Nothing earth-shattering in this story, just another weird customer.
A foreign-sounding guy (Arab or Indian, I think) called about a scope, a 6-24x40mm scope. He had all sorts of questions that I soon realized were absolute newbie questions: what does "field of view" mean; what do the "6" and the "24" in "6-24" mean; what does the "40" mean; what is meant by 1/8 MOA adjustment, etc.
Despite me running late for getting to the post office, I spent probably half an hour explaining everything to the guy. I also spent a great deal of time trying to talk him out of buying this $500 scope and getting a less costly 3-9x, because he planned on using it for deer hunting. I tried to explain that even the 6x magnification might be too much if he's hunting deer at short range or in heavy foliage.
Didn't matter. He was interested in the 6-24. He then told me, in his very broken english, how all of his friends made fun of him last year because he didn't have a scope on his rifle. Then it made sense. He wanted a bigger, more powerful scope to show them up. I don't think he was even considering whether or not he'd shoot a deer. He just wanted the biggest scope.
After all that time, and my crash course on optics, he decided to do more shopping around. I suspect he's looking for some retailer who'll tell him that a high-power scope is perfect for deer hunting.
People are weird.
