Dick's Sporting Goods Black Friday Ad

Does Dicks run the NICS check right at midnight or do they make you come back the next day? The NICS center IS open until 1AM...

I would imagine they do an online NCIS check, seeing as they are a big box retailer I'd imagine that's how they do it. Usually the only time they would phone in would be if the online system was down. Should get a proceed or a hold within a matter of seconds.

That being said, however, I haven't had the experience of purchasing a gun from Dick's but have from other retailers so I am only speaking from that experience.

It really depends on where you live and how your county and state does the background checks. When i live in Las Vegas the background checks had to be run through the police department which sucked because the police department required a 25 dollar fee. Where i live now in florida, the county has an office that the background check go through. So the ncis check can only be done when that county office is open. It is really stupid.

If you have questions about how your locality handles the ncis check, call your local dicks up and ask them. If your county and or state is cool, dicks will deal with the ncis center directly.

Yeah, I've bought boatloads of firearms and never had a problem, even from Dicks, and have my Concealed Carry license, but the time just scares me. Some retailers pull "no firearm sales after XX:XX" nonsense to...Prevent crime? Yeah, I'm sure that works. I just hope they make an exception for BF because the Dicks I live buy is quite a drive. If I had to make 2 trips the savings would drop quickly. :/

Edit: Darn, I just called them. You DO have to go back the next day. It SHOULD be an e-check, but I guess Dicks is not up with the times. Oh well. I suppose it is still a deal though.

Quote from xtr3mist : From everything I've been reading on this rifle all afternoon. It essentially has the same Barrel/Receiver as the SPS and Law Enforcement editions. The only downside quoted by most is the lack of bottom metal and the stock. But for $349 imho it's a steal. A .243 or .308 with a 26" Bull Barrel and optics to boot, can't beat it. .

What caliber does it come in? I'm mainly looking for target practice and a low cost ammo while being accurate @ 100 yards. Ranges out here are 100 yards at best.

I've done the black friday @ dicks 10+ years ago and i was the only one in line. And no one came in while i was in the store!!

Quote from wavetwister : What caliber does it come in? I'm mainly looking for target practice and a low cost ammo while being accurate @ 100 yards. Ranges out here are 100 yards at best. I've done the black friday @ dicks 10+ years ago and i was the only one in line. And no one came in while i was in the store!!

Wavetwister, the calibers this rifle comes in are .223, 22-250, and .308, at least this is what the clerk at Dick's told me last night, and is verified by their online listing.

Your cheapest ammo caliber will be .223. You can get this in factory loads, or military surplus. The .308 is readily available, however, those rounds cost about 30-40% more than the .223, but they also pack a much bigger punch out to 800 yards.

If you are just looking for cheap target practice, the .223 should suffice. That round will be highly accurate out past 200 yards if you ever get a chance, as will all the other calibers too.

If you are just limiting to 100 yards though, you may want to consider a cheap .22 rifle. Talk about cheap ammo! Can shoot all day and not put a hole in your wallet, relatively speaking.

the rifle also comes in .243

I was in Dicks last night, and they were offering the ruger 10/22 at the black Friday price of 179.98 for pre-order. They also had the Remington 870 express for the black Friday sale price in stock. All gun safes were available for pre-order as well at the black Friday prices.
There might be more available now, but that was what I noticed when I was looking around.

Quote from magnamatt : Great price on the Ruger 10/22....

They have been selling it for 179 all week. I picked one up Monday.

edit: Looks like you beat me to it!

Quote from jinxeddeep : 149 for apex bionic ?...that's the mrp...i got it for 72!

how did you get the bionic for $72?!?!

had a less than satisfying experience at dick's in austin. was 11th in line and didn't get to the front of the line til 1:15am. when we got there the guy in front of me had just bought the last varmint .308 (they had 9 of them, 9 of the 10 in front of me bought one, oh well) but worst of all they carried only one maverick model 88, a 20 ga, and it was a youth. the guy behind the counter should've gone down the line seeing who wanted what to make sure there was inventory. could've prevented a lot of frustration as the line behind me was pretty long and there were others who wanted the same.

Quote from LL8054 : had a less than satisfying experience at dick's in austin. was 11th in line and didn't get to the front of the line til 1:15am. when we got there the guy in front of me had just bought the last varmint .308 (they had 9 of them, 9 of the 10 in front of me bought one, oh well) but worst of all they carried only one maverick model 88, a 20 ga, and it was a youth. the guy behind the counter should've gone down the line seeing who wanted what to make sure there was inventory. could've prevented a lot of frustration as the line behind me was pretty long and there were others who wanted the same.

My dicks in Manahawkin, NJ didnt have any Maverick 88's at all. I was #5 inline and the first guy wanted to purchase one and when i see him say this was a waste of time and started to walk out i asked him what was up.

At my location they had about 25 of the 308s when the store opened. At about 10AM they still had 4 left. There were also a decent number of the other calibers left.

I was first in line at Dicks. Got the. 308 R700. They called NICS within 10 minutes and they were put on hold for 15 minutes, and who knows how long they would have stayed on hold. Apparently, NICS was swamped, and even their system overloaded or malfunctioned later in the morning. They got my background check through at about 730 am finally.