Bass pro shop has bought out sportmans warehouse !

[Len Backus]

Everyone, please write your federal politicans. Don't mention stuff about the guns and ammo and reloading supplies, especially if they're Dems... but hound them about their inability to stop monopolization. It has to end.

POLITICS WARNING

 

[Len Backus]

KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THIS THREAD

 

[RAGGED EDGE]

Mine's also getting cut up. Hate Capitol One and don't plan on shopping at Cabelas much anymore. Going to look into the Scheels card.

I switched, and it's working out pretty well.

 

[RAGGED EDGE]

"Wow. Why does Disney need to own... everything? Why does BPS need to own Cabela's and now Sportsman's? "

Because they WANT TO, and they can.

 

[BigJake54]

Because they WANT TO, and they can.

I suspect this won't be popular but did Cabelas or Sportsmen Warehouse have to sell? I believe in capitalism and don't get me wrong. I was a big fan of both C and SW. Why was BPS able to buy them? Poorly managed or the owners wanted to "take the money and run"?

 

[Draftmule]

In Pacific NW Sportsmans Warehouse customers seems to have a very positive following. Do not have a Cabelas store near my town but been burned bad on line since Bass Pro shops purchased Cabelas. As a huge supporter of Cabelas for decades quite disappointing. So frustrating now just to try them again. Cabelas website is amazingly lame! Hate to be a conspiracy theory dude but something is fishy with this whole take over, makes no business sense unless Bass Pro Shops actually know what they are doing.

 

[littlebighorn]

IMO BP has ruined the hunting/shooting that was left with Cabelas. I have a Cabela's card with lots of points but lately they don't have anything I want to use my points on. Them buying Sportsman's seems to be a final kick in the shorts for hunting/shooting, if they continue their trend.

 

[Treeslug]

The Cabelas nearest to me has isles and isles of stupid looking shirts and other clothing that you wouldn't dare wear to a gun show, much less to the hunting woods. The treeslugs would be laughing at you.

I walked into my Cabelas about a month ago and they did not have one left-hand rifle in stock. Okay, that isn't all that unusual. They had NO gunpowder, bullets, primers or brass, and only about twenty boxes of loaded ammo. Not a single round of any .22 ammo and absolutely no reloading dies or any other reloading equipment. That is one 50 mile drive I won't be making again any time soon.

 

[RAGGED EDGE]

The Cabelas nearest to me has isles and isles of stupid looking shirts and other clothing that you wouldn't dare wear to a gun show, much less to the hunting woods. The treeslugs would be laughing at you.

I walked into my Cabelas about a month ago and they did not have one left-hand rifle in stock. Okay, that isn't all that unusual. They had NO gunpowder, bullets, primers or brass, and only about twenty boxes of loaded ammo. Not a single round of any .22 ammo and absolutely no reloading dies or any other reloading equipment. That is one 50 mile drive I won't be making again any time soon.

Not fair to blame retailers who are caught in the same supply situation the whole country is caught in. Blame panic buying.

 

[The Oregonian]

Not fair to blame retailers who are caught in the same supply situation the whole country is caught in. Blame panic buying.

That's true, but Cabela's has decided to deemphasize reloading products. in normal times they don't have the inventory Midway does, and Cabela's is regularly 10% higher on price. I see no reason to shop at Cabelas and I have been a long time loyal customer until a few years ago.

 

[Treeslug]

Not fair to blame retailers who are caught in the same supply situation the whole country is caught in. Blame panic buying.

I do not think what has happened to Calelas has anything to do with retail suppliers or panic buying. I believe the problem is a direct result of management decisions.

 

[Gunpowder]

I suspect this won't be popular but did Cabelas or Sportsmen Warehouse have to sell? I believe in capitalism and don't get me wrong. I was a big fan of both C and SW. Why was BPS able to buy them? Poorly managed or the owners wanted to "take the money and run"?

I don't know about SW, but a hedgefund run by a guy named Paul Singer bought enough shares of Cabelas to leverage the sale, once the sale was complete and the shares go up then they sell out for a cool profit of a few million. He is one evil, evil man who cares nothing of the companies, only exploiting them financially to grow his wealth. Cabelas biggest mistake was going public in the first place. The long time employees will tell you the same thing.

 

[jdyoung]

A while back, I asked on a thread I submitted , " where is gunpowder manufactured". That could now be expanded to include : primers, bullets, cartridges, and anything else required for our shooting/hunting pastime.

Of course, I those products are not high on the list of items to survive COVID19. So, as to any items made outside the USA , getting them in the country, and shipping them to retailers is not as high priority as food and medicine. And once they are in the hands of retailers, safely employing the personnel to stock the stores is tricky. Instead of shooting 3500 rounds a year, cut it by ½ or ¼ . We just have to be patient.

 

[jdyoung]

I don't know about SW, but a hedgefund run by a guy named Paul Singer bought enough shares of Cabelas to leverage the sale, once the sale was complete and the shares go up then they sell out for a cool profit of a few million. He is one evil, evil man who cares nothing of the companies, only exploiting them financially to grow his wealth. Cabelas biggest mistake was going public in the first place. The long time employees will tell you the same thing.

I've been wondering about that. I don't know enough about that aspect of business. I don't believe I can do anything about it.