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Stupid things you have seen or heard at gun shows!
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lol that is a good one
Single most ridiculous thing ever heard in a gun store (by me)? An older fellow came in to trade a rifle for an AR. The clerk instructed the man on the ballistics of the .223 REM.
"You see, the .223 Remington ain't zactly like the .308. Your regular .308 round will be on target at about 25 yards and again at about 200 yards and continues to drop after that purty regular like. [so far so good] But the .223 now, that's a whole nuther matter. When you're on target at 25 yards you'll be on target again at 300 yards. [again so far so good but next is where the wheels come off and I nearly lost it]
It's after the 300 yards that the bullet will begin to rise again."
I still can't believe I heard that. But I did. The older man looked old enough to have been taught Newtonian physics so I doubt he believed the "youngun".
"You see, the .223 Remington ain't zactly like the .308. Your regular .308 round will be on target at about 25 yards and again at about 200 yards and continues to drop after that purty regular like. [so far so good] But the .223 now, that's a whole nuther matter. When you're on target at 25 yards you'll be on target again at 300 yards. [again so far so good but next is where the wheels come off and I nearly lost it]
It's after the 300 yards that the bullet will begin to rise again."
I still can't believe I heard that. But I did. The older man looked old enough to have been taught Newtonian physics so I doubt he believed the "youngun".
Eastman show in Gwinnett over a year ago: dealer tells two middle aged African American gentlemen that they can't purchase any of his ARs or even a lower because "all these AR-15s are rated and built for full auto! See the selector switch? They have the full-auto symbol, so I can't sell them to you."
Now, these fellas didn't look like they were straight outa Compton. One had on a 25th ID hat. The two men looked at each other, looked at the dealer, looked back at each other.
I said (to the one with the hat) "excuse me, partner, when did you serve with the Strawberry lightning ?"
After the pleasantries I steered them to a dealer who gladly sold them an AR.
Contrast: Show down in Conyers. I'm helping a friend (ffl) at his table. Pregnant woman walks up , points at an AR Pistol in 300 Black Out and asks "what is that?" I answer "It's an AR-15 pistol..." Before I can say 300 BO, she says "That's what I wants, I'll takes it". I then tell her the caliber, but she doesn't care. While filling out the 4473 she doesn't know what county she lives in. When I look at her ID it's a temporary/ provisional. I thought you got a paper temporary license these days. She's shaky about her address, asks for help filling out the form, doesn't understand calibers etc. And then she wanders off! Leaves her license and disappears. We ran her through the Nics while we had nothing else to do and, surprise, she was declined. "New Address" for someone with the same name that had been declined before.
I/we suspect she was trying to buy for a gang, ya think?
Nice to know you can always legally turn someone down on a purchase if you don't like how it feels, and the lady wouldn't have gotten the weapon even if she'd passed Nics (that's how obviously bad it looked). But the other dealer just flat out telling a complete lie ("all my guns are full auto") was just as crazy .
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Now, these fellas didn't look like they were straight outa Compton. One had on a 25th ID hat. The two men looked at each other, looked at the dealer, looked back at each other.
I said (to the one with the hat) "excuse me, partner, when did you serve with the Strawberry lightning ?"
After the pleasantries I steered them to a dealer who gladly sold them an AR.
Contrast: Show down in Conyers. I'm helping a friend (ffl) at his table. Pregnant woman walks up , points at an AR Pistol in 300 Black Out and asks "what is that?" I answer "It's an AR-15 pistol..." Before I can say 300 BO, she says "That's what I wants, I'll takes it". I then tell her the caliber, but she doesn't care. While filling out the 4473 she doesn't know what county she lives in. When I look at her ID it's a temporary/ provisional. I thought you got a paper temporary license these days. She's shaky about her address, asks for help filling out the form, doesn't understand calibers etc. And then she wanders off! Leaves her license and disappears. We ran her through the Nics while we had nothing else to do and, surprise, she was declined. "New Address" for someone with the same name that had been declined before.
I/we suspect she was trying to buy for a gang, ya think?
Nice to know you can always legally turn someone down on a purchase if you don't like how it feels, and the lady wouldn't have gotten the weapon even if she'd passed Nics (that's how obviously bad it looked). But the other dealer just flat out telling a complete lie ("all my guns are full auto") was just as crazy .
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Oh that's GREAT, I laughed way too loud for work on that one, lol, "It'll start to rise again".
Cracked me up!
You 'spose to aks where she stay.
Saw a guy at one of the Forest Park shows years ago who told the seller he really didn't need any extra mags or a holster because "I'm gonna load it and stick it in my nightstand in case I ever need it. I just need enough bullets to fill the clip."
Ahhhh....the little Forest Park show....I've seen some very interesting firearms enthusiasts at that show.
Ok, while we're all remembering past gun shows....
Which one of y'all jack legs was the guy that was as big around as he was tall that used to walk around the Eastman shows with a S&W 500 strapped to his side in a holster with a shiny "CCW" badge attached to it?
Fess up! We all saw you MANY times at MANY different shows! Hahaha!
Whoever you are, you gave me and @froghunter alot of laughs back in those days.
Which one of y'all jack legs was the guy that was as big around as he was tall that used to walk around the Eastman shows with a S&W 500 strapped to his side in a holster with a shiny "CCW" badge attached to it?
Fess up! We all saw you MANY times at MANY different shows! Hahaha!
Whoever you are, you gave me and @froghunter alot of laughs back in those days.
