Stigma towards younger gun generation?

[sfe187]

Its pretty straight forward in a "gun store", get in and get out, no chit chat shoot the breeze BS (we don't care how your day was), do your own research prior, you want to fondle go to a chain. Respect their time their way of doing their business and any signs of instant gratification will be the demise period.

[divingin]

I walked 5 miles to school everyday

Was that barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways, like I did?

[bruss01]

The gun community has a very high percentage of sucky gun shops. It's probably not personal...or due to your age...or anything else. There are just a lot of sucky shops that know crap about service. Nobody has really been able to figure out why.

There are some good shops, however. Find one and support them.

I'll second this.

For background, I have 12 gauge, AR-10, .35 Rem, and .44 mag handguns. Love 'em.

At one point I decided I needed a .22 revolver for the purpose of introducing new shooters to the sport in a caliber they wouldn't find intimidating, for mastering the basics before moving up.

You can imagine the snide giggling behind the gun counter and gesturing in my direction. I'm sure they thought I was buying it for my own home defense, or some other equally stupid purpose. I said nothing about it, paid for my merchandise and left the premises... never been back.

Maybe it's not solely the work of the "evil anti-gunners" that there are so few gun stores still in business these days.

[sfe187]

Was that barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways, like I did?

No i had it much easier, old tennis shoes, dirt road, carrying a lunch pile which i hate!

[JWil]

Its pretty straight forward in a "gun store", get in and get out, no chit chat shoot the breeze BS (we don't care how your day was), do your own research prior, you want to fondle go to a chain. Respect their time their way of doing their business and any signs of instant gratification will be the demise period.

Sounds like you just have terrible people skills, and run a crappy shop lol.

[JWil]

I'll second this.

For background, I have 12 gauge, AR-10, .35 Rem, and .44 mag handguns. Love 'em.

At one point I decided I needed a .22 revolver for the purpose of introducing new shooters to the sport in a caliber they wouldn't find intimidating, for mastering the basics before moving up.

You can imagine the snide giggling behind the gun counter and gesturing in my direction. I'm sure they thought I was buying it for my own home defense, or some other equally stupid purpose. I said nothing about it, paid for my merchandise and left the premises... never been back.

Maybe it's not solely the work of the "evil anti-gunners" that there are so few gun stores still in business these days.

NorCal shop?

I went to a shop in Reno which had an antique revolver in it, and some nice rifles, and I had like 2K in my savings for guns. They said nope, not enough guns for locals. Wtf lmao. It's a big shop too

[Verdha603]

This is great. All I will say, is that I have never had an issues with Bucky's and it is actually the shop I ended up buying my AR in. The other spot you mentioned... hit or miss for me. Higher prices so I don't frequent there often.

Gonna have to second you on Bucky's. Haven't been there in awhile but I've purchased multiple firearms from them, and I was glad that they were straight shooters that at least had enough grace to not automatically treat you like an idiot unless you went out of your way to prove it to them.

[divingin]

While you're not wrong, I think it has more to do with the proprietor than the store itself.

A dive shop I used to frequent had a reputation for the owner being grouchy ("grouchy" is pronounced "an *******".) He would throw a customer out based on how they looked, without waiting to see if they were serious about purchasing anything. It was his business, and I guess he could do what he wanted. I noticed quite a few of the older dive shops where the owners worked the floor were pretty similar. Those shops where the owner wasn't a fixture in the shop tended to be much more customer oriented.

[divingin]

No i had it much easier, old tennis shoes, dirt road, carrying a lunch pile which i hate!

Punk kids...