Funniest things you have heard in a gun shop

[hoc9sw]

Guy walks up next to me at Cabela's. I was browsing the Kimbers, he asked the clerk "What do you have for $1400? I want to spend at least that much on a .45 for my girl! I have cash!"

They sold him something really expensive. He passed the paperwork (I was surprised). All were happy. The girl was not present. Not sure what she thought.

 

[lowriderfxr]

I think I told this story before, but, when I was 19 I worked at a gun shop. I was demonstrating a SKB recoil operated O/U . I clicked it once, showed the men looking at it that it wasn't cocked and wouldn't click again. I turned it over and wrapped it with my palm on the recoil pad and clicked it again. A girl who I worked with asked me to show her again. She said "that's cool but it seems like it would be a pain in the *** if you were hunting and every time you shot it you had to hit it like that!" The men that I was showing the gun to were unable to control their laughter.

 

[Frank237]

Overheard a guy telling the EPIC story of his black bear hunt someplace in Canada.

He mentions that he had shot his "Huge" bear with a ".308 Weatherby magnum". I said to him, "You mean a three HUNDRED Weatherby"?

He replies..... "NO a three oh EIGHT....I had them build it special".

Like the comedian says....you can't make this stuff up.

 

[eyegots2no]

Customer brought in a Remington 1100 and asked,

"where do you install the gas?".

Also,

"I need a rifle that'll shoot 1 inch groups at 600 yards...I have $400 to spend."

Also,

Customer, "I need a 12 gauge because my [estranged] wife is threatening me and harassing me."

Clerk, "Why a 12 gauge?"

Customer, "You haven't seen how BIG she is!"

 

[reddogge]

When my deceased friend worked in a gun shop a lady came in and asked for "something small to fit in my hand". He had to stifle a laugh.

 

[shouldazagged]

"A shotgun is what you need for protection at home. You don't even have to aim it, them big old buckshot spread out about three feet in no time."

 

[jframe]

You guys think this stuff is funny; try working in a car dealership parts/service department for twenty years, and see what you hear then!

 

[Smoke]

Ok here's another one but it isn't funny, in fact it is the reason I will never shop at Specialty Sports of Colorado Springs ever again.

I took a pistol into their shop to have some work done; when I arrived the smith was working on a hunting rifle in the back. I could clearly see that the bolt had been removed but when I stepped up to the counter he aimed it at me.

Let me be perfectly clear he didn't accidently point the muzzle randomly in my general direction he aimed the gun at me.

I stepped to the side and told him who I was and that I had spoken to him on the phone. He aimed the rifle at me again and told me "That's fine, just leave your gun on the counter and I'll get to it in 5 minutes."

I stepped off line again and told him the part I needed replaced was in the box and I'd be looking around the store. He again aimed the rifle at me and said "That's fine I'll get to it in a minute or two."

I left the gun and did some looking around and in 10 minutes he found me and told me the repair was complete and told me it was free because he had done some work on that gun previously. I said thanks and left and have never set foot in that store since

 

[rwsmith]

Perhaps I'm targeting myself for laughter.....

I think I told this story before, but, when I was 19 I worked at a gun shop. I was demonstrating a SKB recoil operated O/U . I clicked it once, showed the men looking at it that it wasn't cocked and wouldn't click again. I turned it over and wrapped it with my palm on the recoil pad and clicked it again. A girl who I worked with asked me to show her again. She said "that's cool but it seems like it would be a pain in the *** if you were hunting and every time you shot it you had to hit it like that!" The men that I was showing the gun to were unable to control their laughter.

Maybe I'm setting myself up for something here, but I don't understand what this is about.

 

[ralph7]

When my deceased friend worked in a gun shop a lady came in and asked for "something small to fit in my hand". He had to stifle a laugh.

A stiff stifles a laugh.
Gotcha.

 

[Mydogmax]

I guess the funniest thing I've heard is "this is a great price"

 

[ACORN]

I heard a gun shop "expert" tell a prospective customer that "I would never buy a Ruger". When the customer asked why the clerk said
"They're all junk"
At another shop I asked a female clerk to see a used Super Blackhawk. She took it of the display and couldn't figure how the check to see if it was unloaded. She finally handed it to me and told me to check it.

 

[PR24]

I was at my LGS that has been here for 40 yrs. the owner is a dry joker. I mean deadpan is his mastery. A customer (who was a bit annoying) asked to see a pistol in the case. The owner said; "sure" and wiped the glass with a silicon rag. Then pointed at the pistol & said; "there you go" with no emotion staring at him. Several of us busted out laughing. Then the customer got offended. He shop owner then told him to chill & was just messing with him. He handed him the gun & the customer let it go & saw the humor in it.

 

[PR24]

I heard a gun shop "expert" tell a prospective customer that "I would never buy a Ruger". When the customer asked why the clerk said they're junk
At another shop I asked a female clerk to see a used Super Blackhawk. She took it of the display and couldn't figure how the check to see if it was unloaded. She finally handed it to me and told me to check it.

OH HEAVENS! I too have seen that daft behavior at stores too. Ignorance on the customers part is somewhat expected.... The employees ignorance is UNACCEPTABLE!

 

[Shorty 45 MK2]

Maybe I'm setting myself up for something here, but I don't understand what this is about.

In the field he wouldn't have to hit it, the recoil would do it.

That's ok, took me a minute as well.

 

[PR24]

That be the mythical golfball bullet.

Or trajectory........

 

[ralph7]

When my deceased friend worked in a gun shop a lady came in and asked for "something small to fit in my hand". He had to stifle a laugh.

"Sorry ma'am, I can't help you as I'm dead."

 

[ACORN]

Years ago when I had a shop, many of the local LEOs hung out there. One cop that mainly wrote parking tickets made his daily visit and asked to use a gun rag to wipe down his revolver. A couple minues later we heard him giggling and saying "Hey guys, look at this" when he raised the muzzle the hammer fell back. When he lowered the muzzle the hammer fell forward. He had no idea how long it had been broken.

 

[oldsalt72]

Being frustrated with an old SA revolver I had been shooting and not well at that. The targets proved that out. This older timer than me said well you have to get your hand on the grip just right. you may have to twist your hand one way or the other, and you may have to adjust your grip a lot. And I looked at him in all seriousness and said, "I ain't giving no Da__ gun a secret handshake just to shoot it!

 

[Engine 21]

This was at a well known sporting goods store in Kittery, Maine. The store is very large and many tourists go through the firearms department browsing . This guy said to the clerk "Well, I could buy it here and you could ship it to the Boarder Patrol office and I can pick it up there before going back into Canada". He was looking at a Colt 1911-A1. Clerk looks at him and puts the Colt back in the case and said "Canada will never let you bring a handgun across the boarder." Guy looks at him and said - wait for it - so that's what they are. I have never seen one before. Everyone within 10 feet of them just turned and stared. I felt sorry for him to be that isolated and naive. But he was enjoying himself and left with a smile on his face.