Share your dumbest gun store stories.

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You should see the treatment female employees get. I've had guys who will utterly ignore or contradict valid advice from a female employee,
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I've seen this a lot too. My local indoor gun range has two young female employees that work at the counter, and I know they're both very knowledgeable about firearms. This gun range also sells guns, and I've noticed that if one of the male workers is busy, then people will wait to ask about a gun until they can ask the male. So for example, one of the women will ask if they need help and they reply no, but once a male worker is free that same person will all of a sudden need help.

By the way Tom, you always seem to have very funny... and interesting stories. Wonder if that guy ever found that choke tube for his 30-06 :rolleyes:
 
The clerk asks what caliber.
The guy says it's for a Browning.

Crikey! This guy is going out into the woods with a loaded gun (assuming he can find ammo) :eek:
 
[The clerk asks what caliber.
The guy says it's for a Browning.

Crikey! This guy is going out into the woods with a loaded gun (assuming he can find ammo) /QUOTE]

Maybe it would have been safer for all involved if he had sold him a box of the 7.65Browning for his hunting rifle.....
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Now, you just know that guy would not have given up until he had somehow jammed at least one round of something in the chamber.
Probably would have repeatedly banged the bolt against a tree or something until it fit.
If it were me behind the counter, I would have asked to speak with the rifle.
 
ClydeFrog When I hear a gun show seller, clerk or FFL holder say; "H&K" I get a little smirk.
Heckler & Koch(pronounced COKE) uses the label HK not H&K.
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I smirk when anyone thinks "H&K" isn't correct.........."HK" is merely their logo. Heckler & Koch or "H&K" is the name of the manufacturer.

Just as "Smith & Wesson", "S&W" AND "SW" are all acceptable and commonly used to identify the same brand.

It's as silly as arguing that "Coke" isn't correct terminology for a carbonated soft drink manufactured by CocaCola.
 
Now, you just know that guy would not have given up until he had somehow jammed at least one round of something in the chamber.
Probably would have repeatedly banged the bolt against a tree or something until it fit.
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I had a guy do that. He couldn't get a round of Wolf 7.62x39 to chamber in his Mini-14. He forced it, and it lodged partway in the chamber. It couldn't be hammered out.

Our gunsmith had a heck of a time removing it. Much cursing was involved. When the owner of the gun was presented with a $40 labor charge, he hit the roof. He didn't understand what the big deal was.

After all, a bullet is a bullet right? He actually said that to me.
 
After all, a bullet is a bullet right? He actually said that to me.

Good grief. I'm not in favor of anti-gun laws, but could we pass some anti-buffoon laws?
 
After all, a bullet is a bullet right? He actually said that to me.

Good grief. I'm not in favor of anti-gun laws, but could we pass some anti-buffoon laws?
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If he keeps that up, eventually Darwin will come into play.
 
My experience with dumb was on the not-so-funny side.

I was browsing the back aisles at the LGS for ammo and whatnot when I look up and see the cashier pointing his sidearm at his cash register/computer. :eek: His co-workers see this and grin slightly at his 'joke'. I guess the computer is hard to figure out sometimes.

When I'm ready to check out, the same cashier is still working the register. Some technical glitch occurs and out comes the pistol again. In a loud, not so happy voice I say "Holster that firearm!" :mad: He's stunned and complies. I don't bother looking around the store for reactions, just complete the transaction and leave.

I never did see him again at that store or anywhere for that matter. :cool:
 
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I have yet to hear or read any Heckler & Koch employee/sales rep refer to the firm as "H&K". :rolleyes:
You can call it whatever you desire. I prefer to call products or items what their makers call them.
When I served in the armed forces, we had a cadre say what I would implore on my sales staff/customer service members; know your nomenclature.
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Standing at the counter one day thinking about the next gun in my future. All of a sudden my ears are ringing and from the back comes this “*@(%^#)*(%#$@$%&&*%^$@#””.
The owner had just got his Smith & Wesson 37 back from the gun smith.
Now if you don’t know what a 37 is, its aluminum framed 36, which is snub nosed 38 sp.
His idea, take the 37 and chrome everything steel. I wish I had a photo of it to share, it was hideously ugggly.
Well he was setting at his desk playing with it and,,,,, put one into the ceiling.
 
A friend of mine went to a gun store in Beckley W.V. and told the sales person that he was looking for a particular handgun. The sales person informed my friend that there was no handgun like he described in existance. My friend than pointed to a large sign behind the sales person advertising that very handgun.
 
My very first firearm trace from ATF's national Tracing Center requested buyer info on a "Kahr MP6 9mm pistol, serial# XXXXXX"...........when I told the lady that there is no such model pistol......she said thats what the requesting agency had submitted.

I had already received a heads up from a customer that his Kahr PM9 was being held by a local PD........who apparently has a dyslexic officer.

So............if you ever have a firearm stolen, make sure the officer who inputs info into the NCIC can read.
 
Many years ago before i knew better I carried my first gun, a Colt Combat Commander 9mm in a shoulder holster with a round in the chamber and hammer down. At the time I had a new 69 Corvette and the heat riser (unknown to me at the time) was making a strange noise. I was in the car and bent down to hear it better when my Commander fell out of the holster pointed directly at my face. At the time I was only concerned with damaging the gun. When I got home I looked over the gun and removed the chambered round which clearly had a firing pin indentation. I always felt after that I was living on borrowed time.
 
Just recently at Wal Mart,,,

Just recently at Wal Mart,,,
Need I go further? :rolleyes:

The man asked the kid if they had any .22 Magnum ammunition,,,
The kid said they were out but did have some .22 LR,,,
I told him .22 LR ammo would not work properly.

The kid snorted back at me,,,
.44 Magnum and .44 Special interchange,,,
.357 Magnum and .38 Special interchange,,,
So .22 Magnum and .22 LR will interchange too.

I didn't argue with the kid but I did tell the man,,,
"He's wrong, I'm right, believe me or not, it's your gun."

Then I pointed to the few boxes of CCI .22 magnum ammo they had on the shelf.

Aarond

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Perhaps a bigger problem for that kid is that they will work... perhaps, and "sort-of". :mad:

There's a good chance he'll chamber some, they will discharge, and he may end up with powder schmutz and brass filings expelling from the firearm. On to his hand? His face?

Sometimes... it's best when some certain people learn things in this manner, if they choose to ignore sage advice offered to them from a good place. :p
 
I think Tom Servo and I spent a lot of time typing out stories and tidbits in a similar thread around June or July... :)
 
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