Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you

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One that I heard was that I shouldnt buy a new AR, I should get the FN PS90 that he had for 3500, because the new 5.7 round would enter and exit both sides of the army's new armor with SAPI plates. I told him to open a box of 5.7 and a box of 762 x 51 and I'd be right back. I went to the car got my armor ( I'm in the army) and told him that I would buy it if it was true and it completely penetrated my armor, but if it didn't he would have to give me the gun. For some reason he didn't take the offer. Later that month he was saying that his son was qualifying on the m4 at fort benning at 1000 meters. I called him on it and never shopped there again
 
Handled a really worn S&W Model 39-2 at a gun show...tagged at $375.

Seller looks me in the eye and confides that "It's one of the rare all-steel ones...issued to the SEALs" :rolleyes:

I considered a variety of replies, but finally just said "Nice pistol" and moved on.
 
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I bought an 8mm mauser with a peep sight from Cabelas. It was a very good condition for only $180. When I got home, I noticed the bore looked a lot smaller than my nagant's bore. Under the stock it said 6.5x55 swede:evil:! Yet on the reciept it clearly said 8mm! I was annoyed to say the least.
 
Not told directly to me, but there was a short-lived reality series about a young fellow that worked in a Colorado gun shop, and the "wacky" customer interactions he had.
A customer asked him about the effects of a hit from a .38 vs a .45. He dismissed the .38 and then put a pair of shoes on the counter.
"A hit from a .45 will blow a guy right out of these" with an expression that held no hint of jest or irony...
 
Chindo18Z said:
Handled a really worn S&W Model 39-2 at a gun show...tagged at $375.

Seller looks me in the eye and confides that "It's one of the rare all-steel ones...issued to the SEALs" :rolleyes:

I considered a variety of replies, but finally just said "Nice pistol" and moved on.
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I'm not sure how the "all steel" part factors into the story. Whether "rare" refers to "all steel" or "issued to the SEALs" is up to interpretation. However I found this on Wikipedia

The Smith and Wesson Model 39 was a semi-automatic pistol developed for the US Army service pistol trials of 1954.[1] After the Army abandoned its search for a new pistol, the Model 39 went on the civilian market in 1955 and was the first of Smith & Wesson's first generation semi-automatic pistols. Used by the Illinois State Police and the US Navy SEALs, it was a groundbreaking pistol for use with the military and law-enforcement agencies.[1]
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Link to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_&_Wesson_Model_39, the footnote references the "Complete Encyclopedia of Pistols and Revolvers"

Take everything with a grain of salt, but remember that just because it's not common knowledge doesn't mean that it isn't true.

My own story:

Perhaps not a lie, but general mis-information. I was at Academy browsing the gun counter. I saw they had the new Remington 1911. I asked to see it. I was asking general questions and generally not trying to display my knowledgle / ignorance.

I was shocked when the person behind the counter told me that it's a double action. Pulling the trigger with the hammer down would cock the hammer and fire the weapon. Of course since it's store policy to not remove the locks from the triggers we couldn't test out his claim.
 
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Tell me I should by an AR, 'cause when TSHTF, The Army and NG's would have parts and ammo laying all over the place'. Like I was going to be the last man standing or something!
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i know i'll be the last because i'll be down in the deepest hole diggin' deeper
 
Talin342: As Maverick223 indicated, a S&W marked "39-2" is, by definition a standard alloy framed semi-auto.

I am very familiar with the 39 series as a 39-2 was the first handgun I ever purchased (some 35 years ago). I've purchased several more over the years and own one today.

The all-steel versions reputedly originally designed for NSW units are expensive & collectible rarities...not junkers priced for a few hundred at a gun show table.

An authentic steel framed specimen would be worth several thousand dollars, like this one... http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=232188041

The seller's story was a tall-tale for a sucker...equivalent to handing someone a Ruger Vaquero and declaring it to be "Wyatt Earp's Colt Buntline".

"Wow...Such a collectible piece of S&W history and you are willing to sell it to me (a random customer at a gun show) for a tiny fraction of what it's worth. What a deal! I'll take it!" :rolleyes:

Yeah...I've heard about those DA 1911Rs...they are special issue to... wait for it... SEAL Team 6. :)
 
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Yeah...I've heard about those DA 1911Rs...they are special issue to... wait for it... SEAL Team 6.
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Who woulda thunk?...I'll have to look for one of those. Lemme guess it is the special model with a backstrap safety (you know how SEALs are prone to fumbling weapons)? :D
 
I hear about the 'double-action' 1911's every three or four times I look at one at a show.

This is followed by me giving a quick lesson between single- and double-action, and almost every time, they retain that it's double because "you have to perform two actions for the first round", and they just can't figure out why revolvers would have thus regressed in their ease of use...
 
Here in Gettysburg we used to have the Colt Museum. They were selling repro black powder guns to the tourists as "blank" guns. The museum has been closed for years now.
 
I bought an 8mm mauser with a peep sight from Cabelas. It was a very good condition for only $180. When I got home, I noticed the bore looked a lot smaller than my nagant's bore. Under the stock it said 6.5x55 swede! Yet on the reciept it clearly said 8mm! I was annoyed to say the least.
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Hey, do you want to get all of your money back? I'll pay for the shipping.
 
gun show lies

two come to mind "Its a 9milimeter just like the berretas we had in Nam. " "These holsters are used by Thunder thats the secret service detail that gaurds George Bushes son" This was the younger Bush who had two daughters but no sons. It was years after Vietnam that we adopted the Barretta. Standard issue was of course the 45acp 1911.
 
I think the best one I heard was "This was Patton's gun." The second would be "This was McArthur's gun." I swear there were about five of each last time I went to an antiuqe gun show.

Then there was the dealer that told me, "I wouldn't buy a lever action 30-30. Those things can't take down a deer past 75 yards. You would be better off with this M1 Carbine." It was a Rockola he had marked at $900.
 
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Had a guy tell me that the Kimber Warrior he was carrying behind the counter was "just like the one he carried when he was running black ops back in the 'Nam." :banghead:
 
I pesonally carry a 9mm with Golden Sabers 'but I keep two Black Talons at the bottom of the mag in case they're wearing a vest'.
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I had a guy at the gun show tell me, "Yeah these Ranger Ts are the new and improved Black Talons. They'll rip body armor to shreds. Cops have to get special permission to use them. That is why they can't be sold to the general public. I could go to jail if I was caught selling them to you."

He then offered to sell me a box of Ranger T in .380 for the low price of $65. Only because I seemed like an upstanding patriot and he was sure I wouldn't "rat."
 
I just rememberred another great one.

"Don't buy a Bersa .380. Son, you'll have to replace the recoil springs after every 100 rounds. That thing kicks like a mule and beats the parts to death. This Kel Tec is a much softer shooting gun. It'll go for a couple thousand rounds before you need a spring change. "

He was asking the same retail for the Kel Tec as the Bersa. Obviously he was trying to pad the profit margin.
 
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