Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you
Said his "SAW-10/22" conversion was a good shooter. When I opened the package, the plastic front sight fell off
At least he was a good sport, and promptly traded me back my 1911
Whats the best lie you had a gun seller tell you
Correct...but, many of their firearms are made in the US. The Beretta model 92 (amongst others) is currently made in America (has also been produced in Italy). OTOH the "all-american" Browning is made in Japan...mind boggling isn't it?
I didn't know about the Browning though, but I can believe it. It just seems so wrong though, LOL. That's like Honda making a Mustang.
That is beautiful, I agree that .45ACP isn't ideal for concealed carry, but cartridge ineffectiveness or velocity has nothing to do with my decision (simply too large of a pistol for my taste). I also love the comments on the "poor accuracy" of .45ACP, which is amongst the most accurate pistol cartridges at "long-range" due to being subsonic. A slow round has nothing to do with accuracy (unless it enters the transonic region en route)...trajectory, yes...ballistics, yes...accuracy, NO.If you're looking for a concealed carry gun, don't go for the .45 caliber weapons. They're wayyy to slow of a round to be effective.
Been there...done that, still follow it pretty closely. Definitely one of my favorites.I love this thread, read through all 27 pages.
I think I saw the same Enfield. It had completely rusted and pitted like it had been in the ocean for 50 years. I don't mean small pits either. It was literally CRATERED. The guy had painted it black to cover the rust. He said the rifle must have been used at D Day and dropped in the ocean because of the rust. It was the biggest POS I have seen and he wanted a mint for it.Had a guy at a gun show one time who was trying to hard sell this old Enfield on people for about $600, if memory serves. The thing was trashed, but he was bragging about how the bore was "perfect... brand new, never fired".
He even hands me the rifle and a bore light to check it out. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a bore in worse condition... corroded, rifling worn away, looked like it had been stored under water. I thanked the guy, and then asked him if I looked like an idiot, and kept walking.
Don't know the "collector value" on a gun like that, but I still call BS on that deal. I sure wouldn't have bought that thing for $600, regardless of how "valuable" it might have been
if I took my pocket knife out and cut a ring as close to the brass on the shell as I could. He said that way, when I fired it it would send the whole shell, wad and pellets out the end of the barrel and give a nice tight pattern.
Lakeshore
"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.
BattleChimp Potemkin said:My ABSOLUTE FAVORITE: Guy at a show was trying to inform another potential buyer that he could make a non-functional Spainish bazooka (nice condition though) functional by taking a spring from an Enfield and replacing one on the bazooka. He had a VERY overpriced ($400) Enfield and a demilled Bazooka on the table...
Are there AR-15s out there chambered in .223 Remington specifically? I know there are many who claim to be ARs chambered in .223 whereas the barrels are really 5.56.Werewolf said:re: gun show gun dealer tells potential customer at his table that it's perfectly OK to fire 5.56X45 NATO out of an AR chambered for .223 Remington.