SHOCKING! Rude behavior observed at gun shop.

[Tovarish]

I know this is absolutely stunning...but I recently observed less-than-courteous behavior at a gun store.

Or at least that's how I felt.

Look, I'm not that experienced. I only first caught the pistol bug early this year. But in that year or so, every time I handle a pistol at a shop, I ask the employee if it's okay for me to dry-fire it. Responses vary from "yeah, knock yourself out" to "okay, but you're limited to one." Honestly, I never really felt obligated to ask. I just did it out of courtesy because I knew some people are weird about that.

Anyway, last week, I show up at a store (identity withheld, because this isn't a big deal) to DROS an SSE pistol that I had ordered online and had SSE'd before it arrived at the shop. One of the cashiers gets me started on my paperwork and as he is fumbling around with the DROS system, his boss comes over.

"Whoa, cool!" Mr. Boss exclaims as he picks up and fondles my pistol without any express or implied consent from me, the owner of this $1,200 pistol. Mr. Boss then racks the slide and does four dry fires on the gun, ya know, just 'cause it's a cool gun and he really needs to see how the trigger is.

Really, I'm not afraid my firing pin is going to give it up from a few dry fires. What bothers me is the fact that I always ask for permission, yet the guys I'm paying to do my transfer can't extend the same courtesy to me (and I would have said "of course, do whatever you want.")

Am I out of line? Or is this a total ****bag move?

[rolotomassi]

Personally I'm inclined to agree that one should never touch another person's firearms without their permission. I mean in the letter of the law the gun wasn't technically yours at that point, but the principle of the matter is it was yours at that point.

[bakelite]

If it was the shops gun they can do that
But since it was your gun I would of told him
To put my gun down after the first time he racked the
Slide and pulled the trigger

[bakelite]

You know what you do!!!
Go in there with greasy hands and dry fire their
Most expensive pistol with out asking them
Don't forget to grease the gun with greasy hands

[Bobby Ricigliano]

"Get your booger hook off my bang switch!!"

[johnny_boy02]

Yeah that would irk me a bit. The last time I was transferring/private party buying a off roster pistol at a local place that is strictly a "sells only on roster" guns only shop two employees that were not helping with the transfer both asked if the could handle the gun.

Not like they couldn't have waited till I left and fingered all the wanted. But I appreciated them asking.

[40calibre]

I agree with you, I always thought it was a common courtesy to ask for permission to dry fire another's firearm.

[gesundheit]

Yeah you could've told him that but you know what once you leave their premises they would have fondled it as much as they want. I just assume that this happens all the time. If you have an option to give your business to someone who is more careful about his customers' property, I suggest you give them your $. That's what I'd have done.

[bubbala]

pick out his most expensive 1911 and dry fire the crap out of it.

[SOCOgunguy]

I would only care if that $1,200 pistol of yours was a .22lr

Other than that, if a gun can't handle being dry fired as many times as my heart desires to, than I don't want that gun.

That being said, he should keep his little paws off your firearm.

[stillwater562]

I have had this happen to my new 2 1/2 barreled Python as I was filling out the paperwork on a PPT, not the guy that was helping us dros it but another employee walked up and picked it up and dry fired it twice then open the cylandar and slammed it shut, not to say I was none to happy but what can you do, the guy doing the dros actually told the other employee not to slam it like that but didn't mention anything about the dry firing, but they have your gun for 10 days if you say something they will just wait till you leave and play with it, so your kinda screwed unless you lock it up at the time of dros if they will let you.

[LAKings22]

I did a PPT on a PTR91 at Turners about a year ago and when the store manager came to the front desk to check the rifle, he locked the bolt back to check if it was clear then he slapped the charging handle down to drop the bolt.

The seller of the PTR91 let him know that he wasn't happy about it. The manager tried to explain to him, by what he did will not damage the rifle but the seller didn't want to hear it lol. I had to calm him down and tell him not to worry that I was still going to buy the rifle. He then started to get angry at me. I just pulled a number and told him I'd be outside having a smoke. Had to of been one of the weirdest PPT I've ever done.

It would be nice to ask before you mess with my handgun or rifle, however I won't make a big deal if sales guy or manager drops the slide, bolt or dry fire it once or twice. Any more then that I'll tell them to stop.

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[SoberClurichaun]

You don't mow another mans lawn or touch his guns without asking. I'd say you where def not out of line.

[TeddyBallgame]

I know this is absolutely stunning...but I recently observed less-than-courteous behavior at a gun store.

Or at least that's how I felt.

Look, I'm not that experienced. I only first caught the pistol bug early this year. But in that year or so, every time I handle a pistol at a shop, I ask the employee if it's okay for me to dry-fire it. Responses vary from "yeah, knock yourself out" to "okay, but you're limited to one." Honestly, I never really felt obligated to ask. I just did it out of courtesy because I knew some people are weird about that.

Anyway, last week, I show up at a store (identity withheld, because this isn't a big deal) to DROS an SSE pistol that I had ordered online and had SSE'd before it arrived at the shop. One of the cashiers gets me started on my paperwork and as he is fumbling around with the DROS system, his boss comes over.

"Whoa, cool!" Mr. Boss exclaims as he picks up and fondles my pistol without any express or implied consent from me, the owner of this $1,200 pistol. Mr. Boss then racks the slide and does four dry fires on the gun, ya know, just 'cause it's a cool gun and he really needs to see how the trigger is.

Really, I'm not afraid my firing pin is going to give it up from a few dry fires. What bothers me is the fact that I always ask for permission, yet the guys I'm paying to do my transfer can't extend the same courtesy to me (and I would have said "of course, do whatever you want.")

Am I out of line? Or is this a total ****bag move?

yes, he should've at least asked...the rest is totally dependent on how important it was to you that he did it

[CrossedRifles]

I think it rude to touch other people's property without permission.

But what the above said, it depends on how important it was to you, and it was. Pretty inconsiderate.