Funny gun shop story

[jdad]

I almost forgot about this. It's too funny, not to post here. All the panic buying has brought people into gun shops that have never handled, seen,or shot a rifle before.

I was in the local shop last Friday and there was a late 30's early 40's business professional (tailored suit, pefect hair, lots of electronic gadgets) picking up a really nice Bushmaster. The clerk was explaining to him how to load a magazine, lock & load, adjust sights, take it down for cleaning, forward assist, etc. I was just acting as if I wasn't listening in while I was looking at a revolver.

After he was done and getting ready to walk out the clerk picked up a soft mallet on the counter and told him that this didn't come with it, then turned and walked away. When he walked by me I told him that he was going to need to buy one to "engage" the forward assist. He took me real serious for a minute until a bunch of us busted up laughing. He was good natured about it, I apologized, and he took it well. It was one of those priceless moments.

[O.S.O.K.]

Oh yeah, there are millions of new gun owners out there right now.

I have to admit there have been countless times that I've held my tongue when I could have done something like that.

[Ysabel Kid]

I just hope some/most of them start shooting and become advocates of our liberties. I fear most will stick their new purchase in a closet where it will sit unused forever, and some may be buying just because it is a better bet than the stock market right now...

[Old Ironsights]

I just hope some/most of them start shooting and become advocates of our liberties. I fear most will stick their new purchase in a closet where it will sit unused forever, and some may be buying just because it is a better bet than the stock market right now...

On the positive side, those "closet Queen" purchases with all that nice paperwork just gives the Goon Squads that many more doors to worry about kicking in before deciding on mine....

[Hagler]

jdad,

That is funny.

Your story reminds me of the time that my friend & his dad took me to a car repair shop to ask the owner for transmission advice. I had a 1975 Mustang II, 302 V8, C-4 transmission. The trans was slipping, and I opened it up to find this in the pan:



The shop owner said to me "It goes here", and threw the plug in the trash can! Then he said "...unless you are like the guy that came in here a few eeks ago. He was a know-it-all. I told him 'I don't know where it goes, but if you don't put it back in there, your transmission won't work! You gotta put it back!'"


We all got a good laugh out of that story.

Shawn

[Rusty]

Yep, it would be nice if when we run into someone like that we could offer to take them shooting and take them under our wing. We were all young and dumb once. Some of us even lived through it. Like they say, scars are just tattoos with a story.

[Modoc ED]

jdad,

That is funny.

Your story reminds me of the time that my friend & his dad took me to a car repair shop to ask the owner for transmission advice. I had a 1975 Mustang II, 302 V8, C-4 transmission. The trans was slipping, and I opened it up to find this in the pan:



The shop owner said to me "It goes here", and threw the plug in the trash can! Then he said "...unless you are like the guy that came in here a few eeks ago. He was a know-it-all. I told him 'I don't know where it goes, but if you don't put it back in there, your transmission won't work! You gotta put it back!'"


We all got a good laugh out of that story.

Shawn

That plug is put in all the automatic transmissions (filler tube) made by Ford. It is removed when a transmission is first serviced and is proof that a transmission has been serviced. If you go into a Ford Dealer for Transmission Repair under warranty and swear that you have followed the Ford recommended transmission service intervals (when you haven't) and they drop the pan and that plug isn't laying in the bottom of the transmission pan but is still mounted in the transmission, it is proof that you have never had the transmission serviced and Ford will not fix it under warranty.

[2571]

I have mixed feelings about that type of humor with firearms. I can see alienating a potential 2Amend supporter with that kind of ridicule.

[kimwcook]

Yep, filler tube plug.