AND I GOT ONE! I was visiting my local range a few weeks back - my favorite place to be, and I overheard some of the employees talking about a new building they're moving in to. I asked one of them what was up and they said they were moving across the street in to a much larger facility. So, only half serious, I asked if they needed more help and the manager said YES. I filled out an application and 2 interviews later I was made an offer and I accepted it. I start in one week! I am so stoked. The manager and owner said there are more opportunities as well as full time available in the future. This couldn't have worked out better.
Was looking for a P/T job....
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Derbel McDillet
Moderator
At a shooting range? That sounds like it could be a lot of fun. I'm sincerely happy for you (but jealous too)! 
Good luck!!!
Good luck!!!
g.willikers
New member
Do you get a brand new broom? 
Do you get a brand new broom?
Hey... Pushing a broom at a gun shop sure beats cooking breakfast for a bunch of ungrateful jerks any day!
SPEMack618
New member
Congratulations!
A bad day at work at a gunshop seems better than a good day of work at my cubicle farm. (Tom Servo might disagree with me on that)
Coming from the customer service industry, I'd like to proffer a small piece of advice.
Be courteous with everyone and listen more than you talk, and you'll do fine.
A bad day at work at a gunshop seems better than a good day of work at my cubicle farm. (Tom Servo might disagree with me on that)
Coming from the customer service industry, I'd like to proffer a small piece of advice.
Be courteous with everyone and listen more than you talk, and you'll do fine.
Absolutely. As a customer, I drove an extra 20 miles past two other shops that were much closer just because this shop is so customer (and female) oriented. It is a top notch place. I treat everyone the way I'd want to be treated.
g.willikers
New member
I used to help, as a volunteer, at a club gun range.
The best job was sweeping up the indoor range.
And cleaning up the outdoor range.
All that free brass - a perk of that particular job.
The best job was sweeping up the indoor range.
And cleaning up the outdoor range.
All that free brass - a perk of that particular job.
Now you're sounding like my mom.
Being polite to everyone is a good way to live, just don't expect everyone to return the favor, and if they don't think of it as THEIR problem and just move on.
Good luck..
P.S. If you don't mind revealing it, what city is the gun range located?
Don't be that guy!....
All the best on the new gig, but...
I'd read over some of the web forum posts about gun shops/gun sales clerks, customers etc.
I wouldn't be "that guy"
who gun owners, hunters or armed citizens get upset with or annoyed by.
Don't be a "smuggy buggy" or "gun snob"(which I could quickly become
).
Do not be the sales clerk or mgr who sells a 12ga pump to a 87 year old woman looking for a home defense gun just to make $$$(a true event I was aware of a few years ago).
Be polite, helpful & professional.
Be open & stay current on the shooting sports industry. You don't need to be a bullet-head but stay up on the latest trends, what sells and what works.
All the best on the new gig, but...
I'd read over some of the web forum posts about gun shops/gun sales clerks, customers etc.
I wouldn't be "that guy"
who gun owners, hunters or armed citizens get upset with or annoyed by.Don't be a "smuggy buggy" or "gun snob"(which I could quickly become
).Do not be the sales clerk or mgr who sells a 12ga pump to a 87 year old woman looking for a home defense gun just to make $$$(a true event I was aware of a few years ago).
Be polite, helpful & professional.
Be open & stay current on the shooting sports industry. You don't need to be a bullet-head but stay up on the latest trends, what sells and what works.
Spats McGee
Administrator
Congratulations!
UPDATE: last night was my first shift. Started off with an orientation and all the usual new hire paperwork. Then we went across the street to the new location which isn't quite finished yet. It is HUGE and absolutely beautiful. Enormous retail space, 3 ranges and classrooms. So I really just did grunt work and will be for a few more weeks until that bad boy is ready to open. Can't wait to actually start selling and helping people.
Thank you. I never thought of that.
Plus 1 for TS....
I agree 100% with Tom Servo's remarks.
Id have "work clothes" or clothing items(including socks/shoes) that you wear or use just at work(gun range/shop).
You might consider using a public laundromat to wash/dry those uniforms-clothing also, so it doesn't contaminate or mix in with your other clothes/family clothes.
Wash your hands often too. It's not just a food service issue anymore. Germs & other icky stuff can be on delivery boxes, hands, counters, door knobs, etc.
My good friend's dad(a USAF veteran & retired dentist who owns many firearms) uses Lava soap by his reloading bench/shop.
I like the big bar of Duke Cannon's, www.Duluthtrading.com or maybe some orange scented Fast Orange.
If I owned or ran a rental gun range/public range, Id only allow customers to use reduced lead or lead free handgun ammunition like WinClean.
Reloads or hand loaded rounds would be nixed. I'm not sure what Id do with larger calibers like .454 Casull or .50AE(which I have seen shot by target shooters at places like Gander Mountain Academy).
Years ago, author & legal expert on lethal force; Massad Ayoob wrote a gun press item about how a 34 year old police firearms instructor & range officer died of lung cancer.
The sworn LE instructor was a non-smoker too.
Clyde
I agree 100% with Tom Servo's remarks.
Id have "work clothes" or clothing items(including socks/shoes) that you wear or use just at work(gun range/shop).
You might consider using a public laundromat to wash/dry those uniforms-clothing also, so it doesn't contaminate or mix in with your other clothes/family clothes.
Wash your hands often too. It's not just a food service issue anymore. Germs & other icky stuff can be on delivery boxes, hands, counters, door knobs, etc.
My good friend's dad(a USAF veteran & retired dentist who owns many firearms) uses Lava soap by his reloading bench/shop.
I like the big bar of Duke Cannon's, www.Duluthtrading.com or maybe some orange scented Fast Orange.
If I owned or ran a rental gun range/public range, Id only allow customers to use reduced lead or lead free handgun ammunition like WinClean.
Reloads or hand loaded rounds would be nixed. I'm not sure what Id do with larger calibers like .454 Casull or .50AE(which I have seen shot by target shooters at places like Gander Mountain Academy).
Years ago, author & legal expert on lethal force; Massad Ayoob wrote a gun press item about how a 34 year old police firearms instructor & range officer died of lung cancer.
The sworn LE instructor was a non-smoker too.
Clyde
Cool. You're in on the ground floor of the new facility. That will pay dividends when they open and you know where everything is because of all the time you are spending there now while they're putting it together.
Being there on opening day means no one will have worked there longer than you.
Being there on opening day means no one will have worked there longer than you.