the wheel here. We’re going to focus on
how its working for both of us. The
burr in our saddle this month is the new state handgun form. We all have to fill this out when buying a handgun. Well
folks, the state dept. of Justice in its infinite wisdom, just redesigned
the questions on the form. The language contained therein is the most
confusing seen in a while. Complaints have been lodged.
But I still maintain that the people who run this program in Madison
are the most helpful and pleasant in the world. They just need new script
writers. The Federal system is
pretty much bug free. Still
occasional delays, we will see how life is in the fall busy time.
APPAREL
AND ACCOUTERMENTS
FOR
HUNTING AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF
If
you have not come in and walked around the reborn ‘department’
you are missing something. We
have got 3 levels of clothing. Modestly priced, medium priced, and almost
high priced. And it is ALL nice stuff.
Green camo- white camo- orange- brown- green and then some really
really nice outdoor stuff. Those
flannel shirts came in a pile of sizes and colors. Extra xxs and talls /
Different weights. And for you
wool aficionados, we got some Codet wool . All discount priced.
Trap stuff, that came late, that men or women will look good in. They
won’t help you break any more birds, but you will feel darn good when you
miss.
F
O O T W E A R
LISTEN
TO OUR BOOT STORY- we had some
great sales reps from some great boot companies- including Browning,
Georgia, and LaCrosse. These guys have set up our boot choices really well.
I mean, these are nice boots, really nice, for men and women. As soon as they walked out the door, we discounted the heck
out of these things.
C’mon
in and look.
AND
HERE IS A FISH STORY
For
those of you who remember, we
said our fishing department was proving to be the hardest one to get back
‘up to speed’. Well, we are still working on it, and are compacting
stuff for other fall stuff. But we had a heck of a good year in fishing. You
liked the stuff. I don’t know if all those cleos caught any fish, but they
sure caught a bunch of fishermen and women. Seriously, we are looking
forward to making our fishin aisles better and better.
GUN
SAFES
Our
backs, and some of yours, are still sore from the 28,000 pounds of pure
steel gun safes we unloaded in June and then reloaded into your pickups
trailers and coaster wagons. And
the next load is due in late October . We do have 5 unsold models.
Stop
in and find one you like and you can buy.
Apparently the ‘mood of the nation’ is such that firearm security
concerns have made the safe manufacturing business a very good one to be in.
P.S. we are still working on our safe-like gun cabinet.
BOWHUNTING/BOW
HUNTERS
Here we go again, bowhunting is right around the corner. The smell of
fall will soon be in the air. Once again, its never to early to get things
set up and to start practicing. Remember that perfect practice makes
perfect. When the big one comes along, you do not want to miss. And to help
you bag the mammoth deer, we have plenty of new products to help. Lots of
camo clothes including some great new ultra quiet stuff. And scent-sorb for
you real gamy hunters. And c’mon in and check out the new Reflex and
Browning bows. Stands from Rivers Edge, Bigfoot, and Bandit. Lots more
availabel.
So for now, good luck and good hunting. Paul ‘early riser’Tolvstad
HUNTING
/ FALL CALENDAR
SEPT
18- GRAY AND FOX SQUIRREL OPENS
RUFF GROUSE ZONE A AND B
COTTONTAIL NORTHERN ZONE
CROW
SEPTEMBER
25- WOODCOCK
OCTOBER
16 NOON- COTTONTAIL. SOUTHERN ZONE
JACKRABBIT- BOBWHITE
- PHEASANT- SHARPTAIL(PERMIT)
HUNGARIAN-BOBCAT- RACCOON- RED & GRAY FOX
EARLY
BOW- SEPT 18
PLEASE USE THESE DATES AS A GUIDE
LATE
BOW -
DEC 4
CHECK THE REAL DNR REG BOOK
GUN
DEER -
NOV 20
THIS IS JUST INTENDED AS A GUIDE
BLK
POWD - NOV 29
WATERFOWL-
as of this writing, this is not out yet.
NEW
STAFF ADDITIONS
We
are thrilled to introduce via this letter, our newest “Bills”.
To include
Tom
‘Costello, Chris Reitz, and
Becky Renderman. Nicknames will follow as soon as these fine folks
eccentricities have helped determine same.
AND, AND ladies and gentelemen, to Introduce the absolute newest team
member:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
GRAHAM KEITHE- GUNSMITH late
of Colorado, formerly from the hallowed hills of Iowa. Young man, very
devoted, softest spot in his heart is for rifles that work like jewels.
Lot of experience in the area of tooling and gun repair. Has a lot of experience
working on a variety of firearms, and he has the common sense to
figure stuff out. We are
thrilled to have him here, his expertise and love for his craft will be a
real first class asset to you as well as our store. And he looks forward to
having the opportunity to serve you as do we all.
Welcome Graham !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OPTICS
(THAT MEANS SCOPES- BINOCS AND STUFF)
We have been having some fun with scopes lately. We took some time
and hung a bunch of scopes on handguns.
And they turned into pretty neat combinations.
We just ordered another bunch for the same treatment. Got
some projecting laser sights and these were fun. (remember that projected
reds are NOT legal to hunt with. But they are neat!!
And,
we are putting together all our deer shotguns and we are going to put more
different sights on these. Putting em all in one department.
You will be awed!!!!
And
laser rangefinders. 400 yard type and 800 yard type- cmon in and try these,
you will be amazed and you will ask yourself how you got along without one.
Oh, and regular scopes?? Bunches of em. Lots of new very reasonably priced
models in the higher power ranges. And make sure if your around in
the evening to try the night vision scope Lots of great binocs at reasonable
prices. Nice stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our next two projects involve hanging as
many different scopes as possible on deer and turkey shotguns.
AND
NOW, THE LAST TRUE PURE SPORT LEFT IN AMERICA...
Yes, we are talking here about Crow Hunting.
And while we are on the subject, how come there is not a Crows
unlimited, or a feathered
friend forever organization to
honor this animal? We do have,
a specially designed shotgun for this. What other game can you pursue with a
shotgun in your hand and a centerfire slung on your back?
WRAPPING UP THIS LETTER
Try
to touch on everything, never going to hit that.In review, if your looiking
for something great to wear, on your feet or on your back, and priced right,
come see us. If you need something done to your gun, come see us. If you
need a license. Our inventory
of reloading components, incredibly broad. A
HUGE number of used and new firearms. A nice llittle fishin department. Bows
and Bows and Bows and More.
and much much more. But
if you want to see the most valuable item that is in our store, the greatest
asset we have, look in the mirror.
Thanks , Ken and everbody else at Bills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Did
we mention that we have got a great new Gunsmith? We do, and as of Monday
August 16th, Graham will be working here. We are thrilled to once again
offer this service for all your firearms needs.
E
MAIL AND WEBSITE
We
have had an e mail address for quite a while now. Thats kind of an easy one.
Our web site is very near being ready to roll. Our goal is to make it
primarily an informational site. In addition, it will be a gateway to an
almost unlimited number of manufacturers.
Soon faithful readers, soon.