HUGE mistake at Cabelas

I went to the Chesterfield township [Macomb County Michigan] Cabalas over the weekend to get my deer licenses. While there I decided to peruse the muzzleloading dept. As I was looking at what was available in B.P. substitute propellants, I saw THREE different types of SMOKELESS POWDER lined up in neat rows along side of the BH 209, Pyrodex, and triple seven containers. The smokeless powder was packaged in the same type of square container that B.H. 209 comes in. I immediately went to the gun counter to let one of their "experts" know. When I told him that there were 3 different types of smokeless powder stocked with the B.P. propellants he looked at me kind of oddly and said........................."OK'? I asked him to follow me. When I showed him the smokeless lined up with the B.P. subs I had to explain that someone is going to blow their face/hand/fingers off if they load smokeless powder in a M/L.
"OH" says he. "I'll get Paul to put this stuff over there with the rest of the smokeless powder." He didn't seem like it was a big deal. All I could do was shake my head and leave. I pity the poor soul who may have already bought some.
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At least you told them, hopefully not too late!

Wow!!! Let’s hope no one bought some before you could point out the mistake!

Someone made a similar post a couple years ago.

Good catch..
Ignorance abounds these days...

That's why I hate these Gun Store Commandos. By working in a place like that they assume instant PHD in all things firearms and treat customers like morons when it is actually the other way around.

I find it rather odd that they would put any of their limited supply of smokeless powder in the muzzle loading section, but I would think that anyone who has a frontstuffer would know what type of powder to use in it. We are all reloaders with full responsibility for the charges we choose!

What @JimA Said They make Artificially sweetened Goods for Diabetics that is right along side regular Sweetened Stuff, it’s ultimately up to the Consumer to Read the labels and Purchase what is right.

Idaholewis said:

What @JimA Said They make Artificially sweetened Goods for Diabetics that is right along side regular Sweetened Stuff, it’s ultimately up to the Consumer to Read the labels and Purchase what is right.

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NEVER ASSUME! I've been a range officer at my club for over 25 years. I can't count all the times a newbie has showed up at the range with his new M/L and unopened blister packs of all the stuff his buddy said to get. Their first question to me is usually "what do I do now?" We were ALL new once. There is a learning curve but "Murphey's law" applies especially to muzzleloaders.
So far this year during sight-in season I have seen:
Shooting .270 ammo in a 30-06
Shooting 300 win mag ammo in a 300 Weatherby Mag.
Scopes installed BACKWARDS on a rifle
Scopes installed with the windage turret on top
Shooters using rifled shotgun slugs in shotguns with rifled barrels
Countless numbers of shooters who ask me to adjust their scopes because they just can't grasp the idea of 1/4 min. of angle.
Shooters who don't know how to take the bolt out of their rifle.
Shooters who don't know where the safety is or which way is on "safe"
NOBODY reads the owners manual that comes with the scope or rifle.
Most muzzleloaders don't have their ramrod marked to show the rifle is loaded
etc. etc. etc. etc.
And sight-in season isn't over yet! If people were simply informed, most of this nonsense would never happen.

A friend of my wife's in Virginia emailed her last night and said her husband had bought a pistol and was looking for ammunition. Cindy asked "rimfire or centerfire" He didn't know! He said he had a new PPK/.22 and wasn't sure. He wanted something to protect his family. A recipe for disaster. Some may know me as "Mossie" on another website......Trader

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I hope you wear protective clothing, flack jacket, face masks, shields, have a bunker to get in, a concrete wall to hide behind.

I get the being green as a new dollar bill but seems like a lot of folks just don't have a lick of common sense.

Yep, i saw the same thing at a Gander Mountain store in Texas. Cans of pistol powder on the shelf with Pyrodex and Triple Seven.

Human IQ is a bell curve, so half of us are below average. It is up to the upper half of the curve to help those on the lower side of the curve. That said, it is amazing what dumb mistakes really smart people can make. A favorite story is of a firefighter who asked "who was the idiot was that decided to put a nuclear research facility in the bottom of a canyon" (which flooded after the Los Alamos fire). The answer was Oppenheimer. Remember that ignorance isn't the same as stupidity. You can fix ignorance.

I must say I agree with all that's posted, only once have I seen the mix of powders and was caught by a more knowledgeable employee. I have a note as to why the nuclear plant was decided to be located in the canyon, basic Safety! The idea was if a catastrophic failure occurred the walls would protect the surrounding areas. They were worried about the monster they were creating. That my friends is a fact.