Things that make ya go...huh?

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BlackJackID

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What experiences have you all had where you just had to scratch your head and walk away...I had one of them this last weekend...

I was standing at the counter of one of our larger local sporting goods stores getting a scope mounted on my savage 10fp...the guy mounting scopes said there was one person ahead of me..and then he shook his head....

Well about 5 minutes later a guy came up to the counter to pick up his newly scoped rifle...and what I saw passed across the counter made me go..Hmmmmm..

Now don't take this the wrong way, I'm not hi-point bashing...but...A hi point carbine with a brand newly mounted Leupold Vari-X III:confused::rolleyes:

So anyways it was amusing and wanted to hear other peoples experiences...
 
Not gun related, but one of my very favorite telephone conversations was with a young lady who worked at a trailer supply company.
I needed about 3' of drip rail to go over a door in my horse trailer.
She said, yes, we have that, how much do you need.
I said, I need 3", but in case I mess up, I guess I will get 6'.
She said, it only comes in 12' lengths, and we can't cut it.
I said, OK, sent me the 12'.
She said, OK, but I will have to cut it in two to send it by UPS.
I said, thank you.
Even though that was nearly 30 years ago, I can remember it word for word.:D
 
Now don't take this the wrong way, I'm not hi-point bashing...but...A hi point carbine with a brand newly mounted Leupold Vari-X III
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Sort of like seeing a tattoo of a horse's butt on laura bush's bicep.
 
I feel the same way when I see somebody buy a Glock. ;)

I'm sure they feel the same way when they see me buying a 38 revolver. :D
 
I watched a guy open a gun case at the trap range and produce a 19" shotgun with a 4X scope on it. I had to be the one to talk him out of it since I was the RSO that day.

The drip rail story reminded me of a retail experience from many years ago. Young lady on the other end of the phone (probably a college gal) asks "Yes, I have this coupon that says 'good only through December 10th'. What does that mean?" It had been a long day with a lot of stupid questions and I just couldn't resist. In my best customer service voice I replied "That means that the coupon is good... only... through December 10th." "Oh, OK, thank you!" Click. Please be assured that this anecdote is in fact firearm related as directly after the click I realised that the day was shot.
 
True story - gun related only in that after the experience,,,well let's not go there...

Setting:

Chuck E. Cheese.
Blond - very cute, very blond, very dumb waitress.
Me - me

Blond, "What would you like to drink"?
Me, "What do you have on draft"?
Blond, "We have Budwiser and Budwiser Light".
Me, "I'll have a Bud Light".

Blond - confused look and silent for 5 seconds - then with a very pretty smile and a very cheeful voice, "We have Budwiser and Budwiser Light".
Me, "Bud Light".

Blond - exact repeat of previous - cute smile bubbley question "Budwiser and Buddwiser Light".

Me, thinking - come on this can't be for real,,,,"Budwiser Light".

Blond, "Ok"! then turns around and draws a glass of Bud Light.

My wife swears up and down that it was because of the noise & the girl couldn't hear me.
I-don't-think-so...I could tell by the look in her eye she was oblivious to what "Bud Light" was...

I just hope that young girl managed to hang on to her drop dead good looks. If she ever had to get by in this world on anything else, she'd be doomed.
 
I was looking to purchase SIG handgun and visited a LGS that had SIG signs in the window. Well his overall inventory was very low and he had no SIGs in stock. He then told me SIGs were really overpriced and that I should look at the CZ line which he said were better quality and cheaper. Since I was not really familiar with the CZ line I went to another store and purchased a SIG.

So, a year or so later after reading good reviews for CZ handguns on this site I decided to stop in and check them out. I went back to the original shop that had the large inventory of CZs and asked about the line. At this time he only had one or two in stock and none in a caliber I was interested in. Then he went on to tell me that CZs were really not that good and if I wanted a really good handgun I should get – wait for it – a SIG.

Same dude that a year earlier said SIGs were overpriced crap now was telling me they were the best thing in the world. While I understand the need to move in-house inventory it seems you could do it with a little more integrity. It just made me go Hmm…
 
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This just happened to me,,,

I called Taurus USA wanting to order spare mags,,,
One each for my 22-PLY and my 25-PLY.

The customer service dude said they needed the serial numbers of my guns.

I'm not wearing a tin-foil hat so I will get the numbers this evening and call back tomorrow,,,
But why inna heck do they need the serial numbers?,,,
To ensure they send the correct magazines?

Tomorrow I'll ask what if I wanted to order magazines as a gift for someone else's gun?

Go figure.

Aarond
 
My shooting buddy's wife used to work for a company that sells Miracle Grow, . . . the stuff that is great for tomatos.

She was doing a customer service gig there for a while, . . . got a gent on the line who was having no results at all with the product.

She walked him through all the steps, . . . process, . . . etc., had him on the line for 30 minutes or so before she figured out his problem.

He was trying to use it to grow hair on his head :eek::D

Any time I go into my reloading room and see my package of Miracle Grow, . . . I still chuckle about that one.

May God bless,
Dwight
 
Went to local uppidy gunstore last wed for 5 things. To get my 17hmr boresighted. To handle a Taurus TCP, To buy a few surefire batteries, and to buy sling swivels and a sling for my new 1894.

They couldnt find the 17hmr boresighter, They just sold their last TCP and their last surefire batteries. And they had no explanation as to why they had no sling swivels.

So I went 1-5 (I did buy a sling) Then I saw one of those Rhino revolver things and asked to check it out. I handled it and handed it back, and asked how well they've been selling. The guy said "Quite well but we keep them pretty well stocked. Good luck finding these anywhere else though...."
 
Florida Highway Patrolamn comes in to the shop in Miami where I worked in the 80s and wanted to see "one of those new AMT .180 autos" he was hearing about for a back up gun. Duhhhhh.
 
Now don't take this the wrong way, I'm not hi-point bashing...but...A hi point carbine with a brand newly mounted Leupold Vari-X III
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Don't know what kind of magnification he was going for, but my 9mm carbine shot accurately out to 100 yards. Not bad for a $200 gun...

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Watched three teachers at the local range try to sight in their rifles , had a lot of trouble with one, and they just couldn't figure it out. turns out the scopes was mounted 90 degrees off. They didn't even look red faced when I pointed it out.
 
I used to work part-time in a local gun store and one day this young lady came in to see about buying a firearm for concealed carry.

She was obviously brand new to firearms but it was a slow day so I had plenty of time to give her the basic rundown on caliber, semi-auto vs revolver and so forth.

She was adamant that she didn't want a lot of "kickback".

The first gun she focused on? A S&W Model 340PD :eek:

So I went over the relationship between the frame-size and weight of a gun, the caliber, and recoil. I saw the lightbulb finally go on and she said "ooooh I get it" and moved over to look at some .380 based pistols.

Well eventually she decided that she was overwhelmed with information and needed to think about it so she was going to "sleep on it". The next day I come in for an afternoon shift and one of my co-workers tells me that she was back in and just had to have that 340PD. At least my co-worker was considerate enough to talk her down to some .38 Special ammo for it.
 
I stopped in at a gun shop.

A customer had just purchased some foldy stock Mossberg 500.

He asks the dealer, "Does it come with a clip?"
 
In the early 1990s, just pre Assault Weapons hysteria buying, I was working the counter at a gun store when a young punk comes in and starts looking at Maadi-Griffin AKs.

One of my coworkers was helping him. It was obvious he didn't know much about guns.

Coworker says blah blah blah gas operated rifle blah blah blah...

The kid figures out how to pull the magazine out, looks at it, and then asks my coworker "Is this where the gas goes?"

Ouch.


A few months ago I was at another gun store looking at repop Schofields. Kid behind the counter hands me one and starts talking about the history of the ".45 Russian" cartridge.

Uhm... you mean the .44 Russian?

No, the .45 Russian! (I could tell he thought I didn't know what I was talking about).

I left it go, as it wasn't "Educate the imbeciles" day.
 
Was shooting with BIL last week. He has his share of rifles, pistols, etc.
Had a rimfire failure, ejected round. He looks at round and says, "It"s bad, look at the dent on the rim." I was confused at first, but realized he was looking for a centerfire firing pin mark. I said "BIL, why do you think they call them rimfires?" He looked at me a lttle strangely for a second, then it sunk in.
Think he was sligtly embarrassed.

Shooting with a couple buddies. One had just traded his S&W 586 for an auto of some sort. Two handed grip, left thumb behind the slide. Whoa! Watch your thumb! No clue, took a nice chunck of meat. His buddy tries pistol. Another chunk of thumb!
Then, I finished off mag, and his buddy asks, " Does that thing (slide) come back when you fire?"
 
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