Shooter’s Valhalla: For customer and community

Shooter’s Valhalla, a retail gun shop located on the corner of 12th Street and 1st Avenue, actively serves the community, and exists because the community asked for it.

Shooter’s grew out of Valhalla Training Academy, directed by Rob Phipps, who proudly served 22 years in the US Military’s Special Operation’s Command, 75th Ranger Regiment, with extensive instructor experience and many prestigious awards. Gene Lively, a partner in both businesses, is proud that clients, impressed with the quality of firearms training, clamored for a gun shop dedicated to the same level of expertise and customer service. Two years after opening, Gene says his focus is still “100% on the customer.”

Shooter’s customers have a lot to look forward to when they visit Uptown’s only gun shop. This holiday season, drop in for special deals and sales on all sorts of items, including ARs, pistols, gifts and novelties. Be sure to check out the t-shirts, too. When it comes to ammunition, Gene’s phrase is, “buy your rounds by the pound.” He isn’t kidding. Shooter’s sells ammo by the pound.

Where Shooter’s sources much of their ammo is indicative of the business’s community-focused spirit. Where possible, Shooter’s features local and regional products, including Black Dot, Glock and H&K. In addition to partnering with local business, Shooter’s works with local law enforcement and charity. Every Muscogee County S

heriff’s patrol officer is equipped with a quick response bag—in, say, an active shooter situation, these officers can grab the bag and be ready to go. Also, Gene serves as the Georgia chapter president of HOOAH, which serves veterans and active duty service members by hosting fundraising events, sending care packages, and assisting them and their families in times of need.

For a gun shop committed equally to customer and community service, with decades of training and military expertise on staff, visit Shooter’s Valhalla.

1205 1st Avenue #101, Columbus, Ga.

(706) 940-0185