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Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you

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I had a guy say that you had to use number 6 shot for deer! and that shotguns were NOT for hunting and that you would end up in jail if u used one for killing deer! another one said " If you buy the M500 pistal grip shot gun you can blow a trackter over!!"
 
going to a gun show in november....dont doubt that i will come back with stories
 
As a newb looking for a first gun purchase, this thread is really scary. I've spent alot of time trying to research guns and what I want to buy. It can be quite confusing when you are starting from the beginning. To hear that there is this much misinformation at gun shops amkes me even MORE tentative about going in! Combined with the thread on gin store clerks being jerks, and the general insecurity about being less knowledgeable, it makes it very difficult to get new shooters into the fold!
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Easiest way to beat that is to take somebody knowledgeable with you.
 
Easiest way to beat that is to take somebody knowledgeable with you.
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problem with this is that just because someone Knows something about guns, doesnt mean they arent a dumbass themselves.. a HUGE collection of idiot stories starts with...."hey, I dont know much about guns but that is why I brought my friend Bud with me... he knows all about them."

someone who is ignorant and knows it is easy to deal with, someone who is ignorant and thinks they know what they are talking about...not so easy... See my sig.
 
I was at a local gun store over the weekend and I asked a young clerk if they took trade ins. His reply was; Yes, but we have to low ball the trade in price so we can make up our loss on the sale of the gun you buy. I would suggest that this guy find a different career.
 
British stupidity many years ago trying to join up with my battalion's shooting team at hythe ranges.
joining instructions "can't miss up there be a 4 ton truck and a landrover parked up bit like saying on us army range we'll be next to the humvee:banghead:
so we are driving down the huge range complex getting slighty annoyed run into some civy pistol shooters decide to stop and have a natter as we are lost anyone.
Now this bloke has a ruger redhawk in .44 with a scope sadly gone to the smleter now:mad: reckoned it would group tighter than an Accuracy international L96 at 100 metres not even fired from the bench:D
 
British stupidity many years ago trying to join up with my battalion's shooting team at hythe ranges.
joining instructions "can't miss up there be a 4 ton truck and a landrover parked up bit like saying on us army range we'll be next to the humvee
so we are driving down the huge range complex getting slighty annoyed run into some civy pistol shooters decide to stop and have a natter as we are lost anyone.
Now this bloke has a ruger redhawk in .44 with a scope sadly gone to the smleter now reckoned it would group tighter than an Accuracy international L96 at 100 metres not even fired from the bench
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:confused::confused::confused::confused:
 
Who Feels UNDERaged Now?

I was at sportsman's warehouse looking for a good holster for my 9mm pistol. i find a pretty nice one and got up to the counter to purchase the holster. "can i see some ID please?" Now that's an odd question to ask for buying a holster... I reply with "umm sure...?" he looked at my ID and immediately gave it back to me and said "I cannot sell this to you, your underage." which i am, but i KNOW the laws. you can be five years old and buy a holster, there is no law against it. (i am 16 by the way) "sir I am pretty sure that those laws only pertain to guns and ammo, and not an accesory like a holster." he got a confused look on his face and then his expression changed to a hint of anger. "I know my laws, kid, and I am NOT selling you this holster. A new law was just passed resricting minors from buying handgun accesories" okay fine, let me save you the trouble from selling it to me, you retard. "okay, can i have the holster back so i can put it away?"I'll show you, you big dummy...:fire: "Whatever kid, you go do that." I take the holster, and walk very slowly to the counter across from his, so he can see me.
The lady at this counter checked me out with no problems whatsoever, no questions asked.
Let's see how he likes THAT!:D I turn around as i'm walking out the door and looked right into the face of the nutso, powertripping clerk. His face was bright red, which made me wonder when he was going to blow his gasket, and i also picked up a slight hint of horror on his face. Preparing myself to bust my guts laughing, I made eye contact, smiled, and waved. Something tells me that i just outsmarted the wise guy!:neener:
 
i also had a guy at a gun show one time that eyed my pistol (CZ 75B) that i had purchased earlier that day at a gun store that i really trust for about 520 bucks, (impact guns in meridian ID) because at that time, that is what it was worth. (i did alot of research on the gun) I had JUST bought it earlier that day, and i didn't want to leave it in the car (puny locks). and he was eyeing it for a trade. my gun was brand new, drenched in oil, only been test fired at the factory. if that. he asks my dad "are you looking to sell that pistol or a trade?" my dad tells him "neither" "really, because i can offer you a great trade on that gun, it looks like it's been pretty used." "we just bought it today, and no, it's never been used." "well it has dropped in price because it is out of the dealers hands. i would suspect that it has dropped about two hundred dollars. I can make a good trade for that though, if you are looking to, here she is." this thing was a POS high point that looks like it's been drug behind a truck going freeway speeds. "here's about a fair trade, sir, it is a high point elite, used by the german special forces, and has been used on several missions. it has a big value on it because of being an import special forces gun. the price of this is about 600 dollars becuase it is an elite too. so we can make a fair trade with my hi point, and your CZ plus about three hundred dollars."
i inturrupt my dad's answer with "excuse me sir, but you... are a moron." "I have ever seen in my entire existence and I am in High school. i see idiots ever day of my life, and you, have just topped my list. congratulations."
i walked away.
with my CZ.
 
I went into a gun shop yesterday, one I hadn't been in before, asking if he had a S&W 442 no lock. He said "no those are pretty hard to come by", I told him I had one that I was pretty sure my wife was now claiming to be hers. I said it would be a much better carry gun than the Walther P22 she now has (but doesn't carry).
He said "I might disagree with you on that...a .22 is a very good carry gun...did you know that it is the number one choice of assasins around the world?"
I said that I was not aware of that...guess I need to rethink my carry choices, and left his shop.
 
"We couldn't get in touch with them".

I asked my local gun shop to order a pistol I found on a sales-to-FFLs-only distributor's website. Told them I was cool with whatever dealer markup they needed to add on. When I followed up week or so later the above quote is what I got. I knew from past dealings that they prefer to sell from stock versus special orders, but this was just so lame. The distributor is one of the largest in the U.S.; their toll free phone number, email address and physical address are all on their website (which we accessed on the gun shop's computer when I put in the order) so contacting them couldn't be a huge challenge. Lie to me, don't count on my business in the future.
 
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Easiest way to beat that is to take somebody knowledgeable with you.

problem with this is that just because someone Knows something about guns, doesnt mean they arent a dumbass themselves..
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Which is why I said "knowledgeable," and NOT "...knows something about..." There's a big difference.
 
Serial number test never fails.

Go to gun store -- find a gun and make a mental note of the last three digits of the serial number.

Return to gun store one month later -- locate the same firearm and determine the serial number matches the one previously recorded.

Approach sales associate:

"Yeah -- we just got this in today and it is a real hot seller -- it'll probably be out the door by this time tomorrow" states the sales associate.
 
Serial number test never fails.

Go to gun store -- find a gun and make a mental note of the last three digits of the serial number.

Return to gun store one month later -- locate the same firearm and determine the serial number matches the one previously recorded.

Approach sales associate:

"Yeah -- we just got this in today and it is a real hot seller -- it'll probably be out the door by this time tomorrow" states the sales associate.
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This has great potential.

Let me embellish on this idea a bit: Write down the complete serial number on a piece of paper, along with a description of the gun, place the date on the paper, THEN come back a month later and, after the salesman makes his BS spiel, pull the paper out of your pocket and show it to him.:neener:
 
"This, this is a piece of crap!" <-- Gun&pawn guy trying to get me to ignore the single-action revolver I was looking at, instead trying to sell off a high-standard .45 for WAY too much money.
 
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