Is it rude to test push-off?

[stmry]

Well, I suppose anytime you're demonstrating pushiness.....

 

[dant]

well like in anything ekse, a lot has to do with "attitude", if you act rude then it will come across as such...as noted above I for one always ask to seem handle the gun if I am truky interested in buying it OR checking it out for other buyers,,,believe me, Ihave check THOUSANDS of guns for "other" buyers, and MOST of the hsops know me and trust my judgement.. Beside when I go through the "rudimentary checkout" of any firearm, I do it so quickly,easily and
harmlessly" most folks do not even know or see what I just did, it takes time, and learned a lot over the years at all the shops and factories we did work at , and through............it is incombent upon you as the buyer to KNOW, up front, just what is there and may be wrong...lots is fairly simple and easy "fix" some dealers ,sellers may like to KNOW them selves what may be wrong, just don't PUSH the point or get into a "pi$$ing" match.......many times I found stuff the owner did not know and n fact they got 'took" or scammed, or whatever...one of the important things toknow at any give gun show, folks like to take their "junk" there and "pass it off" quick as possible,move it down the road to the "next" sucker.................
so be nice, ASK, and do things gently, or as I do "fast and easy"....it works and will pay off in the long run, if they give you any "flak" or say NO,,,,,,,walk away

 

[steelslaver]

Inalwayscask if I can check out guns I am interested in. I understand how some get nervous in light of those who do this ngs like the Hollywood flip. I did find a K22 that had push off. A model 19-3 that wouldn't reset the trigger became a resonable buy when the seller saw what was happening. Lucky for me it was just gummed up. I would not buy a gun I couldn't give the basic tests. I don't carry around a set of range rods throughout.

 

[garbler]

Carrying a range rod set up is pretty easy. An alum male threaded rod 8-10" long and a few plugs or heads. Easy enough to carry in your pocket going into a gun store or show. I've got heads for seven of eight calibers but I carry only a few to cover anything I'm interested in like 22, 38 and 45 but it's your choice. Thing about ranging a gun it can reveal problems that really are significant deal busters. Stuff that will cost a lot more than working on a trigger.

Regards

 

[Muss Muggins]

Carrying a range rod set up is pretty easy. An alum male threaded rod 8-10" long and a few plugs or heads. Easy enough to carry in your pocket going into a gun store or show. I've got heads for seven of eight calibers but I carry only a few to cover anything I'm interested in like 22, 38 and 45 but it's your choice. Thing about ranging a gun it can reveal problems that really are significant deal busters. Stuff that will cost a lot more than working on a trigger.

Regards

Help me out. What problems can a range rod reveal besides cylinder bore misalignment, which can also be demonstrated if the revolver carries up properly . . . ?

 

[garbler]

Muss. The range rod will confirm proper cylinder to bore alignment at the time of hammer drop/ignition. If the gun will not range it could be timing-carry up but this can cover a lot of ground such as mis-matched ratchets, damaged ratchets, ill fitted hand, too narrow of a hand or too wide of a window, a bent yoke which happens by slamming the cylinder home but a bent yoke can often be a major chore to correct if the center pin would align. Some yokes can't be straightened enough. Anyway this simple device will pay for itself for anybody who buys and sells nice revolvers since often that alignment problem can mean serious problems. A lot of people think they can accurately tell if a gun is ' timed and aligned ' with some fancy trigger work but it ain't so.

Regards