Met a blowhard

[Victor3]

 I'm a gunshop blowhard-embarasser from way back...
 
 When I was ~10, I was at a shop with my Dad. Fatso behind the counter was showing a guy and his Wife a nice Win 62A, telling them some kinda story like how he uses his to shoot flies off the target at 100 yds to clear them away before the REAL target shooting gets going (something like that. Can't remember exactly what it was    ).
 
 The the guy asks fatso, "Where's the safety?" Fatso looks the gun over and says "Uhhh... This rifle doesn't have a safety. You just keep the chamber empty until you're ready to shoot."
 
 Helpful boy that I was I say, "Sure it does." (reaching over on my tippy-toes and puting it on half-cock for fatso).
 
 Never seen a brighter shade of red on a gunstore clerk before or since. 

[AtlLaw]

that powder had n. glycerin  in it and would explode.

Nitroglycerin! Is that them things that you put in your mouth to stop a heart attack, young fella?

HUH!    What!    OH MY!!!      I got a pocket full of them things rite now!      Do you mean I'm gonna blow my own self up with them little pills?      And my poor Sainted Mother-in-Law always thought it would be them "bullets" I "make."   

[drdougrx]

HEY RICHARD...PUT THEM DANG THINGS IN YER BACK POCKET SO YOU DON"T BLOW YER YOUKNOWHAT OFF! 
 
Doublebass -  I had a similar occurrence at the KTP but with a guy buying a knife.  A guy was looking at the Randall Made knives as was I.  Nice blades!  The sales guy comes over and asks if we want to see any.  The guy said, "Well....I'm gonna start deer hunt'n and I want an all around knife."  The sales guy shows him a 6" hunter for about $500 or so.  The guy says, "I can't afford that much...how about a buck folding knife?"  The sales guy then procedes to educate us on the need to have a blade of at least 6" long, wide in the middle and a spine thickness of 3/8" and a steel quality of at least ATS34.   I ask him if he can show us the knife he uses most often to gut, dress and butcher deer.   He says..."Oh I don't hunt much any more, but it stands to reason you'd need a really big blade cause removing a deer's butthole needs a 7-10" deep cut and a long blade keeps your hands from getting messy."  With a straight face no less.....and the guy just walked away with nothing.

[SHOOTALL]

I wish I had known that , I used a Buck 110 for years and to think I was doing it all wrong.

[OldSchoolRanger]

I wish I had known that , I used a Buck 110 for years and to think I was doing it all wrong.

You probably were. 

  He says..."Oh I don't hunt much any more, but it stands to reason you'd need a really big blade cause removing a deer's butthole needs a 7-10" deep cut and a long blade keeps your hands from getting messy." 

Betcha didn't manage to keep your hands from getting messy. 

[Doublebass73]

HEY RICHARD...PUT THEM DANG THINGS IN YER BACK POCKET SO YOU DON"T BLOW YER YOUKNOWHAT OFF! 
 
Doublebass -  I had a similar occurrence at the KTP but with a guy buying a knife.  A guy was looking at the Randall Made knives as was I.  Nice blades!  The sales guy comes over and asks if we want to see any.  The guy said, "Well....I'm gonna start deer hunt'n and I want an all around knife."  The sales guy shows him a 6" hunter for about $500 or so.  The guy says, "I can't afford that much...how about a buck folding knife?"  The sales guy then procedes to educate us on the need to have a blade of at least 6" long, wide in the middle and a spine thickness of 3/8" and a steel quality of at least ATS34.   I ask him if he can show us the knife he uses most often to gut, dress and butcher deer.   He says..."Oh I don't hunt much any more, but it stands to reason you'd need a really big blade cause removing a deer's butthole needs a 7-10" deep cut and a long blade keeps your hands from getting messy."  With a straight face no less.....and the guy just walked away with nothing.

That sounds about right for the KTP