Another gun store guy!

I have really enjoyed the rants. I have quite a few myself but from the other side of the counter. Like the guy who returned the 22 ammo that didn't fit his glock. Yep, it turned out to be a model....22.
And the guy who wanted me to boresight his rifle and scope that he had just mounted. It was a M77 and he had reversed the rings and the scope. I told him I could do it but it was going to cost him. I figured stupidity shouldn't be free.
 
Originally Posted By: 405 winI have really enjoyed the rants. I have quite a few myself but from the other side of the counter. Like the guy who returned the 22 ammo that didn't fit his glock. Yep, it turned out to be a model....22.
And the guy who wanted me to boresight his rifle and scope that he had just mounted. It was a M77 and he had reversed the rings and the scope. I told him I could do it but it was going to cost him. I figured stupidity shouldn't be free.

You know that is a great point. I'd like to hear more of these stories from the "other side of the counter" myself.
 
Had a guy come into the store and ask for some 303brit ammo. I walked over to the shelf and low and behold its empty. Sorry, I'm out at the moment I said and he bellows out that of course your out. Its the best cartridge ever invented. I made the mistake of explaining that it wasn't very popular and I only carry one box.
You'd thought I just called his momma a pond scum sucking who.e.
Talk about a rant. He went on to proclaim it was better than all 300 mags and a 30-06 was dung (he used a diff. word) next to it.
Quite the expert he was.
 
Well, 405 win, I don't think that .303brit is the best round in the world. It does tend to be underrated, but that guy sounds like a downright jerk.

I feel sorry for lots of people on either side of the counter. I know I am not an expert, but I do hear a lot of BS that would make any reasonably informed person cringe fairly severely. I don't even bother to take the time to remember, and I only try to correct folks once if it isn't dangerous misinformation.
 
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I almost got kicked out of a Gun Store one time. A guy was asking questions about a Muzzle loader. He was wanting to know how to clean it. Said he was having problems with it misfiring. Clerk was telling him to put water in it.

I told him that it was really a bad practice to use water. It was better to use Rubbing alcohol because the alcohol evaporated over time.

Clerk told him Alcohol would not get out the powder residue.

They had a can of Black Powder, Powder Solvent on the shelf listed at several dollars. I took the cap off and let him smell it, then showed him the ingredients. It was almost 90% alcohol.

Clerk went ballistic and told me to leave but the Owner shut him down.

My Father died years ago and my Mother brought a new Boyfriend over that was going to teach her to shoot. Of course my Brother were shooters all our life and I think my Mother was trying to impress us.

She had a 9MM Short (380) and he had bought her a box of 9mm rounds.

My Brother and I got up laughing and left. We asked her later how her shoot went and she said her pistol would not shoot the rounds. Boyfriend said there was something wrong with the gun.

After we told her the problem, she realized that he was not so smart with guns. We never once got him to go shooting with us.

 
Originally Posted By: daddyfleaI almost got kicked out of a Gun Store one time. A guy was asking questions about a Muzzle loader. He was wanting to know how to clean it. Said he was having problems with it misfiring. Clerk was telling him to put water in it.

I told him that it was really a bad practice to use water. It was better to use Rubbing alcohol because the alcohol evaporated over time.

Clerk told him Alcohol would not get out the powder residue.

They had a can of Black Powder, Powder Solvent on the shelf listed at several dollars. I took the cap off and let him smell it, then showed him the ingredients. It was almost 90% alcohol.

Clerk went ballistic and told me to leave but the Owner shut him down.

My Father died years ago and my Mother brought a new Boyfriend over that was going to teach her to shoot. Of course my Brother were shooters all our life and I think my Mother was trying to impress us.

She had a 9MM Short (380) and he had bought her a box of 9mm rounds.

My Brother and I got up laughing and left. We asked her later how her shoot went and she said her pistol would not shoot the rounds. Boyfriend said there was something wrong with the gun.

After we told her the problem, she realized that he was not so smart with guns. We never once got him to go shooting with us.




Now that's funny stuff right there. I usually stay quiet in those instances, but it would be funny to see'em squirm.


Chupa
 
Saw a guy buy a .300 wm new(no sights, scope or mounts. He wanted some good ammo so my friend sold him two boxes of black hills red box 190 gr. Wanted to know where the local shooting range was and he left with his girlfriend.
Couple hours later he comes back, wants more ammo, Not quite on target yet. Probably a sore shoulder too.

Another time I had been looking at the Browning Maxus shotgun on the net for a couple days and was interested in handling a 3" model. Called the local dealer and asked if he had one in 3".
He told me they only make a 3.5". No I told him I was looking at the Browning website as we speak. He informed me that he was a certified Browning dealer and that he was well aware that they do not make one in 3". No way past this certified specialist so I suggested that he spend his lunch our viewing the 100 or so 3" models listed on Gunbroker that day.
 
^ All in good humor!

I went out today to shoot the new AR (will get pics up later) and a family was shoot down at the end of the line... they were shooting some type of .22 auto pistol. Funny part: as I was leaving I heard the range guy ask them if they were done already. The wife/gf says, "we ran out of ammo. We have these magnums but they wont fit." I IMMEDIATELY thought of this thread!
 
Originally Posted By: bigsky_songdogsOriginally Posted By: PowerfisherOriginally Posted By: RustydustOriginally Posted By: Powerfisher We asked him if we could shoot 5.56 out of a .223 chamber, he did not know. (you cant) you can shoot a .223 from a 5.56 but not the other way around.

I think that you are misinformed about this. I have shot thousands of rounds of 5.56 ammo through my various .223 rifles over the years with no problems of any kind. True, the pressures of some of the GI ammo is sometimes a bit higher than standard .223 stuff is, but over the last 40 years have never once heard of any issues doing it.

I may have been mis informed. When I bought my AR-15 (Eagle Arms Lower/Colt Upper w/Nato BBL). It had a NATO 5.56 bbl on it and I was told that I could shoot .223 from it but was lucky it was chambered in 5.56 cuz if it was a .223, all I could shoot out of it was .223 and not 5.56.....I was told this by an Armorer @ the Carson Armory in Mound House NV when I bought my AR. Thanks for setting me straight. Just goes to show you, even an Armorer can get it wrong......I dont know who to believe anymore

you were not misinformed, that is the general rule, 223 in 5.56 is fine, 5.56 in 223 may cause issues due to higher pressure. you can probly do it just fine in some rifles, but it comes down to is it worth risking it. to me its not but to others it may be.

+1 as an AR-15 Armorer that is the general school of thought. Err on the side of caution is the thinking I believe due to the higher pressure.
 
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