Funny/interesting storys from gun shops.

[Gambit88]

I was at my local shop/range a month or so back, and had quite an interesting converstation with one of the workers(could be the owner not too sure). Anyways Id done business with this guy numerous times without incident. Well I was asking him questions about black powder and what I can and cant buy from him at 20. Well He told me he couldnt sell me any powder, centerfire ammo or long guns until I was 21 and that this was some law inacted in the 70s. I quickly shot back " Well I baught a shotgun here in August. So he got kind of flustered and asked who sold it to me. Without missing a beat I told him that he had sold me the firearm, as well as rifle and .22 ammo. He stammered a bit and walked into the back room and I went out on the range laughing a bit.

Any other fun stories?

Gambit

 

[SaxonPig]

As far as I know federal law requires buyers of long guns to 18 years of age with 21 required for handguns. State laws may vary.

On muzzle loading firearms I don't think the feds even consider them to be guns and there are no restrictions. I bought a black powder revolver from a catalog outfit a couple years ago and it was shipped directly to me W/O an FFL. Again, state laws may vary.

I recall a few years one of the mental giants in the CA legislature pointed out to the other geniuses he screws people with... er, I mean passes laws with... that black powder pistols were not controlled and I guess these brilliant people (who know everything about everything by virtue of fooling enough morons who were registered to vote to get them elected) were terrified that the Crips and the Bloods would be arming themselves with reproduction 1951 Navy revolvers that they enacted more infringements on our civil rights... er, I mean more gun control laws... to cover the muzlle loaders.

As for funny stories in gun shops, I can't think of any.

Did have a laugh at a gun show many years ago. A seller had sold an AKM (semi-auto version of the AK 47 and yes I know most people call the semi -autos AK 47s but that's incorrect) to a Vietnamese immigrant on Saturday and on Sunday the buyer was back to complain in his broken English that the gun wouldn't work right and he was very upset. He kept telling the dealer "Gun go bang-bang-bang... no go bangbangbangbang." The seller couldn't figure out what he was complaining about so I said he was angry that it wouldn't fire full-auto.

I've wondered just which side that guy fought on during the war since he wanted an AK and not an M16.

 

[BhmBill]

nothing toooo funny or interesting...

Local shop owner constantly tells his customers to buy what they can while they can because our "glorious king obama" is going to ban all guns and gun related material this year/by summer/by winter/next month/after Iraq war. It changes slightly each time. He's one of those sellers that has had the same gun for sale for months at $xxx and due to Obama the price rose to $xxxx. This guy owns thousands of guns... i've seen him at gun shows selling a Sturmgewehr... idk if he ever got his $55,000 asking price.

I had a dealer at a gun show try to convince me that dragonsbreath and rock salt in my pump shotty would be good for HD... I can't believe I passed it up, He was only charging $25 for 3 dragonsbreath and $12 for 3 rocksalt rounds.

 

[Hungry Seagull]

SaxonPig.... LOVE IT!!! LOVeit loveit loveit!

Whoops.. edited... refers only to the complaint of bang bang bang instead of bangbangbangbang.

I dont have much funny for a gunshop except my own. Maybe owner pulled fast one on me at my expense.

Starts off with one in the corner. I like it. Price? 600 dollars. Whew... faint. But let;s look at the others.

It took me a few moments to understand he's working from left side of case, the cheap side towards the right side where the pricing is getting larger and larger and the guns nicer and nicer sprouting words such as affordable layaway and credit in soothing speak as I fondled the really nice guns.

Had me on the hook, nibbling on the bait.... almost.... Im glad I didnt buy anything but it's an experience to remember.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

SaxonPig: "... black power pistols were not controlled ..."

Keep your white racist anglo-saxon pig hands off my Raven .25!

 

[VirgilCaine]

SaxonPig, I gotta say, that's a hilarious story.

AKM (semi-auto version of the AK 47 and yes I know most people call the semi -autos AK 47s but that's incorrect)

They might be AKM clones, but that's not what an AKM is. It's just a modernized version of the AK-47.

 

[possom813]

Not too funny when I was 19, but at the time I had a .357 lever gun(I forget the make/model). I used to have to get the managers approval at chinamart to buy ammo for it because it was handgun ammo. I finally had a friend get transferred into the sporting goods department that knew what I had so I didn't have to spend an hour at a time there.

 

[desert gator]

Well I have only been to the gunship a few times, but I was present for a very awkward shouting match. A guy attempted to purchase a gun. After feeling out the paper work the shop owner returned from the back room to inform the man that because of a felony the man could not buy one. This guy went into a huge rage, screaming and yelling about how this is b.s.. I just thought maybe it's for the best this guy does not have a gun with his temper. When the guy left the whole shop wise dead quiet with that awkward silence.

 

[Straight Shooter]

I had an interesting experience at a gun shop that I have been going to. The shop is a few minutes drive from my work so I stop in every now and then and pick up some ammo or mags or whatever. Almost each time I go in I notice that there is a guy in his 40s hanging out and an elderly woman sitting on a folding chair. They are not working there, maybe family, I don't know.

I went in a couple of months ago when I had decided to buy an XD45 and wanted to check his prices. He had a couple and his price was good. As I was handling the gun I mentioned how I liked how it felt and that I liked that it had a grip and thumb safety - I like 1911s and this gun is a natural fit for me.

The 40 something guy chimes in (speaking to the owner) with "I'll don't understand why they put those things on guns, they're not needed".

So I respond (in a normal tone, just making conversation) that "whether the safeties are needed or not is a personal choice but I think Springfield is smart to put them on as they are going to attract a lot of 1911 lovers to their product".

As I started to speak the 40 something guy flinched and jerked his head around to me, his eyes wide and mouth open

At first I thought "what the h*ll", then I realized I had just shattered this guys "private world" by speaking to him. Once I realized this I found it amusing and cracked a smile. I guess that he was just so comfortable in the shop with the owner and the elderly lady that it shocked him when I spoke to him directly.

I purchased the XD and as I was filling out the paper work I kept cracking a smile thinking - condition white sucks, huh buddy