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I dont normally frequent my local rfd on a weekend as it can be really busy but called in to grab something i needed and the customer infront was looking for a bb pistol to shoot indoors and didnt seem to be the sharpest tool in the box and was not interested being told about backstops and then 2 real nice guys came in to collect air rifles and the one with the hatsan that needed a gunsmith to setup the scope got a right pasting for bringing it in cocked and loaded! Of course it was not his fault as he just bought it off some guy then bought it in allegedly....... Then he went on to tell his mate he had a pile of junk as someone had tried to up the power and made a right mess of it.

 

The joys of tracksuit wearing baseball capped yoofs!

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Not only the popgun squad........I was in a local gun shop a few weeks ago waiting to be served, there was a bloke after a 243 at the counter looking at a few rifles, he couldn't make his mind up.

 

The lad behind the counter handed him one of them, it still had the bolt in, & looking at it he turned round, faced a family that was a few yards away to his left buying fishing tackle for their younger son, with it pointing mid height.

 

Never seen the lad behind the counter, or him check to see if it was safe, also surprised to see it with the bolt present.

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In the sixties in "Steve Smiths " gunshop near Greys monument in Newcastle one Saturday, the usual crowd of us fowlers were talking, A man pushed his way to the front,& in a very clipped abrupt manner started telling Steve of the gun problem he had,as he pulled gun from the slip" Fired the ****** gun yesterday, can,t get the ****** gun open" "you did fire both barrels"asked Steve " Whats that, I ****** hope so" he then pointed gun at floor & pulled the other trigger!, |it had been fired,man left with brush hanging,in minutes Steve ,with a cleaning rod had Knocked the offending firing pin back,& opened gun all the while commenting on the man,s apptitude. A proper gunsmith& an old school shop,his wife Peggy was charming too,sadly all gone.

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Many years ago the nut that held the base on my mates spotter scope dropped off and he struggled to find a replacement.

 

Off to the gun shop were he originally bought it he walked in and said "I was wondering if you had any spare nuts"

 

"Oh yes" says the shop owner "we get plenty in here"

 

It goes with the job.

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I was in my local RFD when a typical townie guppy who's moved to the country was in, and was annoyed about rabbits. He asked to buy an air rifle, and then started saying - "so, I just point the cross thingy at the middle of the rabbit and pull the trigger thingy?)

 

Scary.

Think if I were the rfd id take the rifle back at that point and hand over a business card of a pest controller.

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Many years ago the nut that held the base on my mates spotter scope dropped off and he struggled to find a replacement.

 

Off to the gun shop were he originally bought it he walked in and said "I was wondering if you had any spare nuts"

 

"Oh yes" says the shop owner "we get plenty in here"

 

It goes with the job.

:lol::lol:

Kranks, the bradford massive were on a day trip.

Lol, normally they don't suffer idiots in there.

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