Overheard at the gun counter....

[cwheatley]

"I want to sell or trade this old gun. Some people believe that this gun right here was used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln."

No, please - no. This isn't real. Please don't be real.

 

[Jgibs0321]

While asking about a precision bolt action rifle, an old man said to me “You dont need one of them big ol heavy guns, too heavy for deer. You want one of them lightweight guns like a savage or a remington.” To which I replied, “Its not for deer”.

 

[Chaparral]

Sometimes we have internal messages. Last LGS I was in the guys kept trying to upsell me on everything. I needed something they had in stock and the regular LGS was closed so….. I still got out with the low cost leaders.

 

[HFS]

"I want to sell or trade this old gun. Some people believe that this gun right here was used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln."

The gun probably had a patent date of 1875 on it.

ETA: Several years ago in a gun shop I saw an old gentleman with a Russian SKS he was trying to sell or trade. He said that he served during the Korean War and brought that rifle back with him.
But his Russian SKS was import marked.

 

[Jgibs0321]

The gun probably had a patent date of 1875 on it.

ETA: Several years ago in a gun shop I saw an old gentleman with a Russian SKS he was trying to sell or trade. He said that he served during the Korean War and brought that rifle back with him.
But his Russian SKS was import marked.

I was told by a salesman at Bass Pro Shops that he was a SEAL. And he had to wear a hood so people wouldnt know what they looked like in the event the Vietnamese captured them…. He proceeded to tell me he would always choose a Remington 700 30-06 as his primary for missions which were simply to “eliminate the enemy”. As be was trying to sell me a bolt action… a fat guy in an Army hat walked by and called the man “sarge”. I now want to go to stores and claim that Ive never owned a gun and want to buy one for defense and see what they tell me.

 

[Chaparral]

We stopped in a pawn shop to get a couple of replacement sockets. Person driving a car with CA plates pulled in. Asked where he could find wrenches, was standing in front of them. Three of us pointed at them. He said thanks and started digging through them.

With a very straight face and in all earnest he then looked at all three of us in the pawn shop and said: I need a bigger wrench. What comes after 19?

He was in earnest. He had no idea. We just walked out.

 

[ratski]

With a very straight face and in all earnest he then looked at all three of us in the pawn shop and said: I need a bigger wrench. What comes after 19?

Did you tell them "11"?

 

[Chaparral]

I kept quiet and slowly walked away. The question was just too out there for me to address. The pawn guy was not taken as far back, he apparently had experience with these type brian sturgeons.

 

[aarondhgraham]

I now want to go to stores and claim that Ive never owned a gun and want to buy one for defense and see what they tell me.

I've done this on many occasions,,,
Usually when I go into a pawn shop for the first time.

It's a decent gauge of how reputable the owners/clerks are,,,
If they try and feed me some BS on a gun or accessory,,,
Then I know that I can't ever trust them,,,
I'll still go there but with no trust.

If they tell me what I think is the truth,,,
Then I visit their store with some confidence.

Some of the stuff I've been told,,,
Made me want to laugh in their face,,,
But I always try to keep cool and just nod my head in wonder.

Aarond

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[AER244]

Archery counter at academy on nw expressway - “the only sound my bow makes is a sucking chest wound”.