DUMBEST things overheard at the gun store.

[djegators]

That reminds me of a guy I met who couldn't grasp the concept of an M4 being basically an M16 with a shorter stock and barrel. This moron thought an M4 was like an M16 with every part just shrunken down a little. We literally had to put one of each side by side and cover the barrel and stock with newspaper to "prove it to him".

One advantage of being at a gun show...when I get a guy that I cannot get thru to, I send him to another vendor, LOL

[Kain]

Okay, first not at a gun store but the range, and not some much dumb as much as a "Is this still even a thing" remark, still makes one wonder though.

Anyway, hit the outdoor pistol range to get some more range time with my new 19 and run a few rounds through my BCM, mostly just to confirm zero with a new load. Figure, hey, it's cold out, will hopefully kept the idiots home. I was only partly right. Was down there for an hour or so by myself, shooting and doing my thing. Finally as I am getting down to the last couple boxes of 9mm a guy shows up with his, I assume wife. Middle aged, short, kind of lumpy, no offense to the middle aged among us, but not someone I would have been scared off we will just say. The cheesy porno mustache didn't help his image. Had a cheapo Taurus from what I saw and a little revolver of some kind, small, snub nosed, probably another taurus.

Any how, I let them set up this stuff, put out paper plates for targets, ect. Range goes hot and I put my ear pro. Have a pair of the Howard leights electronic ones and has the volume up for whatever reason and go to run a couple rounds on the pair of targets I had up. And about the time I punch the pistol out i hear the guy say, "You see that, that there a glock, those are evil plastic pistols that should be banned, bad guys use them because they don't have any metal to set of metal detectors in them."

I had to stop myself from spinning, because I would have flagged the two. I pulled the gun in, and turned my head, Now take this into account, I'm pretty tall, decent shape, shooting in 45 degree weather in a Ranger up T shirt that has whatever doesn't kill me had better start running and haven't shaved in a week so I look a bit viking. That and the Oakley's and old faded BCM hat I look like the kind of guy liberals imagine would eat their souls if they had any. When I looked at this guy I think a little bit of pee came out of him because the look I had to have given him was what would likely be best described as murder face. You know the look, the kind of look that goes, "Hey, I like hunting to prevent overpopulation, ever notice how incredibly overpopulated the world is?" Or "The Apocalypse came, saw I was already here, and left screaming." Or, "I have the mind of a genius, the heart of a poet, and the liver of an alcoholic, they are on the shelf over there." The kind of look that if you have it on your face you can forget about hailing a cab.

After the guy got over his shock, or stopped pissing himself, either from the look I just gave him, or the fact that I turned my head at his comment which I assume he didn't expect me to hear, I went, "Seriously? You do realize that POS Taurus has a polymer FRAME just like a glock, and the Glock as a metal slide, barrel, and a bunch of other you guessed it metal parts. If my Ex's nipple rings set off metal detectors this thing sure at hell would."

After that I went back to shooting and pretty much ignored the two and the other guy who showed up shortly there after. If they thought my lowly Glock was evil I can only imagine what they thought when I pulled out my BCM with Aimpoint, Scout light, and a thirty round mag. If a glock is evil than that much be evil times one thousand.

[SeriousStudent]

We have this young guy, about 18 years old, who comes into our store somewhat frequently. We can't stand him. He constantly puts things on layaway or special order, then cancels the layaway due to frequent "family emergencies", and gives us shit for not giving him his full deposit back (we require a 10% non-refundable deposit...something clearly stated on the layaway form we have people sign). He doesn't listen anything anyone says, and when we cut him a break on anything, he complains that it was not enough of a break. He's going to be one of those guys who goes through life with 1 year of experience repeated for 20 years.

So, he came in the other day, and he told us that he and his buddy were enlisting in the Marines. He wanted to pick out an AR for his buddy so that they could practice before then went into boot camp. I told him that if his buddy wanted an AR, that was just fine, but don't bother training for the Marines, because they will train you from the ground up in shooting. His response, "Yeah, well we figured if the Marines know that we have training before we join, we won't have to train as much when we're in boot camp." I...don't think I could even correct someone who thinks like that.

Ah, one of my favorite memories from boot camp was listening to a Drill Instructor scream "You may not be the smartest MF'er to leave this Depot, but you will be the strongest. BEGIN!"

[RobertTheTexan]

[QUOTE=BoringGuy45;2289437] His response, "Yeah, well we figured if the Marines know that we have training before we join, we won't have to train as much when we're in boot camp." I...don't think I could even correct someone who thinks like that.[/]

First of all good job on your customer service skills, It takes a different cut of cloth to deal with natural born idiots and not choke them out after the 10th time of putting their idiocy on full display.

[ColtSeavers]

Howdy,

Dumbest thing lately:

That the "Donald"/T-Rump would make a great POTUS.

Paul

[Firefly]

I dunno about a gunstore but one dude vehemently denies that 6.5 exists. "You mean 6.8!:

Oog.

[pinzgauer]

I dunno about a gunstore but one dude vehemently denies that 6.5 exists. "You mean 6.8!:

Or " no one ever buys 6.5!" Pointing to a single dust covered $38 box of 160 grain Speer projectiles. (Crazy heavy for caliber, etc)

Meanwhile other places can't keep 123g in stock

[VIP3R 237]

If my Ex's nipple rings set off metal detectors this thing sure at hell would."

That wins the internet.

[MountainRaven]

Or " no one ever buys 6.5!" Pointing to a single dust covered $38 box of 160 grain Speer projectiles. (Crazy heavy for caliber, etc)

Meanwhile other places can't keep 123g in stock

RN or spitzer? I'd love a 160-grain spitzer .264" projectile.

[pinzgauer]

RN or spitzer? I'd love a 160-grain spitzer .264" projectile.

Round nose most likely. Old mauser hunting thing.

Then again, I've been trying to find out of production 7mm 175g RN for hunting with a Cavalry carbine. So I don't begrudge them catering to that.

But stocking 140 to 160g 6.5mm bullets, then making the leap that noone is reloading 6.5 grendel, is very misinformed.