Anyone else get the new Midway catalog?

spacecoast · February 8, 2010, 07:04 AM

Wow - 970 pages of everything even remotely related to shooting

Great resource.

KMO · February 8, 2010, 07:41 AM

Yes, but does it have anything that can't be found on their website? I'm not sure why they spend so much to print & mail these...

spacecoast · February 8, 2010, 08:00 AM

Understood, but having competing products listed side-by-side on the same page without having to click through to one page, then back out and through to another page is pretty convenient, more convenient than even tabbed browsers.

Water-Man · February 8, 2010, 08:41 AM

Got mine Saturday.

Brian Pfleuger · February 8, 2010, 11:19 AM

I've got one on the way along with all the parts I need for new Encore.

davlandrum · February 8, 2010, 02:00 PM

Dang thing is almost too big! I am used to reading through my new "wish books' cover-to-cover, but don't see it happening with this one....

kalstrand · February 8, 2010, 02:04 PM

Quote:

I'm not sure why they spend so much to print & mail these...

Because there are alot of people out there who don't or won't use the internet.

ruhip · February 10, 2010, 11:25 PM

Got mine yesterday...Great resource....I leave a piece of paper in and make a wish list....Midway has always been good to me..I've had good luck with them.

teeroux · February 10, 2010, 11:50 PM

Rain, sleet, snow, wind, flood, earthquakes, and the internet for you can go down, but if you still want to shop the mail will still go out.

Sixer · February 11, 2010, 01:36 AM

970 pages... with pictures

This should keep me busy until 2011

Rangefinder · February 11, 2010, 02:41 AM

Got mine saturday... And I spent sunday going nutz with a hi-lighter and sticky note page markers...

Croz · February 11, 2010, 11:24 AM

I got mine Monday, and while I order everything online, paging through the catalog is a great way to see things you wouldn't see on the web site because you didn't go out and buy them.

In other words, I know have a lot of "MUST HAVES" that I never knew even existed before, and never would have gone to the web site to find.

SmokeyVol · February 11, 2010, 07:00 PM

I received mine today. I like it because I cant reach the mouse & keyboard from the toilet seat!

Seriously, would you rather fip through the hard copy pages or spend an eternity going through every item online? Online is fine if I know exactly what I want, but sometimes you just want to browse through the catalog.

rdmallory · February 11, 2010, 07:34 PM

Yep, and Cabelas sent me a hard bound one too.

guitar1580 · February 11, 2010, 11:38 PM

I just received my first order from them, along with the catalog, last week. I'm very happy with the service I received from them. Great catalog.

If the power goes off again from the blizzard, I'll have that to look at beside the oil lamp.

JP

CK_32 · February 14, 2010, 03:24 AM

I saw the same with leupold catalogs... They are like premieum books
you would pay $20+ for at barns and noble and it comes with 3 of
them and they have a good 30+ pages in each.. I figured shoot if
you cut down on these catalogs you could save some $$ on your
scopes and bring the savings to us and make some better business.
And it shows nothing more than whats offered on the website.

I think they look so good i have them on my coffee table in the living room.

swiftak · February 14, 2010, 07:46 AM

My wife tried to hide it from me. I'm not that dumb.

THEZACHARIAS · February 14, 2010, 11:45 AM

Got one each from midway and cabelas. The wife says if they can afford to send me one, then i must have spent far too much $$$ on their products. I think it was well spent, but she may have a point...

BurkGlocker · February 14, 2010, 12:56 PM

On my order to get here from MidwayUSA. I use them about every five or six months to order gun parts and sometimes ammo. They have always been good to me, and I always fill out their surveys when they come around. They seem to really want to keep their customer satisfaction high and want to know how to better serve everyone. With goals like that, they will keep me as a customer...

Bigjim3 · February 14, 2010, 01:05 PM

Yea, one came in the mail and had my wifes name on it and she told me i could not have it

She was only kidding I just wonder what she has been ordering??

wy child · February 14, 2010, 01:44 PM

Do like I do, I hang the old one up in the outhouse and read the new one while I am sitting there.
They have been a life saver since Sears and Roebucks quit sending theirs out and it sure beats corn cobs.

"When Governments fear people, there is Liberty. When People fear the Government, there is Tyranny."

ratrodfink · February 14, 2010, 02:38 PM

Just got mine and I wore out a pen already circling what I "need".

wyobohunter · February 14, 2010, 11:44 PM

says my wife

.

She really messed up though. She bought me the Guns & Ammo 2010 Buyer's Guide for Valentine's Day. She has no idea how expensive that little Valentine's present is going to cost

.

riggins_83 · February 15, 2010, 12:08 AM

Since the Midway website has been down for about 27 hours now.. I might have to use the catalog instead

twice barrel · February 15, 2010, 07:46 AM

Received mine last week too. Normally I toss this stuff but it is such a very nice reference I decided to hang on to it. Reminicent of the old Grant Ilsing and Herter's catalogs!

TB

February 8, 2010, 07:04 AM	#1
spacecoast Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: Sunshine and Keystone States Posts: 4,461	Anyone else get the new Midway catalog? Wow - 970 pages of everything even remotely related to shooting Great resource.

February 8, 2010, 07:41 AM	#2
KMO Senior Member Join Date: January 13, 2008 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 949	Yes, but does it have anything that can't be found on their website? I'm not sure why they spend so much to print & mail these... __________________ *"In God We Trust"*

February 8, 2010, 11:19 AM	#5
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	I've got one on the way along with all the parts I need for new Encore. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

February 8, 2010, 02:00 PM	#6
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	Dang thing is almost too big! I am used to reading through my new "wish books' cover-to-cover, but don't see it happening with this one.... __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

February 11, 2010, 01:36 AM	#10
Sixer Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2008 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,891	970 pages... with pictures This should keep me busy until 2011 __________________ Hopp Custom Leather <------ click for HOLSTER awesomeness!! -There is no theory of evolution... Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.

February 8, 2010, 08:00 AM	#3
spacecoast Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2009 Location: Sunshine and Keystone States Posts: 4,461	Understood, but having competing products listed side-by-side on the same page without having to click through to one page, then back out and through to another page is pretty convenient, more convenient than even tabbed browsers.

February 8, 2010, 08:41 AM	#4
Water-Man Senior Member Join Date: March 23, 2008 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,126	Got mine Saturday.

February 10, 2010, 11:25 PM	#8
ruhip Member Join Date: January 27, 2005 Location: MA./FLA. Posts: 29	Got mine yesterday...Great resource....I leave a piece of paper in and make a wish list....Midway has always been good to me..I've had good luck with them.

February 10, 2010, 11:50 PM	#9
teeroux Senior Member Join Date: December 12, 2006 Posts: 1,512	Rain, sleet, snow, wind, flood, earthquakes, and the internet for you can go down, but if you still want to shop the mail will still go out.

February 11, 2010, 02:41 AM	#11
Rangefinder Senior Member Join Date: August 4, 2005 Posts: 2,017	Got mine saturday... And I spent sunday going nutz with a hi-lighter and sticky note page markers... __________________ "Why is is called Common Sense when it seems so few actually possess it?" Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

February 11, 2010, 11:24 AM	#12
Croz Senior Member Join Date: December 9, 2008 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 307	I got mine Monday, and while I order everything online, paging through the catalog is a great way to see things you wouldn't see on the web site because you didn't go out and buy them. In other words, I know have a lot of "MUST HAVES" that I never knew even existed before, and never would have gone to the web site to find.

February 11, 2010, 07:00 PM	#13
SmokeyVol Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 137	I received mine today. I like it because I cant reach the mouse & keyboard from the toilet seat! Seriously, would you rather fip through the hard copy pages or spend an eternity going through every item online? Online is fine if I know exactly what I want, but sometimes you just want to browse through the catalog.

February 11, 2010, 07:34 PM	#14
rdmallory Senior Member Join Date: February 10, 2009 Location: Deltona FL Posts: 953	Yep, and Cabelas sent me a hard bound one too.

February 11, 2010, 11:38 PM	#15
guitar1580 Senior Member Join Date: December 8, 2009 Posts: 201	I just received my first order from them, along with the catalog, last week. I'm very happy with the service I received from them. Great catalog. If the power goes off again from the blizzard, I'll have that to look at beside the oil lamp. JP

February 14, 2010, 03:24 AM	#16
CK_32 Senior Member Join Date: April 11, 2009 Location: Orange County, Ca Posts: 450	I saw the same with leupold catalogs... They are like premieum books you would pay $20+ for at barns and noble and it comes with 3 of them and they have a good 30+ pages in each.. I figured shoot if you cut down on these catalogs you could save some $$ on your scopes and bring the savings to us and make some better business. And it shows nothing more than whats offered on the website. I think they look so good i have them on my coffee table in the living room. __________________ Bullet placement over bullet wastement

February 14, 2010, 07:46 AM	#17
swiftak Member Join Date: September 13, 2008 Location: New Hampshire woods Posts: 18	My wife tried to hide it from me. I'm not that dumb.

February 14, 2010, 11:45 AM	#18
THEZACHARIAS Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 537	Got one each from midway and cabelas. The wife says if they can afford to send me one, then i must have spent far too much $$$ on their products. I think it was well spent, but she may have a point...

February 14, 2010, 12:56 PM	#19
BurkGlocker Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2008 Location: Sheppard AFB, TX Posts: 568	Waiting... On my order to get here from MidwayUSA. I use them about every five or six months to order gun parts and sometimes ammo. They have always been good to me, and I always fill out their surveys when they come around. They seem to really want to keep their customer satisfaction high and want to know how to better serve everyone. With goals like that, they will keep me as a customer...

February 14, 2010, 01:05 PM	#20
Bigjim3 Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 419	Yea, one came in the mail and had my wifes name on it and she told me i could not have it She was only kidding I just wonder what she has been ordering?? __________________ Jesus according to Luke:22:36: Then said he unto them, ,,,,,, and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one......... Thomas Jefferson: "No man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."

February 14, 2010, 01:44 PM	#21
wy child Junior Member Join Date: November 26, 2009 Location: Cheyenne Wyoming Posts: 8	Do like I do, I hang the old one up in the outhouse and read the new one while I am sitting there. They have been a life saver since Sears and Roebucks quit sending theirs out and it sure beats corn cobs. "When Governments fear people, there is Liberty. When People fear the Government, there is Tyranny."

February 14, 2010, 02:38 PM	#22
ratrodfink Member Join Date: December 26, 2008 Location: PA Posts: 51	Just got mine and I wore out a pen already circling what I "need". __________________ Salvation or damnation are just a trigger pull away...

February 14, 2010, 11:44 PM	#23
wyobohunter Senior Member Join Date: August 21, 2008 Location: Back in Wyoming Posts: 1,125	Yeah, I got it. "Thanks a bunch Midway" says my wife. She really messed up though. She bought me the Guns & Ammo 2010 Buyer's Guide for Valentine's Day. She has no idea how expensive that little Valentine's present is going to cost. __________________ Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results

February 15, 2010, 12:08 AM	#24
riggins_83 Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2009 Location: Wherever I may roam Posts: 1,506	Since the Midway website has been down for about 27 hours now.. I might have to use the catalog instead __________________ l've heard police work is dangerous. Yes, that's why l carry a big gun. Couldn't it go off accidentally? l used to have that problem. What did you do about it? l just think about baseball. -Leslie Nielsen

February 15, 2010, 07:46 AM	#25
twice barrel Member Join Date: November 11, 2009 Posts: 98	Received mine last week too. Normally I toss this stuff but it is such a very nice reference I decided to hang on to it. Reminicent of the old Grant Ilsing and Herter's catalogs! TB