ok i wll start whats the dumbest thing you have heard at lgs

[wcd]

ok so my travels took me by the lgs where I recently purchased a new hybrid holster, I asked about the difficulty in getting the self defense tool unholstered, and was told" Well yeah they make them that way you do not want theme to come out of the holster easily, you want to have to think about it for a little!"

Really if I have to draw in defense of my self or family I do not want to have to know the pinky square super secret pass word to unholster!

 

[kawtech87]

The dumbest thing I have ever heard in a gun store?

It usually has something to do with "stopping power" of a certain mythical round. Apparently there is a handgun made in the early 1900s that is chambered in a magical round that instantly destroys anything it hits with a single bullet.

 

[Jack Burton]

The gun shop that was in the Stegorish area in Illinois had an ex-cop owning it. He told me that with his FFL he could legally carry concealed in all 50 states. It wasn't worth my time to debate it with him as I wasn't going to be a customer.

Of course, about two years later he was convicted of selling Class 3 weapons without a licenses so I guess maybe he listened to another GS that steered him wrong.

 

[Crossbow]

The dumbest thing I ever heard in a gun store was also the most insulting;

"You should come back with your husband so he can help you pick out a gun that fits you."

 

[Fishersjohn48]

Easy one. I really don't know anything about these guns. Indy area well respected gun store btw

 

[HavokCycle]

ive had fortune of not having bad convos at LGS. might have to do with me minding my business, dunno, usually a trip to a store is an in and out affair, and i only linger whilst waiting for NICS checks.

 

[BogWalker]

Easy one. I really don't know anything about these guns. Indy area well respected gun store btw

Don's Guns?

 

[lovemachine]

One of the dumbest things I have heard in a gun shop?

That M&P's are as good as Glock.

 

[actaeon277]

The dumbest thing I ever heard in a gun store was also the most insulting;

"You should come back with your husband so he can help you pick out a gun that fits you."

Find a new salesman, or a new gun store.
They're not all Neanderthals.

 

[superjoe76]

At the new Dunhams in Fort Wayne when I was looking at the AR15s. "I don't understand why anyone needs an AR. If you want an AR you should join the Army" I just looked at him and smiled and walked on.

Haven't seen him there since.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Cabela's once informed me that the EAA Windicator .357 was their best revolver they had. Haven't been back since.

 

[stesco]

Easy one. I really don't know anything about these guns. Indy area well respected gun store btw

I overheard the same thing when a customer was asking about a Glock. I was surprised considering the LGS I was in. Very well respected shop here on INGO.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

Easy one. I really don't know anything about these guns. Indy area well respected gun store btw

Stupid I agree, but, I'd rather be told the truth then have someone lie and miss inform me.

 

[WebSnyper]

At the new Dunhams in Fort Wayne when I was looking at the AR15s. "I don't understand why anyone needs an AR. If you want an AR you should join the Army" I just looked at him and smiled and walked on.

Haven't seen him there since.

Now that is just ridiculous. That's the kind of opinion they need to keep to themselves.

Stupid I agree, but, I'd rather be told the truth then have someone lie and miss inform me.

Agreed, not everyone can know about every gun, and I'd rather have someone tell me that they don't have knowledge of a particular gun than try and BS me. Better yet, they can refer you to someone in the shop who likely knows more about that particular gun.

 

[Combsie]

Me: "Any .22's today?"

LGS: "Yup, bricks of Golden Bullets."

Me: "Finally, I'll take a brick."

LGS: "OK, that'll be $64.99" <------------------

 

[cl4p-tp]

that glocks are perfection and I should buy one

 

[halfmileharry]

"Damn, I didn't know it would do that" after a ND. Yes, an Indy GS maybe 6 yrs ago.

 

[Bennettjh]

I've always had good interactions with folks at stores. Some of these in this thread make me chuckle.

 

[churchmouse]

What one of my 1911's was worth on trade.....pretty dumb thing to say as I have never spent another dime there and never will.

 

[mbills2223]

One of the dumbest things I have heard in a gun shop?

That M&P's are as good as Glock.

that glocks are perfection and I should buy one

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