Gander Mountain to remodel and add Gander Mountain Academy

WICHITA — Gander Mountain is ready to remodel and add a Gander Mountain Academy to its WaterWalk store downtown.

"Gander Mountain Academy is the ultimate experience in firearms training," says director Chris Juelich, using the academy’s tagline.

Have You Heard? first reported the academy was a possibility in February.

"The goal is to be done right around the first couple of weeks of November," Juelich says.

"It'll be the sixth one of its kind in the United States."

That's out of 116 stores the Minnesota-based company has in 23 states.

Part of the reason the Wichita store was chosen is because the company wants to space the academies out around the country.

The WaterWalk Gander Mountain's success is another reason.

"It's one of our top performers," Juelich says.

The academy will have a combination of classroom training simulators, virtual ranges and a live range.

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This story was originally published July 27, 2011 at 4:26 PM with the headline "Gander Mountain to remodel and add Gander Mountain Academy."