Airsoft store in ACE hardware (Summerville)
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:44 am
ACE Hardware in Summerville
So I've been slowly building up my equipment for the past 6 months or so, picking up a gun here and there from Evike or AirsoftGI (mostly via boxes of awesomeness and mystery boxes), and was continually lamenting the lack of a decent Airsoft outlet here in the low country. Personally, I don't like to drive to Columbia when it's not at gunpoint, so when my fiance told me that the ACE Hardware near where she works had a sign saying something about airsoft I got carefully excited.
Carefully excited because I thought this would just be another thing like Dick's Sporting Goods. You know, you go in and they have a section for paintball and "soft air" guns, which just means that they have a couple of automatic BB guns of unknown quality. Maybe a CO2 pistol.
So I finally got some time on a Sunday to go check out this ACE Hardware and decided to go.
I gotta say, I was more than impressed. I expected a small section of airsoft stuff with brand names I didn't recognize, and they have an entire wall dedicated to just rifles, vests, and various different weights and measures of ammo. Even some Thunder B shells, which I almost picked up out of sheer curiosity.
From what I can tell, it's mostly Echo 1 and KWA stuff. Fine by me, as those are pretty decent quality. They carry a line of sidearms and M4/G36 mags (mostly hi-caps), as well as optics.
From what I could tell, it looks like they were simply out of some of their stock, so I'm not sure what else they'll be carrying.
All in all, I like it. It's about 20 minutes from me in N. Charleston, but it's an easy drive and I'm glad to be able to support a local place.
So I've been slowly building up my equipment for the past 6 months or so, picking up a gun here and there from Evike or AirsoftGI (mostly via boxes of awesomeness and mystery boxes), and was continually lamenting the lack of a decent Airsoft outlet here in the low country. Personally, I don't like to drive to Columbia when it's not at gunpoint, so when my fiance told me that the ACE Hardware near where she works had a sign saying something about airsoft I got carefully excited.
Carefully excited because I thought this would just be another thing like Dick's Sporting Goods. You know, you go in and they have a section for paintball and "soft air" guns, which just means that they have a couple of automatic BB guns of unknown quality. Maybe a CO2 pistol.
So I finally got some time on a Sunday to go check out this ACE Hardware and decided to go.
I gotta say, I was more than impressed. I expected a small section of airsoft stuff with brand names I didn't recognize, and they have an entire wall dedicated to just rifles, vests, and various different weights and measures of ammo. Even some Thunder B shells, which I almost picked up out of sheer curiosity.
From what I can tell, it's mostly Echo 1 and KWA stuff. Fine by me, as those are pretty decent quality. They carry a line of sidearms and M4/G36 mags (mostly hi-caps), as well as optics.
From what I could tell, it looks like they were simply out of some of their stock, so I'm not sure what else they'll be carrying.
All in all, I like it. It's about 20 minutes from me in N. Charleston, but it's an easy drive and I'm glad to be able to support a local place.