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Originally posted by bendable:
its the same way at a lot Sewing machine sales centers, vacuum sales and service, even some lawn equipment centers.

A lot of people in retail these days can and do show up to punch the clock , in and out.
Some can even master the cash register, after 4 months.

there are some that can hold on to a broom stick or stock shelves.

Even the higher end computer stores are at risk.

We just lost the best most adept computer guy we may have ever found.
he had great customer service, wonderful computer knowledge , people skills and would listen.

if a body does not do the homework prior to shopping, anything could happen at the brick and mortar store.

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Originally posted by Tommydogg:

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Originally posted by DexterII:

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Originally posted by DexterII:

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Originally posted by Icabod:
Recall the first time the Army trained me on the 1911, they taught us to put out thumb between the hammer and firing pin. You then squeezed the trigger and slowly removed your thumb to lower the hammer. No I don't remember the reason.

Short version, the reason they told you this is that the 1911 uses an inertia style firing pin that does not normally reach the primer with the hammer down. If you look in the breach of a 1911 with the hammer down, you do not see the firing pin extended into the breach. The design is such that the only time the firing pin supposedly does reach the primer is when the hammer is dropped by pulling the trigger. So by easing the hammer down, the firing pin is not supposed to strike the primer. I have experimented with this myself to some degree, and it works, but don't know that 1911's have always been exempt from ND's, so who knows.

Dang! That was so good DexterII quoted himself!!

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telling her how to lower the hammer on a live round if she wasn't comfortable carrying it cocked

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Originally posted by Edmond:
I don't know which stories are better: gun counter or car buying.

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but someone's first gun purchase can be intimidating and they will likely be looking to get advice from the "expert" at the gun counter. A company that sells things meant to save lives and capable of taking someone's life *should* be better.

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Originally posted by bendable:



People do not want to pay for advice, it's that simple,
If I had a dollar for every customer that bent a brick and mortar store owner over, for hours on end and then went to the big box store to save $25.00 I 'd be richer then Bill Gates.

everyone loves the lower prices that the big store offers , but !.........