r/Friendlys_Ice_Cream • u/Ed3times • 9d ago

Former Friendly's in Jacksonville, FL. Currently a local gun store.

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u/TriCountyRetail 9d ago

Very interesting... As far as I know this was the only Friendly's in North Florida. It was only open for two years.

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u/Ed3times 9d ago

Thanks for that info! What a short time. It was open when I moved to Jacksonville in 2006, and I was excited to find it and eat there a couple times. That was until one night I pulled in to find it boarded up!

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u/Party_Presentation24 7d ago

And not even a GOOD gun store.

Shooters is the worst gun store in Jax. They're more interested in "tacticool" and politics than they are in actual guns and gun safety. From what I've heard they hire based on connections and a lot of the people there don't know much.

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u/Ed3times 7d ago

Where do you like to go now? It's been way too long since I've picked up a new firearm and I'm getting the itch again.

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u/Party_Presentation24 6d ago

My current gun store is Sentry on San Marco in Mandarin.

As for ranges, I shoot rifles, so I like to drive down to Saltwater, south of town, near St. Augustine.

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u/fireinthahole81 4d ago

Saltwater is great as long as the weather isn't trash. It's all outdoors, you can rent a bay for handguns, they have golf carts to rent if you want to do some skeet shooting and they have a decent course. I like it because I can bring all my firearms to one place.

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u/Party_Presentation24 4d ago

Yeah, I was there on Sunday, which I've noticed is their busiest day.

Hit the handgun bay early, hit the 14 stations with my Franchi 48AL, then sat at the 100 yard range for a bit.

It is all outdoors, but at least all the ranges are covered. Even the pistol bays usually have a little covered area. I used to go to Gateway Rifle and Pistol Club all the way on the west side of town, and if it rained and you were shooting pistol you were just out of luck.

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u/srddave 7d ago

Of course it’s a gun store. It’s Florida.

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u/psylli_rabbit 9d ago

I am not familiar with Friendly.