Funny gun shop stories

[Holgersen]

Funny thing happened while I was at a gun shop the other day.

I was trading my Walther P22 toward a new pistol and while I'm filling out the paper work one of the people that works there goes to take it to their indoor range to test out the P22.

He goes in and we don't hear any firing. He comes out and says that it wouldn't fire.

At this point I am very confused because I keep very good care of my guns and I had only put about 250 rounds through this one, before I decided to part with it. So nothing should be broken and it has been cleaned and I know it works.

The shop owner takes the pistol goes into the range and proceeds to empty the magazine in a few seconds and comes back in to announce to his employee that all he had to do was put it on fire.

This didn't boost my confidence much with this employee. I figured if you worked at a gun shop you should probably know how to take a weapon off safe.

Anyway this got me thinking. Does anyone else have any funny gun shop stories?

 

[TCB in TN]

Sounds about right. Here local we have three gun/pawn shops. Two of them actually know about guns, the other? WOW, everytime I go in there I hear something that just blows me away. Back this summer I was browsing when this younger guy comes in lookin at pistols. He says he is very in-experienced with guns but wondered why those shiny pistols (phoenix arms) cost so much less than the ugly black ones (US Springfield, Berretta, etc). The sales person says that they just don't advertise as much and the quality is just as good.

I do find some deals on used guns through them from time to time, but I certainly don't go to them for any gun advice!

 

[wulf]

At a pawnshop in Monrovia Ca there was a

Winchester 94. Octagon barrel, crescent but plate, barrel read 30 WCF. Price $120. The operator said it was so cheap cause they dont make 30 WCF ammo anymore!

 

[texfed]

One of my favorites happened while visiting a gun store in Houston several years ago. One of the salesmen was showing a customer several used single action Colts. Well, during the discussion things started leaning towards some of the old timey "B" westerns. At this point the BS was getting deep!
Now , one thing I have to say at this point in the story is that all weapons involved had been cleared and checked by both parties.
Well, sales clerk is in the process of 'twirling' the SAA and the thing unwinds off his finger and takes out the glass counter top and the two glass shelves beneath it.
I don't know what happened to the salesman as I figured it was time for me to leave...before I got thrown out for laughing my butt off.....me and a few other people!
That particular store sells high end antiques!

 

[Phydeaux642]

I was in one of the shops that I frequent here a while back and I noticed a new crack in one of the glass countertops. I asked them what happened and was told that the customer right before me went to rack the slide of a SA 1911 and the slide slipped from his grip and the muzzle end smacked the counter hard enough to break the glass. He didn't come back in to the store for some time. I guess he was embarrassed.

 

[DeathByCactus]

Went to the range early in the morning, after I had finished my rounds I went inside and began cleaning my gun in front of a "No Cleaning Firearms AT ALL unless out at range" sign...

Needless to say I felt really stupid when the guy was like, "HEY! No!" ... Was not my shiniest moment. Then again it was also my second time at an indoor range.

 

[ZeSpectre]

Woman came into a gun shop once with a small wheeled cart full of various types of ammunition. Dead serious, she told the guy behind the counter that she'd heard this shop was an "official bullet disposal center" and she wanted to dispose of these bullets.

Guy behind the counter was looking at her kinda funny but said "well, okay we can dispose of them for you".

Woman says "Good, my husband won't get rid of his damn guns so I'm getting rid of this stuff (the ammo) before somebody gets hurt". (Seriously, she's saying this right in the middle of a gun shop!)

Shop keep takes possession of the ammo and asks if she want's a receipt. Woman looks at him like he offered her a dead rat and then walks out the door in a huff, didn't even take the cart.

Me n' the store owner just kinda look at each other and he says "well, I think I'm just gonna lock this cart in the back for when the husband shows up".

We had a pretty good laugh over that one.
(Don't know if the husband showed up. There must have been about $650 in ammo in that cart.)

 

[NG VI]

ZeSpectre, that is a heinous story! Luckily my wife's policy is that I should just not tell her about anything I buy myself, so long as she gets her sex and the city dvds regularly and everything is taken care of. It's a pretty fair deal I think.

 

[Omaney]

Wulf, you had better be the proud owner of that rifle!

 

[JCMAG]

ZeSpectre, that is a heinous story! Luckily my wife's policy is that I should just not tell her about anything I buy myself, so long as she gets her sex and the city dvds regularly and everything is taken care of. It's a pretty fair deal I think.

We have grammar conventions for a reason.

I was laughing my head off thinking that you were supplying your wife and your entire city with sex so you could keep your guns.

Italics, underline, quotation marks, capitalization, something!

 

[MinnMooney]

My gunshop owner & his wife are both part-time gunsmiths but they only do light duty smithin'. If they've done a job in the past and know they can do it they'll tell you. If they can't or aren't sure, they'll tell you.

Not funny but very good to deal with.

 

[DRZinn]

I was gonna ask what are "The City" DVD's.

 

[ColinthePilot]

I was in Gander Mtn looking at the wall o' long guns. I notice a family looking at the rimfire stuff at the end of the row, and took note that the adults (didn't hear the kids) had a British accent. I notice that the father has picked up a .22 rifle of some sort, and is pointing it right down the row at me. Before I could say a word or even move out of the way, the son, maybe 12yo, stiff arms the barrel toward the wall, then takes the rifle from his father and puts it back in the rack. I was thoroughly impressed. The whole lot left pretty shortly afterwards.

 

[b.thomas]

I went to a shop to price a barrel for my 1187 shotgun.
Guy behind the counter says he's not even sure they carry Remington shotguns.
Three feet directly behind him is upward of two dozen or more Remington pump/auto of all descriptions.
At that time I just left the store.
Some folks got it, some don't................not sure what he had?:banghead:

 

[crotalus01]

I was in a local gun shop looking at silencers when another customer got really indignant and accused me and the C3 dealer I was talking to of breaking the law. "Don't you know those things are illegal? I should call the police!"
The dealer tried to explain the NFA laws to him but he was having none of it. He left in a huff promising to contact the police and report their illegal selling of assassins tools! Don't know if he followed through but the local cops are pretty knowledgeable about NFA stuff so he likely got a suprise if he did...

 

[hopelessjoe]

While not gun related, it is funny in that "oh my god, is he actually smart enough to live a long life" kind of way....

I will point out, up front, that I am college educated for electronics and have been there during the process of beta testing equipment for various companies once the 200 watt RMS output mark was passed..so, on with the story...

The son of the gun store owner has a catalog full of (cheap and expensive) car audio gear.

He wants to have a 2000 watt system in his vehicle. He is seeing (at best) peak wattage for uber cheap amps that would burn your house down when driven to a complete "clipping" of signal and bass drivers with really low temp specs on their voice coils.

I said something like this, "DUDE, that is peak power. You don't get 1800 watts out of that amp constantly. RMS figures at 12 volts are what you need to look for."

He replies, "No, the amp does 1800 watts and the other 200 watts comes out of the THOSE WIRES."

He is pointing to the picture of the two volt RCA full band width outputs.:banghead:

A few minutes later we wound up with him saying that the only permit he needed to carry a gun was the 2A.

I agreed with him there, (because I don't like having to ask for permission to exercise my rights) but the fact remains that he so was ungodly stupid and ignorant on so many other levels that I have no qualms about the fact that daddy eventually booted him out of the store for life.

For what is worth...he has a much younger son from a different mother too and he is not too bright...maybe daddy got some brains and couldn't pass 'em on...genetically speaking.

 

[loneviking]

I'm in a gunshop about a week ago and the owner has two beautiful stainless 3" S&W revolvers. I asked him what model they were and he said they were Model 64's, very nice, very hard to get with the 3" barrel. I asked if they were 38/.357's as they looked almost identical to the 65-6 on my hip. Nope, he replied, they are 38 spcls, which he claimed was a good thing as the K frame S&W's didn't hold up well to .357 loads. In fact, he claimed, the 5 shot 'J' frames were much stronger than the K's.

Really? I said I'd only heard of a problem using 125 gr. full house loads. Nope, he replied, the problem was so bad that S&W doesn't even make a K frame .357 anymore!!

I had to leave...the BS was getting neck deep.....

 

[Dksimon]

This is a funny thread and needs a good bump

 

[svtruth]

Picked up

a hunting rifle (.338) and turned it over, the mag was full.

 

[contenderman]

Had just finished up with a group and was having a cup of coffee by the armored window overlooking the public range, and spotted this fella poking spent cases out of this revolver with a pencil.

Slipped my HP back on and went out to see what the problem was.

I asked him if he was having a problem and he said no. I then asked him if I could show him something. He said yes. I picked up the revolver and dumped the 2 remaining cases using the ejector. The poor guy got kinda red in the face and flustered. Said he felt like an idiot, etc., etc.

Turns out he had just bought the revolver at another shop that morning. He had never owned or fired a handgun before, but now wanted one for PD because the crime rate was climbing in his neighborhood. Even mentioned that he was scheduled to take a CCW class. He even told the people at the shop where he purchased the gun basically the same thing.

I told him that lack of knowledge is nothing to be ashamed of, and asked him where his owners booklet was. He opened the case and there was nothing there but a warranty card. I told him to go back to his practice and stood behind him for a few minutes giving him a little coaching and encouragement, then went to the computer and downloaded the online manual, printed it and gave it and a copy on disk to him when he finished up.

We talked a while longer and just before he left I gave him my schedule and told him to come back out and that the session would be on me. He did, and has become a regular at both the range and shop.

The clowns that sold him the revolver ... they have a long history of only caring if the person buying is ... "warm, breathing, has the money and can pass the NICS" Over the years and to the embarrassment of our local gun industry, these folks have made the news time after time ... yet they manage to hold on to their license.

Is this a funny story? Well yes and no. Not to the expense of the fella mentioned and there is nothing amusing about the shop involved. But it is "funny" (ironic) that the "regulators" that ride herd on us don't do anything about a bad situation.

 

[willsnipe]

Mine was and wasn't funny! Went to the local shop, where most of the folks are pretty knowledgeable, but there's this one.... I was waiting to make my purchase while he assisted a novice, a lady looking for her first carry gun. He whips out his own, an old Colt .380, and is explaining all the safety features. He ended his spiel by pressing the muzzle firmly against the palm of his left hand, and BLAM!!! punches a nice neat hole. Good thing (for once) he didn't use his head.

 

[jkingrph]

Winchester 94. Octagon barrel, crescent but plate, barrel read 30 WCF. Price $120. The operator said it was so cheap cause they dont make 30 WCF ammo anymore!

I'll take a couple of dozen!!

 

[graygun]

Not really funny: Years ago I knew a woman who had just moved into a town house. She told me she found a .22 rifle in the basement and called the local police and gave it to them. I asked her why not sell it or give it to a friend. It seems she just wanted to get rid of the evil gun ASAP.

Audio equipment moron story: I asked a guy what kind of power his home (stero) system had. He started telling me the power-handling capacity of his speakers..ie: "I have a set of X spkrs that are 150w each,so that's 300w..."
He was adding-up the watt ratings of his spkrs,thinking that told him the power of his system. He was so ignorant,and arrogant,I said something like,"oh...".

 

[Killermonkey21]

Gun store employee, talking about 18-20 year olds gun rights.

"You can't possess a pistol until you're 21. Thats what I was always taught, and I used to be a cop."
...Riiiiiggggghht...so the HK USP I got a Pistol Purchase Permit for and bought legally is really illegal? Those BASTARDS at the Sheriffs dept. lied to me!

Same guy: "You can have your AK loaded in your car, but only keep 28 rounds in it. Anything 30 rounds or more in it is considered a weapon of mass destruction."

....Riiiiiigggghhhttt.

 

[Pop's2]

I owned an electronics store in the 70's and in the same building was a gun store..............one day the salesman came running in shouting "I just shot the gas meter....what should I do" Well we called the fire department and I learned the gun shp had a steel catcher in the basement and the salesman was showing a customer a handgun when it discharged into the gas meter.....filled the basement with natural gas and had to shut off at the street...........luckily no explosions !!!!