What are your firearms related pet peeve’s?

[oremike]

The so called "break in" period is one of my biggest pet peeves. Nothing like plopping $1k+ on a firearm and needing to shooting 200-400 rounds before it can be trusted. Depending on the caliber, that's hundreds of dollars!

Spoken like a person that doesn't field strip, clean and lube before first firing. Also part of what some call the break in is more like finding what ammo the gun likes and more importantly doesn't like.

 

[9milli]

Spoken like a person that doesn't field strip, clean and lube before first firing. Also part of what some call the break in is more like finding what ammo the gun likes and more importantly doesn't like.

Oh I do strip, clean, and lube before firing for the first time but still run into issues until I hit about the 200 round mark, despite using common brand ammo. I love 1911s for a lot of reasons but the whole platform has turned people into masochist .

Note: I own two 1911s and enjoy them…however, testing defensive rounds got expensive real quick!

 

[TTSX]

Something that's been bugging the bejeezus out of me is the auction sites that will allow listings to start at a penny but still have a reserve. So why not just start the bidding at the minimum you're willing to take and not waste my time? The way I see it, if you start the bidding at .01 and I'm the only bidder, I should get to buy your gun for a single, shiny penny. But it doesn't work that way because you want to be a deceptive jerk. I'm not paying full retail for your gun, that's why I'm on an auction site. I want a deal.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Something that's been bugging the bejeezus out of me is the auction sites that will allow listings to start at a penny but still have a reserve. So why not just start the bidding at the minimum you're willing to take and not waste my time? The way I see it, if you start the bidding at .01 and I'm the only bidder, I should get to buy your gun for a single, shiny penny. But it doesn't work that way because you want to be a deceptive jerk. I'm not paying full retail for your gun, that's why I'm on an auction site. I want a deal.

Because its been proven over and over in auctions, that penny starts results in reserves being met more often than starting at the lowest real price that the seller wants?

No reserves seems to generate the highest amount of bidding but I seem to remember for a while , a big isssue of "shill bidders"

 

[TTSX]

Because its been proven over and over in auctions, that penny starts results in reserves being met more often than starting at the lowest real price that the seller wants?

No reserves seems to generate the highest amount of bidding but I seem to remember for a while , a big isssue of "shill bidders"

Sometimes I like to bid up crappy guns just to get the other guy to spend more money on a POS. I haven't yet been stuck holding the hot potato.

 

[CountryGent]

Something that's been bugging the bejeezus out of me is the auction sites that will allow listings to start at a penny but still have a reserve. So why not just start the bidding at the minimum you're willing to take and not waste my time? The way I see it, if you start the bidding at .01 and I'm the only bidder, I should get to buy your gun for a single, shiny penny. But it doesn't work that way because you want to be a deceptive jerk. I'm not paying full retail for your gun, that's why I'm on an auction site. I want a deal.

LOL! Yah, a penny auction with a reserve seems kind of pointless. As in a guffaw, followed by hitting the back button.

 

[TTSX]

LOL! Yah, a penny auction with a reserve seems kind of pointless. As in a guffaw, followed by hitting the back button.

I put in what I thought was fair on a used Smith 610 and my top dollar wasn't even their bottom dollar. And now I get notifications about that particular listing because I'm "interested" or some such. I'm not, please leave me alone. But it doesn't leave me alone...

 

[tdemore1743x]

All of the Ruger LCP variants flooding the classifieds lately

 

[CamoDeafie]

I put in what I thought was fair on a used Smith 610 and my top dollar wasn't even their bottom dollar. And now I get notifications about that particular listing because I'm "interested" or some such. I'm not, please leave me alone. But it doesn't leave me alone...

Ebay's worse. If i click to view, then go somewhere else, Ebay emails me repeatedly about that listing, or the seller's "no cost returns" or "similar items"/ "because you viewed crap item, here are more crap items to check out", or "you've been selected for this offer of x% discount (but other buyers may have received same offer so act fast!)" or even "this item is no longer available, let us help you find what you're looking for!"

 

[TTSX]

All of the Ruger LCP variants flooding the classifieds lately

Nothing wrong with a good ol lcp

 

[CamoDeafie]

Nothing wrong with a good ol lcp

Clp's good for cleaning. Lcp, throwing

 

[CountryGent]

I put in what I thought was fair on a used Smith 610 and my top dollar wasn't even their bottom dollar. And now I get notifications about that particular listing because I'm "interested" or some such. I'm not, please leave me alone. But it doesn't leave me alone...

Gah, that's no fun. Over the years I've scored a small number at reasonable rates with penny auctions, but most of the time it didn't work out. Come to think of it, I don't think I've bid on something with a reserve in a very long time. Like a decade or so.

Anywho, good luck with finding a Smith & Wesson 610. Looks like a very neat piece.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Specific gun reddit peeve (coughs retro AR subreddit coughs).

9/10 times someone ask what to build on a C7 or A2 fixed upper, its going to be a pistol or SBR in the vein of Heat, Blood Diamond or the Gordy Carbine from Blackhawk Down movies.. the other times, a pencil barrel 20" 5.56.

 

[Xaevian]

I put in what I thought was fair on a used Smith 610 and my top dollar wasn't even their bottom dollar. And now I get notifications about that particular listing because I'm "interested" or some such. I'm not, please leave me alone. But it doesn't leave me alone...

Penny wise says they float down there, @TTSX, they all float down there.

 

[bob-da-builder]

Red (or any other color) anodized AR parts. Gets to a point where it's completely silly looking

Yeah, the y loose all credibility with me when colors come into play lol

 

[Andy54Hawken]

These "firearm pet peeves" are all muzzle loading related...
( I am sure that is no surprise to read from me... )

Rifling depth...often in production rifles..as well as more than a few custom rifles / rifle barrels...
The twist rate may work for patched round ball...however the depth of the rifling is shallow , like in most modern cartridge guns.
Those shallow cut grooves promote fouling.

The dumb PITA coil spring , main spring found in many off the shelf production rifle locks.
It is weak..leads to poor hits on the cap or frizzen and is a HUGE PITA to work on to time and tune.
Antique firearms used a leaf spring as a main spring...as do most custom locks.

I understand the "why" of both in the above...cost ..cost of manufacturing...and the real world buyers cost / price.
Plus I am sure that it is also easier to assemble / build / make them that way.

And lastly more of a advertising pet peeve...
Your so called replica....ain't historic.
It is a copy of a firearm that is historic...the replica is newly made...nothing historic about it.
Andy

 

[23guns]

When you know you loaded 15 rounds in the magazine, you know you shot 15 rounds, the box of ammo shows 15 rounds missing, the ground is clean and bare dirt but you only can find 14 pieces of brass. Damnit I hate that!

 

[oremike]

When you know you loaded 15 rounds in the magazine, you know you shot 15 rounds, the box of ammo shows 15 rounds missing, the ground is clean and bare dirt but you only can find 14 pieces of brass. Damnit I hate that!

I call that seed for the next brass crop.

 

[23guns]

I call that seed for the next brass crop.

It is true. I lost 1 but found 150 others that someone else left behind at another area!

 

[Mike_M57]

Biggest firearm-related pet peeve:

Illiterates that can't understand that they are called PATRIDGE sights not partridge sights. Named after inventor E.E. Patridge in 1898.

They don't ride around in a multicolored school bus singing 'Come on, Get happy' and annoying everyone with their stupid prepubescent angst, ffs.

Dumbphux.