What's some of the funny gun stuff you've read or heard

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I'm sure you've heard guys say they have a Smith & Western.

I just read this one today on Gunbroker...

"Colt Lawnman MK III"

I wonder if it's a rider mower ?

What's some of the funny gun related stuff that's made you laugh through the years ?

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)
 
Maybe a "Colt Lawnman" is a handgun designed to be carried while riding a lawnmower. After all, I've heard "horse pistols" were handguns built for carrying while riding horses and "howdah pistols" were handguns carried by tiger hunters while riding in a howdah on the back of an elephant.
I've been asked what the difference is between a 7mm-08 and a "regular" 7mm. And, I've actually had one guy ask me if Winchester 30-06 ammo would work in his 30-06 Remington. :rolleyes:
 
I tend to imagine more than having heard ......


''Got this loverly Super RedBuzzard"!

''Colt Traipser'' - wonderful gun!"

''.357 Mangum - great bullet"

"Thuddy-thuddy - best elepahant round on earth"

"I want a S&W GentlemanSmith"

"Sick Sower? - never 'eard of 'em"

"Stair? - is that a gun?"

"Helker and Cosh - they're good"

:D
 
THere was a recent story on the television news in Columbus, Ohio about a criminal using an AK-47 type rifle in a shooting. No injuries, just multiple shots fired. THe story went on about the high-powered nature of the AK, and how dangerous it was. Story then went on to say that poice also found casings for a 45 mm at the scene, but that was less of a concern. (Photo showed .45 casings.)

I don't know about you, but I'm pretty worried about a 45mm.

:D
 
The 45 mm was probably mounted to the getaway car/tank. :D

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)
 
That a revolver won't jam.

More specifically, a revolver in good working order and free of contamination won't jam.

Yes, it will, and I've done it -- all I did was wear loose-fitting gloves. Upon pulling the trigger, a wrinkle of the glove around my trigger finger slipped between the bottom of the trigger and the trigger-guard. If you pull harder it just jams tighter :banghead:. I never even got off the first shot. Took several minutes to get the gloves off and the revolver back in action.

I'm one of those "Murphy's Laws" kinda guys and if it can go wrong, it probably already has, to me....

K
 
I don't know about you, but I'm pretty worried about a 45mm.

Well, I used to have a .45mm camera. It got beter pictures than my 35mm but cost more to develop the film. :what:
 
Today at the gunshop a guy told me how much he loves his Kel Tec .38.
 
I was reading a pulp novel earlier where the bad guys had jet skis with "gyroscopicaly stabilized" assault rifles mounted which were "capable of firing 100 rounds per minute". Of course, it also featured the mighty Desert Eagle. I suppose fiction almost shouldn't count though, it's just too easy to find clueless authors.
 
My real life story involves a gunshop and Ruger's reputation for durability. I once overheard an employee telling a customer that he had a friend who fired a squib load in a Ruger .357 (he did not mention the model), did not notice it, and went on to fire another 2 or 3 rounds. The employee said that other than a slight bulge in the barrel, revolver was undamaged by the ordeal.

Ruger makes a strong revolver, but that story is just too much.
 
pet peeves

two of the things I don't like to see, but see quite often.
Movies and TV shows which show things that aren't true.
I've even seen it on shows like the Forensic files. They show a .45 ACP shell casing, and refer to the .22 caliber gun which was used in the crime.
The other annoyance to me is when you see a guy in a movie flip open his modern double action revolver cylinder and give it spin. In the movie it makes a loud ratcheting sound, but mine doesn't.
 
Hey Progun,
It's just like the old baseball card in the spokes trick.
Maybe if you stuck those .22 cases in a revolver built for 45ACP, it would do the ratchet action you're looking for.... :D
Gotta love the movies.

Jeff (GUNKWAZY)
 
I've fired a 45mm!!

My DD214 says so! Honest, they messed up and had me qual'd with a .45, and since I had time to kill, I told them that it was really a 9mm. Next batch of forms comes out and says ".9 cal" :confused: , I told them that it was "Niner mike mike", form comes out and says "45mm" :what: - read it and said "Perfect! You got it!" So my official record says it! Of course it was in a highly classified location that I cannot discuss, and what I was doing is even higer classified, so please don't ask me to go into details. :neener: :neener:
 
Funny things

I was in the gun shop one day, when a D/A (Dumb well, you know) and asks for
D/A: I want a 257 magnum.
Shop owner: You mean a 357 magnum.
D/A: No, a 257 magnum.
S/O: No, you mean a 357 magnum.
D/A: Don't argue with me boy. If I wanted a 357 I'd have asked for it. I gots a 257 and it's the best (blanking) pistol I ever shot.
S/O: Well then buddy you better hold onto it, cause it's worth a fortune.
D/A: Why's that?
S/O: Because you got the only one they ever made.
D/A: Oh? Maybe it was a 357.

The others I like are from the local "trading post" type papers. Like..

Old Gun. $6000.00
 
I worked with a guy whose father was high up in the French Military. Once, when he was lecturing me on the evils of gun ownership in the US (he just saw Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" and believed every word of it), he told a story about his father, who was supposed to be a crack combat pistol shot. His father gave him some advice about combat with a handgun that went something like this, "if you are ever in a gunfight, just shoot your opponent in the legs..."

I'm not sure who was telling who the lie, but you just gotta love these folks, even when they haven't got a clue they still have an opinion.
 
I have a buddy who is interested in the .300 Whisper, and just to be a jerk, I was teasing him about it, telling him that that was a sissy name for a round, and it therefore must suck, so on and so on. Anyway, at one point I told him that if he wanted to shoot a mans round, he should try a .455 Requiem. Obviously, no such thing, and he knew that too, but at the time we both thought it was pretty funny. Plus, you gotta admit, that does sound awful manly!

Timbo
 
Funny Stuff!

Working for last 3 Yrs. in Az.
Wile watching T.V. One night i found out a .270 will fit in,
the chamber of a .410 shotgun.
Should i try it!!!!!!!
Only if you would please sign a few Ins. Papers for me before you do!!!!!
Mutantco Gunsmith! Busting my Ass!!! As i L.O.L.!!!!
True Story! :what:
 
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