1st Cash Pawn & Gun Store of Cottonwood Heights

1st Cash Pawn & Gun Store of Cottonwood Heights is a pawn shop in Cottonwood Heights, UT. The shop provides pawn loans using items of value as collateral with no credit checks, buys, sells, and trades firearms with FFL transfers available, and carries a range of merchandise including jewelry, tools, electronics, and musical instruments. The business serves customers Monday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm and holds a rating of 4.80 based on customer reviews.

The shop traces its roots to 1984, when the founder's father identified an abandoned building on the corner of 6th South and State Street in downtown Salt Lake City and set out to start a pawn shop. That original store grew into a five-location chain known as Rothchilds Sales & Loan, which became Utah's largest and most successful pawn shop chain. The founder managed the West Valley City location from start-up through profitability. After the family business was eventually sold, the founder spent time away from the industry before returning to it with partners. Together they launched 1st Cash Sales & Loan, built on the same principles and ideals that had guided the original family operation. Customers describe the staff as super helpful and honest, with reviews highlighting fair prices, friendly service, and quick FFL transfers.

The shop sits on S State St, about twenty minutes south of the original downtown Salt Lake City corner where the founder's father first broke into the pawn business.