Mossberg Ends Relationship with Dick’s Sporting Goods

FITASC · May 9, 2018, 03:29 PM

https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...porting-goods/

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Effective immediately, O.F. Mossberg & Sons will not accept any future orders from Dick’s Sporting Goods or Field & Stream, and is in the process of evaluating current contractual agreements.

“It has come to our attention that Dick’s Sporting Goods recently hired lobbyists on Capitol Hill to promote additional gun control.” said Iver Mossberg, Chief Executive Officer of O.F. Mossberg & Sons. “Make no mistake, Mossberg is a staunch supporter of the U.S. Constitution and our Second Amendment rights, and we fully disagree with Dick’s Sporting Goods’ recent anti-Second Amendment actions.”

Way to go Mossberg! I bet they were a large percentage of the guns Dick's managed to sell

HiBC · May 9, 2018, 03:34 PM

I ended my relationship with them to...Wait,did I have one? Hmmm.

Anyway. The name on the sign says it all.

It ain't "Richard's"

Good one,Mossberg!

Mainah · May 9, 2018, 06:15 PM

Lots of interesting corporate politics. Will Remington value that retail monopoly over the same pro-gun stance? Stay tuned.

BarryLee · May 9, 2018, 07:51 PM

Bottom line no one outside of a few gun forums cares who Mossberg, Springfield or any other gun company drops as a retail partner. However, whenever another retailer drops guns from their inventory or a corporation cuts ties to a pro-gun organization it will get a lot of press and chip away just a little more at the appeal of gun ownership.

sparkyv · May 9, 2018, 08:47 PM

Way to go Mossberg. What say you, Ruger, Smith, Kimber?

Rembrandt · May 9, 2018, 08:57 PM

Before long Dicks product line will be nothing more than jock straps, soccer balls, and hats.

5whiskey · May 10, 2018, 02:50 PM

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Bottom line no one outside of a few gun forums cares who Mossberg, Springfield or any other gun company drops as a retail partner.

Not entirely true. It's getting some FB attention. Should it actually be followed by some media, and then re-broadcast, this could get a decent amount of attention.

Why is this bigger news than Springfield's Dick's Boycott? Few if any Dick's locations carried pistols, and Springfield is a pistol-centered manufacturer (excluding the Saint and the MIA). Since Dick's boycotted the AR platform, that left Springfield with exactly 1 model, the M1A, that would be carried by Dick's. I doubt restricting M1A sales at Dick's has any realistic effect at all on the bottom line of either company, so in essence it was virtue signaling. Just like no one really went to Dick's to buy an AR.

Mossberg is a different story, however. Everything Mossberg makes is still suitable for sell at Dick's, and Dick's likely sold a good few Mossberg firearms. This is more than mere virtue signaling.

SamNavy · May 10, 2018, 06:14 PM

I know a few guys who still to this day curse the name of Bill Ruger for the role he played in the 1994 AWB and 25 years later refuse to buy Ruger firearms. Those lifelong grudges happened way before the internet. Don't for a second think that these moves by Dicks and F&S (and the industry response) are limited to internet forum guys or will be old news in a few months. We 2A supporters tend to have long memories.

Bartholomew Roberts · May 10, 2018, 08:55 PM

Dick’s gets about 10% of their annual $7.9 billion in revenues from gun sales according to what I’ve read. I bet the shareholders care about this.

tony pasley · May 10, 2018, 10:52 PM

Add HiPoint and Inland arms to the list. National shooting Sports Federation kicked them out of that organization.

kozak6 · May 11, 2018, 12:31 AM

That's more like it!

Dick's doesn't really sell pistols, and probably didn't sell many M1A's or Saints.

But Mossberg?

I bet they sold tons of Mossbergs. That's going to sting a bit. Kudos.

bamaranger · May 11, 2018, 02:17 AM

Do I read this right? They hire lobbyists that are anti gun, but sell guns too?

I spent a gift certificate there (Dicks) recently. I won't be back........for anything.

May 9, 2018, 07:51 PM	#4
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	Bottom line no one outside of a few gun forums cares who Mossberg, Springfield or any other gun company drops as a retail partner. However, whenever another retailer drops guns from their inventory or a corporation cuts ties to a pro-gun organization it will get a lot of press and chip away just a little more at the appeal of gun ownership. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

May 9, 2018, 08:47 PM	#5
sparkyv Senior Member Join Date: May 2, 2015 Location: Deepinnaheartta,Texas Posts: 318	Way to go Mossberg. What say you, Ruger, Smith, Kimber? __________________ μολὼν λαβέ NRA Life Member

May 10, 2018, 10:52 PM	#10
tony pasley Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2006 Location: western north carolina Posts: 1,641	Add HiPoint and Inland arms to the list. National shooting Sports Federation kicked them out of that organization. __________________ Every day Congress is in session we lose a little bit more of our Liberty.

May 11, 2018, 02:17 AM	#12
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,308	forked tongue Do I read this right? They hire lobbyists that are anti gun, but sell guns too? I spent a gift certificate there (Dicks) recently. I won't be back........for anything.

May 9, 2018, 03:34 PM	#2
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,286	I ended my relationship with them to...Wait,did I have one? Hmmm. Anyway. The name on the sign says it all. It ain't "Richard's" Good one,Mossberg!

May 9, 2018, 06:15 PM	#3
Mainah Senior Member Join Date: July 9, 2007 Posts: 1,119	Lots of interesting corporate politics. Will Remington value that retail monopoly over the same pro-gun stance? Stay tuned.

May 9, 2018, 08:57 PM	#6
Rembrandt Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2002 Posts: 2,108	Before long Dicks product line will be nothing more than jock straps, soccer balls, and hats.

May 10, 2018, 06:14 PM	#8
SamNavy Senior Member Join Date: August 28, 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 433	I know a few guys who still to this day curse the name of Bill Ruger for the role he played in the 1994 AWB and 25 years later refuse to buy Ruger firearms. Those lifelong grudges happened way before the internet. Don't for a second think that these moves by Dicks and F&S (and the industry response) are limited to internet forum guys or will be old news in a few months. We 2A supporters tend to have long memories.

May 10, 2018, 08:55 PM	#9
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Dick’s gets about 10% of their annual $7.9 billion in revenues from gun sales according to what I’ve read. I bet the shareholders care about this.

May 11, 2018, 12:31 AM	#11
kozak6 Senior Member Join Date: June 16, 2005 Location: AZ Posts: 3,113	That's more like it! Dick's doesn't really sell pistols, and probably didn't sell many M1A's or Saints. But Mossberg? I bet they sold tons of Mossbergs. That's going to sting a bit. Kudos.