Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you
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jlg
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I know Wal-Mart bullies their vendors and that's how they get their prices so low. They're big enough they can name their own price. However, I don't see Remington making a "cheap" Sendero. I do however see Wal-Mart having much better buying power than the local gun shop and being able to buy said Sendero for less than the little guy and therefore being able to sell said Sendero for less than the little guy.
Don't get me wrong, I'd rather give my money to the little local guy than Wal-Mart. And I'm okay paying a little more since I get service from the little guy and not from Wal-Mart. But in this particular instance we were talking about a difference of more than $200. Sorry little guy, you're gonna have to match that price if you want the sale.
Gryffydd
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They typical Wal-Mart Special tricks are things like a shorter power cord on a vacuum, or in the case of guns, offering an "Exclusive" with a cheaper stock. From what I've seen if there's a difference between a Wal-Mart version of a gun and everything else, it's immediately obvious. If it's got the same model number and it looks the same, it probably is.
In most cases their buying power alone is sufficient for lower prices even without modifications to the product.
In most cases their buying power alone is sufficient for lower prices even without modifications to the product.
shell70634
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Biggest Lie????
"You don't want that. Let me show you what you want."
"You don't want that. Let me show you what you want."
TehK1w1
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I had a local gun dealer try to tell me that a CETME was the same thing as an FN FAL, and they just renamed it when they started making them in Spain.
Arkel23
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I asked the guy if they could bore-sight my gun, he told me you had to shoot it to bore-sight it. LOL.
LastStandArmory
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At gun show in texas, "Osprey optics are partnered with aimpoint, same interior design and parts, just assembled in china."
AIMpoint is actively ingaged in lawsuit with osprey national over these claims... whoops.
AIMpoint is actively ingaged in lawsuit with osprey national over these claims... whoops.
chuckusaret
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What!!!!! must be talking about a Mini 14 clone from china.
I'll put my Mini 14 up against the best SKS. I must admit that it is slightly modified with a
ASI harmonic barrel stabilizer, 3.5 lb. match trigger, 6 Port compensator, and several other extras.
Maverick223
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I have heard a rumor that they made a (one, singular, less than two) [strike]good[/strike] accurate mini.
uvausmc
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I've gotten into some arguments with salesmen at Bass Pro, Dicks, and larger places like that. They always know just enough to sound like they know what they are talking about but when it comes down to it, they give out a lot of misinformation. I'd rather they just tell me they have no clue.
Not at a shop but I once had a range officer at my local range say I couldnt shoot my .50 BMG because "the bullet goes too far." I tried to explain that it's trajectory is the same as several standard hunting cartridges but he wouldn't hear it. The same guy also told me i couldnt shoot steel plates at 200 yds with a rifle because of ricochets. Again i tried to explain that if the plate is angled down, with SP bullets, at that distance it wouldn't happen, i do it all the time on other ranges...again, no go.
Not at a shop but I once had a range officer at my local range say I couldnt shoot my .50 BMG because "the bullet goes too far." I tried to explain that it's trajectory is the same as several standard hunting cartridges but he wouldn't hear it. The same guy also told me i couldnt shoot steel plates at 200 yds with a rifle because of ricochets. Again i tried to explain that if the plate is angled down, with SP bullets, at that distance it wouldn't happen, i do it all the time on other ranges...again, no go.
Acera
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uvausmc, LOL, did you ask him what they were out there for? Airsoft or Paintball maybe?
I am sure most of the folks out there with their handguns and .22s were not itching to shoot them at 200 yards.
jlg
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I suppressed my 17hmr and am very pleased in the new quieter noise.
gloucestergarand
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Last Monday at the Camp Allen Exchange, overheard the counter kid telling a Marine Gunny about VA CHL laws, when a Navy warrant leaned over and said you could open carry, long as you didn't have a magazine in. Counter kid quickly chimed in yup, ya gotta watch them cops too, they're real tough. I hope this isn't what is being taught in CHL classes now.
jlg
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How stupid would you have to be to open carry an unloaded gun?
45crittergitter
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+1:
Not only did I buy BOTH guns from the shop across the street, that particular shop is now out of business....
Attitude is everything.
Not only did I buy BOTH guns from the shop across the street, that particular shop is now out of business....
Attitude is everything.
Mud Pup P
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What Lie
"Obama's gonna ban it all, and what he can't he will tax the **** out of. So buy now while you still can."
Wait!!, Where is the LIE in this one..??
"Obama's gonna ban it all, and what he can't he will tax the **** out of. So buy now while you still can."
Wait!!, Where is the LIE in this one..??
Apple a Day
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Let me guess. Was it that little shop on the west side of rt. 17?
chuckusaret
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I posted this elsewhere on THR but here it is again. I was at Gander Mountain last night; they had a 12 ga shotgun called a "Road Sweeper" This thing had a huge muzzel brake. The clerk was telling a customer all the advantages of having a Road Sweeper home defense shotgun with a muzzle brake of this type. Such ridiculous BS is not even worth repeating, but I have to repeat one; “it reduces the muzzle recoil and also reduces the muzzel flash in the dark and allows you to take another shot“.
I use that statement all the time. I tell my wife ,at least monthly, this is the only gun I'll need from now on.
Maverick223
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It should reduce the felt recoil and possibly the flash, but it will be LOUD and the blast will be horrendous. That muzzle device was designed as a brake for a .50BMG.
lamebums
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Some guy trying to sell steel-core surplus 7.62x39 at the Indy 1500. He had it in bags of 20 on stripper clips. I knew what I was looking for, I wasn't misled by the label, but here goes:
"These rounds are the Chinese military armor piercing rounds used by the Chinese forces. Bullet core is Tungsten Carbide and is solid copper color for easy identification. These rounds will pierce 1-1/2 inches of armor plate."
He asked for 20 but I don't think he sold any that day (he accepted $10).
"These rounds are the Chinese military armor piercing rounds used by the Chinese forces. Bullet core is Tungsten Carbide and is solid copper color for easy identification. These rounds will pierce 1-1/2 inches of armor plate."
He asked for 20 but I don't think he sold any that day (he accepted $10).
dullh
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I've never had a seller lie to me, either in person or on the internet gun sites. In most situations I can typically sense something is wrong before I commit to buy.
moonzapa
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Can't Reload The Ruger Mini Thirty!
My local gun dealer "behind the counter jerk" told me that the Ruger Mini-Thirty ammo could not be reloaded.:banghead: However, he did sell W_ _ _ brand 7.62X39 loaded ammo and told me that it would work just fine in that new Mini Thirty I had purchased. I don't go to that gun dealer any more
My local gun dealer "behind the counter jerk" told me that the Ruger Mini-Thirty ammo could not be reloaded.:banghead: However, he did sell W_ _ _ brand 7.62X39 loaded ammo and told me that it would work just fine in that new Mini Thirty I had purchased. I don't go to that gun dealer any more
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