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    Howell's Indoor Range & Gunshop

    Howell's Indoor Range & Gunshop

    4.4
    (25 reviews)
    41.5 mi
    $$

    The range itself is fantastic. Unfortunately, the staff tend to overstep, and often appear less…read moreexperienced with firearms than the people paying to shoot. Customer service also leaves much to be desired. When I politely asked about a military discount--something many businesses choose to honor--the response I received was, 'this isn't Applebee's.' As a Purple Heart recipient, I found that dismissive and unprofessional. There are much better ways to address veterans than with sarcasm. Also for the majority of their firearm prices it's about 100-250 dollar markup from the majority of other shops in Maine.

    Outstanding. Like, seriously, you can tell the people that work here are passionate about guns, and…read moresafety and all around education about guns. I did come with my cousin, who owns a few guns. So as far as renting guns from Howell's, I don't know. I do know you can. But cost, and paperwork, I don't know. Now, for my experience. First we gave our drivers license, and we had to sign a document which we scanned the QR code and initialed the appropriate areas. Then we watched a short video on gun safety. You do need to wear protective eye wear and earplugs and ear head ware too. My little ear plugs kept falling out. I have small ears. So I wore the head ear ware. We were given a lanyard that said range 2 lane 7. We went in our room and found our lane. We were the only ones there. We did rent the lane for 1 hour. You can choose whatever time you need. Between me and my cousin, an hour was plenty of time. A little about me. I'm scared of guns. I don't have arm muscles. I'm like nervous about the kick back, I mean, all the things. I did once shoot a riffle with L.L. Bean years ago. So I know a little, but not enough, and still scared. This isn't pop pop like you see on tv, this is a full blown bang bang. Bob! Oh my word. That man, you know he's passionate. He had so much patience with me, and gave such great instructions. No complicated words and gun lingo. He was just an outstanding human being. He watched me so carefully, he gave instructions on how to hold the gun. My thumbs needed to be like stacked side by side. And he would watch me shoot, then he said, okay, looks like your grip is good, but try twisting your left wrist upward a little, and I would do it, and sure enough, I shot better. I was getting a lot of kick back and my little girly arm muscles just started to fatigue, so he said, try leaning in a little with your whole upper body. I mean, everything he said just made me better and better. He was so kind in his directions, I felt so comfortable and more relaxed as I was learning and learning more. And as I changed my grip, or my stance, and making sure I lined up the 3 dots, and keep everything level, and breathe, and squeeze the trigger. I was getting better with practice and not feeling so nervous. And really, Bob just made me feel more relaxed. I had my cousin to guide me as well, and Bob, so I felt like I had a great support team during my hour. My cousin, dang, he was good. But he's been shooting guns his whole life. Highly, really, highly recommend this place for anyone who wants to try it out. Practice, but most of all learn and respect guns. Price wise. 2 people, an hour, box of bullets and 2 targets, and 2 earplugs. Like $80.00 we had our own guns, but you can rent theirs. I basically got a personal instructor, and that's priceless. Thank you all for giving me a whole new respect and education for guns. I appreciate you ALL!

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    China Lake Coins

    China Lake Coins

    1.3
    (3 reviews)
    0.3 mi

    VERDICT: AVOID, unless you're looking for gruff men, sarcastic "service", and overpriced coins.read more

    I'm not sure where to start.. Ill just present the situation and let the reader decide…read more About a week ago I walked into this store in an effort to come across a capsule for a coin that I had just received as a gift. The coin that I had received came in a capsule (mint condition), however I was looking for one that was just a bit tighter so the coin didn't rattle in the capsule. After walking in with the coin the owners proceeded to open the capsule (keep in mind that at this point the coin is still a mint condition, never been touched, $300 coin.) After opening the capsule and touching it with their bare hands we proceeded to try and find a tighter case. They forced the coin in a capsule and was then unable to get it out. From there, pliers were used to forcibly remove the coin from the undersized capsule. Since there were multiple different capsules out, with little organization the owners quickly lost track of which capsule top belonged with the bottom. The end result was they forced the bottom of the original capsule onto the top of another capsule. I told them this is what I thought was happening, yet he still proceeded to shatter the capsule. From here it was determined that the capsule I was seeking was not available in this location, yet I had no capsule to put it back into to protect it. Needless to say I was quite unhappy at this point. The owners rigged up a bubble wrap contraption to hold the coin during the ordering process, and I left. The end result was a broken original capsule, a bubble wrap rigged box to hold the coin, and fingerprint/scratches all over my brand new, beautiful coin. When returning today to pick up the capsules, one of the owners tried to state that he had in fact broken one of his capsules and not mine. (despite the fact that I walked in with the same bubble wrap contraption I had left with 4-5 days prior.) The other owner, however, felt this was fair and simply gave me the new capsule as a replacement of my original one. I purchased a second one as a backup. So now my coin is encapsulated safely in the capsule, however it can no longer be considered mint because of the superficial scratches all over the face of the coin :-(. The owners are very friendly and approachable, however unfortunately the professionalism isn't even in the same ballpark for coin collectors. Buyer beware.

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