The Gun Room

This place has an annoying charm.

Never bought anything here because the prices are insanely high, but I've kicked the tires a few times and chatted with the owner/clerks. The owner fitted me for shotguns once and did a great job -- I've since moved on to become a firearm instructor and pretty good wingshooter and the old guy there knows his stuff.

Great selection of used firearms with a heavier than typical focus on wood/blued steel guns. I like that.

However, prices are so stupid high. For example, when the Winchester SX3 went out of production they were trying to sell the 20 gauge version for $1200. That was a gun that could be had for $600-700 a year earlier. A plastic synthetic modern semi auto shotgun.

I assume this place has long paid for the building and has zero to little overhead, because I don't know who buys things there or how they can stay in business with the prices they charge and the general business attitude there.

I have no earthly idea how these guys are still in business. They don't do FFL transfers. Their prices are through the roof. Their attitude is similar to that of that one old-timer you know with a "buy it or get out" attitude, which would be fine, if anything in their shop was worth buying.

They will literally thump the bible at you, and berate you for your weapon selection. If it's not a weapon they selected for you, it's the wrong weapon. If you're not already a customer they have a long history with, you're the wrong customer. Really, these guys are just complete bubblegums, and they are a prime example of why the general populace doesn't like the firearms community.

This place exists solely as an example of what not to do, and the other reviews here and on Google speak for themselves. Do not take your money here. You will find more professionalism and quality of service at your local McDonalds. Hell, you'll find more professionalism and quality of service from random members of this forum selling their privately-held firearms.

Edit: A mod apparently doesn't like strong language, because "bubblegums" was not the phrase I used.

Warning: Necroreview from the 1980's. Just posting to let folks know their reputation has been earned consistently over the years. I frankly don't know how they have stayed in business.

Was a repeat customer in the late 80's and on a friendly basis. Bought an amazing used Redhawk with an excellent trigger job, a Taurus PT-99 when nobody has semi 9mm's in stock, and my treasured Browning A-Bolt 22. Bought a lot of reloading supplies there as well. Thought it was a decent place, then...

One day I inquired about a Ruger Mini-14. You would have thought the world ended. Dude yelled at me about playing army and running around in the woods shooting indiscriminately until I finally told him he needed medication, left, and never came back.

Deplorable is the best word I can use. I went here once in the 90s and thought it was a joke then, both in terms of high prices and extremely bad service, so never went back. Took my son there on a whim while in the neighborhood and, sure enough, just as bad now as it ever was. It's comical that a handful of people actually give this place good reviews on Yelp, but I have to conclude that those are either fake reviews or written by world-class masochists. The incredibly arrogant, rude, condescending, and pissy attitude of the people working in this store seems based on the presumption that every customer is an ignoramus imposing on their time. I've roamed far and wide in this country over the years, and there is literally no other store in my experience, anywhere, that is remotely close to this bad. Left feeling guilty for exposing my son to such a deplorable horror show.

the owner is a relic from the dark ages doused in ridiculous gun myths, insanity, and hatred for everything not made of magically imbued American steel

Any gun not bought from his shop is surely to blow up

Owner is also racist and will assume anyone with an accent is a Frenchman.

Guns are overpriced and often rusted

How they're still in business I will never know

I was going to say the worst gunshop in Portland, but thought that would be understating it. I don't know what that guy with the purple Mohawk and his "black" girlfriend were smoking to give this place a 5 star thumbs up rating, but he was either on something or is defending this place because he owns the place or works there. Maybe he's the gunshops owner that said he didn't give a damn about the people that walked through the doors. He also told me, he had "so much money that he could care less and his grandson was going to inherit all this one day", as he raised both arms and gestured like he was better than everyone else. That was also in the 90's and I have yet to go back to that hole in the wall. Hopefully that guy's gone by now, but I'm assuming his grandson isn't much better... Just a thunk though... Sorry if the moderators don't think this is a "constructive" review, but it is what it is and is entirely factual..

Horrible place

A hobby shop for crotchety old men. I was looking for a ruger single-six and found several - at 2x market price. They made fun of the previous customer before the guy even got out the door. I will never be back. Can I give less than one star?

Shop Elsewhere!!!

Don't bother with this shop....and don't DARE bring your non-all steel guns with you.

If you like paying through the nose for your guns and supplies and enjoy a dismissive attitude , this is the place. Hard sell on the pistols with high tags on them. I've checked out prices elsewhere and even with shipping and transfer fees I can find the same new items cheaper. If you can't find it elsewhere and positively need it now, they're ready to take your money. Do NOT mention plastic (i.e. Glocks, Hi Points, Springfield XD, etc.) You will get an ear full before being ignored.

I Called them for cci 41 primers and was told they had them on the counter. I drove out from Beaverton to find that they had a counter full of CCI 450s. They just blew me off when I called them out . I'll never consider them for anything in the future.

dont mention glock

This was one of the first gun shops I ever set foot in. I asked about a Glock, the owner started yelling at me, then asked me to leave. I'm really not sure how this place stays in business.