opened in 1841
country’s oldest and largest distributor of firearms, ammunition, and accessories
- 1841 opened store in Shreveport, Louisiana
- 1974 Sports South is formally incorporated and remove from Morris & Dickson Co.
Sports South, LLC
101 Robert G. Harris
Shreveport, LA 71115
(800) 772-4287
theshootingwarehouse.com
About Sports South
Sports South, based in Shreveport, Louisiana, describes itself as the country’s oldest and largest distributor of firearms, ammunition and accessories. The company traces its heritage to 1841, when John Worthington Morris arrived in Shreveport and opened the drugstore that grew into the Morris and Dickson Company. By 1848 the frontier store was stocking hunting equipment, and its early trade in firearms and ammunition for farmers, soldiers and lawmen became the foundation of the sporting goods business. Five generations of the Dickson family have since led the enterprise.
Sports South operated alongside Morris and Dickson for many years; in 1984 it occupied buildings at the company’s Kay Lane complex as a wholesale sporting goods distributor owned by the Dickson family, and around 1992 Skipper Dickson purchased the business. Today Sports South is a family company with hundreds of employees and operates its dealer ordering platform at TheShootingWarehouse.com. It holds what it describes as the nation’s largest concentration of shooting sports inventory under one roof and hosts an annual dealer show in Shreveport.
Key Facts
- 1841 – John Worthington Morris opens the Shreveport drugstore from which the company traces its roots
- 1848 – The store stocks hunting equipment among its frontier goods
- 1984 – Sports South housed at the Morris and Dickson Kay Lane complex
- About 1992 – Skipper Dickson purchases Sports South
- 2024 – Company cites more than 183 years of history and hundreds of employees
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Sources
- Morris and Dickson: Company History
- Celerant: Sports South Dealer Show
- National CIO Review: Sports South (2024)
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