Looking for gun travel tips Indiana - Memphis???

indy1919 · July 5, 2012, 11:35 PM

Will be driving from Indiana to Memphis Tenn & Nashville area... Have car will travel..

So any unusual gun related stores / Stops in those areas that anyone can recommend ?????

bedbugbilly · July 6, 2012, 07:45 AM

I don't know if you'll be going anywhere near Louisville . . . but if you are, there is a fantastic arms museum right across the street from the Louisville slugger bat factory (baseball bats). Unfortunately, I don't have the address nor the name but if I remember correctly, it is three stories. My cousin took us there a few years ago and they have great displays of firearms and weapons of all ages. It is we'll worth the stop but plan on spending a half a day at least. Unfortunately, I don't have the name of the museum but if you contacted the Louisville chamber of commerce and told them it is across from the bat factory, they'll be able to give you the name and address. Beautiful displays and anyone with an interest in old firearms/weapons or history would greatly enjoy it.

g.willikers · July 6, 2012, 09:58 AM

Rangemaster training is in Memphis.
http://www.rangemaster.com/

kwhi43 · July 8, 2012, 02:51 AM

You could visit the NMLRA National Range in Friendship Indiana. I just left there
3 weeks ago.

mete · July 8, 2012, 02:54 AM

And Memphis is way up there on the list of dangerous cities !!
Of course when you get tired of looking at guns there must be some good music stuff to see/hear.

**4V50 Gary** · July 8, 2012, 06:15 AM

Frazier is the name of the Museum with gonnes in Louisville.

The Tennessee State Miseum in Nashville has a lot of earlier and Civil War guns. It's down the street and toward the river from the Capitol building. The TN state War Museum is nearby and also worth seeing. I also like Andrew Jackson's home, The Hermitage. If you want to go to Franklin and Murfreesboro, those are two Civil War battlefields.

In Indianapolis the Civil War Museum and their War Memorial are worth visiting.

silvrjeepr · July 8, 2012, 07:14 AM

There's a guns & ammo store in memphis that's worth visiting.

There's a very nice range USA in Memphis. They have an mp5 fully auto suppressed and glock 17 converted to full auto for rent if you like to burn through ammo money

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Doc Hoy · July 8, 2012, 10:30 AM

Is in Union City, TN. Center of state.

There is a good mom and pop pizza joint downtown.

**4V50 Gary** · July 9, 2012, 11:19 AM

Fort Donelson in NW Tennessee and Shiloh in SW Tennessee.

H.W. French · July 11, 2012, 09:41 AM

No trip to Memphis would be complete without a trip to Graceland to check out some of the King's hardware and his personal shooting range.

Bob Wright · July 14, 2012, 06:18 PM

If I might add a correction, Union City, TN, is in NW corner of the state. Near Reelfoot Lake.

US Hwy. 51 runs south from Union City to Memphis, with gunshops along the way.

Bob Wright

July 5, 2012, 11:35 PM	#1
indy1919 Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2011 Posts: 277	Looking for gun travel tips Indiana - Memphis??? Will be driving from Indiana to Memphis Tenn & Nashville area... Have car will travel.. So any unusual gun related stores / Stops in those areas that anyone can recommend ?????

July 6, 2012, 07:45 AM	#2
bedbugbilly Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2009 Posts: 3,287	I don't know if you'll be going anywhere near Louisville . . . but if you are, there is a fantastic arms museum right across the street from the Louisville slugger bat factory (baseball bats). Unfortunately, I don't have the address nor the name but if I remember correctly, it is three stories. My cousin took us there a few years ago and they have great displays of firearms and weapons of all ages. It is we'll worth the stop but plan on spending a half a day at least. Unfortunately, I don't have the name of the museum but if you contacted the Louisville chamber of commerce and told them it is across from the bat factory, they'll be able to give you the name and address. Beautiful displays and anyone with an interest in old firearms/weapons or history would greatly enjoy it. __________________ If a pair of '51 Navies were good enough for Billy Hickok, then a single Navy on my right hip is good enough for me . . . besides . . . I'm probably only half as good as he was anyways. Hiram's Rangers Badge #63

July 6, 2012, 09:58 AM	#3
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Rangemaster training is in Memphis. http://www.rangemaster.com/ __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”

July 8, 2012, 02:54 AM	#5
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 6,575	And Memphis is way up there on the list of dangerous cities !! Of course when you get tired of looking at guns there must be some good music stuff to see/hear. __________________ And Watson , bring your revolver !

July 8, 2012, 06:15 AM	#6
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,843	Frazier is the name of the Museum with gonnes in Louisville. The Tennessee State Miseum in Nashville has a lot of earlier and Civil War guns. It's down the street and toward the river from the Capitol building. The TN state War Museum is nearby and also worth seeing. I also like Andrew Jackson's home, The Hermitage. If you want to go to Franklin and Murfreesboro, those are two Civil War battlefields. In Indianapolis the Civil War Museum and their War Memorial are worth visiting. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

July 8, 2012, 02:51 AM	#4
kwhi43 Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,393	You could visit the NMLRA National Range in Friendship Indiana. I just left there 3 weeks ago.

July 8, 2012, 07:14 AM	#7
silvrjeepr Senior Member Join Date: January 6, 2009 Posts: 213	There's a guns & ammo store in memphis that's worth visiting. There's a very nice range USA in Memphis. They have an mp5 fully auto suppressed and glock 17 converted to full auto for rent if you like to burn through ammo money .

July 8, 2012, 10:30 AM	#8
Doc Hoy Senior Member Join Date: October 24, 2008 Location: Naples, Fl Posts: 5,440	Dixie Gun Works Is in Union City, TN. Center of state. There is a good mom and pop pizza joint downtown. __________________ Seek truth. Relax. Take a breath.

July 9, 2012, 11:19 AM	#9
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,843	I should also add two Civil War sites: Fort Donelson in NW Tennessee and Shiloh in SW Tennessee. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

July 11, 2012, 09:41 AM	#10
H.W. French Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2009 Location: Blue Ridge Plateau Posts: 151	Graceland! No trip to Memphis would be complete without a trip to Graceland to check out some of the King's hardware and his personal shooting range. Last edited by H.W. French; July 11, 2012 at 09:42 AM. Reason: pour grammer

July 14, 2012, 06:18 PM	#11
Bob Wright Senior Member Join Date: July 10, 2012 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 2,989	If I might add a correction, Union City, TN, is in NW corner of the state. Near Reelfoot Lake. US Hwy. 51 runs south from Union City to Memphis, with gunshops along the way. Bob Wright