Steve's Guns specializes in the buying and selling of hard-to-find, unique and antique firearms. This store also features fishing antiques, military memorabilia, knives, gold and antiques. The store is clean and well organized, and the staff is friendly and helpful. All sales of used products are negotiable.
Tucked far from the hustle and bustle of Wallingford's main roads is the Blue Trail Rifle Range and Gun Store.
The facility includes a 25-yard pistol range, 50- and 100-yard rifle ranges, a public shotgun field and a 200-yard range for air guns and BB guns.
Blue Trail Range also offers classes such as the NRA Handgun Safety Certification Class, leagues and clubs such as the Ladies Pistol Club and Junior Rifle Club (ages 9 to 19) and various match opportunities.
The gun store sells new and used guns, ammo, earplugs, safety glasses, targets and cleaning supplies.
A discount is available for members of the military. Patrons are welcome to bring their own food, and a snack bar is open on the weekends.
Contact the range or visit the website for details on classes, forms and range rules and regulations.
Southbury Trading Post and Country Jewelers is a gun dealer and jewelery pawn shop. The owner, Thomas Pietrini, has been successfully running this no-cash business for nearly 30 years. He has a large inventory of guns and other hunting gear to choose from and will pay for unwanted gold jewelry. Interested customers can join the NRA on location. Southbury Trading Post is conveniently located at a rear storefront of Playouse Corner just off of exit 15 on I84, right in the heart of town.
Ramapoo Gun Club is a rifle and revolver club that is open to the public for a variety of services and safe shooting practices. Although membership is not required, there are numerous activities throughout the year for members. The club holds a monthly pistol carry permit class, and has a junior club for ages 10-19. For those with a competitive edge, there are formal competition and action shooting sessions. All of the instructors and rangers are NRA-certified. Check their Web site for more info.
Connecticut Fire Arms & Tactical is a small grass roots not-for-profit outfit that began by increasingly routine private sales and gun exchanges that turned into a business serving to equip Military, Law Enforcement and public enthusiasts, who maintain a loyal following with the store like so many small businesses in the city of Orange, with guns and ammo at great prices. The store offers the typical personalized customer service of a small businesses in Orange and involves itself with other gun related events around the area and donates to national charities and regularly sells guns and other equipment oversees.
