5/17/25: LT Arms & SafeBox & The Outdoorsman’s Attic Today’s Guests: We are excited to have the crew from LT Arms in Littleton, CO with us today! Kyle Wille, Owner will join us along with Brandon and Evan to talk about their great business. Then, Eric Hackett, Owner of SafeBox in Englewood, CO joins us and says now you have a safe place to store important documents, Jewelry, Gold and Guns. At SafeBox their mission is to provide their clients with the highest levels of security, privacy and customer service. SafeBox offers safe deposit boxes of all sizes both
SPEAKER 01 :
Welcome to Sportsman of Colorado, Colorado’s premier outdoor radio show heard every Saturday afternoon on KLZ 560 with insights on hunting, fishing, archery, guns, and ammo from Colorado’s top outfitters featuring the industry’s leading experts on how to enhance your experience in the great outdoors. Now, here’s your host, Scott Watley.
SPEAKER 06 :
Welcome back to Sportsman of Colorado. Again, thank you so much for being with us. Well, the first of every month, our next guest will be our guest. Every Saturday, first of the month, of course, catch our replays as well. And I’ll go ahead and mention that. Our live show is Saturdays 1 to 2. Then on Sundays, 8 in the morning, 8 at night. Hey, you can catch us twice on Sundays. Then the following Thursday at 9 a.m. So four times a week. And, of course, you can get our podcast anywhere you get yours. But again, Our good friends from LT Arms in studio. Our very first show we did, I actually went over there and we recorded the show on location, but wanted to get the guys in the studio with us. So good to have you guys. Kyle, how are you, sir? Doing great. And that is Kyle Willey. He’s the owner. And Evan Lee. Evan.
SPEAKER 12 :
Good to see you again, Scott.
SPEAKER 06 :
Good to see you. And the man, Brandon Anderson. He told me to say that. Okay, so he told me, he said when he introduced me, just say the man. All right. Thanks. Good to be here. Brandon Anderson.
SPEAKER 07 :
All right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Good to see you. All right, Kyle, for those that maybe missed the first show with you guys, tell us a little bit about how LT Arms came about.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so as far as LT Arms, we’re a one-stop shop for everything hunting. I tried to gear the shop towards that so that people could have a nice, warm environment to come to with a knowledgeable staff to help them with all their hunting questions.
SPEAKER 06 :
You’re still looking for that knowledgeable staff? Yeah, it’s hard to find.
SPEAKER 10 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
No, and you know what? It is really cool because every store – I mean, hey, there are some good gun stores in the area, okay? But every store kind of has their niche a little bit, you know? And what I’m picking up from you guys is you can’t be everything to everybody, but yet, man, what you’re putting together there with kind of a team from the gunsmithing side of things to some – different types of guns, periods of guns that you’ve got, a little bit with reloading. I mean, you’re kind of getting that whole big old picture there.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I mean, with the staff that we have, between everyone there, we can – meet anyone’s needs that they have anything from complete restoration to you know new builds to you know reloads and having everything that needs to be done in the firearm industry we can easily help them with all the knowledgeable staff that we have right they are located 8119 shaffer parkway in littleton and uh what are your hours So Monday through Friday is 10 to 7, and then Saturday we’re open 10 to 4.
SPEAKER 06 :
Okay, good deal. All right, we could kind of make this a roundtable discussion or whatever, but, man, if we would have looked back a few years ago when you started this, we could have never dreamed the assault, I’ll call it, on guns and gun ownership. Yeah. Man, and you speed it up to where we are right now. And, of course, some things have been signed, but those actually don’t go into effect. And hopefully they won’t, but until next year. But let’s kind of just open that up and just kind of talk. And, you know, all you guys talk to customers on a daily basis and things. So, Brandon, I’ll let you open it up. What are you seeing with this gun laws and what are people talking about when they come in the store?
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, the SB3 got signed in about two weeks ago now. We get a lot of people coming in that they think that as soon as that was signed, it is concrete law right away. And, I mean, we’ve been getting a lot of phone calls with people asking, am I still allowed to buy these things? You know, when can I take the class so I can – get my permit to carry a detachable magazine semi-automatic gun. And it was signed into law. It doesn’t actually go into effect until August of 2026, like you were saying. So you can still come in and get any of the stuff that you’ve previously been able to get. There aren’t any restrictions yet on anything. There’s a couple of lawsuits going on. So it looks like hopefully that will be tied up in court for the next few years and won’t actually become a law. So there’s, you know, a few organizations like the Colorado state student shooting association, gun owners of America and NRA, they’re all teaming up to start a lawsuit. There’s already a lawsuit going against proposition KK, which is the sales tax on firearms. So they’re, they’re trying to push back against that. The, uh, the social media bill that they tried to get going, got, vetoed and they tried to override the veto yesterday and that got shot down in the house so that’s nice at least one you know one of the 15 gun bills they’re trying to pass this year got shot down but they’re yeah they’re going they’re going pretty hard with the the anti-gun legislation this year what are most people saying i mean when you evan i don’t know if your interaction with customers too i mean what what are most people saying when they when they come in
SPEAKER 12 :
At first, we saw some panic buying from some of the newer customers that are getting into the firearms world for the first time. But a lot of the old guys who have seasoned and been through this a few times, the general consensus is this is ultimately going to get overturned. There’s a Supreme Court precedent on this in New York and B.C., with previous decisions. It’s clearly government overreach at the local level. And even some of our clients who do, let’s just say, lean left a little bit more are even wildly opposed to this entire thing. Just they can’t believe that this actually happened.
SPEAKER 06 :
Because I don’t even see a way to even – if it got to – to even administrate it. That, too.
SPEAKER 12 :
Dude, it could take – The costs of this alone.
SPEAKER 06 :
I mean, the time it could take someone to actually, you know, from the time they fill out paperwork to do all the things that they were listing there and then how CPW is going to manage that and orchestrate that. I mean, we can’t even get like a – hunter safety class locally for some people to take. Oh, they’re way backed up on that. And so, I mean, how in the world is that going to work?
SPEAKER 10 :
Well, the best part is with a lot of the laws now, because for the concealed carry classes, the sheriffs, all the instructors have to be licensed with the sheriffs now. That is in a full effect now and the sheriffs still have no clue how they’re going to certify these instructors. So that was last year when that passed and they still haven’t figured it out. So it’s like, how are they going to figure this out too? So they’re passing all these laws and then no one has any clue how to enact them or enforce them or anything like that. So it makes it harder for us gun shops.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, right. And we’re going to try to keep you informed as best we can with folks like this that are in it day to day. But I’m just telling you right now, it’s time to go buy a gun. All right? That’s an easy thing to come right now. And, again, we’re talking to LT Arms, 8119 Schaefer Parkway in Littleton. All right. You’ve got a cool event coming up, I think, in Wyoming.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so we’re going to the Central Wyoming Machine Gun Shoot. That’s kind of middle of nowhere between Medicine Bow and Casper. As far as that, anyone’s welcome to come. You just pay your admission and then there’s going to be a ton of people there with machine guns. and you just pay for the ammo that you want to shoot. So it could get real expensive or you could have a fun time. Either one.
SPEAKER 06 :
I think it’s going to be real expensive to have a fun time. Yeah, exactly. So let’s just say somebody wanted to shoot, you know, a couple hundred rounds. I mean, any idea what kind of price tag we would just let them know that they would spend?
SPEAKER 10 :
So, I mean, for that, you could be, I mean, if you just stick with shooting 9mm machine guns, that could be fairly cheap and affordable. $200, you could easily have a fun day shooting 9mm. If you want to get into, you know, shooting the bigger calibers, you know, old historic World War II guns, .50 cals, all that, then you’re getting a little more pricey. I mean, so I would say low-end, $200 to high-end, I mean, you could easily drop $10,000 if you wanted to go crazy.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sure, sure. Now, do they buy tickets just at the gate, so to speak?
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, it’s a $20 admission fee for a day pass, or they do have camping passes where you can stay. It’s the 6th through the 8th of June, so you can spend all three days there, and it’s $40 to camp all weekend. But, yeah, beyond that, you pay your admission fee, and then it’s like a price per booth where you can go. There’s tons of vendors up there. We’re not going to be the only one. Sure. You can make your way down the line, and, I mean, there’s everything from old Gatling guns to miniguns. They have a night shoot with incendiary rounds like tracers and stuff with explosive targets and old cars and washing machines and Tannerite and all of the— All the fun stuff. Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s going to be a rich environment.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s going to be an American heart out there. Yeah. And each of the participants is going to be bringing a particular sort of interest. A lot of these guys are collectors and they’ve got like older firearms. A lot of them are going to have more modern arms. um the particular things that we offer everything from yeah modern nine mil ar platform type things and we’ve got historic guns such as a german mg42 browning 1919 um really neat stuff right really neat stuff and not a lot of times you get the opportunity to fire such a fire you know it’s amazing i’ve been able to do it a few times but it’s amazing
SPEAKER 06 :
And I guess just use the term how much, if you’re not familiar with that, how much that gun will walk on you, I mean, rise up, I mean, really quick. I mean, it’s cool, though, man. I’m telling you. And it’s hard to even describe what it feels like just to hit that trigger and, man, just see holes flying.
SPEAKER 12 :
Not expensive, full automatic.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s the best roller coaster ride.
SPEAKER 12 :
Oh, absolutely.
SPEAKER 06 :
And people can’t, hey, people say, can you buy a machine gun? Yes, you can. Right? Yeah, you can. What are some that you guys maybe have or can get? For sale?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so as far as some machine guns out there, it has to be a post-ban machine gun is the requirement for civilians to own them. And as far as what options are out there, there’s a handful of M16s and stuff like that. A lot of your old World War II machine guns are on the registry, so you can buy those. your cheapest option is going to be around 30 grand. 30 grand. So that’s the hard part there is it’s supply and demand, simple economics there. They’re not making any more, and as people use them, they die off and get worn out. We can restore them and get them back to working condition, but some of them are beyond repair, and so… The supply is dwindling, and the demand is going higher than ever.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sure. Once again, we’re visiting with a crew from LT Arms. We’ve got Kyle Willey, the owner, Evan Lee, and Brandon Anderson with us. If you haven’t been by the store, hey, highly recommend you go by. One cool part in the store, a lot of times you just walk in a store, and there’ll be some guns on the rack or in cases or whatever, but you guys got what you call the library. So who wants to take that?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, so the library, it was kind of when I first started, I wanted to have a place to have people come and relax and enjoy. Because when I first started, background checks were only a couple of hours instead of the three-day wait that we have now. So I wanted a place where people could just sit and wait and relax. So I built it out to look real nice. So we have all of our old historical firearms on display. We have a ton of books. We have a nice cooler with some drinks in it that people can grab. And it’s just a nice environment for people to come and sit and enjoy their time.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And you’ve got some pretty cool guns in there.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, yeah. Yeah. So one of the collections that I tried to get was a general progression of military rifles. So I have everything from the, you know, flintlock rifle down to the M16. We don’t have the MCX spear yet, but maybe we’ll have that on the wall eventually.
SPEAKER 06 :
Be sure and follow them on social media as well, especially their Instagram page and Facebook. What else, Erica? I’m sorry, what’d you say?
SPEAKER 12 :
Twitter.
SPEAKER 06 :
Twitter. Okay. We call it now. All right. X. Yeah. All right. Be sure and follow them in there. And Brandon, I guess I’ll turn this one to you. But I saw, I think just a couple of days ago, you were talking about, hey, if folks were struggling in some areas, maybe, you know, mental health, different things like that. Sometimes there are some things you can get into legally where maybe you have to Can’t have guns in the home for a little bit. You guys are offering a service there.
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, we offer storage for people. So, yeah, if it’s a mental health issue or if, yeah, there is a legal issue like, you know, domestic violence cases and things like that, we do offer storage for people. So, yeah, you can call us up or email us and set up an appointment and bring your stuff down and we’ll store it for you so that way – You know, whether it’s court mandated or if it’s just a personal issue where you want to get them out of the house, yeah, we’ll do that for you and get them stored in a safe location so they’re accessible in the future.
SPEAKER 10 :
And one of the big things there is no questions asked. We’re not going to hound you and all that. We could care less. We just want people to be safe and have a good place to go home to. That way nothing bad ends up happening. So that’s something that we try to offer and just give them a safe space to come to.
SPEAKER 06 :
LT Arms, 8119 Schaefer Parkway in Littleton. You’re listening to Sportsman of Colorado. We’ve got to hit a quick break, and we’ll be back with more right after this.
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KLZ 560 AM, your home station.
SPEAKER 06 :
Welcome back to Sportsman of Colorado. If you’re just joining us, LT Arms is in the house. 8119 Schaefer Parkway in Littleton. We’ve got Kyle Willey, the owner, Evan Lee, and Brandon Anderson with us. And, Evan, you were mentioning during the break, you know, in the library there, a few extra added values there.
SPEAKER 12 :
So tell us how you kind of set that up. People think library, they think you’ve got to stick the nose in a book, and that’s not necessarily the case. There’s a few screens around the shop, and there’s a big one on the wall in the showroom and a big one on the wall in the library. And a lot of that content you see on there, those historical treatments about vintage gun riders or famous hunters or particular firearms or just characters from the Old West, we create a lot of content for our YouTube channel regarding those sorts of historical aspects of the firearms world. And they get a lot of play. People really, really enjoy those historical treatments. So those are playing in the shop all the time. And if you’re sitting in the library waiting for a spot repair on a shotgun, you can enjoy a neat video and learn something about an old character from the Old West or an old gun writer from the middle of the 20th century.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow, that’s cool.
SPEAKER 12 :
Yeah, it’s neat stuff.
SPEAKER 06 :
You know, I think it is cool because, I mean, I follow you guys, of course. And just seeing little things you put out there, I mean, I don’t care how long you’ve been hunting or shooting, whatever. Man, there’s always something you don’t know. It’s a lifetime of learning, isn’t it? And, I mean, it’s cool to have you come on. You know, I’ve watched a lot of yours as far as from the reloading side and talking about cartridges and different things like that. So let’s talk about that area of it just a little bit from a reloading standpoint. Is that something that’s on the rise uploading, or is that kind of leveled off these last few years, not too many people downloading?
SPEAKER 12 :
It’s funny you mention that because I had a class last Saturday and they just had the idea. Husband and wife came in and took a course from us and I got another one that’s coming up next weekend. The interest seems to be getting up there again. They say about 10% of shooters are reloaders, but I’d like to see that jump up because once people learn the benefits to it. It’s not much of an economic aspect. You’re not saving any money. You’re just going to shoot a lot more. But you’re going to have a lot more accurate loads for your rifle. Another aspect of it, other than the classes, is we offer the loading of obscure and obsolete ammunition for older firearms to get them up and running again. We’ve had some really neat projects come in lately, and we can get those old rifles moving again for you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. So if people want to get in a class, what do they do?
SPEAKER 12 :
I just call the shop. We book them at your convenience. We used to have a booking system online where we had them set scheduled on there, but a lot of folks just have these tight schedules these days. So you just call us, tell us when you can do it, when you want to do it, and we will book a three-hour window and do your class at your convenience.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. All right. Big test. Phone number?
SPEAKER 12 :
720-727-0400. All right. Hey, you pass.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. Somebody says, I want to get into reloading. What’s going to be that initial investment to really get what they need?
SPEAKER 12 :
Well, we carry a couple of different options for that. You can get a really nice introductory starter kit from some larger companies like Redding and RCBS for around $500. And that’s going to be everything you need except for dies and a case trimmer. And a case trimmer you can kind of get into later. But under $600 for the tools you’re going to need. Get a nice bench or a setup in a closet at home even. And then it’s reloading. Your brass is the most expensive aspect of the ammunition. Cartridge cases, that’s why we reload them. That’s the most expensive part. So once you start getting a pile of cases built up from all your shooting, you can reload them for pennies compared to what you’re spending on a round of loaded ammo from the factory.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. You know, you hear that a lot that a hand load is more accurate. Why is that? When you’ve got a factory supposedly with all the…
SPEAKER 12 :
I mean, factory ammunition has never been better.
SPEAKER 06 :
Really?
SPEAKER 12 :
It is great. It really is. And it’s going to do everything you want it to do. But if you want your rifle to do a little bit more, rifle barrels are kind of like thumbprints. Each one’s a little bit different. Even though they’re all made at the same factory, each one’s going to react a little different. And once you figure out by experimentation and hand-loading, with different powders and different projectiles. What that particular rifle likes, you can tighten up your groups. Wow. Very cool. I’ve seen it done many, many times, and I’ve done it with many of my rifles, and it’s a fun pursuit. One hobby feeds the other.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, absolutely. All right.
SPEAKER 12 :
Hey, give the store a call at… 720-727-0400. All right.
SPEAKER 06 :
Sounds good. And, Kyle, another thing, again, I talked about, boy, you’re kind of putting all the pieces to the puzzle when somebody thinks of a gun store or one area that’s gunsmithing. And you guys kind of got that area covered in a great way, too.
SPEAKER 10 :
Oh, yeah, definitely. As far as gunsmithing, all of our gunsmiths come from a gunsmithing school, one or the other. We have one outlier that went to Trinidad, but the rest of them graduated from Colorado School of Trade here in town. It’s a great option for people that want to get into the game, but the first thing people learn in school is they don’t learn a lot when they get into the real world. And so that’s one of the nice things is the expertise that we have. After they get out of school, they can progress and learn, kind of get more hands-on experience. Because with guns, the biggest thing is learning. everything’s different. I mean, you can’t, it’s not a textbook thing you can learn because there’s so many different things that could go wrong and you have to be able to, you know, diagnose and repair.
SPEAKER 09 :
Right.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, absolutely.
SPEAKER 06 :
Once again, it’s LT arms, 81, 19 Schaefer Parkway in Littleton, open Monday through Saturday for you. And again, great, great group of folks there. And I’m telling you, we can’t, well, I’ve started saying, I’m telling you, I can’t tell you now. But we do have some news that will be coming, right?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, great big news that is going to be coming down the pipeline here. Just a little teaser for those people out there. Make sure that you follow us and see what’s coming and what’s going to happen. It’s going to really catapult us into the next wave. next level yeah absolutely now with the gunsmithing real quick you guys do cerakote you guys yeah i mean yeah so yeah we do complete uh finishing uh cerakoting case hardening bluing all that stuff in-house uh we have sources to do nickeling plating all that stuff uh depending on what someone wants their gun to look like uh i always tell people the only limitation is your imagination so wow okay
SPEAKER 11 :
Yeah, and we can even do… We’ve been doing a lot of motorcycle parts and things like that. We do a lot of automotive stuff like exhaust manifolds, pistons. I mean, pretty much anything you can do Cerakote because there’s high-temp Cerakote that you can use for automotive stuff that, you know… performance parts and things like that so a lot of yeah a lot of guys who build race cars they get their pistons cerakoted just because it makes them more durable and makes them last a little bit longer erica’s gotten some motorcycle parts done recently so yeah motocross guys car guys anything like that anything even beyond firearms we can do for you so
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, cool. Suppressors, last year or so, have really gone crazy.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, the suppressor game has really blown up in the last year or so. I think one of the things about that is the e-filing. It’s so much quicker now to get a suppressor. Instead of waiting the year plus to get a suppressor, now, I mean, they’re coming back anywhere from a week to a month. I think the longest one we’ve had has been – We’ve been pushing two months on some right now, but that makes it a lot more enticing for people because having to drop $1,000 on a suppressor and then wait a year and a half to get it, that wasn’t fun. But also, now that it’s becoming more available for people to get, one of the benefits is it cuts back on recoil and sound mitigation so the downside to a muzzle brake is it destroys your ears uh and so this gives you the best of both worlds and people are seeing how it is and so it’s just you know uh word of mouth is working very well as far as the suppressor game yep absolutely how’s the process work in your store if they come to your store Yeah, so how the process works is they come in, just like any other gun, you have to decide what you want before you can start the paperwork, because that serial number for the suppressor is tied to you. So they come in, pick the suppressor, and then we’ll do your fingerprints and picture in the shop for you, and then we submit the paperwork, get all that picked out. You can pick between doing it individually or in a trust, And depending on how you want to do that, we can help you out with that as well. But I try to push people towards the trust because it just gives you the most versatility and user-friendliness. But from there, then it’s just a waiting game once we submit it. And once it’s approved, the customer will get an email. We’ll get an email saying that it’s approved, and then they come in and pick it up.
SPEAKER 06 :
It’s $200 for the tax stamp, plus the cost of the suppressor.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. And then if they want to do a trust, depending on how they want to do the trust, there’s fees in that as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, right. What do you guys like in the suppressor world? Who are you kind of leaning towards? You think good suppressors these days?
SPEAKER 11 :
We just got a Lone Star from Texas. Yeah, we just got a new company in. It’s a small company from Texas. It’s making stuff. They come in nice wood presentation boxes. So, yeah, they’re doing some really nice stuff. Dead Air stuff is, I mean, that’s probably the top that we do.
SPEAKER 10 :
Dead Air and Silencer Co. are the big. brands right now that we’re selling. And then, yeah, Lone Star in Texas, they’re a great option as well. But then a budget-friendly one would be Aero. Your Aero suppressor, it’s not titanium. Titanium gives you a lighter can, but it costs a lot more. Aero’s making a steel can for half the price of what most suppressors are. So that’s a good option as well. Wow.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. Last couple of minutes, let’s talk about some of the classes that you’re either offering or you’re going to be offering. What are just some different classes that folks can contact you for?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I mean, honestly, if you can think of it in the gun world, we probably have a class for it. But we offer reloading classes, an hour with a gunsmith to learn anything you want about a firearm. That’s an option that we offer as well. And then self-defense classes, concealed carry classes, stuff like that. And then kind of just random oddball classes that we’re offering starting in June. We’re going to have two different kind of segments of just get to know what’s going on. So there’s a bunch of different options. If you can think of it, we probably have a class coming for it. So that’s one of the nice things.
SPEAKER 06 :
Cool. Guys, our time goes too quick, man. But thank you guys for coming over to the studio and everything. Really looking forward to having you on here with us. And folks, once again, great store, great group of folks working there. And I’m telling you, if you haven’t been able to find some answers, maybe at some other gun shops, hey, Try LT Arms. Got a feeling they’re going to be able to help you. 8119 Schaefer Parkway in Littleton. Hey, when you go in, let them know you heard them here on the show, and we would appreciate that as well. And, hey, great selection of ammo, different things. A couple of things in the store you’ve got good selections on.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, huge selection on bolt actions, ammo, reloading components, cleaning components, everything to take care of your firearms. And then we’re also hunting, you know, necessities as well.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And you’re going to be making some rifles.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yes, we will be. Yep, we’ll have our own line of bolt-action rifles on the shelf here pretty soon.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right, we’ll save that until next time. All right, thank you guys so much. Once again, it’s LT Arms. Get by and see them, and let them know Scott sent you. You’re listening to Sportsman of Colorado. We’ll be back with more right after this.
SPEAKER 08 :
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SPEAKER 14 :
AM560. KLZ. Your home station.
SPEAKER 06 :
Welcome back to the show. Thank you so much for being with us. Well, we’ve got a new client we’re going to introduce you today. And I heard this gentleman actually on Rush to Reason. And, boy, I felt like there was a great need. You know, most of you that have listened to the show for a time… was Jake Jabs, Corporate Sales Manager at American Furniture. And Jake always says, find a need, fill that need, and you’ll be successful. And here’s a need that was out there, and I think this is going to be a very, very informative segment for us. So we’re going to introduce Eric Hackett. He is the owner of Safebox. It’s located at 3333 South Bannock Street in Englewood. You can check out the website, safeboxdeposits.com. Their number is 303-771-8000. And actually, we’re at Safebox doing the interview here because I wanted to come over and see what it was all about and just look at all the different safe type deposit boxes, gun safes, all the different things that are available here. under very heavy lock and key. So, Eric, thanks for having us out. How are you? I’m doing well. Thanks for having me on. You bet. So, how did this concept come about? I always, when people create such an interesting business, I’m like, man, why didn’t I think of that? Because, man, this is going to be good. So, I mean, how did this come about for you?
SPEAKER 03 :
Sure. It was really just friends and family in the banking industry and… getting wind of branches closing physical locations and downsizing locations and basically eliminating the safe deposit boxes from their business model. So after hearing that multiple times and that customers were being displaced, we thought we would, you know, fill the need and find a good solution for them. So that’s how we started.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. Well, most of you know, if you’re around the Englewood area especially, you’ll see a Chase Bank building. You’ll see a Wells Fargo tower. Not sure how long this has been here, this Wells Fargo tower, but for many years. And – Like I say, I wanted to come over and just see what it would kind of look like, see what the setup was. And secure is the word. This is very secure. So let’s kind of explain the best we can. I wish we had some TV cameras here, but let’s explain the best we can. A little bit about a virtual tour, so to speak.
SPEAKER 03 :
So tell folks how it works. Sure. So the city of Englewood just changed the parking in front of our facility. We have our own entrance on the east side of the building. Englewood has changed it to a loading zone so people can enter straight into our facility. So you’ll enter the first set of doors into the vestibule and you’ll hit a buzzer. and we’ll verify your name and identity and then we’ll buzz you in and the second set of doors as we discussed is ballistic glass so there’s no getting through and you’ll also notice bollards that were installed outside of the exterior doors to prevent you know any vehicles or any sort of intrusion there And then once you come in, we’ll get you checked in, and we have a bank-grade vault. This is the old Wells Fargo vault. It’s been here since 1968. I have never felt a vault door. Son, that thing is thick. It weighs several hundred pounds. And on top of that, you know, we have state-of-the-art alarm system and 24-7 surveillance throughout the whole facility.
SPEAKER 06 :
Wow. So cool. And you can really store, I mean, multitudes of different sizes. I won’t make you run through all the sizes of all the different boxes, but in the first main safe area, there’s really just different types of boxes, mainly kind of like what you would think of a safety deposit box, right?
SPEAKER 03 :
Correct, yeah. So we took over the existing vault. There’s seven different sizes of safe deposit boxes, and then we also, as I showed you, have full-on gun storage. So we have anything from your basic gun cabinets to fireproof, waterproof gun safes. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
And, folks, hey, in this day and time, and you’re going to hear this segment on Sportsman of Colorado as well as our Haystack show, but I’m telling you, in the climate that we’re in now, just with crime, all the different things, I’m telling you, this is the answer. You’ve got a place right here that is the most secure thing your money can buy. I can promise you that. And it’s right here in Englewood, 3333 South Bannock Street. And, again, just a picture of the bank-type vault. That’s what your valuables will be in. And also, as Eric walked me back to kind of the gun storage area there, a lot of different styles for long guns. You’ve got things you can put, you know. ammo in you can put handguns in whatever the case you want so if you’re looking to maybe get guns out of your house uh maybe you uh don’t feel comfortable with them being in your home all right this is a very very convenient way to have them stored and uh hey you can come over and visit them get them anytime you want so let’s kind of talk about that eric as far as uh folks when they do need something do they need an appointment or how does it work to come back over if they need to grab something or look at something
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, we do run by appointment. So they can just go to the website, request an appointment, and it’s just been more convenient that way for both customers. And so they’re not overlapped. They’re not waiting. Sure. And that was one of the biggest complaints with the banks. The customers from the banks was… My mother-in-law had a safe deposit box, and the last time she went in, she waited over an hour at a Wells Fargo. So we’re trying to eliminate all of that running by appointment. And the other thing that sets us apart from the banks, aside from the convenience, is… We did jump through about a 220-point process to become accredited with AXA Financial, which is the third largest insurance company in the world. So we insure your safe deposit box or your gun safe for $5,000 standard with every box rental. And then if you want additional coverage on top of that, it’s extremely affordable since we did become accredited with them. Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah. Yeah, that’ll work. Yeah, for sure. If you’re just joining us, we are coming to you live from 3333 South Bannock Street in Englewood, the home of Safebox. Eric Hackett is the owner. Check out the website, safeboxdeposits.com. And once again, the number 303-771-8000 is the number. You know, when you look at and you think about just different things, people, and I told you when I first came in and just thinking about the history of this building, there’s no telling what’s been in some of these boxes here. Oh, yeah. You wish you kind of could know some of the history of it here. But, folks, seriously, I mean, I don’t know what the dimensions of the smallest type box you have, but, I mean.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yeah, so the smallest box is going to be 3 by 5 inches by 22 deep. They’re all going to be 22 inches deep. And our smallest box starts at $15 a month. All right. No-brainer. It’s pretty affordable.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. Now, on the gun stores, let’s hit those prices just a minute.
SPEAKER 03 :
Okay.
SPEAKER 06 :
Kind of fill us in there.
SPEAKER 03 :
Yep. So our gun cabinets start at $50 a month, and those are for a 14-gun long-arm capacity. And then we have… the gun safes that are fireproof, waterproof, and they have a 24-gun capacity, and those are $100 a month. Okay. And then we also have, as I showed you, another vault that we can customize for you know, larger items or, you know, we can customize a solution for any customer.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right, right. Well, Eric, man, this is going to be a good deal for you, bud. And I know new businesses and new ventures, you’re just like, oh, man, cross your fingers, hoping everything’s going to work out good. But I’m telling you, man, we’re going to help you get the word out. And folks, hey. once again hey we’re all looking for our things to be secure and safe and you know when it comes to gun uh no laughing matter so i mean hey if you’ve got kids and maybe they’re getting to an age now that you’re just saying hey man i want to get these locked up i don’t want to get rid of my guns but i do want them to be at a safe place this is it 3333 south bannock street in englewood Once again, safeboxdeposits.com, and the number is 303-771-8000. So, Eric, thanks for having us out, and we’ll get you on to do this again. But congrats on your business, and folks, when you come in, let them know you heard them here on KLZ, and we’d appreciate that as well. So, Eric, thanks for having us. Sounds good. Thank you, Scott. We’ve got to take a quick break, and we’ll be back with more right after this.
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This is AM560KLZ, your home station.
SPEAKER 06 :
Welcome back to the show. Hey, always good to have our good friend Billy Paddock with us. It is the Outdoorsman’s Attic 2650 West Hamden. Now, Billy’s been with us for years since we started, really, our shows. But if you haven’t heard him, this is a great concept he came up with. It is a consignment store for the outdoors. Now, let me define outdoors. That’s hunting, fishing, camping. None of the golf or anything like that. It is strictly hunting, fishing, and camping gear. Billy, always good to have you on. How are you, sir?
SPEAKER 13 :
Good. I appreciate that disclaimer. It’s not like I don’t like golf and all that kind of stuff. But if I don’t do it, I can’t sell it because I don’t feel comfortable telling people about it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, no, no doubt.
SPEAKER 13 :
No key gear, no golf. There’s plenty of shops out there. But, yeah, hunting, fishing, that kind of thing, we’re all about that.
SPEAKER 06 :
Man, no doubt. You know, it is something. Buddy and I, we were talking that day, just all the gear that you accumulate as a sportsman. And you kind of look back at things and you’re like, why did I buy this? And then the big thing I run into a lot of times, I can’t find something. So then I go buy it knowing I had one. And then I find myself with two. So a lot of things can go on there. But let’s approach the consignment side first of things in just gear and whether that’s hunting, camping, fishing, and just kind of tell people how all that works.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, so, I mean, we’re not high pressure here. You know, we’re a family business. Most of your listeners probably know that by now. But I don’t try to make things harder than they really are. So you bring your stuff in. We set you up with the consignment accounts. you know, to kind of go through your stuff. We want stuff that’s usable guys. If you’re not going to use it out there, chances are somebody else isn’t either. So no funky smelling, you know, tents and no, no ripped pair of pants. You know, we want usable stuff. That being said, everybody’s got that kind of stuff. You know, like you mentioned earlier, guys go in and out of stuff all the time. You know, I, I thought that I was going to be a fly fisherman. I found out it wasn’t for me. I get frustrated. So I had all that junk and everything, and so you bring it into a shop like mine. We sell it for you. We get some money back. More importantly, you get to go and use that money or find something else that you really like to do. It’s a good outlet for that kind of thing, you know, because every year, you know, everybody looks through the magazines and goes, ah, I’ve got to have that part. A lot of times that stuff doesn’t work out for people, you know. Our shop’s a great way to get introduced into those kind of sports, too. A typical guy, I just talked to a guy earlier this week. He just dropped $1,000 on a bunch of fly fishing stuff. And he’s like, oh, man, I wish I would have known. I just picked this up and. walks into my shop i probably could have outfitted four guys no i started to say yeah that was all it goes a long way at your store yeah it does it does and so you know if you’re on that even on the fence guys you know if you’re just thinking about getting into elk hunting you know come into my shop you know the clothing gets expensive so quickly you know um another great outlet is kids stuff um you know kids camo you know kids fishing stuff kids waders you know Those kids aren’t going to stay that size. There’s no sense in spending $200 on a set of waders for a kid that’s going to wear them for maybe three trips. That being said, if you’ve got kid gear, bring it in because we’re always starving for that kind of stuff.
SPEAKER 06 :
That’d be a huge sector, man, that really needs help. Yeah.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, you know, and I mean, you know, going forward, I mean, even like muzzleloading, that’s getting hot again because you guys are getting kind of frustrated with some of the draws. And if you got muzzleloading stuff and you tried it, you decided it’s not for you, bring it in. We can turn it into cash for you. and get it in front of somebody else that’s going to use it.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. And, you know, a lot of times, too, man, fabric shrinks. In other words, our sizes change. And I’ve got some things that, you know, used to fit different. I’ll just put it that way. And a lot of times this stuff, you know, is gently used, you can say. Oh, yeah. You know?
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah. I mean, we get – you know, I’m guilty of it. I always say that my arms get longer. And so – long-sleeve shirts and me never work out. And so my wife’s like, gosh, what are you going to do with all this stuff? So I just bring it over to the shop and resell it. But I mean, that’s true. This clothing stuff, a lot of the stuff that I get in is real lightly used. Guys, we’re all gear junkies. We all like the greatest, best thing that blah, blah, blah that the neighbor has. But at the same time, the fish, the birds, the You know, the elk, nobody’s looking at the labels, guys. They’re not trying to see if you got the 2025 camo pattern. Yeah. You know, don’t let that fool you. And so you come into a shop like mine, you save a buck, and you still get, you know, you still get good results.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, absolutely. And once again, it’s located at 2650 West Hamden. And what are your hours, Billy?
SPEAKER 13 :
And so Tuesday through Friday, we’re here from – I’m usually here by 8. We’re here until a little after 5, depending on if it’s a little slow out there. We might go and play hooky, and I might go try to drop a line somewhere. And then on Saturdays, we’re from 9 to 4. We’re closed on Sundays and Mondays because I’ve got to – I’ve got to get out and play, too. I’m sick of hearing all the stories about everybody else going out.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah, no doubt, no doubt.
SPEAKER 13 :
Fishing and hunting. Yeah.
SPEAKER 06 :
And, you know, just kind of thinking the last time I was in, I mean, man, if people are in the market for packs, man, you’ve got a big selection. You’ve got sleeping bags down. I mean, folks, this is something. There’s an upstairs and a downstairs now when you go. So how do you describe the best way for people to get to you there off that service road?
SPEAKER 13 :
So we’re just, you know, a lot of old-timers know the building as the old camera trader building. That was around since dirt was invented. We’re in that building. We’re basically between Santa Fe and Federal on 285. Everybody thinks it’s a frontage road that’s just north of Hampton there. It’s actually Hampton Avenue. You’ll see the back of the building up against 285. It’s got a giant purple mountain on it. You know, that’s that’s us there. Right.
SPEAKER 06 :
And once again, folks, fishing, hunting, camping gear. And if you’ve got some things that, you know, you’re just not using anymore. I’m telling you, it’s a lot better than trying to do Facebook marketplace and some of these other things. um apps that may be out there you can take it into billy hey he’ll help you price it reasonably where it’ll sell and um like i say it’s a great way to uh make some extra bucks or hey what i do is just end up buying something else there that ends up being a really really good deal because bill i mean i’ve seen things through the years i mean and quite often that’s brand new in a package dude oh yeah i mean i mean we we’ve got a ton of ammo the reloading stuff is always hot if you
SPEAKER 13 :
If you’ve decided to back off of reloading, bring it in because I’ve got guys daily coming in and just buying everything that I have for reloading. So I’m starving for reloading supplies. And so you’re going to get a premium for that. You know, the ammo, you know, it’s all new stuff. You know, the fishing stuff, guys go in and out of fishing all the time. Right. Tents, wall tents. You know, the draw is going to be coming up here pretty quick. Yeah. Amen. Going through your stuff and thinking, okay, do I want to? Still be in this tent or do I want another one? Bring it into the shop, guys. You know, this is a good time of year for me to – I say that the store always kind of swells up after the wives start going through our closets and going, you know what, you’re not going to fit that. I want to park my car in the garage kind of thing.
SPEAKER 06 :
Yeah.
SPEAKER 13 :
Now’s the time to do it, guys.
SPEAKER 06 :
And like you said, man, for families to come in, you know, and you got kids and you need to buy them some fishing gear, you need to get them some things. As Billy said, hey, their sizes are definitely not going to stay long. And, hey, there’s a great selection in there of different things, and it can change day to day. I mean, this is actually a store, honestly, you can go in two, three times a week, and you will see different things every time you come in. And, Billy, it’s got to be a fun deal. You know, I used to watch some of those pawn shop deals on TV when people bring stuff in. I mean, every time that the bell goes off and the front door opens, you never know what’s going to walk in there that somebody wants to sell, right?
SPEAKER 13 :
Oh, yeah. It’s crazy, the stuff. And, you know, I’ve learned a lot over the years, too. I thought that I knew everything. Oh, I’m sure. I mean, some of the best knowledge that I get are from my customers. You know, they bring in something that I’ve never seen before and they have to explain it to me. And then not five minutes later, one guy comes in and says, I’ve been looking for that for years and buys it and out the door happier than anything, you know. same thing with scotty our gunsmith downstairs you know he’s a wealth of knowledge for me sure um and i mean he’s just turning and burning right now um guys are bringing in a ton of stuff so right right and you got live bait too right we do yep yep uh ice fishing guys i i don’t know what happened but we had good ice and then it quickly disappeared here in town but um the yep the mount lakes are still looking good so we still got plenty ice up there but Yeah, we go through a ton of bait and a ton of fishing stuff here.
SPEAKER 06 :
Right. Once again, Billy Paddock is our guest. It’s the Outdoorsman’s Attic, 2650 West Hampton. Hey, when you go in, let them know you heard them here on the show. And you’ll hear them on our Haystack show. You’ll hear them on Sportsman of Colorado. But Billy has been one of our great supporters since we first started. And I just walked in one day and said, hey, I’m going to start a radio show. And they were kind enough to help me. um have been just just terrific um personal friends great partners for us here on the show helped a lot of our listeners and um i love the stories billy i think last year a couple times you had people listen and they were passing through town going to hunt and and swung in and bought something so that’s good yeah you know and it works both ways scott it really does i mean you’ve truly been a help to the shop you know i love you guys you’ve
SPEAKER 13 :
You know, all your listeners have been great. And make sure you drop his name because you never know. I might be in a good mood.
SPEAKER 06 :
You won’t charge him more, right, if they say Scott sent me?
SPEAKER 13 :
No, you’re one of the few that if you drop Scott’s name or the show and everything, you’re going to get a discount. I promise I won’t upcharge you.
SPEAKER 06 :
Well, man, we appreciate it. And, again, it’s the Outdoorsman’s Attic, 2650 West Hampton. So get by and see Billy again. Tell him I sent you, and they’ll take great care of you. And if you’ve got some things, hey, taking up your garage space, closet space, go through it, get it over to Billy, and turn it into cash. So, Billy, I know you’re busy, man. We appreciate it, and I’ll get over and see you soon.
SPEAKER 13 :
Guys, thank you very much.
SPEAKER 06 :
All right. Thank you. Today’s show is brought to you by the Mile High Hunt and Fish Expo. That’s April 11th through the 13th at the Gaylord Rockies Resort. Go to milehighhuntexpo.com for your tickets and information. More coming up on that. Stay tuned to Sportsman of Colorado for that. Thanks for being with us today. Hope you have a great rest of your day. Leave it right here on KLZ 560.
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