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Add one more, Williams Shooters Supply.

Add one more, LM Burney (a Texas distro) just announced they are closing after 67 years of business.

Yes, it most likely relates to business practices in one way or another but the market used to be able to sustain these distributors even with the way they ran and now it no longer can. I don’t have access to the inner workings but did hear about rumors of some bad practices but I don’t think that’s the case for all of them. Things have changed a lot and I’m not so sure things like liability (insurance for one) or lack of cooperation with firearms related businesses haven’t had some effect on the industry. It could be blamed on lack of business prowess but I don’t think that accounts for all of it.

Scott B. wrote: ↑Thu Sep 26, 2019 9:21 am I disagree. Unhealthy businesses fail while others grow. It sucks for their employees, but the consumer won't notice a thing (unless you collect S&W revolvers and that's a smaller and smaller group).

Acusport closed also, I forgot that one. Les Horton May have offered a lot of one offs but the others had a wide variety of sporting goods and I’m not certain we can assume all four were unhealthy businesses. If you have insight into each of their financials please share with us. That could be the case but I don’t know.

As an indication of the condition of the firearms industry, three wholesale distributors will be closed by year end. Ellet Brothers, Green Supply and Lee Horton. It’s a very competitive industry with small margins and in the end this is not a good thing for consumers.