Gunshop conversation - SCARY!

[45R]

Gunshop or gun talk can be scary.



Had a chat with a Walmart employee about handgun calliber rounds. I was picking up a few boxes of Wally World 9mm 100ct when he started rambling about ever since the war people have been buying 9mm like its going out of style.

Said 9mm is very common.......then started the whole 9mm vs. 45ACP debate. (I am a huge supporter of shot placement with the biggest caliber gun that you can shoot accurately)

So here he goes saying that the 45ACP is the best round in the world and its more plentiful in our military then 9mm ammo.:banghead: (Sure buddy, most of our troops are carrying the Beretta, with exception of some special units who choose to use the .45ACP)

He goes off rambling that the Air Force carries .45s all the time. (No knowledge of that particular military branch so I left that alone)

I said hey I dont care if people are stocking up on ammo I just want to go shooting tomorrow with my Sig and I need 9mm. So he tells me that he guarantee's me if he were to shoot someone in the knee cap that it would knock them down. (I can shoot someone in the patella with a .22 and it would knock them down.)

This guy states that he was in the military for 20 years. So it goes to show that even though your own guns, it doesnt mean that you know just about everything. Geeez even I am learning new things.

 

[bigmtnman]

Take it form an old Alaskan who knows the griz. The only safe way to use a handgun for them is to file off the front sight so you don't chip a tooth!!!
My only bear gun of choice is a 12ga. slug gun (Winchester Coastal Marine) with an 8 round tube. This is not to hunt them-- it's for personal defense.

 

[Bobarino]

the last gun shop conversation that scared me enough to leave was:

customer: "whats the cheapest 9mm you got?"

clerk: "this Kel-Tec P-11."

customer: "cool man, give it to me. i need it."

clerk: "do you have a CWP?"

costomer: "no way man, i ain't gettin' finger printed!"

clerk: "well you'll have to wait five days then, its the law."

customer: "B******T man! just sell it me, i won't tell nobody!"

clerk: "sorry man, i can't give you this gun today."

customer: "$%&*%^Q$ you man!" and walks out.

now that was scary.

Bobby

 

[Rawlings]

That's the kind of thing that would make me want to look up the nearest friendly neighborhood LEO while the fella's description is still fresh in my mind...

 

[WonderNine]

I would much rather have a 9mm FMJ against a Black Bear than a .40S&W.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

In the woods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I would feel undergunned with a 9mm, but I would certainly carry it if it happened to be the one I had at the time. I generally take my 10mm with me as I travel the upper wilds, in case of car trouble or whatever. The 10 packs and carries a lot better than the Redhawk I'd actually like to bring. Some of the blacks in MI can get quite large, and I'd rather not have to test my gun's power or my skill on one, thank you. But I refuse to travel the wilds unarmed.

 

[goon]

That's it!
From now on, I am taking my AK with me on walks.
I'll have to get some of that old Norinco steel core though.
I can't see anything living through a couple mags out of that thing!