Texas Guns

I used this gun shop as an FFL two times. On the second purchase they never sent the FFL info to the shop I was purchasing from. The customer service is ok at best, and they are very overpriced. Their classes nearly double others in the area, their gun and ammo are over-​rpiced as well as their gun range. On another note they have a policy that you must hand them your gun with the breach open and let them hold your magazine while in the store. Sorry, but as a concealed carrier I don’t appreciate that kind of treatment especially from a gun shop.

Went in there for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I stood around looking and making eye contact with a sales person here and there about 15 minutes before anyone decided to ask if I needed assistance. They had plenty of time to talk about getting pizza, and hey, everyone needs to eat lunch, so no problem there. What bothered me was that one of the guys said more than once «let’s make sure we take care of this customer», and still no one offered me any assistance at all, even though there were probably 5 employees working, and only one of them was helping another person. When someone finally did ask if I needed any help, I inquired about a particular firearm and was told they didn’t have it. I politely inquired about when they might get some in and was pretty much dismissed. Don’t know means don’t know, and I understand that sort of thing happens. My problem is the way that it was done.
In addition, they have a sign on their door requiring all guns brought in to be unloaded and shown to the people that work there so that they can verify that they are unloaded. Yet, they teach CHL classes on premises! I’m not buying from any gun store that does not allow person with a CHL to carry in their store. From the comments of others here, it seems that they are not shy about foisting their political opinions on gun rights. Well, perhaps they ought to recognize them as well.

Our first experience at this establishment… see the lonely one star above. I had passed this place a few times on my way to the 410 but never had the opportunity to stop in. On this day we decided to go in on our way home from a way too over crowded gun show. My girlfriend was actively looking for a sub compact hand gun. I went in needing to use a restroom badly. I’m not sure whom the idiot behind the counter was but he chose to look at me like I was a complete annoyance and decided to let a potential customer wander the store doing a pee pee dance. Aside from this rude son of a bitch the OUTRAGEOUS prices drove us all to the Academy up the street where we chose to spend our money. What kind of schmuck would let a $ 500 sale walk out the door for A) not letting me take a leak and B) displaying horrible customer service. Do yourself a favor… go to Gun Shack, Academy or Bass Pro before helping this crap hole stay in business.

This the most expensive $ 75.00 gun range in the state, I was told my factor amno cause cancer and I could shoot with there amno at $ 45.00 a box. Go to Bandera gun Ranger $ 10 !!!##

I was last in here a little over a year ago, but decided to give this place another chance. They do have a good selection and usually have what I am looking for. They had the pistol I was in search of… but about 200 bucks higher than everywhere else. His whole inventory (new and used) is still outrageously overpriced. If you buy anything at this establishment… I 100% guarantee that you’ll pay too much. Maybe that should be his slogan… ha!

I didn’t have the poor customer service as others have mentioned but they are spot on with their pricing. This place has a huge inventory of ammo and guns, and there was a time when they were the only place in town that had anything. One look at their prices and it’s not hard to find out why. I can understand an inflated price if you’re the only one in town with anything but now you aren’t. They still have the same crazy prices as when Obama was first elected. Either way, the prices are only unreasonable if people aren’t willing to pay them. And if people don’t pay them they will either lower their prices or go out of business, neither have happened so they must be doing something right. I personally will never go here to buy anything due to the prices alone. I’ve only been here once and left soon after when I saw the prices. Long story short, people need to k ow what they are getting in to. The prices here are very high, do yourself a favor and shop around.

0 stars. I can’t believe in a capitalist competitive economy that a place this rude and shamelessly overpriced could stay afloat! Don’t waste your time/​gas here! Some day America will go back to good customer service, probably because of online reviews. Sock it to em’!

I attended a CHL class at Texas Guns and I had a lot of fun (It wasn’t boring and I can’t imagine a 10 hour class) I learned alot from the instructor– T lee Powers. Mr. Powers is a retired PO and he really made the class entertaining and informative. I recently relocated to SA and he gave me some good insights about the city.
The test portion of the class was really easy to me. There were only 25 questions, they said the test questions used to be longer and the class was 10 hours? Now it is scheduled for 6 hours. The class was very large so we shot in 2 groups. The shooting range was very nice.
The negative would be the price of ammo that you have to buy from them. Where i moved from, it was the same scenario that you had to buy their ammo but they didn’t gauge you because of that. I understand the lead thing and whatever other reason for the price, but they are collecting the shells and reusing them, thus making even more money. I guess you can keep your empty shells, I just didn’t care to keep them since I won’t shoot at their range.
I heard one of the students complain about the range prices, so I didn’t bother checking their prices since I felt the price of their bullets set the precedence. I did hear someone else chime in that they have a membership plan that makes it better to shoot. She said they have discounts on things in the store with the membership.
For a CHL, I would recommend this place. I like the atmosphere and both instructors (I don’t remember the range instructor’s name) were very competent.

This place is a joke I had a rail ordered cost me $ 64 … Now they say that on the receipt it was in a special order and they said they on the receipt customer did not pick up well hello how do I know that supposed to say that on the receipt not just lost that money I had a layaway put $ 600 I forgot about it because I went out of the country for 2 months come back try to pay for it they say sorry yo let White void after 90 days I told him nobody called me usually people come and pick it out we don’t have to call this place is a joke I would never come here that’s a guarantee

The worst customer service I have ever had at a gun shop. I ordered a custom rifle through them because I rather shop local than on the Internet. I gave them all the details of the rifle I wanted. Twice they got in the wrong rifle from their distributor. I can forgive the first time. But they get the 2^nd rifle in and they again didn’t even check to see if it was the right one. Before calling me and having me come in to pick it up. Finally the third time they got it right. After I purchased the rifle I found out from the rifle manufactures Facebook page their was a rebate for a free aim point with the rifle. When I contacted them, they were unwilling to process the paperwork. I guess since they already had my money they didn’t care to help me anymore. I will never return to this shop again.

Great selection, as others have stated, but awful pricing. It’s a shame because the owner seems to be a decent guy but must have his head in the sand if he thinks people will continue to give him business with his prices being so far out of line. Tried to sell me a M&P Shield .40 for $ 520 when you can buy them at Academy for $ 399.

The Good: Great selection of hardware, holsters, range bags and maintenance equipment. It’s a small store packed with good things. Several times that I have visited there, they have had some decent finds, like a used PSL (Dragunov clone) and Daewoo K5, not always the easiest to find. So kudos on the selection.
The Bad: Those wonderful finds are expensive as in «like new» prices or higher. This goes for anything on, in, or under those shelves and cases. They had several boxes of Mosins for 219 bucks, you could easily find one of these for 175 or less if you look hard enough. After receiving my CHL course I needed a good compact pistol, picked up a decent one for 25% mark up from other places, I should have waited but I had money and needed one. I can’t fault them for wanting a sale. So be careful with the prices, know what you want, get a feel for prices everywhere else before you step through the door and pay money. I say this because as you walk through the door there literally is a sign that tells you to keep off your phone and not internet browse while going through their inventory. While I consider that generally rude, a customer should be allowed to use their phone whenever they wish to compare prices, it is a free country after all.
The Ugly: I can get over high prices. What I can’t get over is the staff. I would expect in any gun store to have a decent knowledge of firearms and their accessories. If I have to repeatedly correct you on firearms, I will not buy from you unless I know what I want and I just need you to ring the register. Apparently here, they expect the product to sell itself. Not to say that it doesn’t or can’t, but you can’t talk to a customer and expect sales when you know little about the product. Why isn’t this in the «Bad» section of the review? Well, the reason I have is because of my girlfriend a girl that knows near to nothing about guns other than my love of them. She wanted to get me a nice gift for my birthday and knew I needed ammo. She chose this store because it’s the only one she knows nearby. The clerk overloaded her head with random jargon, gun facts, and gun grabber politics then gave her two boxes of completely different ammo at a price that was 150% over what other stores normally charge. It is one thing when I spend my money frivolously because I want something. It becomes a completely different story when you take advantage of a customer who knows little about a product and happily charge them.
In summation: Great selection, but do your homework on what you want before you go. Do not send new to gun friends here unless you go with them. The indoor range is good for crap weather but again it will cost you.

Went to buy my first firearm last week here and I tell the man attending me that I wanted to buy my first gun. I had seen an AR pistol I liked online, he had it in stock so I purchased it for about $ 2100 after tax with ammo and a red dot, little did I know you couldn’t shoulder fire as it was not meant for that. I had shoulder rested it while looking at it and the salesman didn’t even tell me about it I even took it out to their range and shot it from my shoulder. I never knew it was illegal, even the employee from the range shot it from the shoulder. I went to a shooting range close to my house and they showed me the atf email that it was a felony to shoulder fire I felt so stupid spending $ 2100 then I find out it was $ 200 over the MSRP. NEVER AGAIN will I go here

I just wanna say these men know there stuff. I was helped br lee and even thou I had a small budget he made me feel like the whole store was mine. The man had an answer for every question. I that prices were high but once he explained the lifetime warranty. I was hooked. Lee was the man who helped the most but I did not find one person who couldn’t help. Hands down the have my business for life. Please keep the great work guys. They even have my tips on how to make money on guns. The range is next door and the range master is hands down the best. If your a novice he will turn you pro in a matter of days. Thank YOU ALL for my firearm and know I will. Tell anyone who will listen about you. Thanks again lee

ask yourself, is my hard earned money worth what these people are selling? Their guns, ammunition, and range fee are EXTREME compared to other ranges such as:
–A Place to Shoot
–Bullethole
–Academy
–ANY other firearms reseller

As I moved to the area I just saw the store when I was heading somewhere else. As I needed some more ammo, I checked them out. They had what I needed and they were very friendly. I am not sure what problems others had, but as I said I just bought some ammo.
On the other hand, I read that some people had problems with there Castle Nuts, first of the real name of them is Castellated Nuts, but I believe that the writer didn’t know this himself. Besides in what gun application do you use these nuts anyway? Never saw them on any machine gun, assault rife or handgun.
So overall from what I saw, they are fine with what they have. The price for ammo went up everywhere, and I didn’t check there guns as I already have what I need.

I’ll be honest. I haven’t shot here. I actually refuse to based on their pricing scheme alone. It’s the principle of it. There is no excuse to charge $ 75 for FFL transfers, force customers to buy their ridiculously marked-​up ammo to shoot in the range, along with all the other outright gouging indicated in other reviews.
It’s sad that, for now, this is the only indoor pistol range in town. The unrepentant gouging is egregious and shameful and I encourage the gun community in San Antonio to not support a business owner who would do that to us.

Very high tech and awesome indoor range

I wanted to leave a review on the Texas Thunder Shooting Range that is next door to Texas Guns; however, they are not listed on Unilocal.From my understanding they are owned by the same person, Jerry McCall.
My husband and I visited this shooting range last Monday for my bday celebration. Jerry made our visit very enjoyable! I didn’t feel very comfortable in the beginning since I haven’t shot a pistol in over 15 years. He eased my anxiety and really made the «training» fun.
The ranges are clean, well organized, and of course puts safety first! The staff are extremely friendly and helpful.
Thank you Jerry for making my bday memorable:-)
Texas Guns had a huge amount of guns in stock and offer the concealed carrying license which I signed up for in February. I’m looking forward to it!

I first started coming to Texas Guns about two and a half years ago, maybe closer to three years. I took my concealed carry class here. The CLASS was well attended and the instruction (Gerry McCall) was excellent.
I certainly agree with other reviews that point out that the prices are high. However, I did buy one of my pistols here and I’m glad I did. I had a problem with it and because of their warranty, I got the problem fixed with NO hassle. NONE.
There has been some turn over in the past year or so in the staff and I think the new folks provide better service than those who were here a few years back.
I know for sure they have a new gunsmith (Jaimie) and he is competent and friendly.
And, I can’t say enough about the outstanding range-​masters, Grant and Samantha. They both know their stuff and are extremely friendly. Both will offer shooting TIPS if the range is very slow.
I, too, wish that Texas Guns would bring down their prices but that’s a business choice.
The «rules» in the range are a bit annoying as Jerry won’t allow any ammunition other than that purchased at Texas Guns. Plus, the ammunition must be «low /​no lead» and environmentally friendly. Yet, another business decision that makes it harder to use the range frequently.
The range is usually VERY slow and this is a good thing if you want to get in and shoot without any hassle. I can’t see how it’s good for business, but that’s Jerry’s choice and his shop, his rules.