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 Post subject: KING SOL 1993
PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 7:19 pm 
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Hi,

I have a King Sol catalogue from 1993. That store on Queen St., Toronto, was awesome. :D

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2020 10:18 pm 
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wow...were did you find that, i use to pass that store everyday on the way to school


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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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Damn, look at the prices on the milsurp rifles 8)

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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1993- those are great prices - oh I wish now that I'm a little more fluent. LOL

When I was a kid, most mil-surp rifles, including Trapdoor Springfields were $12.00 to $29.00 - usually stacked in wooden rain barrels in the larger hardware stores.

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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The right page, top 2 gun's are AK47 :shock: in 22lr and under these two is a M1600R, M16 look alike with slidding stock, at $199, I just exchanged it couple of month's ago with a forum member, bought it brand new (at Canadian Tire) mid 90's, so nice memories... Bulpup middle right :shock: 26 year's later and look at where we are :( :( I need one more :drinkers: :drinkers: may be two...

I don't know if with the new regulation, it will be a forbiden gun... :?:

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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YUP - at least 2 more - just got started. :drinkers:

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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they were shut down a long time ago,
heard some shady business was going on in that place
to bad because the few times i was in there mostly for airgun stuff
and fishing gear, it was a very cool store lots of cool old army relics

managed to find an old pic of the store front
when this pic was taken they were already closed down for a very long time


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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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interesting tale..

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/gun-runners-used-toronto-store/article4158176/

""...An outdoor-sports store that has been a Toronto institution for two generations was used as a front for smuggling assault rifles destined for the Middle East via the United States.."
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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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Leon Yrag wrote:
interesting tale..

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/gun-runners-used-toronto-store/article4158176/

""...An outdoor-sports store that has been a Toronto institution for two generations was used as a front for smuggling assault rifles destined for the Middle East via the United States.."
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Trust the Globe and Mail to completely distort the facts. "Assault rifles". M1 Garands that were not destined for conflicts in the ME.

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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I can remember them having Mausers in wood barrels for 19.95. Norinco AK's were 399.00. They used let me in the back room. They had pallets of M1's.
Military Antiques on O'Connor had a big selection of surplus rifles. Ontario Sporting Supplies rounded things out with Ingram M10's and M203 launchers.

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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I can remember them having Mausers in wood barrels for 19.95. Norinco AK's were 399.00. They used let me in the back room. They had pallets of M1's.
Military Antiques on O'Connor had a big selection of surplus rifles. Ontario Sporting Supplies rounded things out with Ingram M10's and M203 launchers.


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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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paddyfritz wrote:
I can remember them having Mausers in wood barrels for 19.95. Norinco AK's were 399.00. They used let me in the back room. They had pallets of M1's.
Military Antiques on O'Connor had a big selection of surplus rifles. Ontario Sporting Supplies rounded things out with Ingram M10's and M203 launchers.


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There was a lot of cool stuff that flowed through that place back in the day.

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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Standard capacity magazines... Gee, haven't seen that in a while!


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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
PostPosted: Sat May 23, 2020 5:27 pm 
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Hi,

I thought a few more pages would be fun and interesting. :D

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 Post subject: Re: KING SOL 1993
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I miss those old catalogs. King Sol, Springfield Sporters, US Cav, Kaufmans, the Edge Co. Shotgun News and SOF as well.

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