!! people who fire 50 rounds through a gun, then sell it

[silverlance]

It always boggles my mind when I see (verified) cases where a guy buys a gun, puts 50 rounds through it, then sells it for $100-200 loss.

I can understand this is it's a DE 50AE. but otherwise...

*shakes head in consternation*

 

[losangeles]

On a related note, my mind is boggled by people selling something for the same price of a new gun, and tell me they only put 50 - 100 rounds through it. And I can't verify the rounds count, and besides, why buy it when I can buy new.

 

[jobu07]

I really like those people who fire 50 rounds through their firearm and take a $200 loss!

 

[-C4-]

+1... about half of my guns were "used". Basically I got a bunch of brand new guns for $200 less than I could find anywhere.

-C4-

 

[GunnySkox]

I figure it's probably just a failure to Try Before You Buy. They probably purchased a gun that got lots of good press or on an impulse, then found that they really didn't care for it for whatever reason. A gun isn't something you can really take back to the store and go "Hey, I don't like this." and get your money back, so they recover some of their sunk cost by selling the gun and moving on to something that fits better.

~GnSx

 

[lamazza]

Whenever I consider buying a used gun I always add 30% to the claimed round count and then decide if the price is worth it.

 

[Soybomb]

I've bought many guns without trying them first. Sometimes you just can't. sometimes you don't like them as much as you thought you would.

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

I know there is absolutely nothing wrong with buying used firearms but I just cannot bring myself to do it. I would sooner buy used underwear than a used revolver. I like my lovelies to be virgins when I get my hands on them.

Actually they are more like "trailer park virgins". Since their "daddies" did shoot them once or twice before sending them out into the world.

 

[EddieCoyle]

I bought a Walther G22 (bull pup .22 semo auto rifle) from a guy for $200 less than he paid for it after he ran one box through it and then found out how hard it was to take apart to clean. I put a cheap red dot scope on it and it is now my son's favorite gun.

 

[w1423]

I totaly agree with C4, what better way to afford a new handgun at a very reasonable price. I love it, I never by a brand new gun unless it is WELL discounted. I love those used ones with 50 rounds.

 

[skers69]

I am guilty of this crime

I purchased a Tarus PT111 9mm. I liked it for its size (nice CCW gun). And I wanted a 9mm. And it has a lifetime warrenty. But then I shot it. I could not hit the side of a barn with this gun from more than 20 yards away. Put maybe 100 rounds through the gun before I gave up and wanted something else. I traded it in for a Sig P226 9mm and lost 100 bucks on the deal. Chalk it up to not doing enough front end research on the Tarus. But I do love my Sig....so in the end I am happy. 100 dollars poorer but sitll happy.

 

[EddieCoyle]

Another benefit of buying used guns is that if you end up not liking a gun, you can usually trade it for equal value or sell it for what you paid. The only new guns I've bought were my CCW (a model that I tried many times before plunking down the cash) and a PPK/S that I bought last week after owning one in the past.

I've bought plenty of guns used that I ended up selling or trading and it's never cost me more than a few $ (more often I come out ahead).

 

[Smokey Joe]

"used" guns

I understand that when the movie "Dirty Harry" was new, a few weeks later there was a rash of S&W Model 29's on the used market--Apparently a lot of folks wanted Dirty Harry's revolver without thinking about the heavy recoil of a full-house .44 Magnum load, and after running a box of store-bought ammo through the weapon, got rid of it.

As has been pointed out, that's a Good Thing for those of us who are comfortable buying used firearms, and who reload so that we can produce light, easy-to-practice-with .44 Spl loads in .44 Mag cases.

One of the nice things about buying used firearms is that an ordinary person can examine one and immediately discover if there is anything major that is wrong with the gun in question. They're not like a used car where there could be serious hidden defects that only show up after the deal is all done and your $$ is gone.

Playboy Penguin--Trailer-park virgins, indeed! (Haughty sniff) When new guns are "born" they are examined by the factory for correct feed & function. A round or 2 may be sent down the bore. Such guns are still called NIB, and "unfired," and correctly so. A quality-control firing is not the same as a user firing.

 

[1 old 0311]

I will buy all they got

Kevin

 

[Radjxf]

Where I live, the only pistols available to handle seem to be Glocks, Kimbers, revolvers and more Glocks. I usually do as much research as possible and if I still don't like it, off to Gunbroker it goes. Ah the woes of living in a liberal college town!

 

[Declaration Day]

I'm guilty of selling slightly used guns. I've done it four times. One of them was an impulse buy that turned out to be a POS, the other two I sold because I had bought something superior to replace it.

Whenever I consider buying a used gun I always add 30% to the claimed round count and then decide if the price is worth it.

I have always overestimated the round count by atleast 200 rds. It doesn't make a significant difference in the gun's value, and in all four cases the buyer was very pleased with the gun's condition.

 

[Tokugawa]

And some sell because rhw new gun is a pos. Trying to run 500 rounds thru a high end 1911 to "break it in" was the most painfull shooting I have ever done. It didn't "break in" of course, so I sent it back for repair. Seemed to work sort of ok, but never trusted it again and sold it.

 

[orangeninja]

I've fired 200 rounds out of guns and sold them. I even had a gun I fired 75 rounds through and sold it. Once I bought a sold a gun within the same week that I fired 0 rounds through because someone traded me for something I wanted more.

What boggles the mind? Guns are like a screwdriver, it's just a tool....albiet a fun one.

 

[Lennyjoe]

Most of the time its the impulse buyer that sells it shortly after running 50 rounds thru it.

I've purchased new and used guns. If I can save a few bucks on a used gun I will as long as I get to inspect it first. Kind of hard to do when buying on the internet so you have to be a bit more cautious that way.

I would sooner buy used underwear than a used revolver

Yuck, not me.

 

[ezypikns]

I'm not ashamed to sell a gun I don't like after a trial.

What I am ashamed of is trading such a gun in to a dealer because I'm too lazy to sell it to an individual. A dealer will usually only give you a fraction of a gun's worth on a trade in, while an individual will be willing to pay a generally fair used price.
I recently bought a lightweight .38 snubbie for a primary carry piece. After a box of WWB (not +P), I'd had enough. There's just something about a snubbie's recoil that I can't tolerate. The STUPID thing is that I had done the same thing years earlier.

 

[Frandy]

Did it big time once. Bought a new Smith 642. Shot no more than 50 rounds through it for sure. Great snub but I hated the recoil, no matter how light or how easy to carry. Sold it here on THR for a lot less than I paid, but it was worth it. I just turned that money around into another, preferred handgun. And, I taught myself a lesson to count to ten rather than impulse buy. I also am buying more used handguns now and enjoying that a lot!

 

[Tory]

Not even THAT much!

"Apparently a lot of folks wanted Dirty Harry's revolver without thinking about the heavy recoil of a full-house .44 Magnum load, and after running a box of store-bought ammo through the weapon, got rid of it."

A box? Try 5 shots! I bought a Model 29 ANIB with blast marks around 5 chambers and 5 rounds (1 row) out of the original box of Remington full-house magnum cartridges.

At least the guy didn't have a nasty dent in his forehead!

 

[dtalley]

I made out a couple of weeks ago. My Buddy bought a New Kimber Pro Rapture II, he shot 3 mags through it and one month later asked if I was interested in it. I bought it for $700 and the price tag still on the case said he paid $975 plus 2 extra mags.

It is not the first time he has done something like that so I try and stay friends with him to pick up more of his throw-aways.

 

[danurve]

Sure sounds like a few people not knowing how to properly sight in.
Of course, the scope may not be holding zero or just a plain pos.

 

[cookie4u1]

I made out a couple of weeks ago. My Buddy bought a New Kimber Pro Rapture II, he shot 3 mags through it and one month later asked if I was interested in it. I bought it for $700 and the price tag still on the case said he paid $975 plus 2 extra mags.

It is not the first time he has done something like that so I try and stay friends with him to pick up more of his throw-aways.

Does he need any more buddies? I am available!! cookie