Since these two retailers are merging, I was wondering if this affects anyone's shopping habits?  I know most of us buy from the LGS but as a large retailer, I'm wondering if this merger will affect anything in the gun world.  Their guns are typically priced high and their ammo not necessarily the cheapest.  But I know of a lot of people that still shop there.

I've always wanted to visit a Bass Pro Shop store but there are none in Utah. 

Back in June, I was visiting Omaha, NE to see inlaws and grandkids, and my granddaughter, who is not an outdoorsy type at all, mentioned that Cabelas was being bought by Bass Pro Shops, so during the obligatory visit to the Cabelas in LaVista (a suburb of Omaha, sort of) we asked about that.  They were adamant that that was not going to happen!  Guess the Grunion was right, after all!

The main reason I visit a Cabelas when I'm in the neighborhood of one (we have one in Huntsville, which is about an hour away) is to see what they have in the bargain cave.  Found some screaming good deals there, and with a 10% military discount, they're even better!

Oh, well.  We'll just have to see how it shakes out, I guess.  (I recall when Cabelas bought out Gander Mountain, and we see how that went, don't we?)

I like some of Cabella's clothing line.  I don't know of that will change... Probably not.

I rarely go, but enjoy my visits.  Cool conservation displays, etc.  They rarely see my money though.

On a recent trip back east we visited the "original" in Sidney, Nebraska. My 9 year old daughter enters the gun library, walks up to the employee there and asks him if they have an AR-15's.  Look on his face was priceless.

In the St Louis area, their ammo prices are competitive with Wal-Mart. I'd be surprised if the LGSes are cheaper. They have .22, occasionally. They also gave me a decent price on a Mod. 10 I sold them a while back.

If Bass Pro screws that up, I will be a very sad panda.

The nearest Cabelas is 3.5 hours away, and I can't remember the last time I ordered from them, so it's kind of a non-issue for me personally.

That said, I'm always a little saddened when a company I grew up with gets absorbed into another Borg collective.

After years of being one of both stores mail order customers, AK not just me, we finally got one of each, and competition is a great thing for us lowly customers. I think that all customers will lose in this merger/buyout. On the brighter side, it does allow more room for smaller stores.