First, we would like to thank you for your continued loyalty and business with Queen City Arms. It has been an absolute pleasure being able to do business with you over the years.
However, we would like to personally reach out to inform you that we are consolidating our Ohio location effective April 1st. We will be solely focusing on our KY location.
This comes with a heavy heart, however it is the best decision for our families and business.
For your reference we will be pulling our FFL from our website and encourage customers to halt any inbound transfers or NFA items that require an OH residency.
We will be no longer accepting basic transfers after March 15th, NFA items immediately. All ordered products prior to this date will be delivered accordingly. If you have a pending NFA item, we will be reaching out to you directly.
We wish to thank you again for your patronage and your value as one of our customers.
If you have any questions about this or anything else, I can be reached by text, the number is provided below.
Here at Queen City Arms we have always strived to have one hundred percent transparency with our customers. The last year has been the busiest year to date and we are always humbled by this.
As you know we have always stated we are a family shop. Family always comes first. With that we will be focusing on more work life balance in the upcoming months; for a few reasons.
The Berger’s are expecting baby#5 in the next few weeks! There have been some complications at the end of the pregnancy and Tara will need to step back for a few weeks before and after the baby. She will still be working behind the scenes but will not be directly part of day to day on site operations. Queen City Arms will be adjusting hours to accommodate starting Feb 1.
New Shop Hours – Starting February 1st, 2022
Tuesday – Friday 12 Noon to 5:45PM
Saturday 12 -4PM
Closed Sunday & Monday
What does that mean for you?
We will still have the same level of customer service as always. We are announcing today to allow a week for everyone to adjust to the new schedule.
Each of our carriers will be notified and there will be no disruption of service.
We will still be conducting business as usual. There will be no change to transfers, online orders, special orders, or gunsmithing.
If you need to communicate with us, the best way to reach us is via text: 513-900-8005.
During this time we will be focusing on our ecommerce side of business. We will be seeking out the #qcadealz and posting them more regularly as well as all of our in stock new & used items.
Let’s Talk about FFL Transfers – They are $10 for a reason!
We love our FFL transfers! We love that our customers find amazing deals online and save even more getting them through us. However, they are $10 for a reason.
Few things to remember:
We do not track your package. We have zero involvement until it shows up at our door.
Do not show up when a carrier says your item has arrived. It has not been processed and we will have to turn you away. We will not hunt for a specific package, we will process them as we have time. Online orders and new inventory are always the highest processing priority.
Wait until we text you your item is ready for pickup. The best way to make this process smooth is to make sure you use a valid cell number when you purchase your item for the seller. We have no way of knowing if the number provided is a landline or cell phone so if you provide the seller your landline number you may not receive notification that your transfer is ready.
It may take us up to 5 days to process your item (we normally get them done MUCH sooner). We receive 20-50 transfers on a given day. PLEASE KEEP THIS IN MIND.
We have an online form to notify us of your incoming transfer. You do not have to email us, call us or text us an item is on its way. We only use this form if an item is missing required information when it arrives. A copy of our FFL is also located at the same link, send it to whom ever you need to!
If you can imagine there are miles and miles of goodies to oogle. From tactical cool, to practical. Its almost overwhelming. Here are a few highlights from the last days of Shot.
PSA – Welcomes their 5.7 Rock Pistol Platform…Because why not?
At SHOT 2022 today, PSA had two of the 5.7s available for handling. They will be offering the 5.7 Rock both with and without an optics cut. Both models will come from the factory with a 23-round magazine, and are expected to release within the next 60 days.
$549 Optics Ready — $499 standard
10MM – Be prepared for anything, possibly a bear…
Made infamous by the FBI’s adoption of the caliber following the Miami-Dade shootout in 1986, 10mm has been contentious since the beginning. Many deemed it too powerful for the average shooter to realistically control, but others were impressed by its ballistic performance and were quick to adopt it as their primary handgun caliber.
10mm may have never fully caught on, but it never really died out either. Helping to keep it from falling by the wayside, Smith & Wesson released a 10mm M&P 2.0. As one of the most popular pistol platforms in the country, the M&P.
The 10mm M&P 2.0 is available in a few different configurations. It can come either with or without a manual safety and with either a 4-inch or 4.6-inch-long barrel, making a total of 4 models to choose from. All 10mm M&P models are also optics-ready and come standard with suppressor height sights. The trigger has also been redesigned into a flat-face style with the intention of providing a more consistent pull for more accurate shooting. Like all M&P pistols, the ergonomic grip inserts are interchangeable as well. With a magazine capacity of 15 rounds, the 10mm M&P can pack quite a bit of firepower in a pretty compact package.
Price tag on these bad boys start at $589
For those who love a little bling…
Sig P365XL with Gold Slide
The Ultimate Gold Package!
Faxon – Rolling Out A New Round
The 8.6 Blackout is a .338 caliber cartridge created with the same general concept as the .300 Blackout except for the bigger AR-10 pattern guns. It has case head dimensions and overall length identical to .308 Winchester which in conjunction with the overall shape of the cartridge allows loading unmodified AR-10 magazines to their full capacity.
Faxon made the barrels for these 8.6 Blackout firearms. Now, these are not regular barrels and making them is probably quite challenging because in order to properly stabilize long and heavy 300-grain subsonic .338 caliber projectiles, the barrels have a 1:3″ twist rate! Yes, that’s one full rotation of the rifling in every three inches. The bores of these barrels look more like being internally threaded than rifled.
The barrels for both platforms will be available in 8″, 12″ and 16″ length options. For more information on this joint project and to be notified about the availability of Faxon barrels, click HERE to proceed to Faxon’s page dedicated to this collaboration with Q and their 8.6 Blackout products.
Other Faxon products that do not disappoint…from their premium line rifles to shorty short barrels!
Upping Our Game – Silencer Shop Kiosk Coming Soon to the Range!
We hate paperwork…like really hate it. So lets eliminate it as much as possible! We will be streamlining our process for NFA items. This benefit s you by reducing turn around time and reduces paperwork friction on our end. WIN-WIN!
We definitely picked up some swag for you folks too!
Queen City is at Shot Show this year with a small crew. Wanted to share our adventure!
We got some time to play with the new Smith & Wesson CSX 9mm. Being a left handed shooter everything is ambidextrous! Slide release, safety, and mag release too. Super light weight it’s slightly bigger than the old P938. Very nice trigger and according to Smith these are shipping now. Price point is looking to be around $549.
Aero Precision
Aero is getting into the 700 chassis game in a big way!
KelTec – Armor Piercing in all its glory…
Had to play with the KelTec P50 and check out their 50 round of armor piercing handheld craziness. Additional models will include a longer barrel and a brace. Congrats KelTec on 30 years of challenging the gun industry!
Dark Storm Industries – 308 Crammed into an AR-15 Platform
Dark Storm Industries coming out with the DS-25 a 308 AR platform that matches the size and weight of a standard AR-15 platform. MSRP looks to be $1400 which isn’t terrible for an AR-10 build equivalent. Best part this whole build is possible with their upper, lower and BCG and the rest follows a mil-spec AR build!!!
SCCY – Love em or Hate em
Some hands on time with the new SCCY DVG striker fire gun and the improved CXP using Glock sights for easy upgrade. Not saying we are in love but a good evolution of the gun long over due!
Look familiar…every major brand is move toward ultra compact 9MM. Sig paved the way and everyone is following suit, even Sccy…
During the pandemic the QC team focused on building our online store to better serve our customers. We have learned a lot during this process and wanted to share a few tips and tricks with you!
The top two question we receive is :”What is an in stock item” verse ” What is dropped shipped from your distributors”.
These are great questions! First there is a dedicated tab for in stock items on our website’s main tab bar:
We try to keep this as current as possible! These items are shared between our two locations, Queen City Arms Ohio and Queen City Shooters Kentucky. If you are inquiring about an item, you can always text one of our locations for the fastest response!
There are also three statuses to keep in mind: On the shelf today, Available and Unavailable.
On the shelf today! Status As you can see in the below image the red outlined text stating “On the shelf today!” this means this item is in store at one of our locations!
Available Status
When you see an “Available” status under an item. This indicates it drop ships from one of our many distributors. Pending on where it is shipping from it may take 5-7 business days to receive this item in store. This time frame will increase as the holiday season is right around the corner.
Unavailable Status This status indicates this item is no longer available or is out of stock with each of our distributors.
#onlineonly Dealz What are they? Each day our team looks to see if here are any sweet deals that our distributors drop. We share these as #onlineonly dealz. There may be 50 available or 5 and when they are gone, they are gone! These items must be ordered online and we will notify you once they arrive.
If you ever have questions, just ask! We are happy to help!
Queen City Shooters Range and Retail in Independence KY will be closed Sunday the 5th for the Labor Day Holiday. We will open back up September 7th normal time!
We have increasingly had issues with Facebook & Instagram and censorship. We have received numerous “community standard” violations. One of Queen City Arms’ admin is currently on a 3 day ban with Facebook.
We will no longer be posting prices on any of our ads. We will be posting a short message and a link to QCC where you will be able to see detailed information.
We are displeased with the current state of things, however we do not want to fully lose our audience on Facebook .
Lets Get In Touch!
Our new Auction Site has an amazing feature! If you enable “Newsletters” during registration or on your main control panel. We have the ability to send out notification this way when new product drops! The newsletters will go directly to your email you registered with! We will not spam you either…no one has time for that 🙂
We have built the last bit of product we have remaining! Queen City Arms will have a limited run of uppers and complete Lowers as well as parts. We will not advertise these on Facebook nor will these go on our online store. They will be for sale in store only. We will update information here with pricing and availability. They are built and awaiting testing. We are hoping to have these out by Tuesday of next week!
We are still working on getting more builds planned for late 2021. As most of you know the industry has been insane, we hope it will regulate somewhat. Stay tuned!
It has been some time since we had a State of QCA post. We want to always keep open and clear communication with you, our valued customers and friends. First, this last year has been hard! As I know many of you have felt the immense pressure and stress; so have we. We all have and continue to navigate through this pandemic. Which has caused so many disruptions we are still dealing with.
Our hours are still reduced due to the limited inventory. We are working every day we are closed. The inventory we do receive we typically sell the same day and try to be as fair as possible in listing these items for sale. It is important to know we have offered inventory to our local customers first and kept our word not to price gouge.
As enthusiasts this can be very challenging times. To our new customers, thank you for checking us out! We have worked hard to try to steer you in a good direction if we do not have the item you want or need. The idea of settling on a firearm that may not be a good fit has been a very difficult scenario for us. We hope all the new and awesome people we have assisted over the last few months know they can reach out to us if you have questions or need advice. New gun owners face a lot of questions and we want to make sure you have a good support system.
Let’s talk ammo…
As most of you know it is very hard to come by. Ammo prices have increased marginally, however the limited availability has definitely driven the prices through the roof. For full transparency we have been moving all ball ammo to Queen City Shooters to keep the range stocked for range use. When we have ammo it is mostly defensive. There is no set time when it comes in and the amounts are not consistent. We are unable to back order it and we do not do wait lists as we have no idea when supplies will be available. It looks like the best and most cost effective way to purchase it is online right now. You may still pay a premium for it. This will pass and things will regulate eventually. Which brings us to one of our favorite sayings…BUY IT CHEAP AND STACK IT DEEP!
Shipping for the time being seems to be regulating. However, most shipments are still 7-10 days out. As a reminder on our online store, if an item states, “available” it is in stock and drop shipping from our distributors. Shipping times fall in that 7-10 day window. The status “on the self today” means it is in stock at one of our locations and usually can be picked up the same day. We have been working very hard to keep a live inventory of items as they come. As you can imagine due to the incredible demand some products sell before it makes it to our online site.
We have been growing our content here on Queen City Classifieds. Due to the increasing censorship on social media platforms we have been trying to navigate our customers here to find current inventory and QC news.
Our newest feature of Queen City Classifieds is our Auctions. We have enjoyed conducting them. We hope as things stabilize we will be able to expand and host even more! We welcome your feedback too.
What does the future look like? Well, just know we will keep hustling to bring you all the #qcadeals we can, to be honest and transparent. We are excited and hopeful the new year will bring new opportunities to grow. Our builds are currently on hold due to the limited availability of parts but we are always working on new ideas.
Thank you for supporting us! Thank you for all the love we have received over the last several months! Just a big thank you.
