8 months of observations working at gun shop/in-door range.

General General Discussion
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  1. We fix a lot of “broken” firearms with cleaning and lubrication.
  2. The uneducated shoot better than the self learners.
  3. Old men have no trigger finger discipline. (“I survived, let’s see if you can.” Jerry Seinfeld)
  4. I thought I’d heard all the myths then I was told this, “Don’t worry, I won’t dry fire it and crystallize the firing pin.” :smiley:
  5. I’m surprised how many regular shooters, even Police, have terrible sight alignment and shoot too high.
  6. I’m surprised by how many people expect me to know the most obscure facts about every firearm ever made.
  7. I’m pleasantly surprised that we’ve only banned one person, and have not had any NDs.
  8. I’m pleasantly surprised by how many young men are into WWII firearms. (Video games have made them popular with the youth.)
  9. Hobby ARs deserve their reputation.

It’s been a great experience, and I’ve learned so much; especially about how to teach people to shoot and handle firearms.

It took about 6 months of brutal beatings to get me to stop saying “weapon.”

BUt I’m quitting in a few months to be an Army JROTC instructor at a high school with 400 Cadets. God help me. :slight_smile: :help:

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Search “True Tales of the FFL” on TOS.

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We had the “Dumbest Things Overheard at the Gun Store” thread here for years as well.

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Ive had the chance…twice now…to work at a very popular, long established lgs in my area…said no twice.
Gun owners for the most part are ding dongs I dont care to see or hear everyday, all day. No way…no freakin way.

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Having been a board member, the president and the chief RSO of my non-profit gun range, I could not agree more. There are some really great people involved with shooting, but holy cow are there some folks that ruin it for the rest of the world. Whiners, conspiracy theorists, and know-it-alls are soul sucking.

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Ahhhh I miss that thread.

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Had to forward this to my new FFL. :slight_smile:

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So…does the firing pin crystallize or not? I need to know!!!

I never worked in one but the best I heard was …7.62x39 is not powerful enough! That’s it! No mention of what…T-Rex? Bugs Bunny? Just in general not powerful enough!

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Yeah, but it was created so they could shoot our M16 ammo, but we couldn’t shoot theirs.

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I can remember the decade when 90% of everything I heard was nearly verbatim from “Tales of the Gun” on the History Channel. Only rather than say that is where they learned it, the shared the information as if it was personal experience. I think I met almost 500 gun owners who were in Vietnam and kept a rusty AK-47 in their locker and even though the bolt was fused shut, they would just kick it open with their boot, shoot the crap out of it and put it back in the locker, just like the guy from Jane’s Defense.

Then there were the golden oldies that never seemed to go away…

File down the sear to make it full auto, apparently this worked regardless of the firearm in question.
AK-47s could chamber and fire both AK-47 ammo AND M-16 ammo which is why they won the war.
Potatoes make effective silencers and this is where the term “spud gun” came from.
Mattel made M-16s during the war.
and the various miracles that can be achieved with nothing more than the sound of a pump action shotgun being racked, because you always go into a potentially life or death situation with an empty chamber.

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One thing that gets me is the guys who show up at a training class without enough ammo when all communication prior to the class says exactly how much to bring. A fourth of the way into the live fire session and they are out and complaining to the instructor.

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That’s one I’ve never seen in any of the classes I’ve taken or help host. I’ve personally run out when we’ve gone 20% past the number required, but that’s a different story. Classmates were more than willing to pitch in to keep things moving.

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working in tourism in the islands when I was younger the stupid questions statements and general thinking does make for some funny stories

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What do you guys think the ratio of idiots shopping in a gun store is compared to idiots working in a gun store is?

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Hahahahaha yup reckon more behind counter maybe
Quite a few to cool for me types that’s for sure

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I can hardly stand going into any 9f my lgs lately, and it’s not the customers, it’s the guys behind the counter.

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MIL guy showed up and was like “whenever I shot in the military, they had ammo…”. True. ;).

Granted, for the price of some classes, you’d think ammo was included…

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Hard to say with the guys behind the counter. They are salesmen and obviously don’t want to piss off customers. If anyone can put a chunk of metal/plastic on an altar and hold a grudge it’s a gun owner

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We all know the “Every Vietnam Vet was a sniper” cliche. Well I had a conversation, with someone that didn’t know I’m a Vet, that went like this. “If I hadn’t had a college deferment, they would have made me a sniper in Vietnam because I can kill deer out to 300 yards.” I almost came out of my skin and choked him, but I just smiled and said, “I’m sure Sir.”

I did get upset recently with one customer that is a 9/11 Truther. I just can’t stand them.

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You can hear some really tall tales at any gun shop if you spend more than 20 minutes at the store. Maybe that 's why I have been buying more parts and gear online instead.

I’ve been teaching firearm courses for over 30 years and sometimes I hear even wilder tales from students. The old saying “the first liar doesn’t stand a chance” comes to mind.