LGS Owner (Idiot)

[Ten2six]

This is kind of a funny story now, but at the time I had to walk away...I don't argue with idiots.... Here goes....
The Wife and I were out visiting  some family grave sites, placing flowers/ paying our respects and I stopped by a LGS near my hometown. I picked up some cheap Armscorp 10mm. While paying for it the clerk asked if I was from around here because no one she knew had a 10, I said I grew up near here but now lived in the city. The only other customer in the store said I hear the 10 is making a comeback, I said yes there are more companies making them now. About that time the shop owner spoke up saying the 10 is a dyeing cartridge and no one makes 10mm pistols anymore , I couldn't believe what I just heard. I politely replied that there are several now and a lot more than in 1994 when I bought my first one. Again he insist no one makes them and asked me to name one. The other customer and I both said GLOCK, He quickly replied no they don't make them any more. I jokingly asked "when did they stop" he said a few years ago...,  We went back and forth a couple times then I said COLT. Again almost cutting me off.. NO they haven't made those in years. I politely informed him I had bought a NEW one just last November.  He stammered and mumbled well they must of just started back making them again.

This was the point in the conversation when I realized that there was no convincing him. I continued to name manufacturers and every time he would cut me off by saying "nope don't make any" even the other customer named a few. At that point I just smiled thanked them for the good deal on the ammo and walked away .  When I got in the car I started laughing and told my wife that I almost got into an argument with the owner, I told her what had happened and that I was shocked a gun store owner could be so un-informed....

Sorry for the long winded story but I figured you guys would get a good laugh out of this. I would have returned the ammo but at 23 bucks a box I just couldn't pass it up.

I almost forgot, at the tail end of the conversation he said if he had a Ten in stock he couldn't sell it for $250. I almost replied to that with my phone # but thought better of it.

[Olgo]

Sadly it's more common than you'd think. They're more like clerks rather than ex-cops, gun instructors, gun nuts, armorers, etc.

[Reddog81]

Didn't ya know they stopped making them years ago...

A couple months ago I was picking up 1923 S&W target model with my boss who was picking up a S&W model 19 when I started looking at cleaning kits.  The shop owner can over and asked what we were looking for.  I told him a .22lr cleaning kit.  He looked around and couldn't find any even though they had .223 cleaning kits right front and center.  I told him the .223 would work but it looked pretty cheap. He explained to me that you couldn't use a .223 cleaning kit on .22 or since they're completely different calibers...  I asked him the bore diameter of each and he had no idea.  This was the store owner.

[4949shooter]

The 10mm is dead, Trump will never be president, and the world is flat.

I would never go to that place again. What a tool!

[Pablo]

Some people are stubborn. I mean stubbornly stupid.

I think the clue was the clerk said no one buys 10mm ammo there (may be true-ish). So the owner is just cranky about sitting on inventory and his brain swelled and locked up. As in "no one makes  10mm guns". 

[Ten2six]

I still can't believe that I resisted pulling out my gen4  Glock 29 and instantly prove him wrong!

[Olgo]

I still can't believe that I resisted pulling out my gen4  Glock 29 and instantly prove him wrong!

Careful, he'll be so jelly if you did.   

[Ten2six]

Lol, ... just a little "show and tell" ... ;nothing to get nervous about.

[tommac919]

he's faint if he saw the new Sig 220-10 I just got.

[sqlbullet]

OP, please post the name of the store.  Then we can each email the owner with links to 10mm firearms, and even keep him updated as new ones hit the market.

[Ten2six]

Here you go , have fun everyone!
http://bulletstopguns.com/missouri-about-us

[Pablo]

Here you go , have fun everyone!
http://bulletstopguns.com/missouri-about-us

Wait......two clicks into your link brings me here: http://gunmanjim.com/catalog.semi-automatic-handguns?&caliber=58

[Ten2six]

Wow, sorry...I just googled the name of the shop and didn't follow up. I will investigate further.

[Ten2six]

http://bulletstopguns.com/
Apparently there is one in Illinois also. I was at the one in Missouri. Jim is the proprietor, I believe his wife is who I bought the ammo from. They also have a Facebook page.

[Pablo]

Wow, sorry...I just googled the name of the shop and didn't follow up. I will investigate further.

Huh? Sorry for what?? In his own link - the guy sells a plethora of 10mm guns!!