What is the silliest thing you've heard in a gun discussion?

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I have had a few -- When I was in college, one of the local gunshops just got in a new BHP and I would go and fondle it weekly. Because I was broke and couldn't buy, but wanted to see it anyway, I would ask dumb questions (that I knew the answers to already). One of the times I was in there, there was another guy, one of the ones that thinks he's automatically part of every conversation. Well, he was looking at the Beretta 92s, and noted that I was holding the BHP.
He remarked, "Those Browning sure are nice guns, but I wouldn't get one. If you got into a fight and someone popped your magazine out on you, you can't shoot it!" Paying no real attention to the strategic stupidity of figting someone with a gun nearby, I said, "I'm going to take mine out eventually if I get one."

He gave me a look that made me want to bite his jugular.

"No, no, you can't take them out. It's a complete interlock system." quick, let me get my patronizing face on. "No, actually..." and I proceeded to tell them (I say "them" because by this time the gun clerk was looking at me, mouth agape, giving me the same "Man, you're dumb" look) the particulars of how to take out the magazine disconnect. :fire: :banghead:

Needless to say, I was pissed off to no end. It still gets my heart rate going.

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Another time, different gunshop... I was handling another BHP. I tend to ask questions I know answers to, just to see how far the gun clerk will jerk you around. I fondled it, worked the action, and asked, "Single action?"

He said, "Uuuuhhhh... Double/Single action." :rolleyes: I can't help but think 'Man, I must really look stupid.'

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And another of my favorite:

"Now what the hell do you need that for?!?"
When I explained to an old (gun-owning) friend that I had recently bought a 9mm pistol.

Yet another one of my friends to turn into one of those high-nosed shotgunners. :cuss: :fire:



*sigh*

Wes
 
Malone, my dad was born and raised in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1920. He new more about the Lincoln County Range war than I thought was necessary. He could cite historical "fact / lore" about the range war far beyond what I've read.

He claimed William Bonnie shotgunned the sheriff's deputy with a load consisting of dimes. I asked why use dimes instead of pellets. He said the dime load was a way of disabling instead of killiing. Seems dimes have a tendency to shred the target as opposed to penetrating the target.

His understanding is at odds with professsional historians but he lived where it happened 40 years after the event. Can't go to the bank with it, but I also can't dismiss what he said.
 
Thefumegator, in the mid eighties when revolvers ruled the rest of the force, a UC Police sergeant described working the Irvine hospital psych ward carrying Browning Hi-Powers with the magazine not fully seated. The argument was that, in a gun snatch, the wacko would be unable to fire the pistol and the magazine would drop out when it was raised. The officer, by dint of thorough training and many, many repetitions in drill, would seat the magazine before drawing. Given the sergeant who told the tale, I am not sure if is one of the silliest, or scariest, stories I have heard.
 
Best (worst?) I ever heard was from a pro-gun-control lady who told me, "All guns that aren't single shot should be banned. If you're going to hunt, or use the gun for defense, one bullet should be all you need."

-erem
 
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The guy that told you if you fired a 3000fps bullet from a platform going 3000fps, you could catch it, needs to seriously go back to school and re-study basic relativity. This bullet would have a velocity of 6000fps in reference to the Earth, 3000fps in reference to the aircraft, negating air resistance. It's a simple concept you experience everyday in driving in your car.
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Not even relativity. Just basic Newtonian physics, you don't even need to dig into relativity to show the effect.

If the plane is traveling 3000fps, then so is everything else on it, including the bullets. When you fired, you're adding an additional 3000fps. If the stated effect were true you wouldn't even be able to fire the weapon, the bullet would just stay in the barrel - you wouldn't need to catch it.
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I did poorly as an engineering major cause I couldn't think in theoretical terms but would apply the concept to reality. If you fired a bullet off a platform traveling 3000fps the velocity of the bullet just after firing would be 6000fps. But assuming a constant speed of the platform and air resistance on the bullet, the bullet would eventually decelerate to 3000fps and you would actually be able to catch it.
 
I had a roommate who told me he was a Navy Corpsman attached to a Marine unit. Any time the subject came up, he insisted on calling the M60 machinegun a ".60-cal".
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I hear that all the time from Seabees and the occasional jarhead. Irks me to no end, but I gave up correcting people that should know better.
 
"AR-15's are more lethal than m16's because they cause the bullet to tumble while in flight; that's why AR-15's are banned under the Geneva Convention."

"You can't shoot .38 out of a .357mag revolver! You'll tear up the rifling."

"I can disassemble my Glock and sneak it through airport security scanners and onto a plane."

"Why do you want to buy .45Long? .45 Auto will work in a Peacemaker just fine,"

"Only police have the training to use guns"

"The second amendment is about your hunting rifle/shotgun, not AK47's"

"Sure, .22Mag is the same as .22LR; it just has a bigger bullet."

"How can you buy one of those? (a 1911 clone) You can't buy military guns."

"The Air Force taught me all anyone needs to know about shooting a rifle." (one of my favs, especially with the speaker in another state)

"I'm gonna attach a cordless drill to one of them crank-firing thingies next time I'm at the range"

"You can too use smokeless powder in a blackpowder gun. I do it all the time."

"If you don't like the color of a Glock, you can sand down the frame and it's green underneath."

"I have a .22 pistol in case a mountain lion attacks me."
 
Okay, I've got a few good ones. I worked in sporting goods at a department store for about a year, and heard all kinds of stupid stuff from the customers:

Customer: I need some .45 APC ammo

Me: You mean "ACP", right?

Customer: Nope, it's "APC"

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Customer: I need the best .22 LR ammo you've got

Me: Whats best depends on what you want to do with it...

Customer: I need it for Deer hunting!

at this point I had to try VERY hard not to tell the customer that he was too stupid to own a firearm

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Customer: I'd like to look at your .22 rifles

I show him what we had in stock, and asked what he was going to use it for

Customer: I want to shoot some friends with it. Does getting shot with one of these hurt too bad?

Me: Only if it doesn't kill you instantly. I think what you want is called an "Air-Soft" rifle...

Customer: Ya, thats what I'm looking for, you mean thats not the same thing?

Me: No, it's not

Customer: Oh. Do you sell "Air-Soft"?

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A lady walks up to the counter and asks about buying some shotgun shells

Me: Sure, we sell shot shells. What gauge is your shotgun?

Customer: I don't know, my husband just asked me to pick up some shot shells while I was at the store... does it really matter?

Me: Yes...

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Customer: Wow, you guys have guns here?

(Note, most customers at this store don't shop there for sporting goods, in fact some doen't even know there is a sporting goods department, it's kind of hiding in the back corner)

Me: Yes, we sell rifles and shotguns...

Customer: Are they real?

Me: *sigh* Yes

Customer: Isn't that against the law or something?

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I'd get about a half dozen customers like that every day. Most the customers I had were either fairly knowlageable, or at least knew that they didn't know alot and said things like "this is probably a dumb question, but..." before asking dumb questions. I really enjoyed working there, because I felt I was educating people, and it was just fun to work with all the hunting and camping stuff. I had to quit because managment sucked, and they didn't pay me enough to make it worth putting up with them. Now I work for Office Depot. The managment is MUCH better, but selling office supplys just isn't as much fun :(
 
KC and David have added even more, to what is a long but very entertaining thread. It is truly remarkable the level of ignorance sometimes .... both seen and heard.

Even more so is the ability of those involved to show it so blatantly!!:D
 
Given the sergeant who told the tale, I am not sure if is one of the silliest, or scariest, stories I have heard.
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Hmmm... I'd probably have to say scariest. :p :D

Yeah, that's kind of an odd idea about how to deploy your weapon. Oh well, to each his own, I guess.

Wes
 
for you shoot bullet from jet guys. this is a question in earth relative. if your traveling at or near the speed of light, and shoot a laser (which travels at the speed of light) how fast is the laser light traveling? I'm throwing the bull???? flag on Einstein and his "light has no mass."
 
"I'm gonna attach a cordless drill to one of them crank-firing thingies next time I'm at the range"
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It's been done. Some nut gave the Santa Ana PD (southern Calif) an exciting afternoon with an American 180 and a cordless drill back in the early 80s or so. Don't recall that he nailed anyone.
 
firing 3000 fps bullet from platform at 3000 fps

There was a confirmed story back in the Korean Conflict of a pilot shooting his own plane. He was flying an F-86 and started shooting at the top of a dive. As he his speed built up he passed the first bullets and as he pulled up into their path they hit his plane. This was due to his accelleration passing the speed of the first fired shots.
 
" Sig? They $*()&. Their 45 is crap. No police use them. Police are all Smith and Wesson"

me: 'actually, in the US about 65% of police use Gloc-

"Glocks are %^&(**. They're light but not somethign for a real weapon"

At that point I walked away. But he's REALLY sure of what he says .:banghead:
 
dawg23, yeah, and also not recommended for hollowpoints - FMJ only. Also, don't have your head underwater without very good protection, or you won't ever hear again.

The quote from "Young Guns II" from the Kid at one point after he wastes somebody was "Best dollar-eighty I ever spent." I cannot recall whether it was after firing one shot or two (but I think two), nor can I recall whether it was a shotgun. But if a shotgun and 2 shots, then obviously that's 9 dimes per load - a fairly good chunk of money in those times - hmmmm I kinda doubt anyone would waste that much money on a projectile that's gonna have ultra-crappy exterior ballistics, regardless of the terminal ballistics.

David: "Isn't that against the law or something?" "I'm gonna shoot some friends with it - does it hurt very bad?" Bwaaaahahaha!

P.S. And I still need to know where the Raging Glock thread can be found - anyone help me out here? I missed it...
 
Hahaha .........
Easy, anything ever said by that professional troll gunkid
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Naturally ...... all fades into total insignificance, when compared with CAR 11" and can ..... and .22 conversion kit!!!:D

Perfect for foraging and stealthy concealed night activities ..... when not blowing up power facilities and railroads!! :D :D

Doubt there are many here who have not cringed under his ''expert'' criticisms!!:rolleyes:
 
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