gun shops...
I have had two negative experiences at gun shops. One was "gander mountain", the one gander mountain had this ONE guy that worked there, he was a real "know it all", and I was looking for a certain small piece of reloading equipment, and hes goes into this big long diatribe how i'm not buying the correct thing, blah blah... all he really did convince me of, was that all he knows about reloading, is he works the counter at a gun shop and never reloaded in his life.
as soon as i mentioned it to other people, they knew exactly which guy i was talkign about, LMAO, I guess he makes a real impression on everyone that went in the store. For a couple years, if i was i teh store, and HE was there? I didnt even approach the counter, he was THAT annoying, LMAO
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the OTHER one was more "serious". some years back, I had several 357s, a 40, a 380, etc etc...... but, i realized i didnt have a 45acp, nor did i have a 44mag. I was always curious how i might handle a 44... and would idly TALK about it with gun shop counter people, you know?
this ONE shop I had already bought a rifle at before? I went in, and was looking at a 44 in the case... I had the money in my pocket, and was JUST about to MAYBE buy it on the spot... I asked what the recoil was like on a 44mag, as i had never SSHOT one before, and had HEARD some people liked it, others found it too much recoil (until i shot one or owned one, how would i KNOW, eh?) I had ALSO heard that some people had a "shooting glove" for shooting large handguns, and i ASKED abotu that too.
This guy? honest to god, says...
"hey! Bob? You kow that guy, joey? The one that wears a glove when he's shooting a 44? Whats the TECHNICAL name for wearing a glove when you shoot a big handgun? I forget it right this minute?"
and the ther guy? SMILES and says,, I swear to god...
"Oh yeah... the technical name for that is being a P*$$y"
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I smiled at the 2 guys, owner and his worker... makign fun of a customer right to their face, that had already purchased a gun there not long before? I pulled out my WAD of cash i had... fanned out the thick stack of 20s....
"I was about, oh... probably TEN MINUTES from buying that 44 on IMPULSE... now I am not. have a nice day, gentlemen."
...and walked OUT, and never went BACK (thats been many years now)
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you see, my "regular" local gun store had CLOSED on me and went out of business. I was going around, sort of LOOKING for a new smal gun store, to become "mine" to replace it...
that SAME DAY, i ended up at ANOTHER small gun store i had been to before... asked about the recil of a 44, wearing a glove, etc etc...
know that THAT store did? Their oldest son invited me to GO SHOOTING with him... and said he had a 44 and a 45, and that they had lots of "old ammo" that needed shot up ANYways... would i like to see what a 44 was like?
I was so excited i almost peed my pants.... I went shooting with him in their back yard... liked both the 45 and a 44 mag....
about a week later I bought the used 44mag they had, and later on bought a 45 there, too
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obviously, THAT small mom and pop shop became "my" local gunshop.... after numerous purchases over several years, they once asked me why i chose their gun shop, and i told them the story... this gun shop will CALL ME when someone comes in looking to sell something they think i might be interested in, LMAO...
when i walk in? we all BS for an hour... I am allowed to walk in the back, handle ANY gun i want, on racks, in cases... roam around in the BACK, handle customers guns, go thru the junk boxes looking for stuff i might want but dont know it until i see it, LMAO... they have had me over their house for DINNER before...
i jokingly refer to the lady as "mom" and the husband as "dad"... they made me feel almost like FAMILY.
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I will NEVER purchase ANYthing at a gun shop i feel i am getting insulted, or, so much as talked down to...
simply vote with your FEET, is i believe the phrase people say...