I don't know how many I've purchased off this forum but every one has been a rock solid transaction. And most were better than described.
Buying on-line
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I have purchased a lot of firearms on-line. So far so good. All transactions fine. (Knock on wood!)
So far the only disappointment I've had was buying one of the new Colt 1911's built on the original drawings with that beautiful wide hammer I always loved. First thing I did when I took it out of the box was immediately take it completely apart, after I got it apart I noticed there was some blood on my cleaning rag and found myself cut on the back of a finger. Turns out the new fangled machinery or lazers that Colt is using to cut these parts out does not do anything with the raw edges. I talked about it with a gunsmith friend of mine that recommended doing a very mild raw edge tuning as he has done on some very sharp edged firearms he's encountered over the years. We used to refer to "de-horning" as a severe smoothing off of the edges where your piece goes into the holster, or might snag on clothing, leading to some people removing most of the hammer. I've been a single action shooter for most of my life and for the life of me I still like to carry a 1911 in condition 2, which is one of the main reasons I like the big wide spur on the early pre-WWII pistols. I haven't gotten around to it but have a nice assortment of stones and those edges will clean up nicely with cold blue so that it will be next to impossible to notice. I use a blackening formula that is available commercially that is far superior to cold gun blue.
papersniper
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That has been my experience also. In any event, if the firearm is unacceptable when I inspect it during the FFL check, the buyer can always refuse to accept it. That happened to me, twice, when ordering two S&W M41s (22lr) in two months. Neither could be field stripped! That turned me off buying another M41 that was new; I ordered one used and it was okay.
Doug
