Goofy Things Said At Gun Shops

I did have to listen to the previous mentioned gun shop owner (see above post) tell a customer that the Marlin or Ruger (I cannot remember which brand) rifle in .17hmr was used as a sniper rifle in other countries. The guy was wanting a small caliber but wasn't quite sure and this gun store owner just had to have one it stock. He also told him it was perfect to take deer with, just a well placed shot was all that is needed... He was also (pre Sany Hook) telling everyone that AR's would be outlawed unless you were grandfathered. That the president was doing an executiveorder to do it. .... He sold quite a few AR's to some sheep...
 
A younger counter guy at Gander Mountain talking to a couple in their 30s

Where can we shoot a gun if we buy one?
“Oh anywhere in the National Forest. As long as it is National Forest you can shoot”
Does it have to be unloaded to carry in the car?
“No only in Denver city limits everywhere else is just fine. Most people just put them in the glove box”

quote jmr40
In Georgia that is a 100% accurate statement, except we have no Denver, where guns are not allowed. To the best of my knowledge it is also an accurate statement for Colorado.
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In the national forest you can shoot in certain areas but not many around Denver.
No shooting 150 yards from a residence, building, campsite, developed recreation area or occupied area.
Most of our National forest around Denver is developed hiking trail heads, campgrounds and places that are devolved trails. Places were shooting spots got trashed out so now they have “no shooting” signs at them.

It is very hard to find a any national forest shooting spot with in an hour drive of Denver. Many of the NF law enforcement come to the sound of gun shots and like to write tickets.

To have a gun loaded and concealed in Colorado is illegal unless you have a CWL.
 
training....

Some of the remarks reflect a lack of staff training & admin issues(supervision).
Gun shops or FFL holders need sales staff or clerks that meet different standards then others in retail.
Like I said to my friend buying his 1st firearm. "Guns are not like toasters or DVD players."
Sales & commissions are important but these employees should use ethics & concern for 2A issues/safe methods.

CF
 
Most goofy thing I heard a guy say at a gunshop was "if you really need power you need a .25" and the guy was serious...

Plus there are all the usual conspiracy theories, like people who think we walked (or didn't walk) on the moon, DHS is hoarding all the ammo, various things about how Lee Harvey Oswald didn't do it, how your being spied on by the government with your new digital electric meter, etc... Its rather, well, extremely old.
 
I overheard a wally world salesman tell a customer inquirering about a 25rd mag for the 10/22 he was buying that he shouldn't shoot more than 10 rounds at a time through it because the finish would melt off the barrel.
 
A guy who appeared to be employed by the indoor range where I was shooting but may just have been a hang-around, or the manager's idiot brother-in-law, decided to educate me on the proper carry gun and how to care for it.

His gun was a snub .44 Magnum. He was proud of how it would "blow up a V-8 engine block", and of the way he maintained it. The damn thing was literally dripping oil. It had soaked his leather OWB holster till it was staining his pants and shirt.

I didn't go into the question of how appropriate a .44 Magnum EDC would be for a civilian in a good-sized city. But I did have to rouse his stunned disbelief by telling him that heavily oiling the chambers would likely play hell with the ammo.

Sad.
 
Heard a Gander Mountain employee tell a customer that "Saiga is the world leader of AR style shotguns". The employee also argued that Saiga didn't offer a .410 version, even after the customer told him he'd had one for years.
 
Back when the DA/SA wundernines were first coming out..."you carry with an empty chamber so it's safe and then when you pull the trigger it chambers a shell and fires it"

:rolleyes:
 
There's no doubt that gun shop employees sometimes say goofy things, but they can't hold a candle to the things customers say.

My very favorite was a phone call about rifle scopes.

Cust: What does the 32 in a 4x32 scope mean?

Me: That means it has a 32mm diameter objective lens. That's the one in front.

Cust: What does the 4 mean?

Me: That means it's a 4 power. If the target is 100 yards away, the scope makes it look like it's only 25 yards away.

Cust: Does the bullet still have to go the entire 100 yards?

Me: Long pause - No, sir, the scope merely makes it appear to be 25 yards away. It does not actually warp the space/time continuum.

I don't know how I managed to hang up before I burst out laughing.
 
StukaJU87 said:
Heard a Gander Mountain employee tell a customer that "Saiga is the world leader of AR style shotguns". The employee also argued that Saiga didn't offer a .410 version, even after the customer told him he'd had one for years.
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Is that false about Saiga? I'll be. Who else makes one?
 
That's one of those statements that's so garbled it's not even wrong.

Saiga isn't a manufacturer. It's a product line manufactured by IZHMASH. The product line is based on the AK, not the AR. The Saiga-410 has been imported continuously for about a decade.

Safir Arms makes a .410 AR style shotgun. The upper is compatible with standard AR lowers.

One time I was at the gunshop, a customer asked if the firearm he just purchased came with a clip.

It was a Mossberg 500.

The dealer handled it fairly well. He explained it was built into the shotgun, and went to look for some snap caps to demonstrate loading and such.
 
I had an employee INSIST that the Colt he was selling me was a "series 70" even after I locked the slide back and showed him the firing pin lock plunger.
 
I asked for 6.5 Carcano ammunition at a particular shop and they tried to sell me 6.5 Swede. Afterward, the owner made the usual "fired once and dropped once" joke about French firearms and when I told him that my rifle was, in fact, Italian he said "French, Eye-tal-ee-an, same thing."

During the furor immediately after Sandy Hook, I heard from several gun counter commandos that President Obama was going to reinstate the AWB via executive order. On the one occasion when I attempted to explain that he didn't have the power to do this, the person in question treated me like a moron.

The one that takes the cake, however, was the one and only time that I went into a rather infamous Indianapolis gun shop looking for 6.5 Carcano ammunition (members in and around Indy will know the place from the owner's obnoxious commercials). The owner not only attempted to sell me his "special handloads" for the "bargain price" of $3/round, but then proceeded to brag about the Lee Harvey Oswald commemorative Carcano he made. Needless to say I've never been back to that particular establishment.
 
It wasn't at a gun shop but a gun show where I was looking at buying another M1 Garand when the guy next to me matter of factly informed me that the .223 bullet used by M1s did not have enough knock down power. I almost died of laughter and made a point to just go along with it.

At another show I had a guy tell me that the hex reciever Mosin Nagants were far less valuable then their round causins because they were older, built in the 1930s. I kindly explained to him the finer points of Soviet wartime production during WW2.
 
I have a feeling we are getting a little smug here. While there's no doubt know-it-alls exist and draw chuckles, people do say the wrong word or get distracted. How about a story of your own moment?
 
One of mine was when I gave a "so what" to the store clerk when he warned me about the foregrip on my pistol. I did not realize it was ATF illegal. I shrugged and left, looked it up in the car, sure enough. Called back to say thanks.
 
I was about 15 and decided I could shoot my father super light 44 Magnum (old single action). He kept telling me to hold it at arms length and hold it tight. ....hmmm that hammer made a cool little invention and a bit of blood. He was also the one that told me not to pull both triggers on a buddy's double barrel 12. I loaded 00buck......it's no wonder my shoulder gives me problems now...lol.
 
I used to call mags clips haha still do if I don't think I'm going to get corrected :)

Also I once almost took a shotgun back because the clerk told me it held 8 rounds and I could only fit 7 in the mag tube :D

(It was my first solo gun purchase)
 
I also used to call magazines clips until the difference was explained to me in boot camp.

I walked into a gun store in San Angelo, TX recently looking for a SCAR 16S. The store clerk pointed behind me on the shelf at two .22lr knock-offs of the actual rifle. :rolleyes:
 
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