Old Western Scrounger LLC

[Savage Jav]

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Anyone have experience with these guy? Ive never herd of them but they have a couple items Id like to pick up.

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[CLT65]

Is the Old Western Scrounger still around?

I remember buying stuff from "Dangerous Dave" over 30 years ago! I know I still have one of his catalogs from back then lying around here somewhere. I loved looking through it at all the weird, oddball stuff he had. I believe he was in Northern California; it would have been cool to see the store.

 

[Savage Jav]

This is WV

 

[CLT65]

Looking around online, it appears that Dangerous Dave sold the business in 2006, when it was moved to WV, and he passed away in 2017.

I don't know much about the current company, but it was pretty cool back in the day.

 

[Savage Jav]

Looking around online, it appears that Dangerous Dave sold the business in 2006, when it was moved to WV, and he passed away in 2017.

I don't know much about the current company, but it was pretty cool back in the day.

Ill take a risk and let you know. Thanks for the quick info

 

[CLT65]

From my 1991 catalog:

 

[Savage Jav]

I relented. They had Beretta 71's in stock. Price a little high but ive been looking for awhile and don't have a .22

 

[Savage Jav]

From my 1991 catalog:

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Old Western Scrounger LLC | Home (ows-ammo.com)

 

[Savage Jav]

From my 1991 catalog:

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Wonder if I can order ammo at these prices

 

[po18guy]

1. Cornered market.
2. Prices reflect that.
3. At least he had something to sell.

 

[03A3Sporter]

I remembering buying from OWS back 30 years ago when I was still shooting a 6mm lee navy I inherited from my Grand father

 

[xlsbob]

Used to run into Dave at the Northern Cal cannon shoots years back. Cool guy and he had a lot of cool stuff. he could find just about anything you could think of

 

[CountryGent]

The OWS advertisement sure takes me back. The company back in the day was pretty good; no idea now.

 

[dennyjoe]

From my 1991 catalog:

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now that's funny

 

[Mikej]

Dang! They've got some neat stuff. I kind of had a hankering for one of those Czech pistols awhile ago when aim surplus had them. I never got around to doing anything about it though.

 

[CountryGent]

I have to admit, some of those SxS scatterguns they have look tempting.

 

[1371JarHead]

wow they are still around, they had cool neat stuff.

 

[Savage Jav]

Hope they are still gtg. Haven't herd back from them n a couple days

 

[xtratoy]

Only $120 for 20 rounds of 300 Win Mag.

 

[Legion489]

Yeah, sticker shock! French 1950s .45 ACP was $2/rd! I remember when it was a nickle a round and they had trouble selling it! Had a bunch of it back in the day, thought I kept a few boxes of it just because. Nam 12 ga 00 buck was $2/rd., if I had only known! Everything was like that, .30-40 Krag (aka .30 Army/.30 US/ .30 USA/ .30 US Army, and yes I have cases headstamped all of those) $2/rd, and surplus .303 on clips $2.08/rd. 9mm Makarov $1/rd (although it was never all that cheap for current stuff either). Not sure as everything was in plastic boxes if it was reloaded cases, reformed cases, "factory" ammo, who/what loaded it, etc. The Descriptions looked like they were trying to keep everything hush-hush, on the QT, looking over their shoulder and ready to slam the car trunk lid at any moment. A FAR cry from what it was back in the day, but so was/is back in the day now too.