GerardSamija wrote:
I'm surprised to hear someone referring to Gorilla Surplus prices as being anything but excessive. Weird. Haven't looked at their website in several years, about as long since visiting the Vancouver store. Last time I visited the site it was to see if they had any usable wadcutters in .177" as my order of a couple of sleeves from the prairies was taking a while getting here and I needed a tin or two to train with before a match. They showed RWS Diabolo Basic for about $9 I think. Went to the store (it's about 8 blocks from my house) and asked for the one tin sitting in the display. They were marked $14.95. I showed the greasy-haired camo-wearing dufus behind the counter the website page on my phone. He squinted at that, then offered a classic 'harumph' sort of a reaction, then said "Well you know what that is, right? We pay some guy in Pakistan $25 every six months or something to update the website. Can't expect him to get it right all the time." Uh huh. So I said no, actually $9 is about right. It's $7 a tin at Army & Navy, when they have them in stock. $6.99 actually. He got flustered, made various noises and gestures, then said "How about I meet you halfway? $12?" Apparently not a mathematician this fellow. But I wanted some pellets. So I bought the tin for $12.
I noted on a previous visit that they had a lot of CO2 BB and pellet pistols. A lot of really poor quality fake military clothing. The odd bit of actual surplus military gear, but not a lot and generally in terrible shape. They had collapsible batons, lots of styles - surprising to me as I'd thought those were illegal in Canada, but apparently not. Overall not impressed. No reason to go there since, especially with so many great online airgun suppliers across Canada.
Batons are not illegal as long as you are not carrying it with the intent of self defense against a human. Like if your pants are made of thicker material on one side and you are just putting it in your pocket to even out the weight distribution... or in case of rabid dog or rabbit attack.
BTW: 15-9 = 6; half of 6 = 3, 15-3 = 12....