Bad / worst firearms advice?

[Carl]

"Blanks can't hurt you."

 

[ceetee]

"This Glock is such an ergonomic wonder, it naturally points wherever you're looking. If you ever hear a bump in the night, you don't even have to see what made the noise - just point this Glock at what you heard, and even in pitch black you'll hit whatever it is made that noise..."

-- overheard a local gun store clerk explaining this to a female, first-time gun buyer.

 

[brentn]

My firearms safety course instructor had told us, no word of a lie, that the safest way to dispose of a cartridge out in the bush is to throw it in a fire.

:O

I never ever thought that was right, and when I asked him that day what happens he said
"The cartridge case will crack and the powder will 'fizzle' out"

LMAO, no word of a lie.

This weekend I tested the theory camping with a .22LR round. I dropped it in the campfire coals with the bullet facing opposite of me and ran for cover.

The thing exploaded, violently I might add! was loud and I could see ashes flying about. Point being, I'm sure that the bullet flew with the shrapnel at a velocity that would probably be dangerous.

 

[macadore]

I had a college football coach teaching first aid who told the class that a rifle bullet was more dangerous at 100 yards than it was up close because it had not had time to achieve its full velocity. He got paid to say things like that.

While looking for some 7.63x25 at a gun show, an ammunition dealer told me that I could shoot 7.62x25 in a Broomhandle without any problems, it just wasn’t quite as hot as the 7.63x25.

 

[lions]

brentn

I wouldn't want the bullet facing away from me because when that thing goes the casing will go farther than the bullet. Equal and opposite reactions, same force applied to a lighter object and a heavier one. The lighter one (casing) will actually be the one to go flying.

 

[brentn]

Well either way, I took cover. It wasn't really safe at all to do, but had to dispel the myth in my head, and I did.

Can we both agree that its dangerous to throw rounds in the fire?
Are they lethal?

 

[The Highlander]

@bretn

It wouldn't have enough mass or velocity to be lethal, however it could definitely take out someone's eye.

 

[RancidSumo]

Brentn, mythbusters tested this and the .50BMG was the only one that would hurt you and even that wouldn't be life threatening.

 

[Kitchen_Duty]

yeah but it's all fun and games right?

take out someone's eye

oh well, since you said that....

 

[mindwip]

The thing exploaded, violently I might add! was loud and I could see ashes flying about. Point being, I'm sure that the bullet flew with the shrapnel at a velocity that would probably be dangerous.

When rounds go off not in a contained place not much happens, Really you are safe, like others said put your hand over your eyes your fine.

The bullet will stay while the case flys, but it will have little force, also with the case being so light it will do little damage.

 

[turnyourback]

Telling women they should only buy "mouse guns" because it is all they can supposedly handle.

"what do you want a .45 for? here, try this .38 special instead..."

 

[turnyourback]

"vermont has a lot of gun laws."

 

[lions]

It's all fun and games till someone loses an eye... then its just a game called "find the eye"

 

[CWL]

Anyone using the word "best" in combination with any firearm or cartridge.

 

[Ian Sean]

"If you let your ammo even near a can of WD-40 it will kill the primers...turn 'em to mush...or compost or whatever".

 

[Girodin]

I laughed for weeks when a salesman told me not to get a Saiga, which BTW he had never even heard of and I had to explain to him what it was, because those AKs cant hit anything (to be fair the place is a dealer for century).

The punchline however is that he proceeded to try to agressively push a $600 mini 14 on me. Minis aren't exactly the kings of accuracy and the targets I have seen show them to be less accurate even with quaility ammo than a .223 saiga.

 

[Tom Fury]

Worst:
1911's with barrel lengths less than 4 inches are inherently unreliable, inaccurate, etc, etc.

Nobody needs a Desert Eagle .44

SKS's will be like gold after the AWB (Clinton era)

Get a laser

Best:
Only let the best ever work on your guns

 

[Flopsy]

"A 12 gauge is the best home defense weapon."

When my house looks like swiss cheese and the neighbors are suing me, I'll remember that the 9 in my night stand wouldn't have gotten the job done.


Oh, and at the last gun show:

"Look down that barrel and see how clean the bore is!"

 

[Deadheadted37]

"You should only use High Brass shotgun shells, because they are more accurate."

 

[RustyShackelford]

Some old chestnuts....

"It's safe to carry the SIG Sauer P-220 .45acp with the hammer cocked back."
- well known gun writer/LEO;
Gary Paul Johnson


Wipe the fingerprints off the rounds you put in magazines, .

Open bolt SMGs are better than closed bolt SMGs for SWAT/law enforcement.
-retired LEO/gun writer/LE sales rep for IMI/Action Arms
Evan Marshall



RS

 

[hboy35]

old Service Merchandise store

I asked to see one of the semi-auto shotguns and was told by the young clerk that, "we dont sell semiautos, these are all autos". After a serious line of questioning from me, it was apparent that the guy really thought he was selling full auto shotguns.

One born every minute.....

 

[McCall911]

This is pretty much my conversation verbatim several years back when I was buying Remington Golden Sabres for my .40:

Me: "Hi. You got any 165 grain Remington Golden Sabres for a .40 Smith & Wesson?"

Clerk: "I think so, but I'd want 180 grains."

Me: "May be, but I want 165 grain Golden Sabres."

Clerk handed me the 165 grain GS ammo with a sigh and said, "Well, I'd want stopping power."

Me: "Well, that's exactly why I'm buying these."

 

[Bezoar]

Ive heard some gems of advice over the years.

My first gunshow:
-this a little micro size derringer in .22lr is perfectly legal to carry around without a liscence.
the pocket toy in question was one of those miniature single shots with a barrel the length of a 22lr case.

-"of ocurse its a genuine arisaka that was carried by one of Tojos private bodyguard. Thats why it costs 300 dollars"
-gunstores:
"its safe to use the same amount of 777 as you do pyrodex. Its why its called a black powder replacement"
"a flint lock renegade works just fine with these 777 pellets"
"you cant hunt anything past 50 feet with a roundball. You need these 30 dollar sabot rounds"

 

[Rachen]

"If you ever shoot a prowler, make sure you drag him into your house. You can kill anybody, anytime, as long as they're in your house. Just make sure you stick a butcher knife or an old untraceable pistol in their hand before you call the cops."

OMG

The two worst firearms advice I ever heard:

1. You don't need a gun to protect yourself, the police will protect you.
-OMG! Hahahahahaha!

2. Only the police and military is to be trusted with guns.
- Yeah, sure.

 

[DFW1911]

Me: "Hi. You got any 165 grain Remington Golden Sabres for a .40 Smith & Wesson?"

Clerk: "I think so, but I'd want 180 grains."

Me: "May be, but I want 165 grain Golden Sabres."

Clerk handed me the 165 grain GS ammo with a sigh and said, "Well, I'd want stopping power."

Me: "Well, that's exactly why I'm buying these." - McCall911

The "you're getting the wrong rounds" speech seems to be wrong about 99% of the time.

Seems to me that whatever they need to move out of inventory becomes the ideal rounds for us...regardless of purpose.