/k/ - Weapons

>>655441

The reason could be because you're on the west coast, just because they work at a gunstore doesn't mean they're red, they could just be there for a paycheck or boomers that only believe in hunting.

The only bad experiences I’ve had with gun store employees were in Walmarts and Cabbelas. They weren’t even that bad. It was just that they were kind of annoying and invasive.

>>655441

I've found one that didn't have pricks running the place. That store isn't owned by cops/ex cops, like so many others are.

That said, I think it's something about boomer era gun culture that makes so many gun owners in general act like assholes.

Only very recently in my life have I seen gun culture become less pretentious, cocky and full of pricks. I think it's the fact that boomers are dying off and that Gen X and the younger generations are starting to make their way into the hobby/culture, and given how much easier exposure to gun culture is thanks to YouTube, the web, and even video games, I think there is less mysticism about it, less elitism in the hobby that the boomers experienced/created.

>>655451

They've always been assholes. Even before the web became such a massive online shopping outlet.

>>655441

Sort of same deal here in aust. ive worked at all the major gun shops here in sydney where i found its the opposite. Other then the st marys gun shop all the shop owners and their staff are top blokes who clearly know what their doing and do try to keep up with changing gun laws, its the customers who are the fucking idiots.

From pro gun control boomers who hate gun shops yet own guns to cashed up zoomers who finally got their gun license and have more money then brains, these people flip-flop around trying to decide what they want and tend to buy the most expensive rifles, shotguns or handguns we have in stock because…..?????

Fuck St Marys, those pricks have no customer service skills and hurt shooting in general since thats what everyone talks about when people bring up gun shops.

In CommieNY I've had decent experiences with Cabela's, Walmart is typical Walmart in terms of customer service. The largest dedicated gun store in the area is sort of a bad experience because employees always try to upsell when you don't want to buy the most expensive on the shelf/in the case.

>I want a RIA 1911

<what you really need is a nice Kimber

>but I want an RIA

<Kimbers are soooo much better

>it's all I came here to buy

<well… umm… muh Kimber

Another smaller local shop is pretty good if you know what you're looking for. The owner is pretty cool unless you don't know anything about firearms, then his patients runs thing. Honestly I don't blame him. Fortunately for me I have a go to FFL who gets good deals because he keeps a small inventory and usually does orders when you want.

OP, make friends with a small time FFL dealer and stay loyal. They'll always treat you right.

My LGS in rural PA is pretty nice. The employees are pretty chill. The only thing is the inconsistency of the shotgun shells they have in stock.

>>655469

>mysticism about it, less elitism in the hobby that the boomers experienced/created.

What do you mean?

My issue here is that they're too friendly, and also want to sell me on stupid, gimicky, expensive shit.

Last time I was in a gun store, I got an earful how the IRS was buying up ammo and how the happenings were coming. It was rather remarkable.

>>655466

Walmart was nice enough to me. They just also had no idea what the fuck they were doing, and seemed to be generally improperly trained.

I'm a bit worried something might some day come up as a result of it.

>>655498

>Walmart was nice enough to me. They just also had no idea what the fuck they were doing, and seemed to be generally improperly trained.

Typically the Wal-Mart store clerks in charge of the guns cabinet is either a supervisor, or someone like the tobacco clerk/electronics clerk/key-making clerk who they just gave keys to the gun cases as well since they had to go through the management filing process to get him keys for something unrelated. It's like asking someone who hasn't touched a cigarette in their life to run the cigarette counter for the first time in their lives- except with guns/ammo instead. I have found that buying buckshot was one of the only times I have ever been stopped/searched leaving a Wal-Mart, which was kinda funny.

>>655469

Boomers are like that with everything whether it be guns, cars, or even music. If you think gun store owners are bad try going into any kind of music related business owned by an old hippie or metalhead. They'll get mad at you just walking in the store.

Never had that problem myself, have you tried not being a nigger?

>>655441

This thread piqued me to go in the Strayan gun shops and find out what they are going to be.

>>655528

>>655497

Do either of you have an archive/screencap of that particular, chemistry-related post of his from operatorchan? It got deleted a while back and I was too stupid to save it beforehand.

>>655531

Im in central OR and have the same experience with my local store: very friendly knowledgable staff who understand my desire to protect me and mine. Even gave me a pocket constitution with my handgun purchase.

>>655577

If you're talking about his guides to explosives (which honestly, are probably the least likely to blow you up compared to any other internet source), I do have them somewhere in my archives

Later this evening I'll pack them up for you.

It's absolutely a boomer thing. My local place is run by an old guy but has younger guys working there that are in their 20s and 30s, and they do everything they can to keep the owner away from the counter because he's such an unreasonable asshole to customers.

I remember the first time I met the owner I was with my dad, and I asked him later on why he thought the guy'd been such an asshole, and my dad said that's just how gun store owners act. Apparently boomers have just been raised to believe customer service shouldn't exist in gun stores.

>>655472

Gunshows are full of cool people. Gunstores on the other hand, have a monopoly on baby boomers who take their job way too seriously

>>655528

Please. Sissyfag went to the FBI against anons as an informant because he got trolled. Pushing this narrative that everyone that didn't follow his MUH OPTICS BASED ECELEBS LEAD THE WAY goyimergate method is cancer.

The correct answer is mostly boomerism. I remember going 1911 shopping with dad as a kid. He'd see some faggot ass, engraved 1911 in a magazine and break a sweat. Next thing, we'd be standing in front of a gun counter listening to some prick spout fudd lore for 2 hours trying to sell dad a different model because they didn't have the one he wanted in stock. Dad, being a fellow boomer and subject to propaganda and fantasy, would sit there nodding his head as the pretentious store worker would trash the model he wanted and upsell him on whatever was in the case.

>>655660

Please, have you ever had a man tell you that 5.56 was made to wound, and wouldn't work on a hog, unlike the good ol mosin or SKS, chambered in good 'ol 7.62 for tha stoppah powah?

>>655665

Wait, 5.56 WASN'T made to wound? Why would the Army adopt something that kills people? I'm pretty sure that things that kill people are against the Geneva convention, just like Shotguns, hollow points, flamethrowers, .50 cal, etc. Good thing the Army doesn't use any of those things…

>>655670

The army just doesn't know how to use anything correctly, like using a claw hammer to install the barrel of an AK, or something like that.

maybe they are constantly "tested" by anti-gun fags trying to trick them into some error.

>>655611

Checking those dubs with gratitude.

>>655674

>normal people;

>Hey man, I think I want to go with this gun.

>clerk; alright, glad to hear it!, now I have to get this retarded paper work out of the way.

<fags;

<HA! you made this error by misspelling my name!

<not ONLY is that offensive and problematic due to my 12.5% afro-muslim heritage

<but ALSO you committed FRAUD!

<look at how dangerous the gun nuts are lmao.

>>655674

ATF send in plain clothes agents all the fucking time, nothing like them sending some negro with a heavy southern accent into the shop asking for a chopper or some shit. Suffice to say he got chased out crying.

>>655679

Good news, turns out I had already compiled the relevant threads 5 fucking years ago, which saves me some time. https://volafile.org/get/CCDrq1mRePQDB/opchan%20acidman%20cake%20recipes.zip

Hopefully it's made perfectly clear that unless explosive chemistry is your job, you probably aren't careful and knowledgeable enough to fuck around with this sort of thing for long. There's a reason peaceful arab civilians usually scavenge for explosive filler out of munitions rather than produce it from raw material if they can help it. Basically it's 190MB of "Neat, I'm not going to do that".

>>655670

He's talking about the fuddlore that the primary purpose of 5.56 is to wound instead of kill, with the logic being that a wounded man is more detrimental to enemy forces than a dead man, and of course our military leaders would think that this is a fantastic strategy against the soulless insane communists we would be fighting. This is he horrors of a brain on fudd.

Of course, in reality the 5.56 is the way it is because it's a round meant for squad level combat, which it still does a damn good job at despite cutting a 1/3rd of the barrel off the intended barrel. But this is far too complex of a subject matter for a fudd to comprehend, as it requires him to accept that each and every US soldier isn't a rambo that has to take down an army all on his own.

>>655498

>Walmart was nice enough to me. They just also had no idea what the fuck they were doing, and seemed to be generally improperly trained.

That's basically Walmart in a nutshell.

my gun store owner is cool as hell, always answers questions even if theyre fucking retarded ones.

Local gun shops are mostly full of people who want to sell you exactly what you ask for, for better or worse. They also joke around a bit, which is fun- I came in with a bit of dried vermillion and brown paint on my face after work and they joked I was camoflaged. They try their absolute best to give you good service most days- I got shortchanged a piece of .308 brass in a factory sealed packet from one and got 6 more (though from a different maker).

>Boomers

Shits weird. The only gun shop with obvious boomer influence near me (trophy's mounted, getting rid of ARs because it's too hard for them to keep up with new gay laws) had an old guy (owner) who was energetic and atleast helpful for the first half of a conversation. I asked if they had any nuggets but they didn't so he tried selling me another budget boltgun, but I was set on iron sights so he pulled up a remington 7600 which was the only gun with irons and a resonable price ($400) he had. The guy would ramble like crazy and did try to upsell but atleast he tried being nice and helpful.

I later called them asking around for AR lowers prices after saying fuck it to the nugget, and got some young guy (younger employees were late 20s, mid 30s). I asked what lowers he had and he jumped to some expensive billet lower for $300. When I asked for a cheaper one he muttered "God! People always asking for cheap".

The old guy was a cuck with washing his hands of ARs and accessories but he was pretty cool since I got a discount for a traditional style shotgun sling while buying AR products he was trying to get rid of. He never gave me a look of disgust like he hates black rifles and the people who own them, he just tried to help. Because of the younger guys I only went there one other time to buy reloading components and never again.

The only other gun shop I visit now is full of younger people who recognize me since my last 5 guns came from there. I even tried to apply there but haven't heard back. I'd go there again to pick up a ruger american if I didn't quit my job for school.

Would I have come off as a creep by asking for a job in person or do I just fuck off until I buy more guns from them?

>>655799

>shitty gunshop in Tacoma

Bullseye?

>Puyallup

I never got too much attitude at Rainier Arms if you can handle the ta CDC tacticool larping and $3500 ARs.

>>655799

Or just go to Cabelas in Lacey. Expect to overpay, and to be waited on by retards who know shitall about firearms, but at least the poor minimum wage bastards are mostly polite.

>>655684

Guess I'm not so weird after all.

Thanks anon!

>>655814

>Would I have come off as a creep by asking for a job in person or do I just fuck off until I buy more guns from them?

Hell no, that helps you get the job, if anything. It shows confidence in yourself, and helps people put a name to a face. It also shows you're not too lazy to go ask for somebody for something instead of just shooting them an email with a resume.

>>655441

Not guns. Just retail in general having people who obviously don't wanna be there or do the bare minimum.

>Get a gun online

>Has an airsoft scope on the top with a propitiatory hex key socket (which I don't have)

>Go to the local store for the first time

>Tell the store owner about my problem

>He gets out a box of hex keys and takes it off for me even gives me the hex key for free gives me some tips on firearms too

>Go there to buy stuff from now on

He was an old guy too, just treat people with respect and be strong and those types of guys will like you.

It's just boomers, man. Here's a run down of places I've shopped:

1. Boomer haven. Specialized in pre-64 Winchesters. Dimly lit. Owner was always talking to the "peanut gallery", a collection of other boomers who don't buy anything but come there to socialize. The two times I went in there I was ignored when I walked in. Not so big a deal. Gathered my items to buy (including a firearm both times), walk to register cash in hand, look the fuck in the eye, he looks away and keeps talking. I guess hey wanted a "hey, fuckface, over here" out of me or something. I treat gun stores like any other store, and having to ask to be served doesn't fly in any retail environment unless you actively put some sort of "ring bell for service" sign up or some shit.

2. Same shop, different owner. The boomer finally fucking retired. 30-something buys the place out, cleans it up. No more peanut gallery. Nothing special about the store, friendly enough.

3. Closest LGS to me. Run by an enormously fat man and his two enormously fat sons. Ammo prices are retarded, won't carry any ammunition not made in the US because "that foreign trash will blow up yer gun". Suffice to say they're all retards, but they're very friendly retards and their new firearm prices match online prices. I go there for new guns now.

4. Weird gun shop/ boat store combo run by Mennonites. Did the whole gather my shit and go to the register, but when the fucks looked at me and went back to their conversation I just dropped my shit and left.

5. Wal-Mart/Cabelas/Other retail chains. Staff is friendly but knows nothing. Prices are whatever. Wal-Mart really isn't an awful place for ammo. Rural King has some pretty good deals and their staff tends to be more knowledgeable.

6. Gun shows. By far my favorite. Prices all over the place, but everyone is friendly as hell. I used to run a table, and the two hours from setup start to the doors open were some of the best fun I've had. Lots of real characters there, and you can get some good deals if you really prod every nook and cranny of every table.

7. Ammo remanufacturer that has his own hole in the wall. Carries a small selection of black rifles. Ammo prices are insanely good since it's all literally made on a few machines in back. I pay $12/50 for .38 special target loads. Only has a dozen of the most common calibers in stock but well worth the drive.

I went to a gun store/indoor range combo in Nevada and the people there were very nice. When they didn't have what I was looking for they referred me to a store that did. Also I know two employees specifically are ex-marines.

>>655531

Same story here, little hole in the wall place I would frequent run by a guy who knew his shit, always had decent stuff on display, would chew the fat if you knew what you were talking about, good employees who were knowledge and had his shit decently prices. Fucking blows he closed, got tired of the bullshit, people around here a morons that want everything for free and he went full on with his hobby, hand-making period chainmail and armor. Dude was based. The only other semi-local shop that's not a pawn shop or big box is fucking Knob Creek, which is expensive for ammo, but they do have a decent surplus/used section and a wide variety of oddball arms and ammo. (Got a Bren, Lahati, MG42, HK21, M2HB, M60E3, M60, and all manner of other shit for sale.) We had so fucking awesome surplus stores too, with legit surplus…all went out of business, not enough customer base to keep afloat.

>>655618

>baby boomers who take their job way too seriously

Yeah, while spreading fuddlore and all kinds of other fictitious bullshit.

Heard at a gunshow that some guy was fine carrying Turkish Mausers, but not German because they were "too ebil".

>>655705

Can someone reupload?

>>659971

All turk mausers were made in Germany though. All the turks did was attempt to standardize them at some point.

>>659352

>Wal-Mart really isn't an awful place for ammo.

That's where I usually go for last-minute refill of 12ga.

Where I am, depending on time of day, there's only one person on shift with the ability to ring out ammo. I made the mistake once of going midday on a Saturday. Some cranky old cat-lady walks me all the way through the store to electronics to purchase ammo and clays. Getting eyeballed all the way by customers and staff alike. Now I always stock up / buy online.

My brother works at one. Someone when he talks about work I'm like dude WTF are you even bitching about? Whiny ass faggot.

I guess when 70% of your sales come from guys who know what they want and buy it on the spot and the other 30% is Streloks and actual 1950's Boomers wanting to talk about stupid shit it makes you apprehensive.

OP is right tho. A lot of them are pricks

>>660038

Get rid of import restrictions would mainly affect ammo prices, because we already have a fuck load of rifles

>>655799

Haha, look at this left-handedoid

You will forever be the spawn of Satan and no one will love you

Hopefully, by 2030, a lot of these boomer fucks will have died off.

>>660981

Hopefully, by 2030, we’ll get a happening

>>660161

Surp from shitholes like china and russia is insanely cheap without our import laws.

I could seriously see us having $200 SKSes again without restrictions. Poorfags and niggers would buy that sort of thing up quick because they don't have the impulse control needed to save $200 more to get a damn el cheapo PSA AR.

>>660049

Yeah we get some retard cat ladies who act like they can tell if an ID is fake or not and give you shit. We also have this old man who I know has the keys but I've seen him tell niggers he doesn't which gave me a hearty kek.

>>655441

My closest gun store has one guy and the two owners who know about guns and are nice. Everyone else are assholes or have a room temperature IQ. My next closest sells only expensive ARs. Their cheapest I've ever seen was only $1,800. The next closest is a huge store, but has very few guns (even fewer black rifles) and the staff there is shit (aside from one guy). They always overcharge for anything black. A stripped Anderson lower there was almost $200. Although, one guy there tried to sell them a MG without the papers, which was a fun conversation to listen to. The next one is amazing. Tons of guns, staff knows what they're doing, they're all polite (God bless the south). The only downside is trying to understand some of their accents.

>>663647

Sorry if I sound like a newfag but is there any tangible advantage on guns being black?

>>663658

"black rifle" is just slang for pretty much anything that's not a fudd gun these days. Though it originated from the vietcong saying on what I believe was a propaganda radio channel that the only thing the Americans had that they feared was their "black rifle with poisoned bullets." IE the M16 with M196 5.56.

>>663691

Fucking hell, I wish the US wasn't so fucking gay so we could get slav and other euro guns. Actually, I wish the entire world wasn't gay and everyone sold whatever the fuck guns to anyone else.

>tfw will never get to fire my AN-94 raifu

>>663695

Hush now the grown ups are talking, we all know you hate your country and you're a no gun teenager.

>>663790

>shitty namecalling based on age assumptions

<15 rubles have been transferred to your account

>>655441

i can't blame a lot of them, not even the 'ex-cops'.

the average person; dispite having an infinity of information available spends less than 2 minutes online re: any prospective purchase which equals going in ignorant.

with few exclusions they think they know it all and will argue until hell freezes over rather than learn anything from an elder.

i have 60 years in and around the 'gun world' and the stupidity/ignorance amongst the 'internet' age group is scary to say the least.

NO!, watching every episode of that wacky fake russian dude is not a comprehensive education in firearms!

the stupid, it burns!

take the time to learn everything you can before opening your yap.

we have heard it all 10k times before and it makes us want to shut the door and walk away.

if you want to learn, we will teach you, i learned from the best of my generation; cooper, keith, jordan, and names that are meaningless to most of you.

there are things called BOOKS out there that are available free or at low cost that will enrich your shooting life.

knowledge is priceless and thanks to the internet its now free.

Every fun store I have been to the dudes have been really cool.

Then again maybe it is just that the store owners in FL are just generally better then most of the country on account of all the old people with lots of money and time on their hands.

>>663802

The only thing this post is missing to sound any more boomer is an anecdote about his time as a mess hall monkey while stationed in Japan and a heartfelt plea for us to donate to Israel.

>>657763

>Not guns. Just retail in general

I get that retail sucks ass but why the fuck would you open one of the most pain in the ass retail stores to run just to be a huge asshole to people who wanted to buy shit from you for no reason?

>>663826

solly cholly.

no such details are correct.

i outsold everybody in the store because i was willing to work with the customers and spend time with them. it doesn't take much when the rest are clueless greed hogs just wanting the commission.

i had people who would not let any of the others wait on them and would wait for me to finish working with the other customers.

it drove the owner crazy; he thought i was schlepping shit out the door w/o him seeing it. (oy vey ist mir!)

it was actually fun, and i had customers that were happy.

it was the best of times.

>>655469

>>655441

Gun ranges are the same. Every place I've been to ran by boomers is cold, quiet, stiff and fucking boring. Unless you operate like an NPC timing your shot interval every 3-4 seconds the boomers start screeching and sperging at anyone having fun.

>>655500

maybe when you say those magic CCW or HD words that puts them more legally liable for selling it if you do a "bad shoot".

After a "bad shoot" some crook's family will be hiring a lawyer and looking to sue anyone in the supply chain.

Then that lawyer is gonna ask LGS "did he seem CRAZY, why did you sell a gun to a CRAZY person???"

LGS does not want to know if you plan on using it for what YOU consider "justified shooting".

Its like going into a "Smoke Shop" and looking at the glass pipes and mentioning "crack". :)

"No sir, none of my 'legal herb' pipes have any CRACKS"

>>655441

Target Masters West (in shit town near ass-end of San Jose, CA) is always "hiring", but its $10/hr and IIRC they want you to do a bunch of UN-paid "training" first. Clerks are nice but little green, with lots of 1st timer customers on the range.

I'm guessing most LGS are similar in that is a 'fun job' so lots of guys want to do it, so shit pay.

Then you got guys who only work "the counter" so they can buy shit "at cost", so they really don't want to work.

Plus, laws are all fucked which makes them like confused DMV clerks. Ever met happy DMV clerk?

>>655441

Ok, think about all stupid shit and misinformation you see online. now imagine opening your own shop, every day people come in asking the stupidest fucking questions you can think of but its ok because you love firearms and love educating people. now imagine 3 years later when you have been asked the same stupid fucking question for the 5th time this week because some fat fuck thinks he knows everything and wont leave until he knows that you believe that the ping on an m1 grand got soldiers killed or that 556 is designed to wound. now imagine what that does to someone after 20 years. 99 out of 100 tend to be fucking idiots raised on fudd lore or form lore. trust me you might get a little apprehensive when you see the 5th retard wearing slav surplus walk into your shop that week looking for an SKS or the latest cool black gun they saw on youtube that month.

>>664841

amen and amen !

>>665109

Jesus Christ, I think he has as much fat on him as the lion has muscle. Can't even stand up for his own kill pic. Is that a brace on his leg?

>>665111

Looks like a hat, m8

>>665109

I remember hearing that these boomers are basically paying to mercy kill off the weak and dying members in the pride/herd/whatever and that their money basically pays for all the conservation in the US and Africa.

>>665109

oof

>>666247

Either the guy was deliberately fucking with you or he's a retard.

>>666275

>Some populations of overcrowded animals manifest diseases sometimes

>therefore all animals ever everywhere are diseased

It's like you're actually fundamentally retarded.

>>666277

>t. zombie-infected nigger

just like toxoplasmosis. shoo away nigger

>>666279

>toxoplasmosis

Are you one of those dumbfucks that thinks minor effects on personality equal mind control and is now mortally afraid of coming in contact with a cat?

>>666301

Over here we've got a profession that's basically being a hunter – these people regulate the numbers of wild game (shoot them when there's too many, breed them when there's too few or practice eugenics when the demand is for bucks with large antlers for example), build and resupply hay racks and similar so that the game has shit to eat and somewhere to go to during winter, make sure retards don't do things they shouldn't (make sure birds have quiet and calm for their nesting, etc.) and similar things. I'd expect them to be able to teach anyone how to properly hunt. Don't other countries have similar professions?

>>666313

>Don't other countries have similar professions?

American Federal and state wildlife services are just Cops, They're more focused on enforcing the law and making sure your permits are in order. Though they do monitor animal populations in case a disease get's bad enough to issue a culling or reintroduce animals that have gone extinct in an area, but they're far from what i'd call a professional hunter

>>666321

>Hungary

>hunters have a bad reputation

Maybe because most "hunters" here are corrupt fucks being close to the government?

>mostly because there are lots of pretentious prolies who try to ape the traditional German hunting culture, even though they lack the "nobility"

This stands for basically everything else. I don't really know where this "aping Germans in hunting" comes from, maybe its also a way to show off how "cultured" they are, along with how most Zsideszgipsy are buying German cars to show how wealthy and succesful they are.

>>666313

I know here in the US many of the southeastern states pay people to control the local hog population, but they're an invasive species. I imagine other species are controlled in a similar way.

>>666328

>I don't really know where this "aping Germans in hunting" comes from

From the Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Hunting has always been the nobility's privilege here, and under the Habsburg rule our high nobility introduced the ways of Vienna to their hunting trips. Lesser nobles took it up, and so our hunters kept this until the commies came. Commies kept hunting as a privilege for the party elite, and I don't have to tell you how commies are. But for other anons: their idea of hunting was getting drunk and randomly shooting at animals that were herded towards their direction. Some of them even preferred SMGs over rifles. And there's the anecdote about one of them who ordered his chauffeur to drive around randomly, so that he can "hunt" pheasants with his pistol. He was drunk -of course he was drunk- and ended up shooting the chauffeur. Now then, the 90s came, the same communists bastards and their descendants remained in power, but they wanted to appear more respectible, so they tried to revive that old German hunting culture. And upper-middle class people got the oppurtinity to also became "hunters", therefore a lot of them turned into snobs to be more legitimate in the eyes of the ex-commies.

>>666329

coyotes, beavers and gophers kills can get you paid easily here.

Tomorrow is my last day working at a gun shop. It was a really fun 2 years and 4 months (or so). I'll never forget February of 2018 when I counted how many times people pointed a gun at me; 39 times. Or the two people I refused to sell anything to: the first was a man who wanted to make a slamfire rifle out of a barrel and a pipe end cap because wanted to shoot "coyotes", the second was a woman who wanted a .410 shotgun because she had an Army sniper trying to kill her from 300 yards away.

I'm going to take time tonight and write down as much as I can remember, I seriously enjoyed this job. Support your LGS guys.

>>666403

Is that pointed a gun with malicious intent or are you counting retards barrel flagging?

>>666404

That was only flagging, I thankfully never had anyone maliciously aim at me. Although several have drawn loaded handguns (to be gunsmithed or some other thing) after I clearly told them not to. I mean, you wouldn't like getting flagged with a cleared gun at the range, why should the gun counter be any different?

>>655799

Dubsman, I want you to know that I wasn't that kind of clerk. Although I would have definitely made fun of you to your face for being wrong-handed.

>>666403

>I'll never forget February of 2018 when I counted how many times people pointed a gun at me; 39 times.

This might sound silly, but what do you count a guy pointing a gun at you as? I am very safety-conscious, but some of these guys seem oblivious to safety rules on their end, like they'll put a gun down on the counter that is aiming at them.

You are never going to have perfect protocol in a busy gun store; the most you can ask for is that everyone knows gun safety rules and does their best.

>>666408

>You are never going to have perfect protocol in a busy gun store

Correct, and that's fine, but in that month I counted any time a muzzle was pointed at me. I'd say something like 70-80% of the time it was sweeping, but there were definitely times the customer pointed the gun at me, again, not maliciously or "as a joke". Hard to explain, but some people just hold handguns in a way that they're always pointed at someone. Very unnerving.

>>666403

>refusing that poor woman her 2nd amendment right

you fucking monster

>>655469

>Only very recently in my life have I seen gun culture become less pretentious, cocky and full of pricks

Unfortunately I'm seeing more latte loving hipsters in it now,I much prefer the salty old assholes who knew their weapons.

Shit like this is why I go to Gander. They over charge, but they have good customer service, I primarily gun shop online, and a lot of the younger guys behind the counter there enjoy talking to someone that I knows a lot about firearms. They always drool over the milsurp I transfer through them.

>>668671

Nah, I have a fascination with Yugo shit from the war era. You'll never see me paying current prices for mosins. I got a garbage rod back when they were one hundo and that's plenty.

>>665076

South Florida gun shops are the absolute worst. They're all universally overpriced and mostly unhelpful

>>675740

>he doesn't know collectors pay for old limited edition boxes.

I only use 2 gun stores these days, one is a decent mom and pop LGS with prices that are usually just under msrp. I use them mainly for transfers, but I did get my SP-01 from them. They are generally good guys, but they are always butthurt and resentful when doing transfers. Every other LGS is either tacticool larpers with nothing but overpriced ARs or old fudd shops with even worse prices and outright hostile assholes behind the counter.

The other gun store I use is an Academy. They have actually good prices on some things when on sale, and the guys behind the counter are absolutely hilarious. If they handled transfers, I'd probably never use anyone but them.

>>655536

>Boomers are like that with everything whether it be guns, cars, or even music.

Its because many smaller stores only exist for tax fraud or were made by 50+ rich boomer hipsters so they can brag about being "complex and hard working people".

Simply look up the rent prices for the store or who the owner is and then watch how many people are actually going into the stores and buy stuff.

It never adds up, the rent is always higher than the number of stuff they sale and that why they are assholes to people who want to buy things.

Anytime they have a real customer it means these people have to wrestle with their books to make them look normal for the tax office.

>>675740

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>>666313

Stateside we have foresters which is the state government not federal.

>>675973

choot

em

I've only dealt with 2 in my life, one was a terry level schizo who was interesting to talk to and had a beard down to his belt.

the other is a polack who is into d&d and shit and im fairly certain goes onto /k/. Both are chill imo

>>655441

Tons of LGSs in my area, but only one shitty range now. Aside from the aforementioned shitty range, most of the other shops in town and out in the surrounding county are overall pretty nice. Don't be a dingus, and don't expect wall-to-wall rarities for bottom-dollar bargains, and you'll find good guns and ammo for good prices with friendly service. One bit of advice: pawn shops are your friend. You want a rotating stock of cheap, interesting pieces? Get thee over to the nearest musty bar-windowed huckster hut. Even if you won't necessarily find anything worth buying, you'll always be able to chuckle with the counter guy at the constant folly of the local trailer dwellers.

>>666321

>>666313

>19th century

In the civilized parts of europe it's the 9th century.

Capitulare secundum anni DCCCXIII

Cap. VIII - Ut Vicarii luparios habeant

Ut vicarii luparios habeant unusquique in suo ministerio duos. Et ipsi de hoste pergendi et de placito Comitis vel Vicarii ne custodiat, nisi clamor supereum veniat. Et ipsi vertare studeant de hoc ut perfetum exinde habeant et ipsae pelles luporum ad nostrum opus dentur. Et unus quisque de illis qui in illo ministerio placitum custodiunt, detur eis modium de annona.

Luparii, "louvetier" in french still exist. They don't hunt wolves anymore (as there is none) but are suppose to regulate wildlife and are essentially professional hunters.

Game and forest wardens are something else, they regulate people, not wildlife.

>>675894

Academy does do transfers, at least here, for $40

>>660981

Most boomers wont be officially dead until afer 2050, sad I know, but by 2040 they will all mostly be in their late 70's and 80's, the few who would remains that is.

>>655469

>That store isn't owned by cops/ex cops, like so many others are.

>That said, I think it's something about boomer era gun culture that makes so many gun owners in general act like assholes.

No, it's Zogbot culture. You guys have allowed them to be entitled scum.

>>683521

>Most boomers wont be officially is.

Why does everyone think Boomers are the problem and not the Hyercapitailst scum who came in afterward? Oh that's right you are Christcucks, Kikerats and Bulletfags. /Ignored

>>683526

>Why does everyone think Boomers are the problem and not the Hyercapitailst scum who came in afterward?

Because anyone with room temperature IQ understands that to this day it is still boomers who have all the political power, influence money and positions in society that they refuse to give up to the gen-x and millenial generations while at the same time replacing them with even less qualified turd world hordes, like french flag posters for example

>>655500

first gun I ever bought the guy asked me what the purpose was and I said I dont know, self defense and the second amendment? He said surely you mean target shooting arnt you going to be doing a lot of target shooting? Yes sir absolutely it's for target shooting. This was like ten years ago and I've never seen that since. Did that used to be a 4473 question or something?

There's a chain moving into my area called Shoot Point Blank which is super corporate and has a strange feel to it, but an upside of that is that they are extremely helpful, friendly, and professional. Its like they did market research and asked people what they want in a gun store and made training videos. The clerks have little catchphrases and shit that they always say. Not bad. I never use the range because it always has 100 people lined up.

There's an independent one nearby also which is pretty excellent. Great modern range with very good ventilation. The two shitty boomer ones left a hole in the market and these two businesses are capitalizing.

I do miss my living room office FFl though, that's the best. Also outdoor private club ranges are the best.

>>683619

> Shoot Point Blank

I've had one of these near me for a while. Only went once, but I recall the same sort of deal with the staff, so it probably is in their training regime. Their prices are beat out by local guys though, only went once cus they were charging $15 for a 10 box of federal 00-buck

Probably because they deal with dumbshits all fucking day

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>>655441

Go to a asian or Latino own gun store. They tend to be more polite and openly Hate joggers than white baby boomers.

Go to gun runner arms in Junction City. Father and son team. They are pretty nice guys. Very helpful and good to shoot the shit with. Sounds like you are in the area roughly.

>>690122

Get fucked, nigga. Why give money to non White parasites that are always sending money "back home" wherever the fuck they're from, they need to go back.

Support WHITE and stop supporting shitskins and abnoxious kike faggots that infest the business..