KAP Guns in Loves Park, Ill., will be holding a grand opening celebration from June 18 – 23. The events will include daily gun giveaways, ammo and firearm specials, a chance to shoot a Barrett M107 .50 BMG and food provided on Saturday by Giovanni’s restaurant.
Representatives from Smith & Wesson, FNH, Springfield and Ruger will also be present throughout the week with products that customers can test in the shooting range.
“All these manufacturers are coming out with new guns and they’re really hard to get,” co-owner Ken Polhamus said. “Having them there is going to make it so the customer can be one-on-one with the rep so they don’t have to go through us.”
Polhamus worked in the family-owned drywall business for 30 years and made a living as a contractor, but when the housing market went south three years ago, he decided it was time for something new. His son, Kenny Polhamus, proposed the idea of taking his small gun business and moving it to their construction warehouse where they would have room for a retail store and a small shooting range.
Ken Polhamus jumped at the chance to go into business with his son and donated the warehouse as the business’ storefront. “It just keeps us working together,” Ken Polhamus said.
Now, the warehouse contains a firearm and ammo store with an attached indoor shooting range designed and installed by Action Target, the world’s largest manufacturer of shooting range technology and equipment.
The range has five 28-yard lanes with a smart retrieval system for customized target distance control. With a rubber berm capable of stopping a .50 bullet at point-blank range and safety baffles to contain any possible ricochets, KAP Guns promises a safe and enjoyable shooting experience.
About Action Target, Inc.
Action Target, Inc. is a privately owned business headquartered in Provo, Utah. As a world leader in shooting range technology with more than 4,000 products and 40 patents for the systems it designs and manufacturers, Action Target has installed thousands of shooting ranges across the United States and in 25 other countries around the world. Action Target also designs systems and conducts firearms training for law enforcement and various military divisions.
