Goofy Things Said At Gun Shops
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aarondhgraham
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There was one sporting goods store in Moore,,,
There was one sporting goods store in Moore,,,
Whose owner said to bring in any "found" firearms.
He would strip and clean them as best he could,,,
It's my understanding that they were turned over to the Moore PD
And he also established a website where you could search for the weapons he saved.
Tornados are such messy things.
Aarond
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There was one sporting goods store in Moore,,,
Whose owner said to bring in any "found" firearms.
He would strip and clean them as best he could,,,
It's my understanding that they were turned over to the Moore PD
And he also established a website where you could search for the weapons he saved.
Tornados are such messy things.
Aarond
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Rey de Copas
Inactive
Found in youtube; a private security employee was complaining that the company only give him an airgun instead a firearm. But he was OK because he can "shoot any intruder in the eye".
Sadly, there is lot of people with that mentality.
Sadly, there is lot of people with that mentality.
Evan Thomas
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Legally, perhaps -- ethically, not so much, IMO. How do you feel about the idea that someone might do that with your gun?
As to identifying a found gun as yours, that's what photos and records of serial numbers are for... and you should always have those, in case a gun is stolen or lost in some other way.
In the old days it was frowned on to pull a trigger in a gun shop and plain stupid if you're not really shooting at the range or hunting,the exception being a gunsmith doing a trigger job.Most shops would discourage such behavior with a sign that said "Dry fire all you want....$1.00 a snap".Now when I visit the local shooter emporium there are always "idiot trigger pullers" and equally idiotic sellers both grinning like mules with a mouthful of bee's and I just have to leave.
When in a gun shop looking at gun's (usually revolvers) I'll allways ask if they mind me dryfiring. I never dryfire rimfire gun's or those with solid firing pins, or anything without a ring on the cylender... But if dryfiring is going cause an issue with a gun... I want to kow before I buy it.
I highly recommend and encourage my customers to dry fire the guns. As long as it isn't a rimfire or old revolver I say dryfire away! Its always pointed in a safe direction and we follow all safety rules.
I don't want to sell somebody a gun if they haven't at least felt the trigger pull. I usually recommend they try one of our rentals out before buying .
Dryfiring isperfectly fine in my opinion. As long as you're not being stupid with it.
Ike
I don't want to sell somebody a gun if they haven't at least felt the trigger pull. I usually recommend they try one of our rentals out before buying .
Dryfiring isperfectly fine in my opinion. As long as you're not being stupid with it.
Ike
Exactly. Which is why I hate the big box stores that won't take the trigger lock off until you buy it. The trigger is extremely important
Ike
Lt. Skrumpledonk Ret
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50 cal BMG power
"I could barely miss you with a 'Ma Duece' and it would still take your arm off" is a popular myth. A weapons instructor at Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton told me that as a matter of fact in January, 2001.
Another instructor at crew chief school told me the same thing six months later. It seemed legit at the time; after all, these guys could surmise that the head-space needed adjustment by smelling the reciever
. They also said it would go through a man hole cover from a quarter mile away. I've been repeating both of those little tidbits all this time. 
I doubt I'll be able to stop.
"I could barely miss you with a 'Ma Duece' and it would still take your arm off" is a popular myth. A weapons instructor at Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton told me that as a matter of fact in January, 2001.
Another instructor at crew chief school told me the same thing six months later. It seemed legit at the time; after all, these guys could surmise that the head-space needed adjustment by smelling the reciever
. They also said it would go through a man hole cover from a quarter mile away. I've been repeating both of those little tidbits all this time. I doubt I'll be able to stop.Agregory1994
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7.62x51 vs. 7.62x54R
I was working behind the gun counter at my work place when some guy came asking about ammo him-"Why is that 7.62 in the brown bags so cheap?" me-"Its surplus, do you have a mosin? mine shoots it very well." him-"No, I have a .308, ill take a bag." me-"Sir, you cant use 54R in a .308, a .308 uses 7.62x51" him-" Hmmmm good call, YOU GOT ME *walks off* me-"
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I was working behind the gun counter at my work place when some guy came asking about ammo him-"Why is that 7.62 in the brown bags so cheap?" me-"Its surplus, do you have a mosin? mine shoots it very well." him-"No, I have a .308, ill take a bag." me-"Sir, you cant use 54R in a .308, a .308 uses 7.62x51" him-" Hmmmm good call, YOU GOT ME *walks off* me-"
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Closing The Gap
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Join Date: January 2, 2013
Location: Michigan/Nevada
Posts: 159 I don't know about goofy but there was a small shop here about a mile from the border Detroit, that specialized in Jiminez and Hi point due to the economics of the area. I purchased a Shield 9mm for the wife's cpl there a while back. While doing the paperwork and waiting for her BG check the owner started telling very disgusting racist jokes. Not your ordinary ones but ones that went so far past the line that I was dumbfounded. I don't know what his thoughts were but I assure you it made me and her very uncomfortable. I found it rather odd considering a large portion of his customer base are black folk from that neighborhood. Needless to say they'll never get our business again.
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Closing the Gap,
I have to ask, did you morally challenge the storekeeper on his monologue or did you simply say nothing. I can understand being caught off guard and being too dumbfounded to protest his actions. But until people verbally challenge these bigots (racists are a different type altogether), both white & otherwise, racism will remain strong. Expecting to eradicate this completely is a fool's expectation, but we have to try.
Challenging a bigot is not so much to change him [or her]; that is unlikely. It is to maintain your own moral compass (exercising the Spirit, as the Apostle Paul may have put it) and to be a Witness to others who may be present.
Remember what George Orwell said: all it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
Quite often, the bigot speaking such rubbish is not looking for agreement, but is grinding into your moral core. It is not so much an attack on the butt of his comment as an inroad into your Spiritual Being.
No, I am not a Christian, but I do recognize the reality of spiritual warfare.
Closing the Gap, take care.
- JKHolman
Closing The Gap
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From Closing the Gap:
Join Date: January 2, 2013
Location: Michigan/Nevada
Posts: 159 I don't know about goofy but there was a small shop here about a mile from the border Detroit, that specialized in Jiminez and Hi point due to the economics of the area. I purchased a Shield 9mm for the wife's cpl there a while back. While doing the paperwork and waiting for her BG check the owner started telling very disgusting racist jokes. Not your ordinary ones but ones that went so far past the line that I was dumbfounded. I don't know what his thoughts were but I assure you it made me and her very uncomfortable. I found it rather odd considering a large portion of his customer base are black folk from that neighborhood. Needless to say they'll never get our business again.
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Half the country hates my business, the other half my hobby.
Closing the Gap,
I have to ask, did you morally challenge the storekeeper on his monologue or did you simply say nothing. I can understand being caught off guard and being too dumbfounded to protest his actions. But until people verbally challenge these bigots (racists are a different type altogether), both white & otherwise, racism will remain strong. Expecting to eradicate this completely is a fool's expectation, but we have to try.
Challenging a bigot is not so much to change him [or her]; that is unlikely. It is to maintain your own moral compass (exercising the Spirit, as the Apostle Paul may have put it) and to be a Witness to others who may be present.
Remember what George Orwell said: all it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing.
Quite often, the bigot speaking such rubbish is not looking for agreement, but is grinding into your moral core. It is not so much an attack on the butt of his comment as an inroad into your Spiritual Being.
No, I am not a Christian, but I do recognize the reality of spiritual warfare.
Closing the Gap, take care.
- JKHolman
Fishing_Cabin
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I had my FFL for many years, and have tried to update any places that still list me as an FFL holder... Anyway...
One morning I got woke up by the phone (after having some drinks the night before). When I answered, some guy asked (I swear I think he said it) "Do you have a 'big pink mosquito?' "
To which I quipped, "I sure hope not!" Then I rolled back over in bed...
It didn't dawn on me until later in the day that the guy probably wanted to know if I had a 'Sig' Pink Mosquito in stock....
One morning I got woke up by the phone (after having some drinks the night before). When I answered, some guy asked (I swear I think he said it) "Do you have a 'big pink mosquito?' "
To which I quipped, "I sure hope not!" Then I rolled back over in bed...
It didn't dawn on me until later in the day that the guy probably wanted to know if I had a 'Sig' Pink Mosquito in stock....
Nine the Ranger
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This thread needs to be closed.
If it doesn't happen, someone will die laughing.
If it doesn't happen, someone will die laughing.