Horrible gun mistakes/ malfunctions you have witnessed

[Spades of Columbia]

Originally Posted by Nyles

Yesterday I had a guy come into the store wondering why he couldn't sight in his Savage 111FCXP3. The scope was actually rattling around inside the rings. He then asked for 2 3/4" 12 gauge BBs, and only after I told him we didn't have any did he say "Oh, do you have any 2 1/2" shells? Apparently thats what the gun is actually chambered for."

Scope problem customers are the worst...we actually had a guy with glued on bases on a old mauser and wondered why it didnt hold zero

[Nyles]

"My rifle shoots 8" high at 25 yards and it won't adjust! I clicked it like 12 times and it barely moved!"
"Sir, it takes 16 clicks to move an inch at 25 yards. You need to move it about 130 clicks."

[S&Wshooter]

My friend broke my father's M1 Carbine after running 3 30 round mags though it, using the mag as a monopod

[Nyles]

Guy called the store today looking for a smith that could mount a scope on his rifle. It was an original Winchester 1886.

[k9870]

we need to get a "puke smilie" icon......

[Spades of Columbia]

Originally Posted by Nyles

Guy called the store today looking for a smith that could mount a scope on his rifle. It was an original Winchester 1886.

Not a horrible idea if he is talking about a scout scope. Atleast the old gun is still being used.

[Gunmaster45]

I just got done cleaning a very old pump shotgun, and while I don't know the make of it, I have never had such a filthy gun in my hands. The outside only had minor surface rust, but the inside has a thick black sludge mixed with dust. Kerosene, PB blaster, nothing took it off. I had to take each part to a wire wheel to finally get it off. That's a horrible gun mistake for using WD40 as a lubricant for 40 years and never cleaning it. Yuck.

[Nyles]

It would have had to have been a scout scope, the '86 (and all Winchester before the 94AE came out in the early 80s) eject straight to the top. However, I, and most others, tend to object pretty strongly to drilling and tapping a fine original firearm. Assuming the rifle isn't already screwed up and in decent shape, mounting a modern scope on an original Winchester '86 is essentially taking a $2000 rifle and spending $500 to turn it into a $600 rifle.

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

I just got done cleaning a very old pump shotgun, and while I don't know the make of it, I have never had such a filthy gun in my hands. The outside only had minor surface rust, but the inside has a thick black sludge mixed with dust. Kerosene, PB blaster, nothing took it off. I had to take each part to a wire wheel to finally get it off. That's a horrible gun mistake for using WD40 as a lubricant for 40 years and never cleaning it. Yuck.

WD40 as gun lub?