LGS I USED to go to is really small, middle of nowhere, but has decent stock and prices.
Went in with some buddies at lunch and asked to see a P938. Shop owner says “I just got one of those, myself”
Me: oh? How do you like it?
SO: Absolutely sweetest shootin pistol I ever had. Don’t work too well with Walmart ammo, though?
Me: Really? Walmart has ammo?
<brain-fart moment on my part. I thought he was referring to Walmart-branded ammo, or something.>
SO: Yeah. But you don’t want to buy it there. Stuff’s all made in China. Has Obama-compliant primers in it, too.
Me: <still thinking he’s talking about some weird Walmart exclusive ammo>
I’ve only seen regular Federal, Remington, and Winchester there. What Chinese ammo do they sell?
SO: All ‘dem. You ever seen their prices? Looks like the same stuff I sell, but the big ammo companies sell them stuff they have made in China. And they all use those Obama-law primers that only have a 1-year shelf life. How else could they sell it so much cheaper’n me?
<He doesn’t know that I work for one of those “big ammo companies”, and I decide against to mentioning it. I’m still not sure if he’s pulling my leg or not, so the best I came up with, after a pregnant pause>
Me: ...You do know that’s not true, right?
SO: Son, I been selling guns longer than you been alive. If’n you’re gonna doubt me, you can just go doubt me on the other side of that door rightchonder.
I’d never been kicked out of a gun shop before so I just nodded and left... to the sounds of my buddies laughing their asses off. They stayed another 30 seconds or so, just to rub in that I got kicked out. None of us have ever been back.
Went in with some buddies at lunch and asked to see a P938. Shop owner says “I just got one of those, myself”
Me: oh? How do you like it?
SO: Absolutely sweetest shootin pistol I ever had. Don’t work too well with Walmart ammo, though?
Me: Really? Walmart has ammo?
<brain-fart moment on my part. I thought he was referring to Walmart-branded ammo, or something.>
SO: Yeah. But you don’t want to buy it there. Stuff’s all made in China. Has Obama-compliant primers in it, too.
Me: <still thinking he’s talking about some weird Walmart exclusive ammo>
I’ve only seen regular Federal, Remington, and Winchester there. What Chinese ammo do they sell?
SO: All ‘dem. You ever seen their prices? Looks like the same stuff I sell, but the big ammo companies sell them stuff they have made in China. And they all use those Obama-law primers that only have a 1-year shelf life. How else could they sell it so much cheaper’n me?
<He doesn’t know that I work for one of those “big ammo companies”, and I decide against to mentioning it. I’m still not sure if he’s pulling my leg or not, so the best I came up with, after a pregnant pause>
Me: ...You do know that’s not true, right?
SO: Son, I been selling guns longer than you been alive. If’n you’re gonna doubt me, you can just go doubt me on the other side of that door rightchonder.
I’d never been kicked out of a gun shop before so I just nodded and left... to the sounds of my buddies laughing their asses off. They stayed another 30 seconds or so, just to rub in that I got kicked out. None of us have ever been back.
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