From Staff Reports
The owner of Birmingham Pistol Wholesale, who recently purchased Southeastern Guns, plans to eventually move both businesses into one larger location.
Shane Thomas inspects merchandise at Birmingham Pistol Wholesale.
Johnny Walker, who got into the gun wholesale business in 1974, said the former owners of Southeastern Guns, Michael and Debbie Davenport called him when they decided they wanted to retire.
“The long range plan — the next eight to 12 months — is to build a building over on Valley Road,” Walker said, adding he will relocate both Gadsden Highway stores into one new location.
The new building will also serve as headquarters for Walker’s other business, Gunprime.com, which he said is similar to Amazon Prime in that it is geared toward selling guns via the internet.
“We specialize in moving large quantities of discounted guns to dealers,” he said about one of his internet business. He added his business also has a large presence on gunbroker.com.
“We’re trying to get everything consolidated to one building under one roof,” he said.
Walker, 66, said his family owned business will continue to specialize in providing top-of-the-line customer service.
We stand behind everything we sell,” he said
Walker’s son, Guy Walker, has worked with him since 2014. His son-in-law, Shane Thomas, has been in business with his father-in-law since 2012.
We’ll have a lot more showroom space and a lot more parking,” Walker said.
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David Clements
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Glenn Leeman
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Stephen Melvin
Chris Hollingsworth
Deborah Flynn Galloway
Jerry Galloway, Chad Galloway
Lee Knobloch
Wow. I haven’t talked to Mike in a long time. That’s interesting.
Gene Startley
Good. I went in SE guns and stood for 20 min and noone would
Gene Startley
And noon asked to even help. I go in Johnny’s and they all say hi and ask to help.
Amanda S. Bell Glenn
Cale Glenn
Laine Bates
Timmy Riddle
Lynn Hawthorne
Kevin Duffey
Jessica Minor
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Chris Mcdowell
Shane, always on that phone
Larry Calhoun
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Derek Rivers
I’ve bought guns at both neither had good customer service, wouldn’t waste my time or money
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Eric Embry
I have a reason to shop at SEGuns now