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I stopped at walmart to pick up some ammo and while there a fellow told me I should save the brass and reload. I said I no longer reload because I am turning into a old dude. He then tells me he reloads 1000 rounds an hour for his hundreds of guns and that he has won pistol matches all over. I said I had been shooting for 60 years and he replies that he started when he was 5 years old. Says he carries a 10 mm and asked me if I know what a 10mm is. Then shows me his mag with the 10 mm in it. I think the term blowhard comes to mind. Maybe everything he says is true or not but I could care less. Anyone else ever run into this type of person at a gun shop or range, you know the one who knows every thing and is better than you at every thing.
 
One-uppers can never be defeated in their eyes.

Got 10 guns?..I have 600. You don't reload?.. your a fool. You reload?.. That's for chumps. US champion shooter?.. world champ here.

It's only exhausting until you start playing games with them. Tell them you were an astronaut or that you are an astrophysicist to see where they go with it. Then get more outrageous with each claim.
 
grover99 said:
I stopped at walmart to pick up some ammo and while there a fellow told me I should save the brass and reload. I said I no longer reload because I am turning into a old dude. He then tells me he reloads 1000 rounds an hour for his hundreds of guns and that he has won pistol matches all over. I said I had been shooting for 60 years and he replies that he started when he was 5 years old. Says he carries a 10 mm and asked me if I know what a 10mm is. Then shows me his mag with the 10 mm in it. I think the term blowhard comes to mind. Maybe everything he says is true or not but I could care less. Anyone else ever run into this type of person at a gun shop or range, you know the one who knows every thing and is better than you at every thing.
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Plenty of know it all's on this forum. Don't need to meet the guy from Wal Mart.
 
LVSteve said:
I think the modern term is gun store/counter commando.
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Unfortunately, these guys can be more than annoyances. On more than a few occasions, I've had to ask a shop fly to keep their opinions to themselves vs confuse new customers with their superior view of the world of weapons.
IMHO (and practice), gun purchasers should be advised of options by the shops trained staff, not bullied into a bad decision by know-it-all bystanders. This is especially true for new shooters when it comes to choices of caliber, action type, safeties etc. In short: One size does not fit all.

As an aside, I've been noticing more of these experts seem to have more keyboard than trigger time under their belt. :-)
 
I had about forgot about him..:rolleyes:
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Wee Hooker said:
Unfortunately, these guys can be more than annoyances. On more than a few occasions, I've had to ask a shop fly to keep their opinions to themselves vs confuse new customers with their superior view of the world of weapons.
IMHO (and practice), gun purchasers should be advised of options by the shops trained staff, not bullied into a bad decision by know-it-all bystanders. This is especially true for new shooters when it comes to choices of caliber, action type, safeties etc. In short: One size does not fit all.

As an aside, I've been noticing more of these experts seem to have more keyboard than trigger time under their belt. :-)
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Bakebfr480 said:
Working in a LGS I encounter them quite often!
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We have one of those. I have had to put an old stallion in the stall with the young colt to quiet him down on more than one occasion...
 
With the special assignments he had..

rwt1405 said:
All HAIL Gecko45!

Shrine of the Mall Ninja >>
LonelyMachines
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With the special assignments and need for equipment that a SWAT would use in his high risk, high profile, high opportunity, I wonder why he would ask on a gun forum? He'd be better off talking to an arms dealer.

I swannee, you could make a novel out of the exploits of such a highly trained, equipped and egotistical mall cop. "I used a breaching round to enter the stall, and there he was. The woman's little lost puppy. She had left him in the rest room and he accidentally locked the stall door. And I was lucky that I finishd that 'operation' because when I did, terrorists stormed the hobby shop and took an original Ty Cobb baseball card hostage. How dare they insult the United States of America like that?"
 
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Reminds me of the old cartoon "The World of Commander McBragg I watched as a Kid. Watch it some time on your computer. We've all met them before. One upmanship is their stock and trade. "Lost a leg in the war...well, my head was blown clean off but a good medic was able to re-attach it with bailing wire and duct tape until I could be sent for triage...
 
Knew a guy from HS who was the consummate BS Artist.

Thirty years after HS, we met and he regaled me on his hunting adventures.

Went on and on about the man eating BLACK bear he shot someplace up in Canada.

" Shot it with my Custom Weatherby" He told me.

"What Weatherby cartridge" I asked.

"it's a .308 Weatherby Magnum" , he replied.

"Sure it's not a THREE HUNDRD Weatherby" Said I.

"No! A THREE OH EIGHT Weatherby.....Had it built for me Special".

FN in MT
 
With a cnnnon in his hand.....

Ron M. said:
Reminds me of the old cartoon "The World of Commander McBragg I watched as a Kid. Watch it some time on your computer. We've all met them before. One upmanship is their stock and trade. "Lost a leg in the war...well, my head was blown clean off but a good medic was able to re-attach it with bailing wire and duct tape until I could be sent for triage...
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...he can defeat any man. Or so says the brag of McBragg.

"Quite"

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTjtJ9Psgn0[/ame]


PS: I'd expect him to say that he sewed his own head back on, with quick thinking, of course.
 
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I always like the fellows who have a family member of friend in the Navy. Of course, the friend is almost always SEAL. Never a bosun's mate or quartermaster, always a SEAL! And if they have a buddy in the Army, he will, of course, be a Geen Beret. Now I do not doubt that people do have friends who are indeed special forces, but most of the time it just seems like a fisherman's lie.
 
Reminds me of my one of my husband's old coworkers who was 19 years old and supposedly was in Special forces, awarded two purple hearts (for saving his entire squad), and was honorably discharged after stepping on a landmine which broke both of his legs. Must have had a great doctor, he didn't limp or have any scars.
 
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