Tired of woodchucks wrecking your garden or farm? In Massachusetts, these pesky groundhogs cause significant damage to crops, lawns, and property. Fortunately, you can hunt them year-round with no bag limit, making it a perfect opportunity to protect your land and hone your shooting skills. At Tombstone Trading Company in Ware, MA, we stock the best rifles to tackle woodchucks ethically and effectively. Here’s everything you need to know, plus our top five picks to get you started!
Have you ever thought, “I think I’d like to own a gun, but if my friends found out, they’d disown me”? You’re not alone. Many people we work with have had the same thoughts, worried about what their friends might think if they found out they’re a “gun owner.” In this article, I’m not trying to convince you to buy a gun. I want you to understand that the only person you need to answer to when debating this issue is yourself. You don’t need anyone’s permission to think about the pros (and cons) of owning a firearm.
We recently took the opportunity to shoot a beautiful used Shiloh Sharps rifle that we had in the shop. This rifle is chambered in .45-90 and can also shoot the .45-70 cartridge.
Needless to say, it was quite the experience!
Check out the video.
As anyone in the shooting sports knows, ammo supplies continue to be difficult to come by. Between the massive increase in new gun owners and the continued strain on the supply chain in the United States, ammunition has been scarce.
We have been working very difficult to obtain the ammunition our customers are looking for. This is not always easy and prices are not what they used to be, but we tend to have just about any caliber or gauge ammo you might be looking for.
Give us a call to see if we have what you are looking for.
We have heard from many of you that gun shops have been deemed essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks for reaching out on this, we appreciate the support!
The issue is that the DHS states in their document that individual states are free to use their list as guidance. Massachusetts has stripped the part about guns shops out of the list. We’re working with State Reps to get this issue addressed but we don’t have any news on how long that could take, if it even happens. I just checked the MA list and firearm stores on still not on it. I feel this is an even more clear indication that gun shops are classified as non-essential as Massachusetts is clearly omitting it at this point, from the federal list they based their closures on.
Now what?
At Tombstone Trading Company, we researched available options and came up with a plan on how to address this issue. We have outlined the process we are going to take on our website on our COVID-19 Sales page. If you are looking to find a reputable place to purchase a firearm during this pandemic, please consider reading that page and decide if it is the right choice for you. Tombstone Trading Company has always worked hard for our customers and hope to be able to help you, even though the ways we have to do it are unorthodox at the least.
We are offering an online meeting tonight where you can ask questions about available guns we have and even pre-order something so once we are able to open, you’ll get a priority appointment to come in and get it. You can sign up for that meeting on the COVID-19 Sales page on our website, which is linked above.
Thank you. You really are the best customers we could ask for!
–Jason
We received word this morning, from a State Official that gun shops in Massachusetts are classified as “non-essential” and must close per Governor Baker’s order on shuttering businesses.
Your 2nd Amendment rights are being trampled with this shallow thinking. Protection of one’s life and liberty is indeed essential but apparenly not in the eyes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
We highly encourage you to contact Governor Baker’s office and express your opinion on this matter and let him know how you feel about your rights being stripped from you.
Governor Baker’s Constituent Services Main Office
(617) 725-4005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BROOKFIELD, MA, January 25, 2017
Tombstone Trading Company, Inc. is excited to announce the expansion of their 1 Main Street location in Brookfield, Massachusetts.
Long known as one of the premier gun shops in Massachusetts, the goal of the expansion is to increase not only the size of the retail sales floor but also to expand into additional product lines and services.
“When I came on-board with the company in August of 2016, one of my main responsibility was to grow the business. This expansion is not only a result of those efforts but also allows us to continue to head in a direction that provides our customers with a wide selection of both new and used firearms as well as a significant expansion of our accessory lines.” said Jason Turcotte, Shop Manager.
David Bourdeau, President of Tombstone Trading Company said “It has been an exciting time in our business over the last 12 months and we want to continue to position ourselves as one of the largest and friendliest gun shops in Massachusetts. This physical expansion is just one of our plans for 2017. Just wait until you see what’s coming!”
Remodeling will take 2-3 weeks and the business will be open during the majority of it. “We will be closed the week of January 29th, but that’s a week we would be closed anyways as we have back-to-back guns shows. When we have those back-to-back shows, we typically close for the week in-between. This gives us a great opportunity to get a lot of the noisy part of the remodel done while we’re closed.” Turcotte said.
About Tombstone Trading Company, Inc.
Tombstone Trading Company is located in the small central Massachusetts town of Brookfield. Located are just seven miles north of Exit 9 off the Mass Pike and Sturbridge, MA. Located right on Route 9, we are easy to get to from any part of the state.
Founded by David Bourdeau as a firearms training company in 1994, Tombstone Trading Company became a full line gun shop in 2002. Since then the business has established itself as the premier gun shop in Central Massachusetts. Carrying a wide selection of firearms from new and used handguns, shotguns and rifles to hard to find collectibles and militaria.
Tombstone Trading Company is a Class 3 firearms dealer, which means we can sell everything from blackpower firearms all the way up to fully-automatic machine guns.
Recently, we took the Cobray M11/Nine 9mm sub-machinegun out to the range and put it through it’s paces.
This Cobray M11 is capable of shooting up to 1200 rounds per minute, and as you can see in the video, it doesn’t take long to empty a 32 round magazine! https://www.youtube.com/embed/ikFmsegr9ek?rel=0
Tombstone Trading Company is a Class 3 firearms dealer, which means we can sell everything from blackpower firearms all the way up to fully-automatic machine guns.
Recently, we took the Cobray M11/Nine 9mm sub-machinegun out to the range and put it through it’s paces.
This Cobray M11 is capable of shooting up to 1200 rounds per minute, and as you can see in the video, it doesn’t take long to empty a 32 round magazine!
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