The stories are endless and mostly pretty forgettable, especially in chain gunstores or, more properly, chain stores that sell guns. I hear guys who clearly know nothing about guns selling stuff to guys who also don't. I just stay out of it. If nobody asks my opinion, they don't get it, even for free and sometimes it's worth about that--I don't savvy "black guns" nor nor plastic guns nor Turkish or Chinese guns. (Sometimes ignorance really IS bliss!).
But HANDLOADING advice is another matter--I might well be standing next to Bubba when the bomb goes off....
Recently heard a clerk at a major SoCal chain tell a customer that he COULD just substitute Unique measure-for-measure for Trail Boss (which the store was out of). "Just fill the case like Trail Boss." That time I DID open my big mouth. I've heard a few similar doses of handloading expertise over the years, always in a chain "gun store."
Last edited by Mike A.; 07/04/16 11:44 AM.
