Anyone remember Gibson's Discount Center

[Seadog]

They has trash cans in the sporting goods isles, full of long guns for next to nothing.


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I remember them well. We had two back in Lawton and I remember them in a few other towns I believe Duncan was one of them. It was like the original Walmart. Matter of fact, I still have a box of .45 from them.

 

[okiebertt]

I bought and traded guns at the one in Muskogee. Still have an 870 that came from there. We had it good back then.

 

[L.C.]

 

[226 Man]

Bought my first S&W at the Gibsons store in Alva. They had a K-22 that I bought and two .357s. One was a Ruger Blackhawk and the other was a Colt SAA. Both same price. My comment at the time was why would someone buy that Colt with standard sights when they could get one with adjustable sights for same price. Little did I know.

 

[Roadking Larry]

Back in the '70s even little ole Chelsea had an OTASCO and a Western Auto, one on each side of Main Street.
First gun I ever bought was at OTASCO, a Glenfield (Marlin) Mdl 30 .30-30. Still have it, still shoot it from time to time.

 

[Poke78]

I visited the one at 41st & MacArthur often. My church is across the street from it's former location which is also now a church.

I remember that location every deer season because that was the source for my Marlin lever-action 30-30 I use for OK whitetail. Purchased in about 1985, IIRC.

 

[hipshot]

I grew up in Plainview Texas and we had a Gibsons there, the parking lot was huge and that’s where we all hung out until late at night when we were kids. Had good deals on guns and stuff too back then !

 

[okietool]

I used to walk from step dads house to Gibsons along Route 66 picking up pop bottles and if I was lucky a hub cap, I’d sell those and go to Gibsons and by boxes or bricks of Federal .22LR. I had to find at least one hubcap to buy a brick.

 

[lilcountry]

Gibson in Ada ! Next to the National Guard Armory that blew up.

When I was a kid we raised about 40 hogs out by Byng. We would go to Gibson's in Ada about once a week and pick up their old produce. They put it in 55 gallon barrels. We would pick out anything worth human consumption and give the rest to the hogs. Occasionally we would hit the jack pot and find some frozen creme pies that were past their sale date.

 

[ragsflh]

great place