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HilhamHawk,

"Smith & Wesson also makes/has made a few models chambered in 9mm."

As well as the Blackhawk interchangeables, Ruger also made some in the Security Six, Police Service Six, and Speedsix models. I may be wrong, but I think there have been some in their LCR, SP101, and GP100 models also.

Myron

No sheit. I heard about a guy in Montana that tried to run 22-250 ammo through a 7-08.

True story. They type among us.

Or buddies who blow up guns........

One of my favorites was guys coming in the store to ask for "bullet heads". Or sometimes "bullet tips". Usually an explanation was met with "Yeah well I call them bullet heads."

Another pet peeve of mine is "grain weight". Does your doctor talk to you about your "pound weight"?

Not a gun store but similar. A few years ago I was working as the cashier at our local gun club. Very late on a Saturday afternoon just before the Monday opening for deer, shotgun only area. Got a call from LGS owner saying a call had come in from someone who had purchased a new shotgun from them, and the guy was at his deer camp a couple of hours drive away. He had run through all the slugs he had bought and couldn't get the scope sighted in. Would they keep the store open until he could drive in to buy more shells? No they said but they could send some to our club the next morning for him to pick up.

Next morning the LGS gun shop owners son brought in the ammo and the hunter showed up with his gun. We looked it over, checked the mounting screws for tightness, etc., and could not find anything wrong. After sitting staring at it for a minute or two I finally realized the scope was mounted 1/4 turn off so the adjustments were reversed.

After taking the scope off and correcting the mounting I took to our range and checked the sight in where it worked beautifully. (Note: The scope had been mounted by the owner not the gun shop.) I thought he was going to kiss me before he left to go deer hunting.

Jim

Took the kids to Bass Pro the other night and went to the gun counter so my 9 year old daughter could handle several of the youth rifles to see which fit her best. She has a birthday coming up and want's a deer rifle of her own. After trying several she liked the Ruger American Compact the best. I asked if they had it in 223? He sneered and told me I needed to get her a 270 like he started with at 8 years old and 60 lbs. My daughter is rail thin with tiny bone structure and cant even hold up her sister's H&R 243 long enough to aim it. I explained that I needed s 223 due to the recoil/muzzle blast issue. He laughed and then told me that a 243 is not really a deer rifle, much less a 223. I laid the gun on the counter and took the kids and we walked off without another word. My daughter turned to me and asked. "Was that man right daddy?". I said, "No sweetie, that man was a dumbass."

Took the kids to Bass Pro the other night and went to the gun counter so my 9 year old daughter could handle several of the youth rifles to see which fit her best. She has a birthday coming up and want's a deer rifle of her own. After trying several she liked the Ruger American Compact the best. I asked if they had it in 223? He sneered and told me I needed to get her a 270 like he started with at 8 years old and 60 lbs. My daughter is rail thin with tiny bone structure and cant even hold up her sister's H&R 243 long enough to aim it. I explained that I needed s 223 due to the recoil/muzzle blast issue. He laughed and then told me that a 243 is not really a deer rifle, much less a 223. I laid the gun on the counter and took the kids and we walked off without another word. My daughter turned to me and asked. "Was that man right daddy?". I said, "No sweetie, that man was a dumbass."

Good thing you weren't in Texas, would've probably been told you needed a .30-06... Dumbasses!!

One of my favorites was guys coming in the store to ask for "bullet heads". Or sometimes "bullet tips". Usually an explanation was met with "Yeah well I call them bullet heads."

Another pet peeve of mine is "grain weight". Does your doctor talk to you about your "pound weight"?

Took the kids to Bass Pro the other night and went to the gun counter so my 9 year old daughter could handle several of the youth rifles to see which fit her best. She has a birthday coming up and want's a deer rifle of her own. After trying several she liked the Ruger American Compact the best. I asked if they had it in 223? He sneered and told me I needed to get her a 270 like he started with at 8 years old and 60 lbs. My daughter is rail thin with tiny bone structure and cant even hold up her sister's H&R 243 long enough to aim it. I explained that I needed s 223 due to the recoil/muzzle blast issue. He laughed and then told me that a 243 is not really a deer rifle, much less a 223. I laid the gun on the counter and took the kids and we walked off without another word. My daughter turned to me and asked. "Was that man right daddy?". I said, "No sweetie, that man was a dumbass."

I thought the .223 was the Official Deer Gun of Texas!

I have taken a mule deer with a 22 hornet at 240 yards. He was not nearly as smart and a dumbass.

know a guy here that killed a nilgia at almost 200 yrds with a 220 swift and the nilgia was running, one shot kill.