Help customers clean, protect and store their firearms - Arms and the Woman
Many major hunting seasons are winding down across the country and gun owners are preparing to put firearms in storage. In order for their firearms to remain in good condition, gun owners will be coming to you for products that will ensure their prized firearms emerge from storage in good shape.
More than ever, many of those hunters and your customers are women who are just as concerned as men about protecting their firearms.
Hopefully, your staff actively encourages customers to purchase a gun cleaning kit when they purchase a firearm. This is such a natural add-on sale with decent profit margin; it’s one of the “musts” of a gun sale.
If your customer didn’t want to buy a gun-cleaning kit at the time of purchase, show her the Birchwood Casey’s Gun Maintenance Kit. This compact kit includes on-the-go sized Gun Scrubber solvent/degreaser, Sheath Rust Preventive, Bore Scrubber 2-in-i bore cleaner, one silicone gun and reel cloth, Sheath Take-Along Gun Wipes, gun cleaning patches and daubers, and a complete instruction guide.
Another good offering is Quters’ Deluxe Universal Cleaning Kit. Housed in a handcrafted wooden case, it contains everything your customers need for cleaning rifles, handguns and shotguns. A multi-compartment tray keeps components neat and organized. The kit has a three-piece, swivel handle, brass rod and rod adapters; bronze bore brushes for .22, .30 and .38 caliber, plus 12 and 20 gauge; plastic jags and slot tips; a silicone wiping cloth; 50 patches; gun oil and Nitro solvent.
The Otis Kit & Caboodle Gun Cleaning System is another good kit choice. It contains everything needed to maintain a firearm in one pocket-sized kit. Each kit includes a rod, solvent, slotted tip, patches, bore brushes and other accessories. The kits are designed specifically for field use on rifles, pistols, or shotguns.
FTI’s new Tetra Gun Grease contains the company’s fluoropolymer, which prevents corrosion and eases cleaning, along with preventing part seizure and reducing friction and wear.
KG Industries has a complete line of gun-care including KG-l Carbon Remover, KG-2 Bore Restore, KG-3 Cleaning Solvent and Degreaser and KG-4 Gun Oil. They are designed to not only clean firearms but also to provide corrosion protection.
ProTec has introduced System 1, which combines three of the company’s products. It contains a 2-ounce bottle of BORE-cleaner, a 5cc syringe of GUNoil and a 5cc syringe of GUNgrease. The products are blended with ProTec’s anti-friction metal treatment, which reduces friction between moving metal parts.