hobbeeman
Member
I made a bad trade today at the gun show. I had an old Beretta 300a 12g I traded for a Winchester model 70 in 22-250. I thought, "well he's happy and I'm happy"
When I lifted his gun for inspection, he lifted mine and then someone handed me $100 to make change for something else. When I got back to inspecting the model 70, the other guy was long gone with the Beretta, and my new accquisition was in sad shape.
The reciever has a 3cm crack on the right side just above the magazine, the barrel was loose and I simply unscrewed it by hand, and then inspection of the bolt yields that not only is the extractor missing but one of the small ears that holds the extractor in place is broken off.
Guessing what happened to this gun, someone probably fired a double (or more) loaded cartridge in it. The floorplate of the magazine is even out of true!
The moral to the story is this: Be on your guard when making trades. Don't let someone assume that the trade is done until all parties are satisfied! Of course, someone would have had to stand in front of this guy to block his exit in order for this to have happened today! Some people will sell or trade you a DEATH TRAP! I am grateful that I did not simply place the rifle on my table without inspection!
When I lifted his gun for inspection, he lifted mine and then someone handed me $100 to make change for something else. When I got back to inspecting the model 70, the other guy was long gone with the Beretta, and my new accquisition was in sad shape.
The reciever has a 3cm crack on the right side just above the magazine, the barrel was loose and I simply unscrewed it by hand, and then inspection of the bolt yields that not only is the extractor missing but one of the small ears that holds the extractor in place is broken off.
Guessing what happened to this gun, someone probably fired a double (or more) loaded cartridge in it. The floorplate of the magazine is even out of true!
The moral to the story is this: Be on your guard when making trades. Don't let someone assume that the trade is done until all parties are satisfied! Of course, someone would have had to stand in front of this guy to block his exit in order for this to have happened today! Some people will sell or trade you a DEATH TRAP! I am grateful that I did not simply place the rifle on my table without inspection!