Most embarassing firearm purchase, experience, etc.
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scrat
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Cajun ahahahhahahahahaha lol
fantastic story
fantastic story
CoRoMo
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I pronounced Mosin-Nagant incorrectly in front of someone who knew how to pronounce it.
I said...
Mawzen Naygint
Silly me.
I said...
Mawzen Naygint
Silly me.
shooter454
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I was in college and bored. Took a Ruger Single Six totally apart. Who knew those things had so many parts. Took it to a gunsmith and blamed it on my kid brother.
ChronoCube
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These are embarrassing experiences for other people...
I saw an Ishapore 2A rifle at a gun show and asked the dealer how much it was. He misidentified it as a Lee-Enfield in .303 from World War II. I corrected him by saying that it was the Indian version made during the cold war, chambered for 7.62x51. He still insisted that it was a .303 Enfield until we took it to one of the other dealers who was more knowledgeable. None of us made a big deal over it but as the seller he should have known better!
My friend was in a store looking for a .22 rifle. The dealer pointed him at a tube-loader. He looked at it and couldn't find a detachable magazine and said "I'm not looking for a single-shot rifle." The dealer said "Let me teach you something..." and showed him how to use it.
I saw an Ishapore 2A rifle at a gun show and asked the dealer how much it was. He misidentified it as a Lee-Enfield in .303 from World War II. I corrected him by saying that it was the Indian version made during the cold war, chambered for 7.62x51. He still insisted that it was a .303 Enfield until we took it to one of the other dealers who was more knowledgeable. None of us made a big deal over it but as the seller he should have known better!
My friend was in a store looking for a .22 rifle. The dealer pointed him at a tube-loader. He looked at it and couldn't find a detachable magazine and said "I'm not looking for a single-shot rifle." The dealer said "Let me teach you something..." and showed him how to use it.
alaskanativeson
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I bought a - Jennings.
Boba Fett
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I bought a S&W SW990L instead of the Walther version.
:banghead:
But thankfully I managed to redeem myself by selling for about $50 less than I paid for it new and I learned my lesson to always, always do a heck of a lot more research before buying.
:banghead:
But thankfully I managed to redeem myself by selling for about $50 less than I paid for it new and I learned my lesson to always, always do a heck of a lot more research before buying.
MinnMooney
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I see the website is way overblown with Ninja crap but why is buying these personnel protection/anti-terrorist/air freedom projectiles stupid and/or embassassing? Don't they do as advertised?
MinnMooney
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from Home Depot George :
That's one very expensive gun purchase, $2500 PLUS the cost of the gun................... but well worth it.
That's not a very nice thing to say about soneone's city.
That's one very expensive gun purchase, $2500 PLUS the cost of the gun................... but well worth it.
That's not a very nice thing to say about soneone's city.
Myles
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Hmmm.. Most embarrassing. This was 20 or so years ago.
A, uhm, friend of mine had a cut on his right thumb caused by a knife sharpening accident.
Later, that day, he had been cleaning his HD pistol. After a thorough cleaning and reassembly, he reloaded the weapon.
While lowering the hammer on a loaded chamber, the spur hammer slid quickly along the sliced thumb, and -BANG!-
The pistol was pointed in a safe direction - pointed at the floor, albeit through a waterbed! There was a fountain that damned near reached the ceiling! Talki about a mess to clean up - at least, that's what I heard. <cough>
A, uhm, friend of mine had a cut on his right thumb caused by a knife sharpening accident.
Later, that day, he had been cleaning his HD pistol. After a thorough cleaning and reassembly, he reloaded the weapon.
While lowering the hammer on a loaded chamber, the spur hammer slid quickly along the sliced thumb, and -BANG!-
The pistol was pointed in a safe direction - pointed at the floor, albeit through a waterbed! There was a fountain that damned near reached the ceiling! Talki about a mess to clean up - at least, that's what I heard. <cough>
wow have nothing like any of these great stories
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Ok not a gun boo boo but still a good f up on my part. over my buddys farm with some friends camp fire beers and great stories I bring a case of beer that needs a bottle opener no opener. no one has 1 so I go the night stabing the cap with my knife and popin it off not smart after a cupple good pops had my hand in the wrong place at the wrong time and blade sliced through my right pointer finger blood all in my beer best part I still drank it wile my hand was being wraped to go get 9 stiches .
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Worst gun
Cobray 410 2 shot pistol have not found one friend that will shoot the lil guy I love it . Just hold on. also fires 44 long colt
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Friends dumb day
Bbq he got bord started shooting crows off a power line out back his place with a 10 22 missed the crow hit the wire .outcome no power for around 24 hrs for most of his block , did not mind I had to work and missed that bbq .
Keep the great stories coming
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Ok not a gun boo boo but still a good f up on my part. over my buddys farm with some friends camp fire beers and great stories I bring a case of beer that needs a bottle opener no opener. no one has 1 so I go the night stabing the cap with my knife and popin it off not smart after a cupple good pops had my hand in the wrong place at the wrong time and blade sliced through my right pointer finger blood all in my beer best part I still drank it wile my hand was being wraped to go get 9 stiches .
2
Worst gun
Cobray 410 2 shot pistol have not found one friend that will shoot the lil guy I love it . Just hold on. also fires 44 long colt
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Friends dumb day
Bbq he got bord started shooting crows off a power line out back his place with a 10 22 missed the crow hit the wire .outcome no power for around 24 hrs for most of his block , did not mind I had to work and missed that bbq .
Keep the great stories coming
smokemaker
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I bought a sigma... Oh, the shame
1KPerDay
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Funny... same thing happened to me when I bought an M1A. Guy took me to the secure parking lot of the FBI building. He was an agent... I was wondering if I was going to make it out of there. I did but he lied to me about the rifle. I fixed it with minimal expense, but he was not an honest dude.
Justin
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I know this is a bit of thread necromancy, but I need to address something. I'm on a first-name basis with the majority of the people who work at Whistling Pines gun club. (There is no "Whispering Pines" shooting range in Colorado Springs.)
Last night, I happened to be there for a local IPSC match, and showed Treo's post to a couple of the employees. They were rather perplexed, at both the behavior Treo describes, as well as the fact that clearing a weapon in such a fashion goes against their policies for customer service as well as clearing a hot weapon.
Their stated policy for clearing any loaded firearm is to place it in a box, walk it out to the firing line, and clear the weapon there. I was told in no uncertain terms that firearms were not ever cleared in the retail area of the facility.
I'm not going to call Treo a liar, however, the people working at Whistling Pines are professionals who know what they're doing, and they said that what Treo described would not happen at their shop.
22-rimfire
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I was at Sportsman Warehouse the other day and picked up a box of 460 S&W. There is a sign saying NOT to open the boxes of ammo. Anyway, I did open a box. Somehow I dropped the one round in my hand and it hits the floor getting the attention of one of the employees. He said, can't you read the signs? I just smiled and so did he. I'm sort of a regular there.
Years ago at a gun show, I purchased a Colt Woodsman that had such a nice bluing job on it. It was cheap. Anyway, I was very proud of myself and took it home. A friend looks at it and says... you know this is a re-blue don't you? I was embarassed as I claimed to be able to spot a re-blue. This one stuck out like a sore thumb as it was not even the regular color of the factory blue. So, I took that little pistol to the next show and promptly sold it. I actually bought it as a collector piece which makes it even more embarassing! Have not made that mistake since... at least that I'm aware of anyway.
Years ago at a gun show, I purchased a Colt Woodsman that had such a nice bluing job on it. It was cheap. Anyway, I was very proud of myself and took it home. A friend looks at it and says... you know this is a re-blue don't you? I was embarassed as I claimed to be able to spot a re-blue. This one stuck out like a sore thumb as it was not even the regular color of the factory blue. So, I took that little pistol to the next show and promptly sold it. I actually bought it as a collector piece which makes it even more embarassing! Have not made that mistake since... at least that I'm aware of anyway.
effengee
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A Kel-Tec sub 2000 folding 9mm carbine
It was when they first came out and I was hooked by the gimmick of a carbine rifle that could fold in half... It just looked so darn space age that I couldn't help myself... All plastic and matte black... It folded in half and used a Beretta pistol mag... God, it was sweet looking... Then I tried to use it at my backyard shooting range... It was ungainly, odd to get used to, innacurate as all hell, it jammed becuase of the feed lip at the breech, the way it locked closed exposed the breech and the bolt and pretty much the whole guts of the firearm,
and I STILL
HATE 9mm!!!!
I custom made a foam insert for it in a Samsonite briefcase and with the rifle, two mags and two full boxes (minus 20 or so rounds) of 9mm wadcutters traded it for a Romanian Kalashniclone and have felt better ever since...
I hear that Kel-Tec offers breech covers and differently designed weapons now, but it's still not something I'd want to own again...
The two off-duty cops at the gun shop almost wet their pants when they saw me drop a 9mm assault rifle stuffed in a briefcase onto the counter while saying "Wanna trade for that AK-47?"
We all had a good laugh after I explained that I'm just a paper-punching gun nut and not some crazed assassin... At least, I was laughing...
It was when they first came out and I was hooked by the gimmick of a carbine rifle that could fold in half... It just looked so darn space age that I couldn't help myself... All plastic and matte black... It folded in half and used a Beretta pistol mag... God, it was sweet looking... Then I tried to use it at my backyard shooting range... It was ungainly, odd to get used to, innacurate as all hell, it jammed becuase of the feed lip at the breech, the way it locked closed exposed the breech and the bolt and pretty much the whole guts of the firearm,
and I STILL
HATE 9mm!!!!I custom made a foam insert for it in a Samsonite briefcase and with the rifle, two mags and two full boxes (minus 20 or so rounds) of 9mm wadcutters traded it for a Romanian Kalashniclone and have felt better ever since...
I hear that Kel-Tec offers breech covers and differently designed weapons now, but it's still not something I'd want to own again...
The two off-duty cops at the gun shop almost wet their pants when they saw me drop a 9mm assault rifle stuffed in a briefcase onto the counter while saying "Wanna trade for that AK-47?"
We all had a good laugh after I explained that I'm just a paper-punching gun nut and not some crazed assassin... At least, I was laughing...
I returned my first autoloader and was quite angry when the bluing started to wear on the sliderails of my new kel-tec (first time buyer). I told the guy I had only shot 100 round through it and the metal was wearing off the slide rail. He tried to explain the truth to me (that any contact point is going to wear the bluing), but I wouldn't have it and made them take it back for a *gag* taurus 111 mil pro. Hopefully this never gets out, it's embarassing enough posting it here.
sturmgewehr667
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you need a PTRS-41
DRZinn
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Paid $700 for a used Colt 1991.
It was a pawn shop in downtown San Diego, it was my first purchase, and it wasn't embarrassing until years later when I learned how much I'd overpaid.
But, it was my first gun, and I still love it. Still my only handgun.
It was a pawn shop in downtown San Diego, it was my first purchase, and it wasn't embarrassing until years later when I learned how much I'd overpaid.
But, it was my first gun, and I still love it. Still my only handgun.
Norinco982lover
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Well I've never bought any firearms that haven't been extremely reliable (we'll see when my hipoint 995 gets here) but on only my second trip to a local gunshop I did manage to freak out one of those employees with my stupidity...
2 of the employees were writing down the serial numbers of some rifles as they unboxed them directly in front of the handgun counter...instead of politely asking them if I could have the price of their XD9SC I began to unintentionally meander around the end of their gun counter to get a better angle on the price tag. One of the employees doing the unboxing apparently thought I was going to slide behind the counter and have a hayday with their firearms because he was not comfortable with me standing at the end of the counter. He yelled "whoa whoa whoa and put his hand on my chest and backed me up about 3 feet." To his credit he did politely ask me "now what did you want to look out?" I think I just scared him
2 of the employees were writing down the serial numbers of some rifles as they unboxed them directly in front of the handgun counter...instead of politely asking them if I could have the price of their XD9SC I began to unintentionally meander around the end of their gun counter to get a better angle on the price tag. One of the employees doing the unboxing apparently thought I was going to slide behind the counter and have a hayday with their firearms because he was not comfortable with me standing at the end of the counter. He yelled "whoa whoa whoa and put his hand on my chest and backed me up about 3 feet." To his credit he did politely ask me "now what did you want to look out?" I think I just scared him
MT GUNNY
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When i was just getting into Hunting age. My father and I went to get me a Hunting Rifle. He had a Single shot 410 he brought with him to trade in. During there discussion I said to my dad, "Is that the one with the bent Barrel" At that point I swear I felt my face being slapped Mentally by my dad. the Clerk looked down the Barrel and said yep it shure is! I still did get a rifle for hunting, thanks to my smooth talking Father.
DRZinn
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Embarrassing for your dad, I hope, for trying to scam the store.
CoRoMo
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I bought a Hi-Point C9 for something like $100.
Not embarrassed about it at all, but of all my purchases, this one falls closest to fitting that description. I rather like that little pistol.
Not embarrassed about it at all, but of all my purchases, this one falls closest to fitting that description. I rather like that little pistol.
OK, so here's the situation. I am the gun guy of the family, both my side and my son-in-laws side. Life time member NRA, served in combat in Nam, love hunting, love guns, and love shooting targets.
So I take everyone to the range for some lessons before they buy their own handguns to take the CCP class and apply.
OK, so I am being a big shot and decide I want to really impress everyone and load up the 44 Mag Ruger Flat Top. I want everyone to shoot this and am going to show them how to do it correctly. I was really being an ass, because I wanted them to be overwhelmed with the guns recoil.
So I step up to the line and wrap my left hand around the cylinder and fire.
Well, you all know what happened, fortunately I did not scream when the powder tore into my left hand, and thankfully (for my hugh ego) the burning powder cauterized the bleeding tissue so no one saw any blood.
Well, I put that one away, regained sanity and proceeded with the lesson with a throbing left hand, all have subsequently passed and now have their CWP.
So I take everyone to the range for some lessons before they buy their own handguns to take the CCP class and apply.
OK, so I am being a big shot and decide I want to really impress everyone and load up the 44 Mag Ruger Flat Top. I want everyone to shoot this and am going to show them how to do it correctly. I was really being an ass, because I wanted them to be overwhelmed with the guns recoil.
So I step up to the line and wrap my left hand around the cylinder and fire.
Well, you all know what happened, fortunately I did not scream when the powder tore into my left hand, and thankfully (for my hugh ego) the burning powder cauterized the bleeding tissue so no one saw any blood.
Well, I put that one away, regained sanity and proceeded with the lesson with a throbing left hand, all have subsequently passed and now have their CWP.
bang_bang
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Never had one of these moments until last night.
Polishing and cleaning my Para-0 P10 last night while sitting in my computer chair. Hit the mag release....10 rounds of 45 in a metallic missile go straight to my meat and two veg, the nuts.
Polishing and cleaning my Para-0 P10 last night while sitting in my computer chair. Hit the mag release....10 rounds of 45 in a metallic missile go straight to my meat and two veg, the nuts.
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