yeti
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I haven't heard it in a while, but I always used to enjoy listening to the guys that would tell me about their super secret, hard to obtain, special issue Federal CC permits. (maybe it was a Jersey thing)
That one is my favorite. The guy is obviously somewhat familiar with guns and the lingo, and realized how poorly he was shooting. Might as well have fun with your own frustrations.The guy in the next shooting position, who had been testing his new rifle for accuracy, was bringing his 100 yard target in and he had a disgusted look on his face.
I noticed the 10 rounds in his target looked like a shotgun with 00-Buck was let loose on it at 25 yards. To cheer him up I said that he had at least one in the X-ring to which he replied, "Yeah, obviously a 'flyer'."
Another bad line I heard wasn't on the range - it was in my hunters education course when I was younger. The instructor - who claimed to be a firearms expert, told us all with a straight face that if you wanted to you could fire .380ACP in a 9mm Luger handgun. ".380 is just 9mm Short" he said. Somehow I'm guessing he was confusing the fact that you can fire .38 Special in a .357 Mag, but that's not the type of mistake I'd expect from an instructor claiming to be an "expert".
I always rn int the guy who fired a 155 howitzer from the shoulder. I politely ask him ifhe would like to fire my Ruger No 1 in 45/70 with some heavy loads. 300 gr at 2400 fps. So far no one wants to fire it twice. Had one guy accuse me of being a sick bastard.
".380 is bigger than a 9mm. It's even bigger than a .357."
Another bad line I heard wasn't on the range - it was in my hunters education course when I was younger. The instructor - who claimed to be a firearms expert, told us all with a straight face that if you wanted to you could fire .380ACP in a 9mm Luger handgun. ".380 is just 9mm Short" he said. Somehow I'm guessing he was confusing the fact that you can fire .38 Special in a .357 Mag, but that's not the type of mistake I'd expect from an instructor claiming to be an "expert".
USPSA Instructor: "All the other ROs disagree with me on this one, but if you yell 'DUCK!' at the begining of a stage, you shouldn't be held acountable for any of the no shoot targets that you hit, they had fair warning."
".380 is just 9mm Short"
Umm, this is 100% correct. The .380 is also known as a 9mm Browning Court or 9mm short.