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aiformula · 11-20-2005, 10:10 PM

Stopped in at Dick's tonight on my way home from work because I realized friday eve that I was low on ammo and when I went to wallyworld yesterday, they didn't have any hollow points in 9mm.

So anyway, I ask the guy what hollowpoints they have. I was hoping to maybe score some Golden sabres since they have Remington and UMC on the shelf. All they carry here is Federal Hydra-Shoks. Not what I was after, but all that was available and I decided it would be good to have more than one magazine of PDA on hand. So as I reluctantly agreed, he tells me "these things are awesome, they go in the size you see and come out the size of my fist"

Why can't the people who sell these things at least be honest if not educated?

**Old School** · 11-20-2005, 10:15 PM

I am sure he was exagerating, or perhaps noting the size of the exit wound. I do agree that some are better off stating the facts and leaving it at that.

**hobocircus** · 11-21-2005, 12:53 AM

Maybe the store's name describes the type of employees they hire?

Oooooouu! I hope a moderator isn't watching!

**Majk** · 11-21-2005, 06:39 AM

Here in Omaha, I don't touch anything gun related at Dicks. They are way to expensive and don't know squat.

Scheels is here but they are pretty expensive too. But we did just get a new Bass pro shop and they weren't too bad, just not enough guns.

They didn't even have one springfield.

WyoBob · 11-21-2005, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bryan.tonya

Here in Omaha, I don't touch anything gun related at Dicks. They are way to expensive and don't know squat.

Scheels is here but they are pretty expensive too. But we did just get a new Bass pro shop and they weren't too bad, just not enough guns.

They didn't even have one springfield.

Have you been to "Guns Unlimited"? The last time I was in Omaha visiting my daughter, my son-in-law and I went to that store. Pretty darned impressive. I looked at a couple of CZ's in 9mm and they were priced right. If I wasn't an "out of stater", I would have bought one.

WyoBob

chupacabrachus · 11-21-2005, 02:18 PM

My dad was telling me about the new bass pro shop in O-town. I was thinking of maybe going when I come home for thanksgiving. Is it not worth the trip? Do they have some wolf 7.62x39 at good prices? or at all? Oh, and +1 on the Scheels being overpriced. They are TERRIBLE here. Not to mention half of the guys working in that dept. don't pay any attention or give service unless you're 40 years old or so it seems. I go there a lot of times just after I've bought a new firearm to pick up ammo and I check the prices on whatever I just bought. Somehow they ask me if I need help on those days and I just say, "nah, I just bought one of these yesterday from someone else, I was just seeing how much you're charging"

ichy_trigger · 11-21-2005, 04:49 PM

He was right, they feed on your tissue and grow as the travel through your body

XD BACKUP GUN · 11-21-2005, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ichy_trigger

He was right, they feed on your tissue and grow as the travel through your body

Right and they are a ONE SHOT STOP WITH EXTREME KNOCKDOWN POWER.

brian40 · 11-21-2005, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by WyoBob

Have you been to "Guns Unlimited"? The last time I was in Omaha visiting my daughter, my son-in-law and I went to that store. Pretty darned impressive. I looked at a couple of CZ's in 9mm and they were priced right. If I wasn't an "out of stater", I would have bought one.

WyoBob

I believe they are going to get a Cabelas in Omaha (Lavista) too. They are high on a lot of items, but the guns are priced as good as most places around this area.

11-20-2005, 10:10 PM	#1
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,149	sales droid story Stopped in at Dick's tonight on my way home from work because I realized friday eve that I was low on ammo and when I went to wallyworld yesterday, they didn't have any hollow points in 9mm. So anyway, I ask the guy what hollowpoints they have. I was hoping to maybe score some Golden sabres since they have Remington and UMC on the shelf. All they carry here is Federal Hydra-Shoks. Not what I was after, but all that was available and I decided it would be good to have more than one magazine of PDA on hand. So as I reluctantly agreed, he tells me "these things are awesome, they go in the size you see and come out the size of my fist" Why can't the people who sell these things at least be honest if not educated? __________________ Tony The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also. I would not interfere with any one's religion, either to strengthen it or to weaken it. I am not able to believe one's religion can affect his hereafter one way or the other, no matter what that religion may be. But it may easily be a great comfort to him in this life--hence it is a valuable possession to him. - Mark Twain

11-20-2005, 10:15 PM	#2
Old School XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 7,776	I am sure he was exagerating, or perhaps noting the size of the exit wound. I do agree that some are better off stating the facts and leaving it at that. __________________ Visit www.pistolgear.com for all of your XD needs!

11-21-2005, 12:53 AM	#3
hobocircus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The Nevada Desert on a Dry Lakebed. Living in a trailer with thunderstorms looming in the distance. Posts: 3,410	Maybe the store's name describes the type of employees they hire? Oooooouu! I hope a moderator isn't watching! __________________ Ported V-10 XD9 Service SOLD Tactical XD9 in Basic Black I like to shoot Wolf ammo out of my Hi-Point pistol and rifle.

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ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 8,317	He was right, they feed on your tissue and grow as the travel through your body __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

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11-21-2005, 06:39 AM	#4
Majk XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,821	Here in Omaha, I don't touch anything gun related at Dicks. They are way to expensive and don't know squat. Scheels is here but they are pretty expensive too. But we did just get a new Bass pro shop and they weren't too bad, just not enough guns. They didn't even have one springfield.

11-21-2005, 02:18 PM	#6
chupacabrachus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,476	My dad was telling me about the new bass pro shop in O-town. I was thinking of maybe going when I come home for thanksgiving. Is it not worth the trip? Do they have some wolf 7.62x39 at good prices? or at all? Oh, and +1 on the Scheels being overpriced. They are TERRIBLE here. Not to mention half of the guys working in that dept. don't pay any attention or give service unless you're 40 years old or so it seems. I go there a lot of times just after I've bought a new firearm to pick up ammo and I check the prices on whatever I just bought. Somehow they ask me if I need help on those days and I just say, "nah, I just bought one of these yesterday from someone else, I was just seeing how much you're charging"