Stuff overheard at the range or local gun shop

[Yoder]

I'd take a Taurus over a new Springfield, or the PSA clones

Taurus and Keltec are awesome. If you get a good one. Just like Range Rovers and Ford Pintos.

 

[bigbassfish]

When I worked at a major sporting good retailer, we had an old lady come in looking for a Christmas present for her grandson. She described him as a pansy little nerdy kid, and she was going to buy him a deer hunting rifle so he could go hunt and be a man. She went on to describe how she wanted to buy something extremely lightweight, but would only entertain 30 cal magnums that would kill anything in North America. Fancy inlay and wood, but also also durable enough to last 100 years outside.... Long story short, this lady wouldn't take a lick of advice, and ended up walking out with about $8k in 6 rifles, all used, mostly old Weatherby's with a random Model 70 and a Rem 700. We all felt bad for the way Grandma talked about that kid... I've always wondered if she needed another grandson lol.

 

[EastHumboldt]

When I worked at a major sporting good retailer, we had an old lady come in looking for a Christmas present for her grandson. She described him as a pansy little nerdy kid, and she was going to buy him a deer hunting rifle so he could go hunt and be a man. She went on to describe how she wanted to buy something extremely lightweight, but would only entertain 30 cal magnums that would kill anything in North America. Fancy inlay and wood, but also also durable enough to last 100 years outside.... Long story short, this lady wouldn't take a lick of advice, and ended up walking out with about $8k in 6 rifles, all used, mostly old Weatherby's with a random Model 70 and a Rem 700. We all felt bad for the way Grandma talked about that kid... I've always wondered if she needed another grandson lol.

Man I wish my gramma woulda talked smack about me and bought me six rifles…. OTOH, poor kid if his first time pulling a trigger is a weatherby magnum.

 

[BLJ]

Parkersburg

Obviously dealing with some people from Ohio.

 

[thoffman89]

I worked at a local shop part time for a while and was always surprised how many folks thought boresighting was good enough to go hunting with... They'd come in every year and just get their gun boresighted..

 

[*zap*]

At the indoor range near me I wear body armor....it gets comments from the sheep brotherhood.

 

[bigbassfish]

That reminded me of another good one, had a guy come in with a brand new seekins and an NX8 to top it off with, this guy insisted that I be the one to mount his scope and bore sight it for him. When I got done and gave him the usual “that should be on paper at 25 yards, you’ll still need to zero it in at an appropriate distance” he tells me he didn’t mind waiting because he took the last one I mounted for him he took straight on a NM private land elk hunt, and he shot his bull at 330 yards and it dropped him on the spot, so this one should be good enough too. Like brother, don’t be telling me that, you’re putting a lot of faith into an hourly retail employee….

 

[EastHumboldt]

That reminded me of another good one, had a guy come in with a brand new seekins and an NX8 to top it off with, this guy insisted that I be the one to mount his scope and bore sight it for him. When I got done and gave him the usual “that should be on paper at 25 yards, you’ll still need to zero it in at an appropriate distance” he tells me he didn’t mind waiting because he took the last one I mounted for him he took straight on a NM private land elk hunt, and he shot his bull at 330 yards and it dropped him on the spot, so this one should be good enough too. Like brother, don’t be telling me that, you’re putting a lot of faith into an hourly retail employee….

The lack of interest in simple ballistics and lack of concern for his prey is astonishing.

 

[MTtrout]

When I was young (maybe 12ish) I was at a local gun range’s turkey shoot, another kid asked his dad why the barrel on my shotgun was so small. I heard the dad say that’s because it’s a wimpy 20ga and not a 12ga like theirs -Back then you couldn’t hunt with a rifle where I grew up so you had to shoot slugs at the shoot too-. told my dad what I heard and he said they use a 12ga to feel strong and to punch a bigger hole in the pie plate. As my dad and I carried numerous frozen turkeys back to the truck at the end of the day I couldn’t have been more proud of our 20ga shotguns hanging from our shoulders.

 

[Nicaburns]

I stopped at a shop while traveling, and a patron came in who was complaining that he had shot a deer with his 300 blackout and not found any blood trail… the employee stated “that is understandable…. 300 blk supersonic loads are going so fast they often cauterize the wound”
This was a guy in his 50s who clearly had worked there a long time as the patron seemed to know him…. I beat a hasty retreat

 

[GoatPackr]

An old fud at the range told me I should be using really hard bullets for hunting so that if I shoot an animal in the rain the bullet won't "Shatter" on the wet hair because wet hair is just like shooting water or steel. I just nodded and said good idea.

 

[EastHumboldt]

I stopped at a shop while traveling, and a patron came in who was complaining that he had shot a deer with his 300 blackout and not found any blood trail… the employee stated “that is understandable…. 300 blk supersonic loads are going so fast they often cauterize the wound”
This was a guy in his 50s who clearly had worked there a long time as the patron seemed to know him…. I beat a hasty retreat

I thought deer were s’posed to black out when shot with tht round, If you’re really slick you can scare em into the back of your truck right after they wake up but right before they die and save yourself a ton of trouble. True dat.