Firearm ownership involves more than selecting equipment. Safe handling, secure storage, routine maintenance and an understanding of applicable laws are important responsibilities for owners. Specialty retailers, training businesses and sporting goods suppliers serve different needs within this industry, from recreational shooting to personal protection. The Best of the Best Reader's Choice Awards recognizes gun sales and service businesses serving customers throughout the Ohio Valley.
Sportsman's Trading Post operates in Wintersville, Ohio, as an outdoors and sporting goods provider, including hunting gun and supplies.
Bear Trak Outdoors is located in Wellsburg, West Virginia.
Powers Defensive Tactics operates in Steubenville, Ohio, with a business focus reflected in its name: defensive preparedness and tactics. Firearm-related education involves important considerations such as safe handling, responsible ownership, situational awareness and legal obligations. Powers Defensive Tactics represents the instructional and preparedness side of the local firearms industry.
Alexander Armory LLC operates in Weirton, West Virginia, as a business associated with firearms and the shooting sports industry.
Rural King combines farm and home merchandise with sporting goods, including firearms and shooting-related equipment at participating locations. Founded in Mattoon, Illinois, in 1960, the retailer has expanded across numerous states while maintaining its emphasis on rural lifestyles and outdoor recreation. Its broader merchandise assortment includes agricultural supplies, work clothing, tools, animal care products and equipment for maintaining property. Firearms represent one part of this larger retail operation, which serves hunters, recreational shooters, farmers and homeowners. The Steubenville store brings that combination of rural merchandise and sporting goods to the Ohio Valley.
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