Shadow 7D
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So I'll just give this a bump, I know it's a zombie thread, but this is better than the sunday funnies.
Dumbest thing you heard/saw in a Gun Store or at the range.
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HappyHunting
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how about $785 for a Springfield Mil-Spec at a gun store expecting me to kick my heals i was so excited to be seeing a 1911 for sale.
BTW Madison Guns in Huntsville.... extortion
They were just capitalizing on supply and demand, in their defense.
HH
BTW Madison Guns in Huntsville.... extortion
They were just capitalizing on supply and demand, in their defense.
HH
Steve Marshall
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Yeah, I know. My buddy's son just got back from Afghanistan and decided to buy an AR-50. We shot a few and were quite impressed with the blast from the muzzlebrake. So we proceeded to knock all kinds of things off the next bench. Nice. I wanted to see what it would be like to shoot without ear protection. This IS a dumbest thing post, right? Let me warn you right now. Do not try this at home. The pain was akin to walking between 2 M-48 tanks to retrieve brass just as they both fired. No blood this time, but intense pain and disorientation ensued. This was an ouchie ouchie experience for sure.
Hawthorne2k
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I blame our educational system for that one.
philpost
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Saw a guy come in to the range, and say he didn't have any cases for the guns he brought that were out in the car (all guns have to be encased). Manager askes "how did you bring them"? Guy says "on the back seat of my car". Manager says "cops don't like that" (it's actually against the law in FL); Guy says "but they were unloaded".
Guy then turns down hearing and eye protection.
Guy then turns down hearing and eye protection.
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About 10 years ago my girlfriend's (now my wife) uncle and brother and I went out to some private property in Louisiana they have access to. My future bro-in-law and a .45, I had a .45, .38, and an AK-variant. Later another brother showed up with a .22 revolver.
The uncle was in from California, so he didn't have any of his own guns with him. But he had described himself as a "gun-nut" who had done extensive shooting. He's also a former HALO jumper and professional race-car driver, which will become relevant shortly.
Prior to this, we had stopped off for ammo and I picked up a back of orange foam earplugs to share with everyone. So we load up and set up targets, I put my plugs in and instinctively hand the box to my GF's uncle who scoffs and says something to the effect of "Earplugs! What kind of p@#$$% do you think we are?!!!" I was dumbfounded! I stood there with my mouth open. My future b-i-l hesitated for a moment, but he didn't want to contradict his uncle so he refused them as well.
Well, needless to say they blew the Hades out of their eardrums (we were in a wooded area with the reports bouncing back off the huge oaks) It was so bad that in the uncle's case, he ended up seeing his own doctor and a hearing specialist who berated him for firing handguns with no ear protection.
Uncle D had let his high-octane, macho attitude override what should have been common sense and he paid a pretty steep price. Considering his arrogance about the whole thing, I actually found it funny.
The uncle was in from California, so he didn't have any of his own guns with him. But he had described himself as a "gun-nut" who had done extensive shooting. He's also a former HALO jumper and professional race-car driver, which will become relevant shortly.
Prior to this, we had stopped off for ammo and I picked up a back of orange foam earplugs to share with everyone. So we load up and set up targets, I put my plugs in and instinctively hand the box to my GF's uncle who scoffs and says something to the effect of "Earplugs! What kind of p@#$$% do you think we are?!!!" I was dumbfounded! I stood there with my mouth open. My future b-i-l hesitated for a moment, but he didn't want to contradict his uncle so he refused them as well.
Well, needless to say they blew the Hades out of their eardrums (we were in a wooded area with the reports bouncing back off the huge oaks) It was so bad that in the uncle's case, he ended up seeing his own doctor and a hearing specialist who berated him for firing handguns with no ear protection.
Uncle D had let his high-octane, macho attitude override what should have been common sense and he paid a pretty steep price. Considering his arrogance about the whole thing, I actually found it funny.
RevolvingGarbage
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I do believe securely encased only pertains to handguns. Rifles you can simply sit on the seat, like if you were driving an SUV or hatchback and had no trunk.
One day I got a call at the shop from a customer who had a question about scopes.
Customer: "What does it mean when a scope is 4x32?"
Me: "It means the scope is a four power with a 32mm objective lens."
Customer: "What does four power mean?"
Me: "It means that if your target is 100 yards away, the target appears as if it's only 25 yards away"
Customer: "Does the bullet still have to go the entire 100 yards?"
Long silence.
Me: "No, sir, having a scope does not warp the space-time continuum. The target merely appears to be 25 yards away."
Customer: "What does it mean when a scope is 4x32?"
Me: "It means the scope is a four power with a 32mm objective lens."
Customer: "What does four power mean?"
Me: "It means that if your target is 100 yards away, the target appears as if it's only 25 yards away"
Customer: "Does the bullet still have to go the entire 100 yards?"
Long silence.
Me: "No, sir, having a scope does not warp the space-time continuum. The target merely appears to be 25 yards away."
Demitrios
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I was at a gun shop just browsing for a new pistol when a guy next to me was asking the clerk about choosing between an M&P and an XD. The clerk did nothing but go on and on about how much experience he had with guns and basically didn't answer a single question for the guy looking to purchase a pistol. So I stepped in and asked the guy if he'd ever owned a gun before, he said no. I told him the XD might be the better way to go since it has many safety features compared to the M&P which doesn't. After a few moments the clerk gets all kinds of pissy that I'm "stealing his thunder" and decides to show off some more. He picks up the M&P without so much as even looking at it, let alone clearing the chamber, points it to his right without even looking in the direction he's pointing and pulls the trigger while saying, "Double action pistols are for cops who don't know anything!". I just stared at this idiot for a bit, said, "And the basic rules of firearm safety aren't for clerks who have their heads up their asses." turned to the customer, told him to go to Gunbroker and that he'd probably save about $150 compared to what the place we were at was selling it for. The customer promptly took his paper work and left.
In a recent class, the NRA certified instructor referred to the FN Five Seven as "the deadliest handgun ever made," claimed that it could "penetrate military body armor," and added that the 30+ round magazine gave him the ability to "just spray, so I don't have to aim."
I would have walked out, but I needed the training certificate. It's a good thing I wasn't there to learn anything though, 'cause that guy was an idiot.
R
I would have walked out, but I needed the training certificate. It's a good thing I wasn't there to learn anything though, 'cause that guy was an idiot.
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herohog
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In my class for my Arkansas permit, the instructor said that if you shot under a car/along a concrete wall etc. that if you bounced the bullet off of the concrete, it would fly parallel to the floor/wall only about a foot away from it!
speaksoftly
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Southern gun stores are the best for these types of threads.
".45 is a man's caliber. Women shoot .40 and 9mm" My response, "So the Navy Seals are a bunch of women?" Shop owner, "I'm sure Obama had something to do with that" :banghead:
".45 is a man's caliber. Women shoot .40 and 9mm" My response, "So the Navy Seals are a bunch of women?" Shop owner, "I'm sure Obama had something to do with that" :banghead:
philpost
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Actually, they were handguns. One was an ancient .32 that gave off a ton of smoke with each shot.
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IMO 9mm would be more manly not because of its size but because you rely more on your ability to hit something vital than a large round to compensate. Not to start a flame war or something but thats what I tell those insulting 9mm.
cambeul41
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And your point is? Bullets are not basketballs.
yardism
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I was being helped by a guy who was also showing a pistol to another gentleman. This other guy appeared to not really know much about what he was looking at. At one point, the salesman was talking to me when the other guy hits the magazine release and it tumbles onto the glass counter and then across the floor making quite a commotion. The salesman stops talking to me when the guy, gun in hand, bends over to pick up the magazine. He yells at him "SIR, PUT THE GUN ON THE COUNTER". The guy almost soiled himself. Then he picks up the magazine, puts it beside the gun and just kind of stands there all nervous looking.
After about a minute, another salesguy asks him if he needs help. He says "yes, I want someone to show me all the buttons on this gun before I drop something else on the floor"
I replied, "so, you're planning on dropping something else?
He didn't say anything, but the salesman kind of chuckled...
I felt bad for the guy. But he clearly did not need to be purchasing a firearm without taking some kind of safety class. Just his general demeanor told me that he had no clue what was going on.
After about a minute, another salesguy asks him if he needs help. He says "yes, I want someone to show me all the buttons on this gun before I drop something else on the floor"
I replied, "so, you're planning on dropping something else?
He didn't say anything, but the salesman kind of chuckled...
I felt bad for the guy. But he clearly did not need to be purchasing a firearm without taking some kind of safety class. Just his general demeanor told me that he had no clue what was going on.
hey_poolboy
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My dumbest/ scariest:
When I was in my early 20's I traded in a Mini-14 for a sporterized 96 Mauser. (no, that's not it) The Mauser was chambered in .22-250. After glassing it and sighting it in I took it out to do some coyote hunting. It still had the original trigger in it. Upon taking it out on my first hunting trip I had an AD upon releasing the safety. It was pointed in the direction of my quarry. It scared the daylights out of me. I promptly took the bolt out, took the gun home and ordered a new Timney trigger. After that I always perform all of the necessary safety checks on any gun I buy, new or used. Safety is MUCH cheaper than medical attention or a funeral!
I still hunt with that same rifle every year, and love it!
When I was in my early 20's I traded in a Mini-14 for a sporterized 96 Mauser. (no, that's not it) The Mauser was chambered in .22-250. After glassing it and sighting it in I took it out to do some coyote hunting. It still had the original trigger in it. Upon taking it out on my first hunting trip I had an AD upon releasing the safety. It was pointed in the direction of my quarry. It scared the daylights out of me. I promptly took the bolt out, took the gun home and ordered a new Timney trigger. After that I always perform all of the necessary safety checks on any gun I buy, new or used. Safety is MUCH cheaper than medical attention or a funeral!
I still hunt with that same rifle every year, and love it!
Believe it or not, that's probably closer to the truth than not.
Bullets that hit a wall at an angle tend to come off at a shallow angle rather than bouncing off at a sharper angle like one might expect a pool ball to bounce off the cushion. The point is that hugging a wall or going prone on a hard surface without cover probably isn't as great a strategy as it might seem.
Here's a fairly interesting read on the topic.
http://www.radford.edu/~tburke/Burke/bulletricochet.pdf
kusch734
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Ok, I've got a few.
I was in Walmart and I happened to notice that there was an older guy and his son filling out the paperwork for a rifle. As I observed more closely and listened in, I found that the son was filling out the paperwork for his father because the man could not read. I honestly believe that if you cannot read, you have no business owning a firearm.
I went shooting with a friend of mine and he is crazy about his Mossberg Maverick and how it's much more accurate than my Charles Daly Tactical, but yet I can shoot at the same target, at a longer distance and still have a better group. He also believes that his Ruger P94 is just the greatest pistol in the world and that it could beat my Taurus 24/7 Pro.
The same guy likes to shoot his Mossberg one handed from the hip and constantly hits the ground about 4 ft in front of him.
I watched him one day as he loaded a mag into his Ruger and pointed downrange at the target and pulled the trigger, and click, nothing happened. He checked the gun, pointed it again, and click. I looked at it in his hands and discovered that he had not even fully seated the magazine when he inserted it. On another occasion, my Charles Daly shotgun jammed and he grabbed it from me and pried the shell out with a screwdriver and started to dissassemble it in his arms and I told him to be careful because the parts just slide apart. He dropped the sling piece and proceeded to bend down and pick it up and the barrel, and bolt of my shotgun slipped out of the receiver and into the dirt. That same day, my gf had brought her child with us and we had left him and her in the car(with the ac on) as we shot and she got out to do something and she left the door open because I was reloading and he used the hood of my car and shot his .22 not even 5 ft from the door! And he then had the nerve to tell my gf that he was just fine and that it didn't hurt her child at all. Needless to say, I no longer shoot with him. Sorry for it being such a long post.
I was in Walmart and I happened to notice that there was an older guy and his son filling out the paperwork for a rifle. As I observed more closely and listened in, I found that the son was filling out the paperwork for his father because the man could not read. I honestly believe that if you cannot read, you have no business owning a firearm.
I went shooting with a friend of mine and he is crazy about his Mossberg Maverick and how it's much more accurate than my Charles Daly Tactical, but yet I can shoot at the same target, at a longer distance and still have a better group. He also believes that his Ruger P94 is just the greatest pistol in the world and that it could beat my Taurus 24/7 Pro.
The same guy likes to shoot his Mossberg one handed from the hip and constantly hits the ground about 4 ft in front of him.
I watched him one day as he loaded a mag into his Ruger and pointed downrange at the target and pulled the trigger, and click, nothing happened. He checked the gun, pointed it again, and click. I looked at it in his hands and discovered that he had not even fully seated the magazine when he inserted it. On another occasion, my Charles Daly shotgun jammed and he grabbed it from me and pried the shell out with a screwdriver and started to dissassemble it in his arms and I told him to be careful because the parts just slide apart. He dropped the sling piece and proceeded to bend down and pick it up and the barrel, and bolt of my shotgun slipped out of the receiver and into the dirt. That same day, my gf had brought her child with us and we had left him and her in the car(with the ac on) as we shot and she got out to do something and she left the door open because I was reloading and he used the hood of my car and shot his .22 not even 5 ft from the door! And he then had the nerve to tell my gf that he was just fine and that it didn't hurt her child at all. Needless to say, I no longer shoot with him. Sorry for it being such a long post.
Erik M
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I was at a large range inside a gun store just a few days ago. My youngest brother was the only one shooting at that moment, the other 2 of us were just chatting. We were approached by a college age woman, she had a 'librarian' look about her. She asked us if we were licensed to carry concealed. Being the oldest sibling I usually end up as the group spokesman. I just looked at my brother and then at her and said why would you need to know? She said she wanted to offer us some activist literature that opposed the 'gun show loophole' that is killing American children. I waived her away and said that we were not interested.
gun guy
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so its a typical day at the public shooting range, a beat up truck pulls up, a rather homely girl, as happy as a clam hops out of it,,says,,weeee i got a new gun, and begins to fire it in the air, well, at least she made it to the range. as soon as the revolver went click, 2 range officers rushed her, put her back in the truck, i never saw her again, thankfully
gun guy
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are you more worried by the actions of some of these people, or that there are so many tales of stupidity. food for thought
gun guy
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2nd day on the ship, the watch brings me the remington 870 with a live round in the chamber, the weapon is jammed. carefully try as i might, i couldnt unlock it. so i tape up the trigger, put a tag on it HOT WEAPON, go get the head gunners mate, ol fred. After 3 tours on a gunboat they decided this guy is too dangerous even to the enemy to be in a combat zone. he looks at the weapon, untapes it, points it at the steam globe overhead light, pulls the trigger, blows the lamp to bits, hands it back, says," it aint jammed now, clean the weapon, replace the globe", walks out of the armoury an back to the chiefs lounge. now why didn't i think of that?
Shadow 7D
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True, wonder after reading this how I manage not die or be killed on a daily basis, actually, how is that humanity hasn't gone extinct yet.
When I was a kid my neighbors lived right up a small hill from a pond in the middle on no where, about once to twice a month some idiot would show up and start shooting, eventually they would try to hit the frogs and salamanders in the pond, sending ricochets up, at my neighbors house, Got pretty interesting if it was a friday after 6, their dad usually was working on his 6 pack, less patience, started sending bird shot on one, don't know if he forgot to count or couldn't wait for 3.
On the other hand, Please people, NEVER shoot into water. PERIOD, I was almost killed by one of those ricochets playing with my buddies in their back yard.
When I was a kid my neighbors lived right up a small hill from a pond in the middle on no where, about once to twice a month some idiot would show up and start shooting, eventually they would try to hit the frogs and salamanders in the pond, sending ricochets up, at my neighbors house, Got pretty interesting if it was a friday after 6, their dad usually was working on his 6 pack, less patience, started sending bird shot on one, don't know if he forgot to count or couldn't wait for 3.
On the other hand, Please people, NEVER shoot into water. PERIOD, I was almost killed by one of those ricochets playing with my buddies in their back yard.
oldbear
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:There was also a story of a man trying to rob a local shop with a machete but I don't know whether that really happenned or not
The old adage never bring a knife to a gun fight may apply here.
The difference between stupidly and genius, genius has its limits.
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