What is the worst gun related advice you have ever gotten?

"don't shoot expert"...

Another classic "hit" I heard was when I was on active duty as a US Army MP(military police).
Some intrepid cadre told the young MPs on a pistol range NOT to qualify as a expert with a pistol because; "if you have a use of force incident and kill someone, the lawyers may say you shot to kill because you were an EXPERT shot". :(
This sage advice may make sense on a certain level but I'd rather document my training & be able to justify my actions in court or a formal hearing/board review than not have the best marksmanship possible.
Pistol shooting & marksmanship requires skill and skill requires formal training.

ClydeFrog
 
I've heard from many people that AKs and SKSs are the exact samething. And I was told that an AK in great shape is only worth $50.
I don't know if this really fits the thread, but I have a friend who traded my dad a .22lr Remington semi auto and a .22 LR RG revolver for a cheap .32 revolver my dad had just got. It was a snub nose and it wouldnt hit a 55 gallon drum at about 30 feet. It's shot pattern was probably within 2 feet. The gun was very inaccurate. My friend said it had to be better because it was a bigger caliber than his revolver, I had told him the complete truth about the .32. Well, after the trade he sold the gun almost instantly. He didn't like it. While the .22s he had turned out to be excellent guns.
 
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Should we/can we make a distinction between actual advice that seemed to be accepted in good faith at the time...

...and silly nonsense that has already been rehashed a thousand times in every thread we've ever had that deals with "internet gun forum-isms" like the whole "rack the shotgun and the bad guy will crap his pants and run" :rolleyes:

Like this:
The Internet is a GREAT place to get gun information!
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On active duty, USAF, Squadron CO had pilots load their .38spcl revolvers with an empty chamber under the hammer and the next chamber to come up empty so that it "won't fire when dropped and if you accidently pull the trigger it won't fire." Not comfortable way to fly combat mssions. :rolleyes:

Not many pilots complied.
 
My mother told me,

when I was ten, that I shouldn't shoot her Win pump 22 lr because "sometimes the bullet comes out backwards":eek:

By age 14, having fired 22's for 3 years each summer, at Boy Scouts camps, I finally decided I HAD to shoot that Win pump.

I was so scared of my mothers advice, that I strapped the rifle to a small tree with ice twine, pointed into a tall creek bank. Then I backed off about 20 feet, with a length of ice twine tied to the trigger, and gave it a yank. First bullet went safely down range into the creek bank - as did the next several rounds.

Then I took the rifle off the tree I had tied it to, and began to shoot it off my shoulder.

I am 70 years old, now, Mother has gone to her rest almost 20 years ago - and that "shooting gallery" Win pump gun has never spit out a bullet backwards to this day!:D

What was she thinking?:confused:

Probably - "If I just tell him 'No, you can't shoot it', he will sneak around and shoot it anyway, so I will just SCARE HIM";)
 
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The Internet is a GREAT place to get gun information!
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I can tell you with confidence gleaned from years in the industry that such is not the case. Good lord, the things I hear...

Besides, we all know that Usenet was the best place.
 
I was told that Taurus really improved the quality of their firearms and their customer service. After putting 250 rounds through my NIB M85 I learned that both of those were not true. I knew better too....
 
Salesmen ignorance

I had gone to a gun shop and asked to see a particular model in .40 caliber and the salesman told me that there was NO such thing, .40 caliber that is...

I went somewhere else. Just because someone works in a gun store doesn't mean that they know anything about firearms.:)
 
Overhead at the gun range one day. A guy was giving rifle instructions to what looked liked a couple of families on how to properly shoot a rifle. I did a double take when I heard the "instructor" say this: "Now what you want to do, when you look down the sights, focus on the rear sight and let the front site and the target blur."

I didn't say anything until everybody ceased fire and went down range to change their targets. I politely stated that I happened to overhear him and asked if he really meant to say what he did, full expecting that perhaps he just stated it wrong and didn't realize it. "What do you mean?" he asked. After I explained to him his error I nearly fell over upon hearing what he said next..."Are you sure? Hmmmm, I've never heard of that. I've been an NRA Rifle Instructor for 19 years and have always taught to focus on the rear site. Thats how I was taught."

YIKES!!! :eek:
 
Was this advice?,,,

From an old codger in a gun store many many moons ago,,,
I told him I had a S&W .357 Magnum revolver,,,
I wanted a box of powderpuff .38 Specials.

He said:

Listen here boy,,,
Don't you ever shoot .38's from a .357,,,
Them bullets are bigger and will jam up in the barrel.
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For years (a lot of them) that's what I believed. :o

Aarond

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Listen here boy,,,
Don't you ever shoot .38's from a .357,,,
Them bullets are bigger and will jam up in the barrel.

Thats funny, But i bet that he was pulling your chain.
 
Worst: "Buy a CZ", considered em, handled em, don't like em, would never spend my own money on one. If it were free, I'd take it though.....

Best: "Check out the PPS", did it, and it's the best CCW I've ever had.
 
Skywag,
WD-40 will cause rust in the long term.
It is banned for use in airplanes by the FFA.
It is hydroscopic and draws moisture. This is not a myth.
 
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