OT: gun shops near VA in Temple Texas ?

[Bis]

Since I am now going to the VA hospital every couple of weeks, I was wondering if there were any gun shops near by. The reason I say near by, I seem to get lost everytime I try to drive around Temple. The last time I tried to find the Sams Club, got directions from 4 different people that took me all over town for about an hour only to find Sams Club was about 4 miles from the VA. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

[pwl44m]

Get a Tom-Tom,or like GPS -that is if U dont already have one. They r great, I don't leave Home without it.
Perry

[Bis]

If I did that , I couldn't afford to go to the gun shop

[pwl44m]

Go to a Pawn/Gun Shop and get both. They really aren't that expensive now. Duh !! how U gonna find the Pawn/Gun Shop huh.
perry

[AJMD429]

MapQuest or the 'yellow pages' on-line may answer your question with a bit of searching, and will likely link to a 'map' showing how to get there.

If you're like me (and I think most males), you'll almost instantly photo-memorize a map and be able to drive there without looking again at it much if at all, vs. the hassle of parsing through layers of 'verbal' directions (which I do believe most women indicate they prefer vs. a map).

The gender comments are just my observations, but I've always found the tendencies interesting.

[deafrn]

The wife and I drove down to Temple earlier this year to visit the lad (Army aviation at Ft. Hood), and while I had one $#@! of a time trying to figure out how to get around Temple, the lad lives just a few blocks from Weber's Sporting Goods (2701 Ira Young Drive).

If you are at the VA, go West on W Avenue R until you hit S 57th, then turn right (North) on S 57th and go the short distance until you hit Ira Young Drive, where you take a left (West) and you'll see Weber's.

[Bis]

Deafrm

Thanks for the info. I will do a yahoo map search and get a map.
Temple has some interesting streets. The VA is on 3rd street but if you drive about a mile the name of the street is 3rd, or people tell you to go south on a street and all of a sudden you are driving east.

[MrMurphy]

I've shopped at Weber's since Pete was still alive.

Now he's on the shelf (i was up there for the same reason and stopped by).

They are priced a little higher than say Praco up in Waco, but the selection is solid and they generally know their stuff. Webers has expanded considerably (now with a shooting range and second store) since i lived in the area.



Pete was a grumpy old bastard, but he knew his stuff. I bought a Marlin 60, a Keltec P32 and a few others from him.

[deafrn]

Temple has some interesting streets.

They sure do. We were introduced to Temple late in the day after two days of driving, and I thought I was going to spend another 24 hours just trying to figure out how to get to our motel.

[Bis]

I think they designed the VA hospital after the streets in Temple. If I have to get off the blue line there, I am lost

[Old Ironsights]

I'm pretty sure VA is about 1300mi from Temple TX...