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Good story as a safety reminder. When I bought my Stainless P-14 (now unfortunately lost in the boat accident as well) from a private party a few years, after a quick inspection she appeared about new so I cashed him out and went home. As is my MO I went straight to the bench and tore her all the way down to clean, lube and maybe polish the feed ramp. Went to run a brush and Hoppe's through and the thing had a squib lodged halfway down the barrel. God sent that gun to me to keep someone without OCD (that's Ordnance Compulsive Disorder) from taking her to the range right off and, as Johnny's Reloading Bench says, "blowing their face off". The lesson here is obvious.
I always wonder if the guy was a moron or a domestic terrorist targeting Gun Guys. I should go through old emails and post the bastard's info again as a Public Service .
That's messed up, the guy who sold you that gun deserves a good old fashioned bubblegum beating at least for not telling you about the squib. When I buy used guns the first thing I do is to strip it to the frame, clean and lube.
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