I realize it is a holiday weekend - however this is the weekend where idiots spend tons of money so....
I just receive my shiny new Troy Claymore muzzle break for Ebbie and I was all excited to get it installed so I could try it out. First thought was the guys at Quail Creek would take care of it. Nope - they gave me a card for some gun smith off of 170. I called and got no answer. So I googled. Called Old Town Gun Shop in Lewisville: no answer. S&S: no answer. Worse: most of these jackasses don't even have web-pages to provide any details on their business. Guess I shouldnt be surprised: they can't figure out how to answer a GD phone. How the F would I expect them to do something as complicated as a web-page. In fact - if you can't handle an Fing web-page I'm not sure I want your grubby paws on my AR.
So being the redneck engineer that I am I figured I could handle it. Which is where being a stupid customer comes in. Laid Ebbie down on one of my work tables put a 3/4" wrench on the flash hider and pressed down - about 30ft/lbs of pressure and it popped loose so I could unscrew it the rest of the way. swapped on the troy brake w/ it's crush washer, screwed it down finger tight and then used the wrench to finish the job. I had to put my knee on the body of the gun to finish so that the Troy logo was on top.
So this is where stupid businesses come in to play: b/c they couldnt friggin answer the phone I know that I can do more of the work on my gun than I originally thought I could. Which basically means I am now an unlikely customer. Worse: I have a loud mouth, I write pretty well and I'm all over the friggin net so other people will read this stuff and a percentage of them will take matters in to their own hands (yeah run on - shoot me). So basically I'm poison to them because I'll inform people of really simple stuff they can do themselves instead of paying somebody else to do. 2 stage trigger anyone?
As an IT consultant I really have to wonder about these people. This stuff isnt new. Answer the friggin phone. Throw up a simple web-page with some basic info. If you're really advernturesome get on the Facebook and write little articles. At least then customers can find you to give you money. Otherwise smarter people will open shops (I'm actually kinda insterested in becoming an armorer) and kick your ass out of business just by providing slightly better service and being easier to find.
Oh well- I'm finishing my pizza and going back to the range. I have a new toy to try out.
I just receive my shiny new Troy Claymore muzzle break for Ebbie and I was all excited to get it installed so I could try it out. First thought was the guys at Quail Creek would take care of it. Nope - they gave me a card for some gun smith off of 170. I called and got no answer. So I googled. Called Old Town Gun Shop in Lewisville: no answer. S&S: no answer. Worse: most of these jackasses don't even have web-pages to provide any details on their business. Guess I shouldnt be surprised: they can't figure out how to answer a GD phone. How the F would I expect them to do something as complicated as a web-page. In fact - if you can't handle an Fing web-page I'm not sure I want your grubby paws on my AR.
So being the redneck engineer that I am I figured I could handle it. Which is where being a stupid customer comes in. Laid Ebbie down on one of my work tables put a 3/4" wrench on the flash hider and pressed down - about 30ft/lbs of pressure and it popped loose so I could unscrew it the rest of the way. swapped on the troy brake w/ it's crush washer, screwed it down finger tight and then used the wrench to finish the job. I had to put my knee on the body of the gun to finish so that the Troy logo was on top.
So this is where stupid businesses come in to play: b/c they couldnt friggin answer the phone I know that I can do more of the work on my gun than I originally thought I could. Which basically means I am now an unlikely customer. Worse: I have a loud mouth, I write pretty well and I'm all over the friggin net so other people will read this stuff and a percentage of them will take matters in to their own hands (yeah run on - shoot me). So basically I'm poison to them because I'll inform people of really simple stuff they can do themselves instead of paying somebody else to do. 2 stage trigger anyone?
As an IT consultant I really have to wonder about these people. This stuff isnt new. Answer the friggin phone. Throw up a simple web-page with some basic info. If you're really advernturesome get on the Facebook and write little articles. At least then customers can find you to give you money. Otherwise smarter people will open shops (I'm actually kinda insterested in becoming an armorer) and kick your ass out of business just by providing slightly better service and being easier to find.
Oh well- I'm finishing my pizza and going back to the range. I have a new toy to try out.