A Different Calibre, Letchworth airgun shop has shut

[krisko]

I have spent over £100 attending the range, was not cheap probably low attendance

[Phil G]

When the new range first opened I did think it was a brave thing to do. It suited me to call by there as I often had a couple of hours to spare in Letchworth.
I would imagine the rent and rates were very high.
I always got on okay with the staff, but then I tend to take people as I find the.

[flyingfish]

At £10 per hour the range was never busy while I was there. The shop was expensive (especially the 2nd hand section)
The owner was a eccentric imho

[joffy]

At £10 per hour the range was never busy while I was there. The shop was expensive (especially the 2nd hand section)
The owner was a eccentric imho

Eccentric he should have on here

[danco1987]

When the new range first opened I did think it was a brave thing to do. It suited me to call by there as I often had a couple of hours to spare in Letchworth.
I would imagine the rent and rates were very high.
I always got on okay with the staff, but then I tend to take people as I find the.

I got shown around the range shortly after they opened and it was quite busy. Also popped in there after work a few times to pick up pellets and they seemed to have a club or group of some sort using the range. I never used the range myself as tend to just stick to my permissions. That was some time back though and as has been said, rates probably were high. I did want to see the place succeed though, as it was my third favourite place to visit in Letchworth after the garden city brewery and craftys micropub Thankfully those two places are always busy

[Steyr]

Maybe they should have opened a bar not a range then

[Hurricane]

When I was a regular traveller into London any shop close to A1 was handy for me, went in there once, they had some gear I was looking to buy, but the staff where so bad I took my trade elsewhere.

[Willenium]

Went there with a friend a couple of years back as it was open on Sunday and also supposedly had a 30m range (as opposed to the 20m range I sometimes use). Found their range of pellets was very limited but the tin I did get was cheaper than elsewhere.

In terms of staff attitude, I wasn't very impressed at all. The girl behind the desk was quite unhelpful and almost seemed to begrudge being there. Asked some guy called Andrew who seemed to be in charge if they sold shotguns as I was in the market for one and he went off on a rant about how shotgun owners are all toffs and he had no time for all that. Turns out they actually did have a few but you'd never have known it and I certainly never gave them any more business.

[luckymjr]

Asked some guy called Andrew who seemed to be in charge if they sold shotguns as I was in the market for one and he went off on a rant about how shotgun owners are all toffs and he had no time for all that. Turns out they actually did have a few but you'd never have known it and I certainly never gave them any more business.

Andrew, He was the boss I was talking about. Definitely a split personality. One day he was fine and the next day he wasn't. On one occasion I popped In for a mooch and a chat and I found him bloody rude. He said something like, I get fed up with people coming In here just for something to do, most of them never buy anything anyway. I then politely reminded him that a few months earlier I had purchased from him a gun cabinet, shotgun carts, and a .22 rimfire complete set up. Needless to say that was the last time I ever went back to that place.

John