Question about two old OKC gun shops

[Fyrtwuck]

Mashburns closed up and moved down on south Eastern between 44th & 59th. I heard they later moved again and became Gunworld.

Southwest shooters closed not long after they had a major middle of the night burglary. Thieves broke in through the roof and stole a bunch of guns. I think the thieves were later caught selling some of them. I remember the blonde that always worked the register. She was a chain smoker and threw a huge screaming fit when I came in for a fire inspection and told her that she could not have lighted smoking materials around gun powder and primers.

 

[flatwins]

Pretty much everyone died.

Doesn't that suck?

 

[Hoov]

She tried to run it for awhile, but it didn't work.

 

[FullAuto]

I only knew of Mashburn when it was on south Eastern before it turned into Gunworld. Their prices were just like Gunworld is now. I went to Southwest Shooters many times when it was at the corner of Linwood and Villa (I think). That place was a dirty hole. The salesmen never gave me the time of day although it was always slow. I'd usually just buy ammo from the chainsmoking blonde and leave.

 

[mightymouse]

I remember Mashburn's when it was near 10th and Penn. Old guy that ran the place seemed to think I was some kind of hoodlum for asking about a folding stock for a Mini-14. He finally sold me me one, but I could tell he wasn't happy about it. Way, way, way back, wasn't Mashburn's in Ardmore, or am I confusing them with Champlin Arms?

 

[SPDguns]

thats where they were in 79 when I worked at Andy Andersons as a gunsmith.

If you were a gunsmith at Andy Anderson's in 1979, you drilled and tapped a receiver on a .300 H & H Magnum for me......

 

[Pulp]

The first time I went into the Mashburn's I just stood there like a deer in the headlights. I'd seen guns for sale at hardware stores, Sears, etc, but nothing like this. I was amazed, didn't know there were that many guns in the world, much less one store. That was when it was on Penn, just north of 10th. I took my bro-in-law there a few years later and it was GONE!

 

[UnSafe]

I remember going to SW Shooters not long before they closed around '02 or '03?
Junky, dusty place that reeked like an ashtray. Picked up oddball stuff on clearance and left. It was obviously the demise of a once viable shop.

 

[Old Fart]

What I remember about them is SW Shooters was the place to go to get the best price on Colts and Mashburn's was always getting burglarized.

 

[Werewolf]

Wasn't Mashburns on Eastern for awhile, right before opening goonworld?

Yep... Just North of SE 44th. That shop was the 1st place in OKC I bought a gun after I moved here in '85.

They're Gunworld now.