What firearm ignorance have you encountered lately?

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Someone's buying the wrong ammo for the gun they have? That's a segue into a gun conversation if I ever heard one.
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Yeah, especially if she is pretty :D

And Tirod, that is EXACTLY what is wrong with some stores. People are put in positions they do not deserve, while other more appropriate candidates are left on the wayside.

But back to the topic:

A guy forces the cylinder in a Ruger Blackhawk so hard to the left, that it jams it against the frame. :uhoh: - "I just wanted to open it".


:D - "I like to fire .380s in my 9mm because they are cheaper"

:confused: - "You shouldn't do that"

:D - "I am a gunsmith, its ok trust me I know."


:cuss: - "My daddy has a colt python in .44 magnum"
 
I was in a local gun store a few years ago, just me and the owner passing the time. I was fondling a couple of new arrivals he had in the case.

An apparent gun store ranger wandered in. The subject turned to reloading/handloading. We started talking about different presses, and this guy went on the downgrade Dillon, and any other progressive press. "They just can't make accurate ammo, " he said. Me and the owner sort of smiled, and I said "I guess nobody told Brian Enos that."

The ranger said, "Who?"

I explained who he was, and the shooting competitions he won quite often, and the ranger said he was just lucky. You have to laugh.
 
Not exactly recent, but the Walmart I used to shop at never had anyone at the Sporting Goods counter, so I would have to search for someone to help me get ammo from the locked case. One time I found an asst mgr and told him I needed help in sports. "OK. What do you need?" "Ammo." "Ammo?!?"

I guess he wasn't prepared for grandmotherly types who use guns.
 
stressed said:
^May be confusing Anaconda with Python?
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Saw a factory .41 magnum Python in a collection one time. If you really want to hear gun idiocy...listen to the evening news. I kid you not a reporter commentary of a convienance store robbery in our neighborhood..."He was shot with a .44 magnum semi-automatic revolver." I happened to talk to the store owner that shot the robber and he said he used a .32ACP pocket pistol. Turns out the reporter had asked a police officer what gun the owner had used and when she was told a .32 automatic and she then asked if that was a big gun. He said no and then she asked what was and the officer told her a .44 magnum revolver. My F-I-L at the time was a retired HPD detective and he hooted so loud I'll remember that till 3014. This happened about 35 years ago on the local ABC channel here. They are still doing the same kind of reporting; especially, one particular reporter where every thing to her is a semi-automatic assault rifle.
 
^May be confusing Anaconda with Python?
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Doubtful in my mind. This subject came up when he was explaining to me how you NEVER order parts from the manufacturer, because they don't know what parts go to your gun.
 
Bexar said:
Well considering the topic of this thread with the new evidence presented perhaps our protagonist store owner was told when he bought the pistol he used in the gunfight (one of two of them he was involved in) that it was a 32ACP.
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:confused: You just lost me with this ... perhaps this is a direct reference to a specific post (although you state "topic of this thread") that I have forgotten or not read.

EDIT: Aaaahhh ... I now see the post to which you are referring (8 posts prior) ... I still do not understand the value/intent/point of your last post.
 
Large caliber?....

The media goofs & mis-information could fill 10 pages of a forum topic. :rolleyes:
One of my biggest gripes is what defines a "large caliber"? :confused:
I've seen TV news reports with a .38spl being a large caliber. I've seen the .223/5.56mm labelled a "large caliber".
To me(and it's my humble opine), a large caliber would be a big honker like a .50AE, a .44magnum, a .454 Casull, a .50GI, a 30/06, a .50BMG, a .300 Win Magnum a 10ga etc.
if you can put your closed fist in the firearm muzzle, then it's a large caliber. :D
 
Went into GM back when they had their used guns out where you could touch and handle them. Found an older 16 SxS in the racks. Pull the barrels off to look at the proof marks, gun is chambered for 65mm ammo, yet the tag says 2-3/4". Since this gun was made pre-WWII, I let the "salesman" know they have the tag wrong, and that it could lead to a dangerous situation if someone put too long of a round in the gun. He goes off saying how the gun is marked wrong because he could easily drop a loaded round in the chamber. When I explained that the length is for a fired hull length, I get the deer in the headlights looks and a wave off as if I am the incorrect person.

I just walked away shaking my head and smirking at the idiocy. Hopefully, no one got hurt using it.
 
My stepson has been at his fathers house for the last few months and is here on spring break. He told me that his dad told him that "guns were bad and he shouldn't have one until he is 13". I politely reminded my stepson that guns were simply inanimate objects and that people are bad not guns and that I had never heard of a case where a gun not under anyone's control had ever caused a death. I then proceeded to tell him to remind his father that cars kill or maim more people than guns and that they should probably start walking everywhere they needed to go in order to do their part in keeping everyone around them safe.
 
GBExpat said:
:confused: You just lost me with this ... perhaps this is a direct reference to a specific post (although you state "topic of this thread") that I have forgotten or not read.

EDIT: Aaaahhh ... I now see the post to which you are referring (8 posts prior) ... I still do not understand the value/intent/point of your last post.
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If you don't...how the hell am I supposed to?
 
I have heard the "Just rack the shotgun and they go running" BS more times than i can count.

One guy at a shop I was at said he just leaves it unloaded and the whole plan is to rack it.
"I just pump it and they will take off running," he grins.
"Or they start shooting," I reply. "Anytime you introduce a gun to a situation, and up the stakes 10 fold, I would think it it prudent to be able to actually use it."
"Well... [huff, puff]..."

Another one of my favorites is when somebody justifies their "kit" or setup because "its what the pro's use." uh-hu.
 
I always love it when somebody tells me that their brother or whoever has a "police issue 9 mil!" They always act like it's a gun that not everybody can get, and refer to 9mm like it's a powerful caliber. Yeah, it's really hard to walk into a store and put down $500 on a glock 17.
 
DPris said:
Paul,
That one's partially correct. :)
They are more limited in what they can do with them nowdays.
Denis
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Then it isn't correct to say Colt doesn't work on Pythons anymore. They do, and even still have parts, and can can refer you to places who have parts that they don't.
 
I recently watched a young woman buy small sized pistol in 9mm, then asked the clerk for a box of "bullets". He politely set a box of standard ammo on the counter and asked if she needed anything else. She said, "Could you show me how to put the bullets in?" He handled it well by saying "absolutely not" and strongly encouraging her to attend a gun safety class before ever attempting to load or shoot her new pistol. He gave her a pamphlet to a local gun safety class. He also did it in a way that was respectful and didn't embarrass her.
 
LKLive13 said:
My stepson has been at his fathers house for the last few months and is here on spring break. He told me that his dad told him that "guns were bad and he shouldn't have one until he is 13". I politely reminded my stepson that guns were simply inanimate objects and that people are bad not guns and that I had never heard of a case where a gun not under anyone's control had ever caused a death. I then proceeded to tell him to remind his father that cars kill or maim more people than guns and that they should probably start walking everywhere they needed to go in order to do their part in keeping everyone around them safe.
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Good way to handle it.

Another angle to approach it is to ask your stepson if the logic of the statement makes sense: If "guns are bad", then why would they NOT be bad when he turns 13?

May sound silly, but it's an exercise in logic that would serve your stepson well as he grows. By learning to think about and understand words and their context at his current age now, he'll become more thoughtful and careful not only with how others use them, but how he uses them.


Guns are not "bad"...but they CAN be "dangerous"; and age (among other factors) does have a part in that.
 
Just recalled a 2nd story: Some acquaintances ask if I would take them to a shooting spot I know about outside of my community. There are a bunch of tree stumps and dead trees on public land that are handy to tack targets to. I agreed to take them and knew them from a political group that I am a members of, but knew nothing of their shooting skills or knowledge. I learned quickly that 3 of the four were rank amateurs. As I do in those situations, I took charge and started directing them and teaching along the way. It went OK until the end when one woman wanted to shoot my wife's little Browning 1911 .22. I filled the magazine, snapped it into the gun and handed it to her, pointing the gun down range. She racked one in the chamber and shot twice. I was behind on her left and the others were behind her on her right. She said she had a question and turned to her right and had the gun pointed directly at my wife's midsection. I immediately stepped beside her and pushed the gun back toward down range and took it away from her. Without raising my voice I pointed out her error. She assured me that she didn't have her finger on the trigger so it was OK. At that point I let her know emphatically that it was NOT OK. Moral of the story...know who you are shooting with.
 
Hooray for Hollywood.....

The police issue 9mil post made me chuckle & think of a mid 1990s era line of dialogue on some trashy TV cop show that only lasted 4/5 episodes on basic cable. :rolleyes:
A thug sees a cop's nickeled Beretta pistol & cracks; "that's a Beretta, those are only federal issue" :confused:.

A) By the mid 1990s/late 1990s most sworn US police agencies were in fact, moving away from the Beretta 92/96 models & either going with SIG Sauers, Glocks, HKs, or the S&W 3rd generation series in .40/10mm/.45acp .
The federal LE agency I was offered a position with used S&W 4046 models(1998).
B) I'm not aware of any police agency that issued nickeled Beretta 92Fs in the mid 1990s. There may be a few PDs that allowed the pistols but no federal agency I know of.
C) any real UC or agent who "goes under" would never walk in wearing any firearm that could remotely be called a LE gun or issue sidearm. Few "bad guys" own or carry brand new, clean, well maintained guns. FBI special agent John Pistone of Donnie Brasco fame explained that in a non fiction book about his FBI career. Most thugs & crooks avoid holsters too. ;)

Rusty
 
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