Selling a dirty gun...

SWMod10

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Is that hard for people to clean a gun before they sell it? I'm not saying it has to be steamed clean, but would it kill them to run a patch down the bore and the cylinders? To wipe it down?

Bought a very nice S&W Model 19-4, 4" today.

Great price and I did not have to drive to BFE to meet him. Super nice guy.

But the damn thing was filthy.
 
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I also agree. I passed on a rifle once that was an okay deal but was filthy. A friend saw it, talked him down, cleaned it, then sold it to me for $20 less than the first offered price by the original owner.

I eventually sold it back to my friend after he changed his mind and regretted the sale, for the same price but only after he bought me supper.
 
Photos later, once my wife get's back the camera.

I have passed on guns that were beyond filthy. This one had been shot with .38's and had alot of gunk in the cylinder.

Nothing that a Lewis lead remover and some elbow grease couldn't fix.
 
I don't really mind buying a dirty gun. I can most often get it cheaper then one that is spiffy clean. And the first thing I'm going to do when I get it home is clean it anyway.
 
therevjay said:
I don't really mind buying a dirty gun. I can most often get it cheaper then one that is spiffy clean. And the first thing I'm going to do when I get it home is clean it anyway.
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True, as I do, but I guess since I would never do that, I expect it in return...but I know that now everyone is like that.

It's just that I would, at the very least, run a patch down the barrel and the cylinder, if it applies.

I take pride in the condition of my firearms and I want that reflected in any sale that I do.

Although lately, I'm buying not selling.:D
 
I recently bought a M586 no dash with 6" barrel (easy 98%) for $300 that was dirty. I cleaned it. Now it a 98% clean gun that's worth $575. :rolleyes:

Seriously, I don't get it when people take macro pictures of their dirty gun, then post it for sale on-line. I got to see mine first in person. That's easier to judge.

Call me crazy. If I want to sell one... it will be as clean as I can get it FIRST.

rags
 
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VM said:
Some people are slobs......... they don't know any better and/or they don't care - these people will never change.

I agree with previous posters about getting {dirty} guns cheaper :)
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Guess that why I got a good deal.:D
 
I bought a dirty K frame several years ago. When I cleaned it I found why it was sold dirty....badly pitted bore.

Never again, once burned, twice shy.
 
OK, ok, ok, I'll clean the guns before I sell them for top dollar. Minimum wear, only fired a a few hundred, hundred, hundred rounds and just cleaned once for this sale.
 
Originally Posted by sipowicz
Not everyone has a wife you know.....

SWMod10 said:
Thanks..I just spit beer all over my laptop....:D
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Diet Coke here.

Seriously though, my wife does not clean my guns. Since she pays for my shooting supplies I just call it even.
 
rags24 said:
That's what laptops are for! :)

rags
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Exactly...I can surf the net, watch the Spartans and the Irish play-picture in a picture-on the big screen and down a few suds..

However..I smell dinner which means, I must bid you fine fellows adieu.:D
 
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