Posted: 7/7/2011 8:27:59 PM EDT
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I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks. She stated that some of the internal parts that are metal on regular guns are plastic on the ones sold at Academy. She then stated that is the reason why Academy's prices were higher than hers. She also said this about the Sigs and M&P's that are sold at Academy. Sounds a little far fetched, so I thought I would see if anyone else knew about this issue. I don't believe it, and it sounds like a sales pitch and justifying higher prices if you ask me. |
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I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks. She stated that some of the internal parts that are metal on regular guns are plastic on the ones sold at Academy. She then stated that is the reason why Academy's prices were higher than hers. She also said this about the Sigs and M&P's that are sold at Academy. Sounds a little far fetched, so I thought I would see if anyone else knew about this issue. I don't believe it, and it sounds like a sales pitch and justifying higher prices if you ask me. 
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| Some manufacturers do create special editions for distributors and a few retailers have special models that are exclusive to them (Cabelas and Bass Pro in particular). The changes are almost exclusively cosmetic (checkering, engraving, finish, etc.) or unrelated to the firing mechanism. When they're operational it's usually related to different sights, barrel length, additional accessories, etc. I've never heard of a manufacturer making non-cosmetic changes to a key operational component. If she's representing that Glock has substituted parts of different quality or lifespan, I'd tell her to prove it. She's either misinformed or lying. |
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I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks. She stated that some of the internal parts that are metal on regular guns are plastic on the ones sold at Academy. She then stated that is the reason why Academy's prices were higher than hers. She also said this about the Sigs and M&P's that are sold at Academy. Sounds a little far fetched, so I thought I would see if anyone else knew about this issue. I don't believe it, and it sounds like a sales pitch and justifying higher prices if you ask me. I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the _____________at _______are different than other __________. Same myth with WalMart guns, WalMart ammunition and basically anything any competitor sells. If a local gun store will invent BS like this what other lies/myths/misinformation are they feeding the public? |
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I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks. She stated that some of the internal parts that are metal on regular guns are plastic on the ones sold at Academy. She then stated that is the reason why Academy's prices were higher than hers. She also said this about the Sigs and M&P's that are sold at Academy. Sounds a little far fetched, so I thought I would see if anyone else knew about this issue. I don't believe it, and it sounds like a sales pitch and justifying higher prices if you ask me. If you are talking about the same gun store that I think you are talking about, you might want to take yourself to another gun shop from now on. I have heard this sales pitch for a LONG time about firearms and ammo. The truth comes out though when they say for instance "Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks", then you say really, are you a Glock certified armorer and can you strip the firearm and show me every part that is different? Some people just like to hear themselves talk. |
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I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks. She stated that some of the internal parts that are metal on regular guns are plastic on the ones sold at Academy. She then stated that is the reason why Academy's prices were higher than hers. She also said this about the Sigs and M&P's that are sold at Academy. Sounds a little far fetched, so I thought I would see if anyone else knew about this issue. I don't believe it, and it sounds like a sales pitch and justifying higher prices if you ask me. Mistake #1 Mistake #2 Next step was to tell you that cop bullets are superdooper different than what you can buy |
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Some manufacturers do create special editions for distributors and a few retailers have special models that are exclusive to them (Cabelas and Bass Pro in particular). The changes are almost exclusively cosmetic (checkering, engraving, finish, etc.) or unrelated to the firing mechanism. When they're operational it's usually related to different sights, barrel length, additional accessories, etc. I've never heard of a manufacturer making non-cosmetic changes to a key operational component. If she's representing that Glock has substituted parts of different quality or lifespan, I'd tell her to prove it. She's either misinformed or lying. Have seen this myself. If you are a retailer, and order several thousand anything at a time, you can have small details changed. Such as engraving and cosmetic changes. I seriously doubt any internals specs are ever changed. (especially Glock) I had a custom shop build me a rifle a few years ago. They had me go to Walmart and buy the cheapest Rem 700 I could get. When I got it to them they stripped it, threw the barrel and stock away, and proceded to build my rifle with the action. It was cheaper to buy an entire rifle from Walmart than order a reciever from Remington. |
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funny you say this because she started in on the ammo thing. Her and her employee were feeding me a line about a guy that was shooting a 9mm and said one round felt like a .45acp and cracked the polymer frame on his gun. Again, I stated that I have shot close to 1k rounds of monarch through my RRA SBR without any problem. She then told me I was risking ruining my rifle. I didn't believe a word she was saying, as stated in my original post. I was already of the mindset of that being my last visit to that shop. Also, her employee guy is one of those that just graduated the peace officer academy and has all of these misnomers about being an officer. He was telling some customers all this BS about what cops are supposed to do. Having 12 years of LE experience and an advanced peace officer license, I have a pretty good idea of how things work. He was talking about renting a storage facility to park his patrol car in so that it would be behind a barbed wire fence. I tried to explain to him how unnecessary that was, and he couldn't seem to grasp what I was saying. All in all, pretty interesting trip to hear the BS that they had convinced themselves was true. Now to try and find another gun shop in the Austin area that's got it together and deals in class III stuff. Quoted: Quoted: I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the Glocks at Academy are different than other Glocks. She stated that some of the internal parts that are metal on regular guns are plastic on the ones sold at Academy. She then stated that is the reason why Academy's prices were higher than hers. She also said this about the Sigs and M&P's that are sold at Academy. Sounds a little far fetched, so I thought I would see if anyone else knew about this issue. I don't believe it, and it sounds like a sales pitch and justifying higher prices if you ask me. I was at the local gun store today, and the owner was telling me that the _____________at _______are different than other __________. Same myth with WalMart guns, WalMart ammunition and basically anything any competitor sells. If a local gun store will invent BS like this what other lies/myths/misinformation are they feeding the public? |
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Quoted: All in all, pretty interesting trip to hear the BS that they had convinced themselves was true. Now to try and find another gun shop in the Austin area that's got it together and deals in class III stuff. And for those offended by the Paul Blart comment, I'm not being negative about private security in general, I'm just stereotyping :) |
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I'm all for supporting my local gun shop, and if you're in Northeast Kansas, I will recommend Mike at Olathe Gun Shop without hesitation, but what about GT Distributors in Austin? They're an authorized Glock LE dealer (they're now the dealer for KS too) and from their web site it looks like they're an SOT too. I know their headquarters is not in Austin but I've found that the BS level is generally lower at LE shops. +1 If you're LE, you should be shopping at GT Dist. LE dealer for numerous companies and SOT to boot. If GT doesn't have the Glock you are looking for, check Dury's website for their LE Glock availability and come down here to SA to pick it up. -Randy |