drastic_quench
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- Jan 7, 2014
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It's so frustrating, but I usually try to do my best to educate without being obnoxiously didactic.
- I saw a lady the other day at a big box retailer who was about to check out at the gun counter. She had a few different items and a stack of 380 auto. I just happened to overhear her tell the man she was with that, "These'll shoot in the .357, because it shoots 38s too." NO! I politely steered her towards the 38 specials. The worker couldn't have cared less. He was ringing up items with all the concern of a grocery store clerk.
- I was googling Ruger Blackhawks and stumbled onto this old thread. To summarize, the guy's friend buys a .357 magnum Blackhawk, and is then frustrated to find that he has to cock the hammer every time!
This is not the first time I've seen this. I've witnessed more than a few people asking to look at single actions at my LGS, and when asked a few questions, they've told me they liked it because of the wood grips, and had no idea why it had to be loaded one at a time and cocked to fire! Now I love single actions, but these are people seriously considering a SA with 5" bbl+ for CCW pieces -- and they're totally oblivious to how they operate. One guy kept flip-flopping between a blued Blackhawk in 357 and a Super Blackhawk Hunter 44 mag only because he, "liked the red wood better." I nicely told him about aftermarket grips/panels, and stressed the importance of the gun over the looks. "What are you going to use it for?" "I wanna carry it." Yeah, you don't need to be a firearm historian to buy one, and SA carry isn't unthinkable [if you know what you're getting into] but where do these people come from? And why do too many retailers act as nothing more than cashiers?