TacticalJanitor
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I have a grey G19 and it is factory.
I know generally what I need to know when I go to purchase something long before I ever get to the store.
You don't shop?
I have a grey G19 and it is factory.
I know generally what I need to know when I go to purchase something long before I ever get to the store.
I've found that more times than not, (at places like Bass Pro/Cabela's, and Academy) the person behind the counter has very little knowledge about what they're selling, and that's fine if they don't. What gets under my skin is when they try to talk like they do.Today at BassPro I overheard a conversation the counter guy was having with a customer who asked about a entry level AR-15. Basically he was advised to try online vendors like Palmetto because their cheapest ones are Black Rain for $699. No big deal, But then he was told that the cheaper ones have a 1: 9 barrel twist, and those aren’t accurate. I’m not an expert on rifle barrels, but that sounded like BS to me. I’m starting to think BassPro is just somewhere to go when you need cargo pants.
You don't shop?
Lot's of purple Glocks available. https://www.omahaoutdoors.com/purple-glock-pistols/I agree. LGS counter guys are just people like everyone else.
Last month I was hunting for a clean Gen 4 Glock 19 and found one locally that was painted purple. The young man behind the counter told me (with a straight face) that it, "came directly from Glock that way".
I told him that I'd have to check with my wife before I buy it...then didn't go back. One good fib deserves another.
Bass Pro is somewhere you go when you want to show the kids a bunch of taxidermied animals, not to buy things.I’m starting to think BassPro is just somewhere to go when you need cargo pants.
I will take into account an opinion from a forum from a person who actually owns and has experience with the gun long before some store clerk who does not.
Actually that gives him more credibility to me.We've all heard dubious claims and sketchy advice from across the retail counter at some point. Costs about the same as the advice you get here but it's not unique to the firearms industry.
The thing I'd take most issue with is an employee suggesting a potential customer go spend their nickels elsewhere. Guy needs demoted back to stocking shelves whether he was right or not.
Easy way to check full choke if a US dime will not fit in the muzzle its full chokeLocal Cabela’s employees act like you’re doing them a favor shopping there. I’ll go there to shoulder some guns, listen to their BS and then buy elsewhere, their prices are far from the best and their advice is worse. On the other hand at a small local shop a sales guy was trying to sell an older gentleman (mid 70’s about 150 lbs max) his first deer rifle. Yep a 300 mag, the old guy told him no shots over 100 yards. I had to but in and tell him he might hate life after shooting it, I think he left with a 308. The same sales guy looked at the barrel end of a shotgun when I asked him if it was fix or screw in chokes, he gave me the gun and said “here, look at it, I’m not sure.” Good helps hard to find these days.
12 ga? I think I just learned something.. thanks!Easy way to check full choke if a US dime will not fit in the muzzle its full choke
I was inferring he didn’t know the difference between fixed chokes or chokes tubes.Easy way to check full choke if a US dime will not fit in the muzzle its full choke
Not me. He's either a crappy employee trying to stick it to his employer or he's a crappy employee peddling "junk" because that's the best he can do. If he doesn't believe in the product he's selling he should either sell somewhere else or not be selling.Actually that gives him more credibility to me.
He may not have had the words...just passing off something he'd heard from someone else in trying to seem informed.he could have worded his advice differently, like maybe explain the reasons for a variety of available barrel twists.
No.......he's the best kind of employee. The one that knows what he's talking about and actually cares about customer satisfaction. "Believing in your product" has nothing to do with anything if that product is the wrong tool for the job.rizbunk77 said: ↑Actually that gives him more credibility to me.
Not me. He's either a crappy employee trying to stick it to his employer or he's a crappy employee peddling "junk" because that's the best he can do. If he doesn't believe in the product he's selling he should either sell somewhere else or not be selling...
Women "shop", Men buy...You don't shop?
Not me. He's either a crappy employee trying to stick it to his employer or he's a crappy employee peddling "junk" because that's the best he can do. If he doesn't believe in the product he's selling he should either sell somewhere else or not be selling.
He may not have had the words...just passing off something he'd heard from someone else in trying to seem informed.