Home Forums Birds & Dogs Shotguns Do owners even READ their manuals???

Somehow I have owned dozens of cars, hundreds of guns, countless motorized off road vehicles and tons of other equipment that came with a manual and they have all worked for me and I haven't read one manual.

Is there something in there I need to know?

Many times, rather than being either stupid or lazy, they have far too much "experience" and/or "basic understanding of how mechanical things work" to have the need to consult with a manual.

BEST EVER: Friend used to work for Browning in their service center. Guy mailed in a shotgun saying that after he installed the choke tube, the gun would not load shells and he could not get the tube removed.

The joker put the choke tube in the CHAMBER end of the barrel, not the muzzle end. He had to have the gun disassembled to get the choke in and somehow got it screwed in.

Needless to say the barrel was toast and they gave him a new one, with a new manual, and an extra personally addressed letter explaining which end the chokes went in......