I want to share the "knowledge"..........
44pinshooter
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i thought that I would share with you, some of the "knowledge" I've gleaned from working a gun counter and fixing guns. These are actual things that people have told me.
Did you know that a 30/06 firing a 180 bullet, zeroed at 100 yards, drops 14 feet at 400 yards, BUT, a 300 WSM with a 180 bullet, zeroed at 100 yards, only drops 4 inches.
The worst gun to carry for self-defense is a S&W .38 Special J-frame. Why? It only holds 5 bullets, you can't protect yourself with that.
The 6.5 Creedmoor was invented for elk hunting at 1000 yards.
Thousands of police officers have died in gunfights because their S&W revolvers went into locked mode.
Heck, I use .300 Winchester magnum ammo in my Weatherby .300. It is cheaper and you know a .300 magnum is a .300 magnum.
You charged me for test firing my rifle after you cleaned it. The guy at Cabela's said that you couldn't of, because there is no such thing as .32 Winchester Special ammo.
The customer had a Savage Model 99 in .308 Winchester. He handed me a couple of fired cases. Smoke blacken and the shoulder and neck blown forward. Head stamp was .300 Savage. I told him he was using the wrong ammo, your gun is a .308 Winchester. He told me I didn't know s**t, as all Savages were in .300 Savage. That's why it is called a Savage.
Customer brought it a Ruger Redhawk, in .44 Magnum. Top strap and 3 of the cylinders were blown off. Customer said he was doing some fast double action shooting and that he was shooting so fast that one of the bullets caught up with one still in the barrel. After looking the gun over and seeing there was no damage to the barrel, like what you see when there is a squib stuck in there and the next round fired hits it. I said that it looked like an over loaded round of ammo did this. NO! I was shooting so fast, that a bullet didn't get out of the way for the next one.
Customer brings in a Winchester 94 for gunsmithing. Says he inherited it from his grandfather and wants his son the shoot his first deer with it, but when they went to sight it in, bullets were missing the target and some were key-holing on the target. Customer said that his grandfather shot a lot of deer and must have shot the barrel out. He asked me to re-barrel it for him. I'm looking the barrel over, bore clean and shinny, rifling sharp, checking the crown for nicks or burrs, looks good. Told him that I wanted check the gun over and shoot it before I go and re-barrel it. OK. Fill out the work order and give him a copy. He asked why did I list it as a .32 Winchester Special, it is a 30-30. I said it was a .32 W.S. not a 30-30. You are wrong! All lever actions are 30-30. ( I had a difficult time telling my Marlin Guide Gun that it wasn't a .45-70. Don't even want to think about breaking that fact that to my friends Doug Turnbull 1886 in .50-110. )
I'll leave you for today with this last bit of knowledge, one that I'll guarantee to be fact. Customer comes in and as he is opening up his gun case tells me that shooting fish in the stream with the muzzle of your gun in the water doesn't work. He hands me a Remington 870 in 12 gauge with the muzzle opened up in 4 splits like a flower, from the muzzle going about 5 inches back. Yup, I'll buy that.
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About half the people really shouldn't own guns..
🤣a 300 magnum is a 300 magnummm
Thanks for sharing the wisdom.....I will slow down the next time I get my Ruger Super Blackhawk out. 😜
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I have worked a gun store counter also. My favorite was "I can buy that at Walmart for xxx". I would tell them to go there and buy it.
My "I could buy it at Walmart" customer said they had the gun there for $50 less than we did, but Walmart was out of them. I told him that's the price we charge when we're out of them, too.
God bless you. I couldn't work in the retail business to save my life😣
I have noticed through the years there seems to be a quick burn out of the guys behind the gun counters.The better and more knowledgeable ones are the first to go.
Having spent four years behind the counter, there is a lot of truth in all that has been said .
I worked part time at a busy , my favorite, gunshop and I can attest EVERY word you stated is true from the "customers" mouth. 😐️
Thanks for sharing the laughs....
Before I retired I had thought that if I got bored I might see about picking up some part time work at one of the local gun shops. The more I hear you guys that have 'been there, done that' the less inclined I am to entertain that notion!
When you enjoy a hobby and pursue it as a paying gig, 9 times out of 10 you will be finding another hobby! 😁
a bit off topic, but I stopped at Dairy Queen yesterday and the guy taking the money saw my marine corps hat and asked me what the marines did, was it like the National Guard. I said no we used to do a lot of amphibious landings and fighting . He looked at me funny and asked you mean like the coast guard?? I just shook my head and said no we have been in a few more wars than the coast guard. This kid had to be in his early 20's and had NO CLUE, I bet he retires from Dairy Queen, shoot maybe it was Dano............
I have told more people than I can count that if they spent the two weeks before deer season in a gun store, they would never set foot in the woods again.
A few years back I had a guy in a gun shop in High Point, N.C. tell me that his M1A would shoot a 1" group at 1000 yards. I told him they all would do that. As long as you only fire one shot. I am not sure he got it.
Owned a Teaching Supply Store... Teachers would come in and want to copy pages out of the books I was selling...
My wife, 2 daughters & son in-law are all teachers, probably one on them🤔
It isn't just gun stores, and it isn't just a recent phenomenon. I worked in a Western Auto store in the late 60s, and had just as many head-shaking horror stories. In fact, it isn't just customers...I've had just as many idiots "serving" me as store clerks.
I hear so many different opions at the gun show every weekend its amazing. That so many people out there are professionals. My crew an my wife especially get a kick out of my response when some one asks about one of the 1000's of parts i sell if i have a specific one with out having the broken one or the firearm with them. My response it which size due you need, small medium or large. This is especially good for wood or butt plates. They stand there with a funny look on there face an say they will have to measure it. Some of the items are only one size. But to tell the professionals gunsmith that they are is priceless.😂🤣🤣🤣
It’s after hearing stories like this that I’m glad I chose to be a railroader. Lol
Agree, +++
A 1911 ‘expert’ tried to convince me that the best way to clear the chamber of a 1911 from condition 1 was to slowly drop the hammer, remove the magazine and rack the slide.
I suggested that a safer approach would be to drop the magazine and rack the slide.
He told me that if I didn’t know how to lower the hammer, I should probably get rid of my 1911’s.
Brad Steele
He was right you know. I'll PM you my address. @Don McManus
Priceless 44pinshooter.
Try explaining the difference between 38 caliber cartridges to someone who just bought a "thuttiate", and wanting some "bullets" for it!!!!
No need to go private, but that is fine if you want to do so.
I have done it both ways, but is it safer to drop the hammer first?
Brad Steele
Some real wizards out there in this world!
Seriously, yep I've done both ways also. I do not feel it safe to drop hammer first and don't see a need to. Do the way you described. ^^^^^^^^^^