Bullet Weight

[scgstuff]

I was at Academy on Friday evening and got a kick out of a guy shopping for ammo. I almost said something to him, but chose not to. He was with his wife and young daughter. He was looking at the different boxes of ammo and explained to them the 165 grain had 165 grains of gunpowder and the 180 grain had 180 grains, so would have more kick.

I didn't want to embarrass him, but wanted him to understand that it was the weight of the bullet in the cartridge, not the amount of gunpowder. But I kept my mouth closed. What would you have done? Now that I have some TGT cards, I would have probably handed him a card, told him about the group and hoped he showed up. Prior to joining this group and several others, I wouldn't have known either.

 

[Charlie]

Probably should have told him regarding the bullet weight, just so he would know. Lots of "non" gun folks just don't have the knowledge. But you have to choose carefully what you say so as not to offend. He'll eventually figure it out though.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I would not have been able to keep myself from saying "something", lol....

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Ha, I'll have to try 180grains on my next round of reloads. Sounds a little hot to me for a pistol round though

 

[Charlie]

Ha, I'll have to try 180grains on my next round of reloads. Sounds a little hot to me for a pistol round though

Let us know how that works out for you! Be sure and set the video up before the first shot!

 

[Vaquero]

I would have done same as you, walk away. If an uninformed guy wants to pass bad info on to a wife and child who likely will never need or remember what he said, that's OK. If a salesman or dude buying a can of powder said that? I'd be obligated to correct them as diplomaticaly as possible.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Ha, I'll have to try 180grains on my next round of reloads. Sounds a little hot to me for a pistol round though

Ok, for posterity on the interwebz...this is a joke. Please no one EVER, EVER try this. You will probably die.

You just never know who may read this and....

 

[kris lee]

I would have done same as you, walk away. If an uninformed guy wants to pass bad info on to a wife and child who likely will never need or remember what he said, that's OK. If a salesman or dude buying a can of powder said that? I'd be obligated to correct them as diplomaticaly as possible.

+1

 

[TundraWookiee]

I heard a guy tell his girlfriend that hollowpoints had the inside of the bullet hollowed out so that they wouldn't kill someone or something, just embed in the skin like shrapnel. I chuckled a bit and just said, "thats not true". He shrugged and she smiled a bit and they both walked away. If I could go back I would have liked to have come up with a better way to explain things correctly without being a jerk.

 

[Vaquero]

I heard a guy tell his girlfriend that hollowpoints had the inside of the bullet hollowed out so that they wouldn't kill someone or something, just embed in the skin like shrapnel. I chuckled a bit and just said, "thats not true". He shrugged and she smiled a bit and they both walked away. If I could go back I would have liked to have come up with a better way to explain things correctly without being a jerk.

Unsolicited information is a tough sell, no matter how you word it. Sometimes you gotta try though.

 

[shortround]

Happens all the time. Usually I smugly keep my stupid trap shut.

Other times, I might have muttered something like ..., "well, Sir, the angle of the dangle is equivalent to square of the hair plus three clicks in elevation, and when in doubt, Fire for Effect!"

 

[medalguy]

Sorry it took me so long to add to this thread. I just finished using the vacuum to clean up the 180 grains of Unique I tried to put in a case a whole ago......

 

[Texasjack]

I would have done same as you, walk away. If an uninformed guy wants to pass bad info on to a wife and child who likely will never need or remember what he said, that's OK. If a salesman or dude buying a can of powder said that? I'd be obligated to correct them as diplomaticaly as possible.

^^^ This

 

[Younggun]

I have corrected the academy "experts" because I think someone buying a gun deserves correct information. I think you made the right choice considering his wife and daughter were there, finding the right way to say something would not have been easy in that situation.

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Sorry it took me so long to add to this thread. I just finished using the vacuum to clean up the 180 grains of Unique I tried to put in a case a whole ago......

Nice

 

[txinvestigator]

In a situation like the OP, unsolicited advice is not usually well received.

 

[lalonguecarabine]

OHBOY! Another Academy story...

I went to the Academy here in town (San Marcos) the other day, because I noticed they had Speer Gold Dots on their website, and I wanted to see what kind of prices they had in their store.
I looked for a bit, and didn't see any. So I asked the guy behind the counter "I noticed you don't have any Speer Gold Dot out here. Do you have it behind the counter, or do you not carry it in this store?"
He looked slightly puzzled, and replied "We have Speer ammo, but I don't think I've seen Gold Dot."
Followed by "Is that just brass ammo or something?"

I stared at him like he had grown a second head for a few uncomfortable seconds before one of his coworkers came in and said "They're hollowpoints. No sir, we don't have any Gold Dot"

I looked at him, looked at ol' "clueless", said Thank you and spun around and walked right back outta there.

If it was some new exotic kinda ammo or something, I would have understood. But the Gold Dot has been out for nearly twenty years that I know of...

 

[Bithabus]

You did the right thing. Embarrassing him in front of his family would serve no positive end.

 

[Southpaw]

Ha, I'll have to try 180grains on my next round of reloads. Sounds a little hot to me for a pistol round though

Don't 40 cal come in 180??

 

[Mexican_Hippie]

Don't 40 cal come in 180??

Yeah. I'll have to load some up for the Glock22