D.B. Cooper
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The one at my work says "Aim like a Jedi, Not Like a Stormtrooper."Sign above urinal in the men’s room:
“No Diving”
The one at my work says "Aim like a Jedi, Not Like a Stormtrooper."Sign above urinal in the men’s room:
“No Diving”
Theres a few of those around.This has been up on a gun store near me as far back as I can remember, at least 35 years. Simple and effective.
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I've never understood the whole "no dry fire in store" stuff. If the gun is verified unloaded, I dont see a problem with letting the customer feel the trigger on a potentially expensive investment before buying it...Visited a local gun shop today that had a sign "If you dry fire it, you buy it." Worth an internal chuckle.
I've never understood the whole "no dry fire in store" stuff. If the gun is verified unloaded, I dont see a problem with letting the customer feel the trigger on a potentially expensive investment before buying it...
I do like all the funny signs y'all are posting, keep it up!
I've never understood the whole "no dry fire in store" stuff.
Because there are numerous nimwits who will stand there and dry fire two dozen times, work the slide back and forth exclaiming "wow thats tight!", snick the safety on/off another dozen times, open/close the cylinder on a revolver, cock it/lower hammer/repeat, then they want to inspect the bore of a brand new pistol or even disassemble to "see if thar be MIM parts!"...........and they really have zero intent to buy.I've never understood the whole "no dry fire in store" stuff. If the gun is verified unloaded, I dont see a problem with letting the customer feel the trigger on a potentially expensive investment before buying it...
I do like all the funny signs y'all are posting, keep it up!
I can see where you are coming from... I guess it's one thing for a random person coming in and wanting to handle a cheap Ruger LCP and want to fiddle with it for 30mins and end up not buying it. Me and dad deal with people at the gun shows all the time coming up and saying the are just looking and have no interest in buying anything... Like you spent $14 dollars on an entrance fee to "just look" when you can do that for free at a LGS? Occasionally we get the customer who is looking for something specific and we happen to have it and they are generally very easy to deal. And of course we get the occasional person who asks if we are a dealer and we of course say we are, then they turn around and go buy something from one of the old dudes who are always there with their "private collection" instead...Because there are numerous nimwits who will stand there and dry fire two dozen times, work the slide back and forth exclaiming "wow thats tight!", snick the safety on/off another dozen times, open/close the cylinder on a revolver, cock it/lower hammer/repeat, then they want to inspect the bore of a brand new pistol or even disassemble to "see if thar be MIM parts!"...........and they really have zero intent to buy.
That's annoying to the dealer because its a soul sucking waste of time. Just as important is the firearm that gets such daily treatment......who wants to buy a gun thats been dry fired thousands of times?
who wants to buy a gun thats been dry fired thousands of times?
When I went to buy my King Cobra I took snap caps with me because I definitely wanted to try the trigger before committing. The salesman told me I didn't need to use them. I used them anyway.Another weeds topic but some people believe that dry firing will damage a firearm. An old wives tale that has been mostly disproved except for certain kinds of firearms.
The best is if there's a gun store with a range where they rent guns. If they rent the model you're considering buying that's perfect.If it's a Glock or another similar striker fired pistol I WOULD! But I take your point, the dealer would have to get sick of this pretty quickly, on its face it seems like just a pretty standard inspection, kind of like taking a car for a spin before purchase but like you said, too many gun shop commandos wasting everybody's time spinning cylinders and snapping the cylinder and working the trigger with no intent to buy for alot of merchants to tolerate.
If I was walking in with a wad with a pretty good idea that I was going to actually buy the firearm I think it's only reasonable that I be able to check function, fit and feel, make sure there were no QC problems that would only become apparent after getting it home and out of the box only to find an issue, etc... my uncle bought a SIG P365 and I liked everything about it even though I'm pretty much a glock guy but as soon as I dry fired it I hated it, same with his HK USP trigger, if I had just bought them on look and feel alone I would have only realized I'd made a mistake after it was too late so I understand the impulse to check things out first. I think most shop owners will tolerate it especially if you're not wasting their time.......if they don't allow it, I'm sure they won't miss my business anyhow.