Stuff overheard at the range or local gun shop

[83cj-7]

5. This involves Rokslide in a way. Before I was a member I would surf the classifieds and look at rifles. I came across a rifle that I wanted and asked a buddy who was a member to contact the person and have him call me. He did and we made the deal on the rifle. I no longer worked at the LGS but had it transferred there. When I went to pick it up they were busy and told me I could go open it and log it in and get the paperwork started as that had been one of my jobs while working there. When I unboxed the rifle and got it unwrapped I opened the bolt and was shocked when a live round came out of the chamber! It also had 3 more rounds in the mag box! I looked down at the safety, yup, safety off. I couldn’t believe it! Packed and shipped halfway across the country with a live round in the chamber, safety off and a 1.5lbs trigger. I immediately called the guy who shipped it. He was obviously horrified and said he had one of his newer shop employees package it up and ship it out. Hopefully than person got some firearm safety lessons that day.

 

[igethangry]

Earlier this year, two guys at the range trying to sight in a braked 300WM Tikka Superlite with some sort of Leupold on top. Using a lead sled. They were trying to zero at 200 yards and fired something like 20+ rounds trying to get it on paper. "This scope was zeroed at 200 before...". They're talking back and forth and can't seem to figure it out. Just before we cease fire to pull targets I hear, "Oh, I think that's the 300 yard target..." They had put their target up at 300 yards and, without ever touching a turret, sent 20+ rounds into the dirt. They moved their target to the correct 200 yard berm and still couldn't get it sighted in. I left eventually, but I saw the same guy back there a couple weeks later with a different buddy trying to sight in the same gun... don't know if they ever got it set up.

A few weeks ago, at the same range, sighting a gun in for my FIL before rifle opener. I normally stay away from the ranges that time of year, but I made an exception for this. Pretty cold day, snowing. I get there, no one else around and I'm thinking great. Well, shortly after I get there, a family of 5 and a dad and son show up. The family of 5 has 3 young kids. The dad sits down at the bench and starts shooting not paying attention to the kids, the mom is doing something else on her phone while the kids are running around with loaded .22lr rifles... The dad and son set up next to me without saying anything and he's got the kid trying to sight in a big braked rifle and he's just getting the piss hammered out of him. Took a bunch of shots to get on paper at 25 yards. While this is going on, I'm sitting there debating whether I should stay or not because I had already hung my targets, but when those kids started running around with their guns I was like F this and left.