Coat of Arms

It's close to me. I go there for transfers. Selection is pretty limited as far as AR's and cost is retail so I don't do much shopping there. The owner seems pretty nice.

I hate to give a negative -ish review to CoA, so let me lead with positives. They are close to me, they often have a good selection, and I've had no issues having firearms sent there by vendors and doing FFL transfers there. They typically have not been misogynistic or unpleasant or mansplainers, and that's important to me as a female shooter. I've always been willing to spend the extra 20 bucks over what i can do it at for with one of my gun club's FFL as a club member because i want to support my local gunshop. Competent local gun shops are an important resource.

However - I went to them to try to get knowledge for my first AR, and I was given time and knowledge - most appreciated. We worked up a list of parts to complete the weapon and I was told, quite fairly, this being the time of COVID, everything would take longer, but they'd order them for me and i didn't need to put money down (i did buy a lower from them at this time). So far, so good.

This was all in mid-March. At first, I was given timelines for arrivals of parts, but almost nothing materialized. Ok, I know it's plague time. But we're now in June, and all they have told me they have is a stock, and a handstop. I've asked a few times, normally once a week, if there were updates, did they need me to pay for what they did have, did they need me to prepay for stuff still not received, did they lose the list of parts needed, we could make a new list, etc. nothing. Understanding they're busy and this is plague time, it's still not a good way to treat a customer.

I'm just one customer and I don't deny they can be very good if you play to their strengths. About me, I shoot a lot (over 20,000 rounds in 2019), compete in USPSA, IDPA and Speed Steel, and understand the world does not revolve around me in any way. I know they have other stuff to do. I'm just relating my experiences, and your mileage may vary.

EDIT - if it's not clear, I like these guys and appreciate what I've been able to do there, in the past, before this. In response to a few PM's I've received, yes, I'm going ahead and completing the AR myself, and already have a carbine done so all is well.