What is the dumbest thing you've seen/heard in a gun shop?

[Leatherhead]

Me: I am here to pick up my S&W revolver.
Them: What's the name and model number?
Me: C*****, S&W model 58.
Them: There is no such thing as a model 58. What caliber is it?
Me: Yes, there is a model 58 and it is a .41 magnum.
Them: I will check under your name, but sir, there is no such thing as a S&W M58 in .41 magnum.
Me: Just check under my name.
Them: I checked and there is a revolver under your name, but it is a M29 and it is a .44 magnum. In the future, please know what model you are receiving. I will go get it.
Me: Thanks, and could I speak with the manager, thanks.
Them: Here it is, see it is.......well, I have never seen one of them.
Manager: May I help you.
Me: Yes, explain to this gentleman that there is a S&W M58 and it is in .41 magnum.
Manager: Well, to be honest with you, I have never heard of one, but apparently they do make them.
Me: Well, yes they used to make them. Can I do the paperwork now and leave?

**** that shop!

 

[StateLine]

Me: I am here to pick up my S&W revolver.
Them: What's the name and model number?
Me: C*****, S&W model 58.
Them: There is no such thing as a model 58. What caliber is it?
Me: Yes, there is a model 58 and it is a .41 magnum.
Them: I will check under your name, but sir, there is no such thing as a S&W M58 in .41 magnum.
Me: Just check under my name.
Them: I checked and there is a revolver under your name, but it is a M29 and it is a .44 magnum. In the future, please know what model you are receiving. I will go get it.
Me: Thanks, and could I speak with the manager, thanks.
Them: Here it is, see it is.......well, I have never seen one of them.
Manager: May I help you.
Me: Yes, explain to this gentleman that there is a S&W M58 and it is in .41 magnum.
Manager: Well, to be honest with you, I have never heard of one, but apparently they do make them.
Me: Well, yes they used to make them. Can I do the paperwork now and leave?

I don't understand why the hell he wouldn't just admit that he'd never heard of a model 58 instead of trying to insist it didn't exist. Even if he still didn't believe you, he should have kept his mouth shut until he had his hands on the gun. Then he could have either corrected you or realized that he was uninformed without coming out looking like a dumbass.

I've been around guns for 30 years... military, law enforcement, competitive shooting... I consider my firearms knowledge to be above average but what I STILL don't know about guns could fill a set of encyclopedias. If I don't know something then I admit it and I'm happy to learn something new. Jeez.

 

[Dbodt]

I walk into a gun store, very young man working behind the counter. I ask if he has a nine millimeter stripper clip that would fit a 1916 c96 red nine broomhandle Mauser. I get a blank stare so I add The type the German nazi officers were issued in world war 2. He looks at like I am an idiot and states , with some serious attitude, Sir the the Mauser 1916 c96 is not designed to take a stripper clip, However if you would like to bring the weapon in we would be more than happy to show you how to properly load the magazine. I reply, **** maybe that's why the 150,000 Germans that ordered and used this gun lost the war the dumbasses were loading them with stripper clips and apparently they needed some smart ass kid to show them how to properly load the magazine. I left and have not been back.

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[Constitution Hour]

500 rnds .22lr for $60.00 + tax

 

[nate31405]

$260 Mosin Nagants at a LGS in Savannah

 

[Retread]

i think i would have bought it and then schooled him on the proper terms.

If you get a good deal, why does the intelligence of the seller matter?

 

[righter13]

Me: I am here to pick up my S&W revolver.
Them: What's the name and model number?
Me: C*****, S&W model 58.
Them: There is no such thing as a model 58. What caliber is it?
Me: Yes, there is a model 58 and it is a .41 magnum.
Them: I will check under your name, but sir, there is no such thing as a S&W M58 in .41 magnum.
Me: Just check under my name.
Them: I checked and there is a revolver under your name, but it is a M29 and it is a .44 magnum. In the future, please know what model you are receiving. I will go get it.
Me: Thanks, and could I speak with the manager, thanks.
Them: Here it is, see it is.......well, I have never seen one of them.
Manager: May I help you.
Me: Yes, explain to this gentleman that there is a S&W M58 and it is in .41 magnum.
Manager: Well, to be honest with you, I have never heard of one, but apparently they do make them.
Me: Well, yes they used to make them. Can I do the paperwork now and leave?

Sorry to laugh at this but I did something similar to my girlfriends mom. She told me she had a Ruger .41 Magnum and I said " I think you mean 44Magnum?" well Turns out I was wrong lol.
Next day I went to find some ammo for it bc I wanted to shoot it since I never knew that a .41 Magnum existed. Guy at the shop said " you mean .41 Magnum?" I said nope. Then he had the nerve to ask if I had seen it? I said " yeah, it's in the car"

 

[Retread]

I saw an n frame at a store. I asked the model. He said it's an L frame model 27 357 magnum but it will shoot 38's. I said, you mean N frame? He acted superior and said naw, It's an L frame.

Last year I was at a Publix and overheard two Down's Syndrome baggers talking about how stupid the manager was.

 

[Jester7]

I had a store clerk inform me that a shotgun was too expensive me to look at, but when he tried to explain what it was, he has the specs completely wrong and even the possible gauges wrong (shotgun with interchangeable barrels). I corrected him on the specs, and after he actually read the specs from the sheet, he apologized. Guess what, too late for me to be a customer or even look in his store.

Dude, as soon at he said it was too expensive for me, I'd be out the door... **** em

Oh, and the dumbest thing I've ever heard at a gunstore was at Pannells in Woodstock. One of the POS "workers" telling a wounded guy just off the range that he was hit with shrapnel because someone clearly shot one of the metal target holders... and that their "backdrop" was fine. I had to call BS on that... will never be back to Pannells (Parnells?) after getting hit in the face with a large piece of lead (and no one was hitting the damn target holders). (Luckily I was saved by my operator-beard )

 

[sublimebeer]

I took my friend chooting about a year ago. Won't say the range it his name, but his dumb ass shot the wall of the range(about 4 feet down the range and 4 lanes over). I looked at him, took the gun and left the range. He gone.