uh boy...

[BlkHawk73]

Decided to take a trip to Kittry Trading Post this morning to get a feel for a Birdshead Ruger. (great, great place to look, just not good prices. $70 more than best internet price) Anyways...while I was waiting for a clerk, I see a gentleman bring a plain-jane 870 and place it on the countermat. A moment later he returns with another that appeared the same buy with an extended mag tube.
He asked the clerk "what's the difference here?"
"Well you see this one is a pre-ban and his one isn't"
"So?"
"Well, you can't add any extended magtubes or pistolgrips to this one but this one you can do anything to."
"That's it."
"Yup, but that makes this one a tactical shotgun."
"Really?"
He placed the other 870 on the counter thanked the clerk and left.

Me, I did the same.

 

[Dave McCracken]

So would I. Life's too short...

 

[Guyon]

 

[Third_Rail]

I was there the other day, and I asked to see a rifle. The response I got was "how old are you?!". Seeing as I'm 18 (which is two years over 16, the age you have to be to handle a rifle in Maine) I got quite pissed. Even after telling him that I'm 18, he wouldn't show me the rifle I was thinking of buying because I was "too young".



Boy did they lose a customer forever.

EDIT: I forgot to say that I live in Massachusetts but I'm a holder of a current valid FID.

 

[ShaiVong]

Blk, take a trip up to the Old Town trading post; Dave is a nice honest guy.

 

[BlkHawk73]

I've never heard anything bad about the Old Town shop but it is a ways away from Portland. Besides, my brother is a dealer so I simply buy through him. I just use KTP as a "hands-on pre-decision before buying" shop since they usually have whatever I'm looking for in stock.

 

[ShaiVong]

Cant beat having an FFL in the family!

 

[Sulaco]

That reminds me of the local Dick's Sporting Goods. They keep trigger locks on all of the guns and refuse to remove them. I asked the salesman why one time and he said store policy. The manager happened to overhear the conversation and decided to poke in. He further explained that the policy was for the possibility that someone may come in with ammunition, load the gun and shoot someone. I said, that would suck, but the state of South Carolina trusts me to carry a gun, every other shop I have been to doesn't use trigger locks and I will never buy anything here again. Then, I left and haven't been back since.

I also had a similar issue at Wal-Mart one time. They use trigger locks too and had some nimwit working the sporting goods counter when I came in to buy a Marlin 30-30. I asked her to remove the trigger lock so I could try out the trigger pull and work the action. She gave me this horified look and said absolutely not! I wasn't in the mood to argue and never buy the display model so I told her I would take it. She returned from the gun room with the rifle in it's box. She took it out to record the serial number for the sale and then called for the manager to approve the sale. He asked me to inspect the rifle. Guess what? No trigger lock. I told him (on the way out, they had to escort me because I also bought some 9mm ammo, lol) I told him what had happened and how absurd it was. He said he wouldn't have it any other way because guns were dangerous. I told him I had a Glock 21 .45ACP cocked with a round in the chamber on my right hip and 40 total rounds of ammo scattered about my person. I also said it is perfectly legal for me to carry this gun and I have proof. When I took the rifle from him outside, he looked like he was going to piss himself. Poor people. I couldn't imagine going through life as an idiot. Needless to say, that was the last time I bought a gun from Wal-Mart as well.

There is something to be said for the "local gun shop".

 

[scout26]

I hate trigger locks.

Trigger locks violate Rule # 3.

I took an old SxS shotgun into Gander Mountain to have it checked out. I've got it in a case as I walk in. I get stopped by the nice young girl right by the door. Her main purpose in life is to get you to sign up for there their credit card. Anywho, they have to install a trigger lock on my firearm to allow me to carry it into the store. I explain to her that it's a pointless exercise. "Whadda mean pointless", she asks. I proceed to break open the shotgun, confirming that the chambers are indeed empty. Close the breech and pull back on the trigger lock.

"CLICK, CLICK".

Trigger locks are worse than worthless, they're unsafe.

check out http://www.donath.org/Rants/OnTriggerLocks