I take offense to that. I work there and have to admit we have some real sharp gun guys. A few of us are very well rounded and a couple people that are extremely competent with certain manufacturers/gun types. Most of the clueless ones are long gone.
I'm thinking that unless they were talking about you, I wouldn't get too offended. For years, the people working the Cabelas gun counter simply haven't been very competent.
I'm glad to hear that you think that has changed---but the last two times I was there (in the last month), I heard the standard "women should start with j-frame revolvers" nonsense, one counter person didn't know about the changeable backstraps on Gen 4 Glocks, and there was also the classic "for self-defense, you really should be using a .40 or .45, because those 9mm just aren't that good at stopping people" which was pretty good when they were trying to get a customer to move from a compact 9mm for CCW to a full-size singlestack .45.
Not to mention the guy who pulled the gun out of the counter and pointed it at me while he checked its condition.
I haven't asked them any rifle questions, but in the pistol section at least, I haven't noticed a lot of increase in competency (particularly with regard to safe gun handling). Perhaps I just didn't talk to the right person.
