Eric Chandler and Richard Chandler, owners of Chandler’s Firearms and Estates, opened up their new location on 2 South Main Street in Kilmarnock. Chandlers specializes in buying and selling collections and estates and has been in business since 2022.
Eric and Richard’s father, Walter (Dick) L. Chandler Jr., Chief Warrant 3, USA- ret., founded Chesterfield Armament in 1963 and Chesterfield Armament and Art, Ltd., in the late 1990s. This makes Chandler’s Firearms and Estates a second-generation firearms dealer. 
After their father passed away in 2011, the business closed its doors. The Chandler Brothers reopened the business back up a few years later.
“Our customers asked us to come back into business, so we went back into business in 2014, “ said Eric.
He said he moved to Kilmarnock in 2021 and opened Chandler’s Firearms and Estates in 2022. His first location was next to Lee’s Restaurant on Main Street. He later bought his new location further down the street in January and opened it i...