test firing a "for sale" gun

I mean, I would have let him shoot the 250 and when he asked for a discount told him to f*** off.


No reason for that much, but any gun I've ever sold could handle it.
 
Well? Did he buy it?

[smile]

Frank
ya gotta be quick and pay attention...see quote below

first, it was no one from nes, it's not listed here. he may be a member though but we never talked about it. he shot 2 mags and had to go home "and think about it." so no, he didn't buy it.
 
Simple answer;
Are you renting it or buying it.
Rent is $xx you get one mag, non refundable, not applied to purchase.
Buying it is cash, then you can shoot it all you want.

Kind of looks like he was just looking to try it out. @greencobra glad you posted this so the rest of us will know when he tries it on someone else.
 
This is beyond headache territory. If the gun grenades on him, he acts negligent and results in property or human damage, etc. who is at fault and liable? How do you verify identity. Of all the things I've bought and sold, I've never asked for or have been asked for a demo. The volume of tire kickers and uneducated buyers seems to be consistently rising where historically, forum members tended to be more well-versed and trustworthy. I have met people at ranges and bought/sold stuff and gone shooting with them afterward if they seemed cool and had a good time but it was never a condition of the sale, expressed or implied.
 
I bought a gun from an NES'r and we met at his range and used the club's wifi to do the transfer and he asked if I wanted to shoot it.
I said, "Nah, the gun shoots, right?" and he said, " I wanted you to check out the trigger and other stuff done by Santurri"
I said "Actually, that sounds kind of cool." and he put a box of 45 acp on the picnic table we were sitting at. The gun came with 4 mags and while he was telling me about the work that was done, he loaded up all four. Then he showed me the original fiber optic sights, springs, and extractor that he was including in the purchase price.
We strolled over to the shooting bench, and I proceeded to shoot at some steel. When the mag was empty, he put the other three mags down and said told me to fire at some of the steel further out. Ding, ding, ding... I'm ringing steel at 50, 75 yards, big ole grin on my face.
It was a sunny Saturday in the summer and there were lots of people around. If memory serves it was at Reading, and I was tickled pink.
We went into the club house and completed the transfer. I had his cash in an envelope and when he counted it I reached in my pocket and added another $25 for the box of ammo. He tried to refuse, but I insisted.
The point is, he went way over and above as a seller, and I truly was appreciative, but there is no way I would have asked him to shoot it.
 
We strolled over to the shooting bench, and I proceeded to shoot at some steel. When the mag was empty, he put the other three mags down and said told me to fire at some of the steel further out. Ding, ding, ding... I'm ringing steel at 50, 75 yards, big ole grin on my face.
Did you ask for a discount because the gun was not cleaned when you bought it?
 
first, it was no one from nes, it's not listed here. he may be a member though but we never talked about it. he shot 2 mags and had to go home "and think about it." so no, he didn't buy it.

i'm laughing, it's some of the same people who scream "out them" when someone posts about a rouge shop now calling to know what the gun is. you are a curious bunch...stay curious a bit longer. [pot]
Are you willing to confirm some typical stereo types I have in my head for this guy?

This is purely for scientific purposes of course.
 
Fires 250 rounds. Says still interested but offers lower price due to higher round count. ;)

NFW would I hand a loaded gun to someone I don't know over a potential sale and 250 rounds is ridiculous. Guns can be adequately inspected without firing. That plus your good feedback should be enough assurance.

Potential buyer registers a solid 9.5 out of 10 on the douche meter.
 
Boy, you are cheap. Don't you know by now that you should supply the buyer a case of ammo to test fire, how can you get a feel for the gun after only 2 magazines. Plus after he decides not to buy it after wasting your day , show him that there are no hard feelings and break open a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle 20 and offer him a few glasses but only with 7up as a mixer.
 
I bought a gun from an NES'r and we met at his range and used the club's wifi to do the transfer and he asked if I wanted to shoot it.
I said, "Nah, the gun shoots, right?" and he said, " I wanted you to check out the trigger and other stuff done by Santurri"
I said "Actually, that sounds kind of cool." and he put a box of 45 acp on the picnic table we were sitting at. The gun came with 4 mags and while he was telling me about the work that was done, he loaded up all four. Then he showed me the original fiber optic sights, springs, and extractor that he was including in the purchase price.
We strolled over to the shooting bench, and I proceeded to shoot at some steel. When the mag was empty, he put the other three mags down and said told me to fire at some of the steel further out. Ding, ding, ding... I'm ringing steel at 50, 75 yards, big ole grin on my face.
It was a sunny Saturday in the summer and there were lots of people around. If memory serves it was at Reading, and I was tickled pink.
We went into the club house and completed the transfer. I had his cash in an envelope and when he counted it I reached in my pocket and added another $25 for the box of ammo. He tried to refuse, but I insisted.
The point is, he went way over and above as a seller, and I truly was appreciative, but there is no way I would have asked him to shoot it.

This kind of story is typical of about 90% of the transactions I've had with people on this site: honesty, good vibes, smiles, and genuine pleasure in discussing and handling firearms. The other 10% were just as good, but faster because one of us was in a hurry to get back to watching internet porn or whatever.

I've only had a single "bad" transaction here, and even that one cleared itself up and made both of us happy in the end.
 
The OP seems to be more than accommodating, and the potential buyer is trying to take advantage of situation or worse. Curious if the buyer was a member of this forum or not? I am of the opinion that all here on the forums are rather straight shooters (pun intended :) ) and there is some level of trust that buyers & sellers are trying to be fair and wouldn't be selling junk. I don't think that I'd even think to ask to test fire unless the person was a known friend.
 
Guns can be adequately inspected without firing. That plus your good feedback should be enough assurance.
Depends on what you mean by "inspected" -

As a seller, would you allow (in this context, "allow" includes doing it for the prospective buyer) as part of a pre-purchase inspection:

- Field stripping
- Removing the grips (VERY important when inspecting a blued gun)
- Detail stripping (for example, you often cannot detect a cracked locking block on a Glock without a detail strip)

Actually, all of these "inspections" can reveal issues you will not detect with test firing, just as test firing will reveal issues not discernable by non-firing inspection. For example, does that 80%+ condition HiStandard .22 frequently jam when fired?
 
Ask him to go down to Four Seasons Firearms and ask them if he can test fire any of their new and used guns for sale. See what they say.

When I was in my late teens, I seldomed a shop that allowed people to test fire used handguns and, I think, some samples of new guns, at their range. I used the place for rifle and shotgun practice on their free range behind the shop, and my first handgunning experience was when someone else was interested in one of the guns I had with me. I offered to let him try it out, and he handed me a box of ammo and a Charter Arms 38. Of course, being 16, I would never admit to not knowing anything about handguns, but I did have the "muzzle in a safe direction" part down so I figured it out.

Unfortunately the Turnbull family (yes, that one) eventually closed the shop (Creekside Gun Shop, West Bloomfield or thereabouts NY, rural Rochester area)
 
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