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Aquila Firearms and Ammunition Store: FA business in the blood

 

Words:  Edge DiCarlo

Photographs:  Mike Alquinto

“Providing the best line of products at affordable prices, coupled with quality customer service, is my business philosophy,” Reggie Reyes explained to this writer and photojournalists Mike Alquinto and Voltaire Domingo as we visited his 4-year old store located at Harrison Plaza Mall in Manila recently.

 

Reggie comes from a family who has been in the firearms business for years.  His grandfather, father, aunt and brother also own gun stores.

 

Having worked in the retail industry in Australia for 25 years, Reggie wanted to bring the business ethics he had learned from Australia to the Philippines.

 

“I miss Australia.  The philosophy there is what you see is what you get.  So I try my best to get and provide my customers with the best available product brands,” said Reggie.

 

Aquila Firearms and Ammunition Store in Harrison Plaza does not only retail firearms units, parts and ammunition, they also sell accessories, tactical apparel and gear, knives and air soft units, and provide firearm licensing assistance and simple gunsmithing jobs such as cleaning, customizing, etc.

 

“We can even help overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families secure firearms legally for home or self defense, or even sport shooting.  There are over a million Filipino workers abroad and these people want to invest their hard earned money on something that would help them secure their families at home here in the Philippines,” said Reggie.

 

Aquila’s website offers a wide array of both international and local fir