So Cal Gun

I bought my first pistol here back in the 1990’s great selection friends service. They do consignments and out me on a list in case they get the pistol I am looking for. Good Price good people

My first gun, the staff was helpful. The didn’t make me feel like a fool or take advantage of my lack of knowledge, that was my biggest fear.

Ok store, the guys are clueless and extremely rude, asked what type of scope was on the rifle sitting on the counter and the guy straight up says «i dont know, they send the gun with it» and thats all he said, i was in amazed how helpful he was and then didnt even attempt to figure it out, i was going to buy a gun from them too after i sold mine but they wont ever see me or anyone i know again.

I hadn’t been here in years but it is only about a mile from my office so I figured I go in and just wander around a bit. I was more than glad I did. Their stock is fairly extensive and what they don’t have they can get. I had a shotgun sent in from out of state and had it sent here. The process was very easy and while I was DROSing that I picked up a little Smith and Wesson pocket pistol that I had my eye on for sometime. The guys were great and extrenely knowledgeable. The pistol shoots like a dream. Great gun store

Thank you for your help with our consignment.
Great price with a safe and thorough process.

I went here an spent a good amount of money. I parked in their spots and went to another shop in the same plaza. They came and told me I had to move. That is pretty ridiculous seeing that I was only in their spot an extra 10 min. I will not spend my money there ever again.

I want to start with a facts about myself that are relevant to my experience purchasing a firearm. First off I’m not in the military nor do I work in law enforcement. And second, I am handicapped, a bit overweight, and walk with a slight limp after an accident some years ago. After driving to every corner of the county this past week to visit the top four or five gun stores in the area I have come to the conclusion these thing make me some how less valuable as a customer. Rude was the common theme at most of the local shops including the store at which I purchased my last gun, a 40 cal Sig SP2022 that was offered on a weekly sale ad that store puts out regularly.
I was pleasantly surprised when my wife came to me asking to learn to shoot. Until now she’s been frightened of guns and didn’t even wish to have access to the safe. I didn’t have anything low caliber enough for her start off with plus I wanted to keep it as easy to use as possible; the search for a used but high quality .38 revolver began. I started with the shop I had purchased my Sig but getting attention through the maze of people was difficult. I left without ever seeing the few pieces of interest past gazing at them through the case. I went to another well known shop which also had what I looking for but insisted on showing me a bunch of 357’s instead. They went as far as making fun of my search for a revolver that fires 38 caliber only saying it’s a gun for girls. Coincidentally my wife who the gun is for falls into that category so technically they were correct. Still I’m not inclined to but things from people how make fun of me so I left without making a purchase there as well. This cycle seemed to repeat itself at a few more places to the point where I nearly gave up.
I might look like I don’t know a damn thing about guns but looks are deceiving. I was fully aware a .357 can fire the smaller caliber that I specifically wanted. I was also aware of the pain in the arse of constantly cleaning carbon rings and that particular caliber can kick pretty damn hard. I wanted a .38 revolver for my wife to learn how to shoot on and eventually call her own, plain and simple. I had no desire to buy another 357 because I don’t need two and a 38 is more than enough to do the job. I never imagined giving a local business 600 or 700 bucks of my money was going to be so difficult. Feeling defeated I went back to Unilocal trying to find different options and thankfully I finally found Southern California Gun.
As soon as I walked in I was greeted by Justin who immediately asked if he could help me find anything. I told him what I was looking for and why and he showed me everything the store had to offer meeting my criteria in both new and used. Being far over read on the topic I had a few questions but he answered every one of them. I found the perfect piece for a very reasonable price and it also happened to be a fairly rare firearm. The exact ones I found online were all being sold for about 100 bucks more than I paid. Just today I while still waiting the 10 days before I can pick it up I called with a question and they took the time to get my answer and were super nice about it. The selection they have is very nice, a wide variety of handguns, rifles, ammo, and such. Plus you get the bonus of not being treated like you’re invisible if you’re just a regular guy like I happen to be. I’d driven by here a thousand times and never noticed it but after such a positive experience there with this purchase it’s the only place I’ll be going to from now on. Highly recommended.

Went to do a private party transaction (PPT) and was pretty much denied. The grumpy guy at the cash register said he didn’t have the people to do it right now, we could either wait around for awhile (whatever that means) or come back on Saturday.
So we went over to the American Shooting Center and completed the transaction in about 15 minutes. Kudos to American Shooting Center.
It’s doubtful I will return to SoCal Gun anytime in my lifetime.

This is the place to go if you want to trade or sell your gun. The dude with the plugs and tattoos was cool. Talk to him if you want some knowledge on weapons.

Went Here for the first time today looking for a handgun I seen on their used handgun page on the Internet. For those who care It was the Kel Tec P32 32ACP. I wasn’t greeted at all when I first arrive and when someone did speak to me it was fairly quickly and rude. The store wasn’t busy at all, Had about 3 other people besides me. Just my overall Experience was very uncomfortable. They missed out on a handgun sell, went to turners right down the street and purchased another gun I was looking for at a good price. By the way a lot of their guns are fairly more expensive then most places.

I’ve stopped in here a few times to check out what they had in stock. Most recently, I was in the market for a .22LR rifle so I popped in. It was the first time I was really in the market for something here. I was greeted fairly quickly and asked if I had questions. I asked to see a few of the rifles and they pretty much handed me the rifle and stood there and looked at me. Didn’t really offer anything more than that. Most places will try to find out what I’m looking for, purposes of the purchase, etc. No real dialogue took place.
It did happen that they had a rifle I wanted in stock and it was out at the Turner’s down the street (but in stock at another). Since I was lazy to drive to another part of town, I asked if they would price match it down and they found the Turner’s price to be too low and would not. I’m not knocking them for this as Turner’s has more buying power, but just thought I’d throw that in here.
Overall, the experience was just OK. I most likely will not be coming back to use them for my firearm purchases.

This place is great. I came in and was greeted right away. It was my first time purchasing a gun. The salesman was super helpful with showing me the difference between guns and letting me hold them. It was an easy process to register for one and go through the safety demo.
Experience: (⁵⁄₅) Amazingly easy, without the pressure to buy an expensive guy or anything else that I didn’t need.
Price: (⁵⁄₅) I bought a middle of the road handgun 1911, which wasn’t a cheap gun, but wasn’t forced into buying a super high prices gun either. Very fair.
People: (⁵⁄₅) Even other sales guys not helping me were chatty and nice. Made me feel welcomed, this is a huge win for a first time/​potential repeat customers
Overall: (⁵⁄₅) Everyone in the store was very nice and very helpful. I will be coming back again and again to get all of my gun needs!
I highly recommend this store for first time gun buyers!

I recently purchased a Glock 19 9 mm from here and I couldn’t have been happier with the process and the time I was given to help me choose the perfect gun for range shooting and home protection. Being a woman who is an experienced shooter, it’s nice to find a place that doesn’t treat you like you don’t know anything and talk down to you.
Jamie helped me with the process of taking the written test (it was my first gun purchase in the state of California) and going through the registration process. I don’t have as much experience with pistols, I’ve always dealt with rifles and shotguns for hunting so I had plenty of questions regarding the care for handguns and what not. He was extremely informative and very patient with showing me how to dissemble the gun and made sure it was the right one for me. He let me hold multiple guns until I picked up the Glock and said «This one feels good!»
Definitely will be making all of my ammunition and future firearm purchases through these guys!

Very nice, helpful, and informative staff! :) Shopping for my guy’s valentines day present and the people there were very helpful and knew the ammo that I was looking for just by my choppy description of what I wanted.
They also have a resident dog-​reminded me of the one I had growing up. :)
And their store was organized, the layout was very user friendly

Bought merchandise here, todd was very very helpful and so was jamie. Awesome team working here. They also have the cheapest prices ive seen on some guns. Given, other places price match i dont want to wait twice the amount of time for the same gun. They also have DOGS!!! Even better!!! So friendly, i mean how could you not love this place. Im a huge dog person not talking about those little annoying barking machines but med-​large sized dogs. U know, the ones who guard your life with theirs. Anywho enough of my rant, go here you wont regret it.

Let’s face it, this is a toy store for real men.
With that said, the toys… they got ‘em. They have tons of your/​my favorites. 1911s from Springfield Armory, Kimber, Sig, Nighthawk Customs (GRP Recon with light=drool) and tons of other pistol options. Don’t worry, if you’re a «Dirty Harry» kind of guy and want revolvers, they have those too.
Rifles? They have those too. M1As, AR-​15s, various 22s, and shotguns. They got ‘em. They even had a Springfield, Iwo Jima commemorative M1 Garand in all its glory chilling there for somewhere around $ 3K. It was awesome.
The service here is pretty cool. Let’s face it, when you can go to a place and talk guns without someone giving you a dirty look, you’re feeling pretty good. The people here are my kind of people.
They have a pretty decent selection of accessories and ammunition, it’s not the largest I’ve ever seen but it will suffice. Magazines, ergos, bore brushes, mops and cleaning solutions, you’re pretty much covered… unless you have a SCAR 17, nothing for those.
Anyway, these guys are good to go in my book. I used to have a location pretty close to me but they closed up shop and this is the only So. Cal gun in town. It’s okay though, because I can dig it. They get my seal of approval.

These guys are great. I was a complete novice and had no idea what to get. I’ve shot many guns before, however I wasn’t sure what «fun gun» I wanted. After a long discussion and going over my options with Steve, I settled on a Springfield Armory 1911a1 loaded. Steve was knowledgeable and even showed me a Rock Island 1911 which was half that price for comparison. He was honest and up front which I greatly appreciate. If you guys need advice, and want good sales people to help you out, check these guys out!

This place is one of the best place to get guns. They have a huge selection of guns and friendly service. Always friendly and answers any question i might have. I have bought several of my firearms from there.
They have good selection on new and used guns but only reason why they do not get 5 stars is because they jacked up the price on ammo. During the recent months, many places have reduced their ammo prices close to where they were before the whole mass shooting but so cal guns still have high prices on ammo and magazines.
So if they didnt take advantage of this ammo crisis which should have died down by now, they would get 5 stars. And also it would be alittle better if they stocked up on more parts and accessories.

Socal Gun is a top notch gun shop! They have new and used guns and rifles. Plenty of gun cases, safes available, and ammo! I have always been greeted and acknowledged upon entry! I can always find the ammo I need (that’s on the down low).
Pros’s:
Great customer service
Plenty of parking
Clean store
Well organized, not cluttered
Good prices
Great selection
Con’s:
none

After visiting two previous gun stores without satisfaction, I had remembered this gun store was located in a strip mall nearby the other gun store i was leaving. The gun store is kind of tucked away in a strip mall and is easy to overlook.
The parking lot is busy, but it was easy enough to find a spot. From the outward appearance, the shop is low key and small. Once you enter the shop, there is no mistaking where you are. It’s a gun store. Guns, guns and more guns. They have anything and everything you could want to see, hold or purchase here. I would say what they have on display easly exceeds the amount of guns I saw at the two previous shops combined and multiplied 3x over. An amazing selection of guns.
Opposing the wall of guns and display cases of pistols, they have a lot of mounted game on the wall. Trophy size mounts. Very impressive. Even if you aren’t in the market to buy a gun, you should visit to see the mounts on display.
Now comes the hurdle that prevented me from purchasing from the previous shops. I stood at the counter for a brief moment and a man asked me if I wanted help. I asked him to forgive my gun ignorance and asked him to help guide me to a proper hand gun. After determining the budget and needs of the firearm. He showed me a few options and went into detail about the different models and what was the pro/​con of each versus my current handgun. When I asked what the difference between a $$$ gun and a $$$$ gun of the same caliber, we was happy to show me the difference in feel and features. At no point did I feel intimidated or disrespected. They were very helpful, patient and informative.
I decided on a model of gun and made a commitment to purchase. I was unable to locate my handgun saftey card, so I had to retake the test. No problen. They were able to do that as well. Great level of service. So good, that my friend who went with ended up buying the same gun as me. I go back on the 1^st to pickup the new hardware and expect it to go smoothly.
I highly recommend So Cal Gun to anyone in the market for a handgun, rifle or shotgun. Visit you local shop, but dont’ buy anything before you visit here.
Thank you So Cal Gun for the positive experience.