JR Firearms in Nappanee is your one-stop shop for all your firearms and ammunition needs. Owners Jack and Rachel Penry started the business last year. InkFreeNews photo by Phoebe Muthart.

By Phoebe Muthart
InkFreeNews

NAPPANEE — JR Firearms in Nappanee is your one-stop shop for all your firearms, knives, ammunition and more.

Owners Jack and Rachel Penry started the business last year.

In the fall of 2022, they discovered a need for a full-service firearms store serving local residents, enhancing the local products and services for its neighbors. JR Firearms was launched on June 16, 2023, with a small stock of firearms, ammunition, shooting accessories, hunting gear, concealment furniture and purses, cleaning tools, and reloading supplies.

Since then, it has more than doubled its stock of firearms, increased its ammunition stock, added ballistics gel, GOAT guns, Urban Carry holsters, and Jessie and James handbags for women.

JR Firearms carries pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns and suppressors.

“Firearms has been a hobby of mine for most of my life,” said Jack.

When customers come in, he asks them one question.

“We usually ask them, is this for home or to carry?” Jack said.

JR Firearms also carries big name-brand knives, including SpyderCo, Kershaw, Bear and Sons, CobraTec and more.

“We hope to create the No. 1 supplier for shooting sports within a 30-minute radius,” said Jack.

It partners and supports with local organizations, such as the Nappanee Conservation Club and a shooting sports club at the high school.

“We try to offer different services for both of them,” said Jack.

For shooting sports, it carries targets and ballistics gel.

If you are a hunter, JR Firearms has hunting rifles, scopes and rings and 12- gauge shotguns.

The business also carries gun safes and locally handmade night stands and other furniture for gun concealment, and wall-mounted coat racks.

“They are innovative and really nice,” said Jack. “We do custom orders as well.”

JR Firearms also carries Class III National Firearms Act items, too. Class III NFA items are firearms and accessories that are regulated under the NFA.

It will even help customers with obtaining gun permits.

“We do everything for NFA in house,” said Jack.

This includes fingerprinting and electronic forms.

If JR Firearms doesn’t have what customers are looking for, they will help find it, if possible.

“We do special orders, too,” said Jack. “We have items that are hard to find.”

Jack said he is working on an online store, too. It does, however, have all of its inventory on its website. Customers can call them and it will take a payment over the phone and “we will ship it,” said Jack.

“From day one, we have requested feedback and suggestions from our patrons and have taken action to fulfill their requests,” said Jack.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

JR Firearms is located at 105 E. Lincoln St., Nappanee. Call (574) 336-0048, visit jrfirearms.com or email [email protected].