laguna0seca
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Had a guy tell me that Obama was going to issue an executive order banning all guns.
Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you
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MatthewVanitas
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Are Triple K magazines "utter garbage", or did the gunshow seller just say that because he didn't have any to sell me, and wanted to steer me to something that he did have on the table?
I've heard some pretty hilarious versions of "Brand X? Those guns are junk, trust me. They come back broken half the time. Oh, and we don't have any in stock now anyway. Now Brand Y, like this one right here in my case, now these are just great..."
I've heard some pretty hilarious versions of "Brand X? Those guns are junk, trust me. They come back broken half the time. Oh, and we don't have any in stock now anyway. Now Brand Y, like this one right here in my case, now these are just great..."
bang_bang
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I'm lucky I guess....
My good ol' friend that runs a gun shop close by is as honest as he can be. He's a goofball, and I often spend 2-3 hours just talking with him. He's a one of a kind person, and merely runs the shop to get out of the house and as a hobby. He's retired, and makes just enough to pay the bills for the shop.
The other guys I've just become associated with are some of the nicest, most knowledgeable people around. Their prices are super cheap compared to other gun shops, and they will assist you in any way possible. I'm fairly new to reloading, and those guys set me up with powder, bullets, primer, and some handbooks and gave me some tips on reloading.
Just the other day, I took my Para Ordnance P10 over to have the threads cleaned up in the frame for the grip screws. The guy took it in the back, cleaned them up, put new screws in it in about 10 minutes. When we walked up to the counter I asked him how much I was to pay him. He simply said, "Just come back and see us."
I bought a 100 pack of primers and called it even.
My good ol' friend that runs a gun shop close by is as honest as he can be. He's a goofball, and I often spend 2-3 hours just talking with him. He's a one of a kind person, and merely runs the shop to get out of the house and as a hobby. He's retired, and makes just enough to pay the bills for the shop.
The other guys I've just become associated with are some of the nicest, most knowledgeable people around. Their prices are super cheap compared to other gun shops, and they will assist you in any way possible. I'm fairly new to reloading, and those guys set me up with powder, bullets, primer, and some handbooks and gave me some tips on reloading.
Just the other day, I took my Para Ordnance P10 over to have the threads cleaned up in the frame for the grip screws. The guy took it in the back, cleaned them up, put new screws in it in about 10 minutes. When we walked up to the counter I asked him how much I was to pay him. He simply said, "Just come back and see us."
I bought a 100 pack of primers and called it even.
Cajun Glocker
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Vendor at gun show selling XD's talking to customer...
"You DON'T want a Glock. They aren't safe to carry
cause they don't have any safeties. They can go off
by themselves!"
Idiot.
"You DON'T want a Glock. They aren't safe to carry
cause they don't have any safeties. They can go off
by themselves!"
Idiot.
I had a dealer tell me one time that Walther quit shipping their P99s with two magazines to keep costs down, then offered to sell me an additional 10 round magazine for $40. I walked on that one.
At gun shows, carrying around a gun of some sort that I want to get rid of, "I'll trade you ANYTHING on this table for that gun!" How about that one?
"Well, any gun on this table but that one..."
It goes on and on... I think the people that work on gun stores go further to give gun owners a bad name than any other group.
Wheeler
At gun shows, carrying around a gun of some sort that I want to get rid of, "I'll trade you ANYTHING on this table for that gun!" How about that one?
"Well, any gun on this table but that one..."
It goes on and on... I think the people that work on gun stores go further to give gun owners a bad name than any other group.
Wheeler
Greybeard
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After Smith and Wesson had just introduced the 12-ounce .357 (Model 340), I went into Bass Pro Shop in Grapevine to see if they had any yet. After describing what I was looking for, young kid behind the counter says "A FIVE-shot revolver? Smith and Wesson does not even make a FIVE shot revolver." 
I was a flea market last summer. There was a guy there with a tent with army surplus. Most of it was clothing and flags. "All American Genuine Army Surplus" hand printed on his tent. First off, everything labeled as "Made in America"
was new, not surplus, and had made in China labels.
Did anyone remember the Surplus guy in " Pulp Fiction" ? The owner could have been his twin, Shaved head, fingers cut of glove ( in 90 degree heat) and black stocking cap rolled edges to just above his ears.
The only reason I stopped was I saw two 7.62Nato battlepacks laying in the dirt in front of his tent.
I stopped and asked him if he had anymore of the battlepacks. His response "You must have a British rifle that shoots those"." No it's 7.62 nato, not .303" I tell him.
"Well those numbers on the side are code to confuse the enemy if they find this stuff, that way if they try to use it in their guns it will blow up".
Then he leans in and whispers, covering the side of his face with his left gloved hand, " I have the better stuff in the back" wink, wink," you know the armor piercing stuff".
Now last summer I turned 49. And I have some gray in my beard and at my temples. So I could look like I was maybe in Nam. And this is what he asks me." Were you in Nam Too"? "Were you"? I asked him." Oh Yea, I served two years". He was thirty if even that. So I asked him if I could take that junk ammo off his hands, being as it's not the "Good Stuff".
Walked away with 400 rounds of 7.62 Nato, " AKA .303" for thirty dollars.
was new, not surplus, and had made in China labels.
Did anyone remember the Surplus guy in " Pulp Fiction" ? The owner could have been his twin, Shaved head, fingers cut of glove ( in 90 degree heat) and black stocking cap rolled edges to just above his ears.
The only reason I stopped was I saw two 7.62Nato battlepacks laying in the dirt in front of his tent.
I stopped and asked him if he had anymore of the battlepacks. His response "You must have a British rifle that shoots those"." No it's 7.62 nato, not .303" I tell him.
"Well those numbers on the side are code to confuse the enemy if they find this stuff, that way if they try to use it in their guns it will blow up".
Then he leans in and whispers, covering the side of his face with his left gloved hand, " I have the better stuff in the back" wink, wink," you know the armor piercing stuff".
Now last summer I turned 49. And I have some gray in my beard and at my temples. So I could look like I was maybe in Nam. And this is what he asks me." Were you in Nam Too"? "Were you"? I asked him." Oh Yea, I served two years". He was thirty if even that. So I asked him if I could take that junk ammo off his hands, being as it's not the "Good Stuff".
Walked away with 400 rounds of 7.62 Nato, " AKA .303" for thirty dollars.
Maryland has a law, where if dealers post a notice of deposit forfeit, if you put a deposit down on a gun and you have a problem with (either with the federal background check or the state police) your deposit is forfeit to the seller (maybe other states have this law too?). Maryland has a lot of paperwork for the seller to fill out, so it seems to me that any seller could intentionally mess up somewhere and pocket the deposit.
There is a hole-in-the-wall gun shop in Glen Burnie Maryland that charges a 50% re-stocking fee if the the paperwork isn't approved. They had a gun I needed for a great price, so I figured I'll just pay with a credit card, and dispute the charge if there is a problem.
The owner's son tells me they have a 15% surcharge if I don't pay cash. He actually insisted it was a great advantage to me to only pay the 50% deposit with cash, and called me stupid for doubting him. Needless to say, they lost the sale of that gun and all my future business.
There is a hole-in-the-wall gun shop in Glen Burnie Maryland that charges a 50% re-stocking fee if the the paperwork isn't approved. They had a gun I needed for a great price, so I figured I'll just pay with a credit card, and dispute the charge if there is a problem.
The owner's son tells me they have a 15% surcharge if I don't pay cash. He actually insisted it was a great advantage to me to only pay the 50% deposit with cash, and called me stupid for doubting him. Needless to say, they lost the sale of that gun and all my future business.
jeff-10
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One dealer told me, "their is no way that George Bush will let the AWB sunset in 2004"...
I sure hope he sold that M4 configured Colt AR for $2,500 before it expired.
I sure hope he sold that M4 configured Colt AR for $2,500 before it expired.
Crunker1337
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I've had people tell me that Desert Eagles are combat firearms.
And yes, that is people in the plural...
And yes, that is people in the plural...
patsygarret
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Had a guy at a gun show tell me that the 17 hmr has no drop from the muzzle to 350 yards and also no drift because " it is going so fast" I told him that for coon hunting I prefer th 22 magnum and he states that ,that cartridge was only made to use as the parent case for the 17 hmr and even if I could find a rifle chambered for it the ammo is so expensive, he did have a ruger 10/22 magnum that was a prototype before they decided to neck it down to 17. the rifle was 1100.00 I told him that I have two of those rifles at home that I payed no more than 400.00 for each and walmart carries the ammo for 8-15 dollars a box. he said you must have a 22LR. I quit there and just walked away. but if any of you are interesed in a non existent 22 magnum I can make you a great deal, I will even throw in some expirimental CCi stinger ammo
mathewsman99
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I was looking to buy a 300 wsm for elk hunting and when i was talking about it to the guy behind the counter he said that a 300 wasn't big enough for large game it was more of a whitetail deer gun. of course sence i haven't went elk hunting yet it only shoots ground hogs
Next a guy came in to wally world and was asking the sporting goods person for 10/22 shells the both couldn't find them.
Next a guy came in to wally world and was asking the sporting goods person for 10/22 shells the both couldn't find them.
rojocorsa
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Even though we all know that he carried a Colt SAA with ivory grips.
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Patton ND'd a 1911. Nearly blew his own foot off. That's why he didn't like them.
SpeedAKL
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LOL! This thread made my day.
Most of the local shops here are pretty straightforward, I've never heard outright BS.
Some of the salesmen at the big box stores are good, others not so much. I was told at Dick's once that a Remington 770 will shoot 0.25 MOA out of the box in any caliber and that a Savage 110 package gun will do 0.5 MOA out of the box.
Also got told once that .308 and .30-06 are not enough for big bucks, and the guy then tried to sell me a Savage lightweight gun in .338 Win Mag. I mentioned ammo cost, and he didn't say another word...
.Most of the local shops here are pretty straightforward, I've never heard outright BS.
Some of the salesmen at the big box stores are good, others not so much. I was told at Dick's once that a Remington 770 will shoot 0.25 MOA out of the box in any caliber and that a Savage 110 package gun will do 0.5 MOA out of the box.
Also got told once that .308 and .30-06 are not enough for big bucks, and the guy then tried to sell me a Savage lightweight gun in .338 Win Mag. I mentioned ammo cost, and he didn't say another word...
SpeedAKL
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I did almost get shafted once at a gun show. A table selling magazines told me that he had these new H&K high reliability AR magazines in, with special red followers that he said would never fail. He specifically told me my AR would never fail to feed if I used these mags. I didn't end up buying, and wondered why such revolutionary technology would be $14 per magazine.
Anyhow, I searched for H&K high reliability mags on the web when I got home and, needless to say, the real things were not $14.
Anyhow, I searched for H&K high reliability mags on the web when I got home and, needless to say, the real things were not $14.
actually it was a forum member(smithiac). He told me his SW 686 7 shot was discontinued so it brings a premium. He wanted me to add $100 on top of a gun package trade that was worth a hell of a lot more than his used 686.
I proceeded to show him a link of his "discontinued" gun at buds gun shop(it was in stock and priced at $643)
I proceeded to show him a link of his "discontinued" gun at buds gun shop(it was in stock and priced at $643)
jerkface11
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The $14 mags were probably higher quality than the H&K ones anyway.
Went in Bud's Gun Shop years ago when he was on Industry Rd. in Lexington. I was looking at a Rem 700 ADL in .30-06. Bud walked up to me and said:" Larry, if you don't buy that rifle today, I'm going to have to close the doors. I can't even pay the light bill." Total B.S. Even Bud couldn't keep a straight face after that tall tale.
Slade797
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I build AK-47 rifles, so i know a bit about 'em from my research. I was looking at a Romanian G at a local shop, a Century build. Of course it was stamped "CIA." Dealer tried to tell me that stood for "Central intelligence Agency." I asked him if that was the reason for the insanely high price of $850. 
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