Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you

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:rolleyes:

Clearly a lie, which is precisely why the US military is pulling M16-A4s from the frontlines in Afghanistan and re-issuing M1s to entire platoons.

Now that would be a great gunseller lie, and apparently some shops apparently claim that about the M14. Sure a few M14s have been hauled out of storage to be DM rifles, but that's a very tiny, tiny number for a very specialized job, and certainly doesn't reflect a general dissatisfaction with the M16. Ditto the whole M9 issue; a bare handful of folks use the M1911 or M11 (Sig228) these days, but clearly the military doesn't think it an important enough issue to recall the thousands of M9s out in the field.
 
"Had a guy tell me that Obama was going to issue an executive order banning all guns."

I had one guy tell me that Obama is going to pass a 500% increase in ammo taxes all by himself and he doesn't need Congress to do it, as he can do it by Executive Order. I then pointed out that:

1.) Obama doesn't have the power to pass legislative action like that by himself as he is in the Executive branch of gov't, not the Legislative branch...

2.) The last President/Congress that tried something stupid like that (1994 AWB) lost dearly at the polls...

3.) Such a tax has been deemed unconstitutional by a Federal court. (Murdock vs. Pennsylvania 319 US 105 (1942))...

4.) That the "facts" for this rumor came from the fact that he had voted for such a idiotic bill in the Illinois State senate already (which failed, I believe)...

5.) The .223 he was trying to sell me was paper punching ammo, (Rem UMC) not "premium HD" ammo, and thus not worth $20.00/20 rounds. This was enforced by the fact that it was FMJ, not JHP or JSP...

His eyes started to glaze over half way through and he just walked away when I finished speaking.

I can play the "Know-It-All" game too... :)
 
I've posted this once before...

Bass Pro Shops... looking at S&W's TRR327 or whatever its called, and was told that the 4 attachment screw holes for the top Picatinny rail were (and I quote) "to fine tune the barrel's harmonics for accuracy".

To which I replied, "Well I'll be. The heck you say. Didn't know that." ;)

He pointed out the shroud and barrel being 2 components and said S&W "Just invented the barrel & shroud concept and as he was a bullseye shooter he could vouch for their accuracy" (I do not doubt their accuracy)

I thought it was a pretty fine little tale myself. Creative, plausible and delivered w/ a very straight face (looked me right in the eye he did!).
 
Thestory ...

First I know that I am a Luger fan. I'd heard the apocryphal story about the pusher claiming his nickle plated piece was an "officer's special". never thought I'd see it. (Oops! I mean hear it.)

Then it happened at the local show. Guy behind the table claimed his nickle plated Luger was an "officer's special". This Luger had pretty thick nickle plating on it, but not thick enough to hide the fact that no self respecting German soldier, office or other ranks, would have been caught dead with such a piece of scrap iron. Looked like it was a British "bring back" that had been fished out of the channel 40 years after the British soldiers were informed they'd be in d**p s***t if caught with such a trophy and tossed them over the rail.
 
Had a guy in a gunshop in Dickson, TN (he didn't work there) start preaching to me about how a .300 WM was good out to even 300 yards. Not really a lie, but I dont like being taken for a rookie who doesn't know his ballistics.
 
True story, when I called Sig-Arms (while in the Keys, on the beach btw) to order a new recoil spring for my SIG P229 .40, he told me that they were rated for 100k rounds before replacement was needed, I was like, "well I need one just in case". A very nice salesman...but when I got off the phone (sipped my Pina Colada) and kept thinking they getting short in recoil spings at SIG ARMS :D
 
i remember at a gun show a dealer that was next to our table said that he would never own an sks cause the chrome lined barrels wear out quicker than a standard barrel and that the sks are so inaccurate...I told the guy...arent you talking about a mini 14!!! he didnt like that response!!!!
 
Sure sounds like a crook to me. Not mto me but I did hear a guy at a gunshow tell a buddy theat the unfired Glock 27 he bought the day before was only worth $100 now because it would show up on GunFax as used.
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LOL, Gunfax.


So there are a few lies that I've heard, but some of the more entertaining ones are:

"They're going to ban assault rifles soon!" (ever since 2004, more so recently, but very much so before Obama was even running for office)

"They're gonna run out of 7.62x39 ammo!"

I had a guy at a pawn shop tell me that there was a mandatory 10 business day hold on handguns, even if you have a CPL. He told me that it was because they were a pawn shop and there was some special law for pawn shops. I went to the other pawn shop that was up the street 5 blocks, and we had a good laugh at the other shop's expense. There is no hold period. There never has been. If you have a CPL, you can take the gun with you that day. If you don't, there is a waiting period, but it sure isn't 10 business days!
 
"We don't carry Walther...they're junk." (customer leaves)

".45 Hyrdrashock is garbage...they don't expand. That's why I carry FMJ."

".308 will just go through a wall but .223 will be like a hand grenade on the other side."

These three gems and more were all uttered by the same pawn shop commando in under 5-minutes of one-sided conversation.
 
I've dealt with Shoot Straight down here in Fl. 'nuf said.

And if you're not very familiar with them it's the only place I've seen a beater M-44 go for $450 as a 'war bring back' and a sporter Carcano with no bolt for $300 as 'the Kennedy rifle'.
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LoL! Yeah, I love Larry, the Gun Shop Guy at Shoot Straight. My brother-in-law goes in thinking about trading in a AR-15 in a Klinton post ban configuration after the ban expired. Larry worked him out a trade deal on a pistol he wanted. But Larry did not realize that my brother-in-law was in a few days before. The deal Larry wanted HIM to pay an extra $100 to take it off his hands over the deal without the trade a few days before!
 
Had a guy at work once tell me that the 50AE with a Desert Eagle was designed by the Israelis to shoot down helicopters.

Seriously, I can't make this up.
 
I can't say if it was a lie or a mistaken statement, but I was looking for a S&W 640-1 in .357 Magnum when they first came out and the guy told me it was "for law enforcement only." :rolleyes: I ordered one from another dealer later.

BTW, I liked that gun until the first time I shot it. ;)
 
I can't say if it was a lie or a mistaken statement, but I was looking for a S&W 640-1 in .357 Magnum when they first came out and the guy told me it was "for law enforcement only." I ordered one from another dealer later.

BTW, I liked that gun until the first time I shot it.
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A lot of guns are available for LEO purchase only before they are available for the general public. Beretta's PX4 was marked as LEO only on their website before its release date. I think that it is standard practice in the gun industry to give "first dibs" to LEO agencies when a new gun is released.
 
When I was looking at my Norinco 982 the man at the gunshow table told me "it's probably never been shot" ... The gun has approximately 12 scratches on it's black finish covering the entire gun. I just smiled and handed over the $100. I don't really know if the gun was ever shot or not... I suppose someone might have dropped it on the ground and stomped on it a few times just for fun. It's been a great gun for me.

~Norinco
 
That you could shoot a man in the pinkie finger with a .45 auto and it would knock him down to the ground.....
 
My local pawn shop has nothing but "new" guns. He obviously means new to him. Thats OK, He got my Kimber Tactical II Special Edition for A steal at $1200.00

Special Edition meant a stripped down model I gave $700.00 for.

I had done nothing to it, but for my story, it had a match trigger and barrel. Also upgraded internals, and was a custom, ala "special edition" stamp.

He thought I really had $2500.00 in it. I only did that because, back before I knew better, he sold me a "new" P11 that was worn out.
 
I have been told over and over at gun shows by vendors when I ask if they have any 5.56mm ammo, that there is no difference at all between 5.56 and .223 Rem and that I'm not going to find 5.56mm marked ammunition because that's for the military. The civilian equivalent is .223 Rem.

What's stupid is the number of times I've been told this by different (or I assumed) vendors.
 
The first words out of many a gun show parts vender is "what are you looking for". Then whatever they have, that's it.

I've learned if I see something that might be it, to make them tell me what gun it's for before I'll tell them which gun part I'm looking for.

Guess they feel they'll never see you again, but I have a long memory for BS like that.
 
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