That reminds me of the YouTube video of the DEA agent in a school saying that he is the "only one in this room qualified to handle a Glock", right before he shoots himself in the leg with it...Ex-LEO or Military are the worst IMO. Especially the ones who haven't been one for years but still want to school us on whatever stupid they learned back in the day. My Dad, an ex-IPD officer who has been retired for 30+ years, was showing me safe gun handling and shot a hole in my kitchen floor. Thanks Dad, at least you reinforced safe gun handling in my mind, just not the way you had planned...
Well Bradis explains most of it. And just because one hasn't seen or heard of something (reasonable product) doesn't mean its not out there.I went to Bradis to try to buy an AR stripped lower with some particular features. I asked the guy at the counter and he told me "they don't make those and they never did".
When I tried to explain what I was looking for, he cut me off and assured me that he was a part time cop, retired military, etc and that he knew good and well what he was talking about. He went on to lecture me that all ar lowers are the exact same except for the markings because they are all milspec.
Wtf? Really? I understand being ignorant. I am often ignorant. I do not understand why some folks need to be so aggressive in their ignorance.
That is complete BS. I’ve used polymer tip duty ammo by Speer (G2) and Hornady for several years and never had an issue, even in select-fire 9mm platforms.Was at Point Blank in Merrillville one time and the RO saw I was shooting some Critical Defense. He told me I should use those because the polymer tip will melt on your feed ramp and jam it up. And he was told by a cop!
Sounds like your friend was lucky. Some places would probably treat that as prima facie evidence that you were hunting from the road. And if it was still dark, that's another possible charge.So - not a store or a range.
But I was Elk hunting in Durango CO a couple years ago and we were stopped by a Conservation Officer on our way to the hunting spot at 5:00 in the morning. My buddy was holding his rifle in his lap (safely) and the officer asked "is your gun loaded?"
My friend said "I don't know"
The officer took his rifle (it did have a round in the chamber) and proceed to give him verbal beatdown and a ticket for being such a big idiot that walks around with a gun not knowing if it is loaded or not.
I once heard an explanation of hollow point bullet terminal ballistics from an NRA Certified Instructor. It went like this- When you fire the round, the spinning of the bullet causes the petals in the jacket to open. When it hits the target, the spinning petals act like razor blades and cut a hole in the target. The bullet going through the target and the spinning of the jacket makes a "hurricane force" that sucks the bad guy's lungs into the hole made by the bullet. I'm an NRA Certified Instructor and I must have missed that part in Instructor class.......
NRA instructors are like those that claim LEO, Military, Master Jedi status etc. Most are nowhere near as proficient as the ones that really care. Remember just because they passed a minimum standard Doesn't make them proficient (like 80% of everyone with firearms or driving. Doesnt make one proficient.So how would he explain HP's making the same size hole, in paper, as FMJ?
If the "spinning" opens the jacket in mid flight, shouldn't it cut a much larger hole in a paper target? Hmmmmmm.