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I went to this gunshop today, which I believe is called Ling's Sports. I noticed it while on my way home from work and thought since I got off early I would check it out. Especially since I am planning on getting my first pistol soon.
Well I go in there and the owner guy is on the phone chatting away. So I look at all of his inventory and notice that he has a Glock 19, SW MP9, and an XD9. The three guns i am considering after my first .22LR.
So i wait a few more minutes and he finally asks if he can help me in a somewhat gruff voice. I know I look like I'm only 16, especially since I was wearing basketball shorts and a shirt (I like to change right after work since I have to be in a lab all day). But that was pretty messed up to start off. Well I ask him if i can handle the 3 pistols. So he opens it up the display and just hands it to me. So I decided that I would check to see if it was unloaded; cocked back the slide on the XD, and he let me have it.
He got pissed that I cocked the slide and said "what are you doing don't cock the slides thats bad for the gun! You don't cock the slide unless you are going to use it!" Stuff like that...I suppose thats true but I still wanted to check the way the gun feels. Next I ejected the magazine and he got made about that too, so i push the magazine back in and hand it to him. He takes it and ejects the mag himself and said that i shouldn't do that and while he is handling the pistol the barrel was pointed at me (I was pissed in my head).
So I asked him what the main differences between the guns are and he straight up they are all the same plastic junk. And he said they weren't accurate either. And started telling me how 9mm are hard to shoot and that I wanted a good shooter to get a .45 or a .38 super. Now i know those are good for experienced shooters , but this is my first handgun and I explained that to him and he said "You should get a 1911 or berretta for my first gun and that the other three "plastic" guns will break and are hard to fix."
I know things will break with time, but I know that the Glock has been through all kinds of tests. I know the XD and the MP might be hard to fix right now since they are relatively new, but I'm almost certain that they are supposed to be pretty good.
I asked: "do you have any pre-lock Smith and Wesson Revolvers?" and he looked at me like i was a moron. (maybe he just didn't understand or hear me correctly?)
I asked if he carries the sig p6 and he asked "Why would i want a used gun like that?" (I don't know they seem kind of cool and since I'm on a budget.)
I asked: "Do you carry any reduced recoil 00 buckshot?" HE said there was no such thing and that the best buck shot are the magnum loads. So I asked: "what brands did you carry?" And he said what does it matter what brands we have I they are all the same and shoot the same 9 pellet junk... (someone please tell me that this isn't true? they can't be the same...same idea?)
The next thing he does is start ranting about how i should trust him and get a 1911, because he is a weapons designer and has designed millions of weapons for the government and whatever. and He keeps telling me crap about how he can do 1 inch groups at 50 yards a with a bone stock 1911 GI or any 1911 for that matter. (maybe he did design weapons and can shoot that well, but I don't care what you can do. I went there to buy a handgun.)
Anyways this was no way to talk to a potential customer. But I stuck around to look at some of the rare stuff I've never seen.
If anyone is interested he has 3 sks is stock 2 of them are Norincos. He has an HK PS9 never seen one of those and never heard of them either, but It looked pretty interesting. Mind you he has cool stuff, but was mean and arrogant towards me. Maybe older looker people will have better luck than myself, but he will not get my business.
Maybe I'm just being a brat, but my over all impression is that they don't care about my business.
end rant.
I went to this gunshop today, which I believe is called Ling's Sports. I noticed it while on my way home from work and thought since I got off early I would check it out. Especially since I am planning on getting my first pistol soon.
Well I go in there and the owner guy is on the phone chatting away. So I look at all of his inventory and notice that he has a Glock 19, SW MP9, and an XD9. The three guns i am considering after my first .22LR.
So i wait a few more minutes and he finally asks if he can help me in a somewhat gruff voice. I know I look like I'm only 16, especially since I was wearing basketball shorts and a shirt (I like to change right after work since I have to be in a lab all day). But that was pretty messed up to start off. Well I ask him if i can handle the 3 pistols. So he opens it up the display and just hands it to me. So I decided that I would check to see if it was unloaded; cocked back the slide on the XD, and he let me have it.
He got pissed that I cocked the slide and said "what are you doing don't cock the slides thats bad for the gun! You don't cock the slide unless you are going to use it!" Stuff like that...I suppose thats true but I still wanted to check the way the gun feels. Next I ejected the magazine and he got made about that too, so i push the magazine back in and hand it to him. He takes it and ejects the mag himself and said that i shouldn't do that and while he is handling the pistol the barrel was pointed at me (I was pissed in my head).
So I asked him what the main differences between the guns are and he straight up they are all the same plastic junk. And he said they weren't accurate either. And started telling me how 9mm are hard to shoot and that I wanted a good shooter to get a .45 or a .38 super. Now i know those are good for experienced shooters , but this is my first handgun and I explained that to him and he said "You should get a 1911 or berretta for my first gun and that the other three "plastic" guns will break and are hard to fix."
I know things will break with time, but I know that the Glock has been through all kinds of tests. I know the XD and the MP might be hard to fix right now since they are relatively new, but I'm almost certain that they are supposed to be pretty good.
I asked: "do you have any pre-lock Smith and Wesson Revolvers?" and he looked at me like i was a moron. (maybe he just didn't understand or hear me correctly?)
I asked if he carries the sig p6 and he asked "Why would i want a used gun like that?" (I don't know they seem kind of cool and since I'm on a budget.)
I asked: "Do you carry any reduced recoil 00 buckshot?" HE said there was no such thing and that the best buck shot are the magnum loads. So I asked: "what brands did you carry?" And he said what does it matter what brands we have I they are all the same and shoot the same 9 pellet junk... (someone please tell me that this isn't true? they can't be the same...same idea?)
The next thing he does is start ranting about how i should trust him and get a 1911, because he is a weapons designer and has designed millions of weapons for the government and whatever. and He keeps telling me crap about how he can do 1 inch groups at 50 yards a with a bone stock 1911 GI or any 1911 for that matter. (maybe he did design weapons and can shoot that well, but I don't care what you can do. I went there to buy a handgun.)
Anyways this was no way to talk to a potential customer. But I stuck around to look at some of the rare stuff I've never seen.
If anyone is interested he has 3 sks is stock 2 of them are Norincos. He has an HK PS9 never seen one of those and never heard of them either, but It looked pretty interesting. Mind you he has cool stuff, but was mean and arrogant towards me. Maybe older looker people will have better luck than myself, but he will not get my business.
Maybe I'm just being a brat, but my over all impression is that they don't care about my business.
end rant.
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