Dumbest thing youve heard in a gun shop

RJ55 said:
This wasn’t in a gun shop, but a guy I know who served in Vietnam told me that the enemy could fire there M16 rounds, but we could not shoot the AK 47 rounds.:)
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Not that, but Vietnamese used 82mm mortars, and our 81mm shells worked just fine in them if I remember correctly.
 
Not a gun shop, but figured I’d post it here. There’s a guy in my house right now working on my alarm system. He had to go to the attic, and the attic access is in my ammo closet. He asks me if I had enough ammo, and I said something like “yeah, at least for the rest of this year”. Then he replied with something along the lines of:

Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying? (At this point, I’m expecting him to say he used 380 shot shells or some nonsense). So I put some stuff in my ammo that no matter where I hit you, you were done.

I couldn’t even bring myself to ask any follow-up questions. 🙄
 
BigWaylon said:
Not a gun shop, but figured I’d post it here. There’s a guy in my house right now working on my alarm system. He had to go to the attic, and the attic access is in my ammo closet. He asks me if I had enough ammo, and I said something like “yeah, at least for the rest of this year”. Then he replied with something along the lines of:

Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying? (At this point, I’m expecting him to say he used 380 shot shells or some nonsense). So I put some stuff in my ammo that no matter where I hit you, you were done.

I couldn’t even bring myself to ask any follow-up questions. 🙄
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What did he put in them, an IRS audit?
 
BigWaylon said:
Not a gun shop, but figured I’d post it here. There’s a guy in my house right now working on my alarm system. He had to go to the attic, and the attic access is in my ammo closet. He asks me if I had enough ammo, and I said something like “yeah, at least for the rest of this year”. Then he replied with something along the lines of:

Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying? (At this point, I’m expecting him to say he used 380 shot shells or some nonsense). So I put some stuff in my ammo that no matter where I hit you, you were done.

I couldn’t even bring myself to ask any follow-up questions. 🙄
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You missed the side quest to learning the Alchemic Bullet Crafting skill!
 
BigWaylon said:
Not a gun shop, but figured I’d post it here. There’s a guy in my house right now working on my alarm system. He had to go to the attic, and the attic access is in my ammo closet. He asks me if I had enough ammo, and I said something like “yeah, at least for the rest of this year”. Then he replied with something along the lines of:

Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying? (At this point, I’m expecting him to say he used 380 shot shells or some nonsense). So I put some stuff in my ammo that no matter where I hit you, you were done.

I couldn’t even bring myself to ask any follow-up questions. 🙄
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Could those have been the famed “done done bullets”? :rolleyes:
 
This is no BS. Had a dude about 12 years or so ago tell me he had some super Uber on the down low, mercury tipped 357 Magnum bullets that a chemist buddy of his made up for him. Said you hit anyone from the knee up, they were done, lol. What's with the "done" thing with these guys.

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Stout said:
You missed the side quest to learning the Alchemic Bullet Crafting skill!
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There is a vendor at the National Gun Show in Chantilly VA (One of the largest shows in the country, over 1.5 miles of tables)
He sells bullets that have been rendered in bacon grease.
I thought this was kind of hillarious...
 
Spartan01 said:
There is a vendor at the National Gun Show in Chantilly VA (One of the largest shows in the country, over 1.5 miles of tables)
He sells bullets that have been rendered in bacon grease.
I thought this was kind of hillarious...
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That's how I want to die. From bacon
 
BigWaylon said:
Not a gun shop, but figured I’d post it here. There’s a guy in my house right now working on my alarm system. He had to go to the attic, and the attic access is in my ammo closet. He asks me if I had enough ammo, and I said something like “yeah, at least for the rest of this year”. Then he replied with something along the lines of:

Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying? (At this point, I’m expecting him to say he used 380 shot shells or some nonsense). So I put some stuff in my ammo that no matter where I hit you, you were done.

I couldn’t even bring myself to ask any follow-up questions. 🙄
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This is actually one thing that bothers me. No, not dumb repair people, but having strangers in the house and them seeing firearm stuff. My eventual goal is to have it so that we can have anyone over and they'd never know we had guns. Also, before anyone says it, it's not about being in the gun closet, but simple OPSEC. No reason to make yourself a bigger target than you already are.
 
Stout said:
You missed the side quest to learning the Alchemic Bullet Crafting skill!
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My first thought was, " Rogue skill tree, and he unlocked the ability to craft poison to put on his bullets."

Ughhhh... Nerd...
 
Had a guy tell me one time: What do you mean you want $$$ for that gun. I only paid 150.00 for one just like that back in 1968. Felt like telling him well dude you get into your time machine and go back in time and buy us a couple at 1968 prices and we will sell them at 2016 prices.
 
zuerjoha said:
This is actually one thing that bothers me. No, not dumb repair people, but having strangers in the house and them seeing firearm stuff. My eventual goal is to have it so that we can have anyone over and they'd never know we had guns. Also, before anyone says it, it's not about being in the gun closet, but simple OPSEC. No reason to make yourself a bigger target than you already are.
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Right?
I recently bought a house.
Its a classic 1947 brick, with original wood...
Now I just need a reliable and discreet craftsman to make a bunch of those custom hidden panels that i touch and guns pop out, like in spy movies.
Anyone have any suggestions?
 
teamglock2002 said:
Had a guy tell me one time: What do you mean you want $$$ for that gun. I only paid 150.00 for one just like that back in 1968. Felt like telling him well dude you get into your time machine and go back in time and buy us a couple at 1968 prices and we will sell them at 2016 prices.
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Sigh....
Back in 2001 I had a chance to purchase 4 HK auto sears for about 1500 each....
 
Spartan01 said:
There is a vendor at the National Gun Show in Chantilly VA (One of the largest shows in the country, over 1.5 miles of tables)
He sells bullets that have been rendered in bacon grease.
I thought this was kind of hillarious...
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There used to be a weapons lubricate that was sold after 9/11 for the sand box called "Pigs Juice"

CD
 
BigWaylon said:
Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying?
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It was probably one of them fully auto .380's that never needs reloading and shooting nuclear tipped, tank piercing ammo 🤣 You should have asked if he could get you one.

Good that them thangs are illegal!
 
BigWaylon said:
Back in my younger days, when I wasn’t doing everything legal, I used to carry a 380. But I didn’t have time to aim, you know what I’m saying? (At this point, I’m expecting him to say he used 380 shot shells or some nonsense). So I put some stuff in my ammo that no matter where I hit you, you were done.

I couldn’t even bring myself to ask any follow-up questions. 🙄
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Mercury tipped hollow points ... early 70’s movie bovine caca.

ETA ... just looked it up ... Day of the Jackal was the movie ... but is was a pretty good movie ...

 
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When I worked in a gun shop in the 70s a WW2 vet told me that the Nazis were so insidious they used wooden bullets in their Mausers. Massive infections would result in GIs shot with said bullets. He was talking about wood tipped 8mm blanks that GIs came across in Germany. Another veteran of the Pacific told me that the Japanese used poison bullets that had green poison on them that would cause a lingering death to any Marine or GI wounded with them. This guy was talking about 6.5 Arisaka rounds that the bullet jackets got a green tarnish on them in the humid Pacific. I had no idea what either one was talking about until the shop owner (also a WW2 vet) told me the background on the stories. Funny how those rumors get a life to them.
 
rufrdr said:
When I worked in a gun shop in the 70s a WW2 vet told me that the Nazis were so insidious they used wooden bullets in their Mausers. Massive infections would result in GIs shot with said bullets. He was talking about wood tipped 8mm blanks that GIs came across in Germany. Another veteran of the Pacific told me that the Japanese used poison bullets that had green poison on them that would cause a lingering death to any Marine or GI wounded with them. This guy was talking about 6.5 Arisaka rounds that the bullet jackets got a green tarnish on them in the humid Pacific. I had no idea what either one was talking about until the shop owner (also a WW2 vet) told me the background on the stories. Funny how those rumors get a life to them.
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I remember hearing up until the 80's how women outnumber men in Australia 5:1.
 
BTLeeks said:
A "salesman" at a LGS tried to tell me that group size at 100 yards was directly proportional to the cost of the scope. On a 22 rifle.
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So, the smaller the cost, the smaller the group? :rolleyes:
 
rufrdr said:
When I worked in a gun shop in the 70s a WW2 vet told me that the Nazis were so insidious they used wooden bullets in their Mausers. Massive infections would result in GIs shot with said bullets. He was talking about wood tipped 8mm blanks that GIs came across in Germany. Another veteran of the Pacific told me that the Japanese used poison bullets that had green poison on them that would cause a lingering death to any Marine or GI wounded with them. This guy was talking about 6.5 Arisaka rounds that the bullet jackets got a green tarnish on them in the humid Pacific. I had no idea what either one was talking about until the shop owner (also a WW2 vet) told me the background on the stories. Funny how those rumors get a life to them.
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Reminds me that them german machine guns ran so fast they’d have three bullets in the barrel at the same time.
 
I was in a shop a few days ago and overheard a conversation between a store employee and a woman who was obviously new to shopping for firearms. She must have said something about a warning shot, the guy in the store says something like No warning them, if you're gettin your gun out, you shoot and bang they're Dead ! The woman left pretty quickly as I don't think she was ready for such a crude shorthand lesson in "self defense".

Guy meant well of course about not drawing without reason, but the delivery was awful, complete with cowboy pistolero hand gestures. Would have been better served ( and maybe made a sale) if he mentioned training, firearm safety and understanding self-defense, etc. but instead he had to spout off.

A lot of folks really on the fence these days who are screwing up their courage to even go into a gun shop and after this I could see she was sorry she even went in. Sad.
 
Alfred said:
A lot of folks really on the fence these days who are screwing up their courage to even go into a gun shop and after this I could see she was sorry she even went in. Sad.
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I really wanted to come up with a 'side hustle' where you could take inexperienced gun owners and teach them some basics about the culture, self defense and the defensive mindset, the laws, etc. Basically get them up to speed around the thinking required for using the tool before they go in and are faced with morons who don't really understand how to use the tools they're selling. Then maybe do a 'field trip' to a gun store to show them what all goes on inside, etc. Then once they know that, let them go get some real training (like the CCW course) and THEN help them select/buy an appropriate gun and then get them lined up with some training for it. Use the existing training resources where possible, and fill in the knowledge gaps.

Probably not a big demand for it, but maybe it would help some people out and give them an option other than 'face the mall ninja'.

I've basically done something like this for several friends, family members and even some mostly anti-gun coworkers. They all seem to be appreciative, and while not turning them into sheepdogs :))) at least they 'get it' a little better than before.
 
Jayne said:
I really wanted to come up with a 'side hustle' where you could take inexperienced gun owners and teach them some basics about the culture, self defense and the defensive mindset, the laws, etc. Basically get them up to speed around the thinking required for using the tool before they go in and are faced with morons who don't really understand how to use the tools they're selling. Then maybe do a 'field trip' to a gun store to show them what all goes on inside, etc. Then once they know that, let them go get some real training (like the CCW course) and THEN help them select/buy an appropriate gun and then get them lined up with some training for it. Use the existing training resources where possible, and fill in the knowledge gaps.

Probably not a big demand for it, but maybe it would help some people out and give them an option other than 'face the mall ninja'.

I've basically done something like this for several friends, family members and even some mostly anti-gun coworkers. They all seem to be appreciative, and while not turning them into sheepdogs :))) at least they 'get it' a little better than before.
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Crazy how this isn't really a focus for the whole business.
 
Stick Man said:
This is no BS. Had a dude about 12 years or so ago tell me he had some super Uber on the down low, mercury tipped 357 Magnum bullets that a chemist buddy of his made up for him. Said you hit anyone from the knee up, they were done, lol. What's with the "done" thing with these guys.

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I'll take "You're full of s**t for $500, Alex."

As you can tell, I'm not popular with BS artists.

🙃
 
Stick Man said:
This is no BS. Had a dude about 12 years or so ago tell me he had some super Uber on the down low, mercury tipped 357 Magnum bullets that a chemist buddy of his made up for him. Said you hit anyone from the knee up, they were done, lol. What's with the "done" thing with these guys.

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Hey it worked in Jaws, amirite?!?!
 
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