A Good Buying Experience at Academy
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:41 pm
I have been saving up for a while to get my Glock 22 a little brother (Glock 19). On my way home from Austin, I stopped at the Academy store on IH35 and William Cannon Drive. I went to the pistol counter, and told the young man behind it that I was interested in the Glock 19.
He pulled it out of the counter, locked the slide open, checked the chamber, and handed it to me. I was not asked to surrender my driver's license or other ID before being allowed to handle the pistol. Of course, the display model had a trigger lock on it, but I was more interested in the fit in my hand. I already knew how a Glock shoots.
I placed it back on the counter and told him, "Sold." I filled out the form, and he made the NICS call with no delay or trouble. Then he called the MOD (Manager On Duty) to unlock the safe to obtain one of the for-sale pistols. (the display pistol went back in the case) He took that pistol out of its plastic case, locked the slide open, checked the chamber, and handed it to me. I field-stripped it for a quick exam, checked that both empty magazines would keep the slide locked open, then put it back in the case.
The longest part of the transaction was waiting for another manager to physically carry the pistol to the register for the purchase. The salesman paged the other manager twice, but I still had to wait about 5 minutes. The rest of the transaction went smoothly and quickly. I actually had fun gun-shopping.
So now, I have a cheaper alternative to shoot. My CTAC Slide holds the G19 in the same fashion that it holds the G22, so I don't need a different holster for it.
He pulled it out of the counter, locked the slide open, checked the chamber, and handed it to me. I was not asked to surrender my driver's license or other ID before being allowed to handle the pistol. Of course, the display model had a trigger lock on it, but I was more interested in the fit in my hand. I already knew how a Glock shoots.
I placed it back on the counter and told him, "Sold." I filled out the form, and he made the NICS call with no delay or trouble. Then he called the MOD (Manager On Duty) to unlock the safe to obtain one of the for-sale pistols. (the display pistol went back in the case) He took that pistol out of its plastic case, locked the slide open, checked the chamber, and handed it to me. I field-stripped it for a quick exam, checked that both empty magazines would keep the slide locked open, then put it back in the case.
The longest part of the transaction was waiting for another manager to physically carry the pistol to the register for the purchase. The salesman paged the other manager twice, but I still had to wait about 5 minutes. The rest of the transaction went smoothly and quickly. I actually had fun gun-shopping.
So now, I have a cheaper alternative to shoot. My CTAC Slide holds the G19 in the same fashion that it holds the G22, so I don't need a different holster for it.