I recently purchased a Sig 229 and River City was the only one who had any in stock or would talk about ordering. They had a cool two tone in and gave me a good price.
I found them fine to deal with. I agree that all gun stores have a few surley folks.
A couple places wouldn't get back to me on a price to order one from Sig. Even after repeated calls, so I drove down to River City- a not great part of town. some interesting people looking at guns who maybe shouldn't be.
I did buy ammo there and learned of the new Sacramento law to buy ammo requiring registration and background. Shocked me, but then the guy announced that I don't need to because I have a CCW. He then stated how rare they are and, "Wow, he's got a CCW". I had to hold my finger up to my lips to quiet him down.
CCWs are exempt from filling out paperwork for ammo.