Good day at Cabelas!

[cheese1566]

I don't usually buy much from them and have never made it to the new store in Rapid City which is only 45 minutes away...
but I stopped in the Mitchell store on the way to Sioux Falls.

I found a Lyman 4500 heater in the Bargain Cave for only $11!! The box was rough and taped several times, but the salesman opened the box for me, inside the heater and cord were still in the heat sealed plastic baggy.

I also found a new RCBS Quick Change rotor and QC drain tube for $13,,, to upgrade my Uniflow powder measure. Just need to order a QC small meter insert when I get home.

Not much other reloading stuff in the Cave or on the sales floor, except brass and bullets. No casting stuff whatsoever...the salesmen gave me funny looks when i asked! They laughed when I asked about primers and powders!!!

[Big Tom]

Nice find! Yeah, primers are tough to find (at least at reasonable cost). The local gun shop here takes advantage of that and asks $36/1000 LP plus tax. No luck with large rifle anywhere here in the Cincinnati area...

Tom

[fourarmed]

A BARGAIN in the bargain cave? Somebody's going to lose their job over that.

[briang]

Last time I was at my local Cabelas I found an RCBS 505 beam scale in tie bargain cave or $20. I had to o through three boxes to get all the prats for one, guess that's why they were there.

[cheese1566]

Most of the items in the bargain cave are not that great of deal...mostly only 5-10% off regular price.

[LAH]

I stopped in the Mitchell store on the way to Sioux Falls.

What happened to the old Herters store in Mitchell?

[cheese1566]

Herters closed a long time ago, I think back in the 80's.

[LAH]

I was in the store years ago and was wondering if the building was still there.

[GOPHER SLAYER]

We were passing through Mitchell in 1978 while on vacation and I stopped in the Herters store. They were in the process of closing at the time and selling out to the walls. I spent a grand total of .35 cents on a primer pocket cleaner wire brush. I was tempted to buy a bear trap but it weighed 90 pounds as I recall and that was not something I wanted to lug all the way across the U.S. I should add that bears had ceased to be a problem in my neighborhood at that time. Herters had planned to open stores in key locations around the country in a effort to get around the onerous 1968 gun ban but it did not prove to be practical.