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When I buy a washing machine I always bring a socket set so I can inspect the inner gubbins.
lol, nr
"Gubbins", you're a laugh riot.
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When I buy a washing machine I always bring a socket set so I can inspect the inner gubbins.
lol, nr
I have asked to field strip a few, USED guns, over the years at LGS & other. No one batted an eye.WOW been going to all sorts of Gun shops and sporting goods stores since I was 11-12 I'm now 61. I have bought more then a few firearms through these kinds of sellers. I can't think of a single Handgun I ever thought about field stripping at the counter.
100% concur.Courtesy and respect are hallmarks of good gun owners and good people. Those who violate it would be asked to leave an never return.
Frankly, I would like to shake that guy's hand. I won't apologize for wanting to look closer at something I'm about to spend a week's pay on and the staff should be understanding of that, as well as better trained on what they're selling to better help the customers. Take only a couple minutes to read a manual and I know I've seen employees jaw jacking longer than that
I wouldn't spend my money for a new gun that the store has let people strip down and play with. I want new in box that others haven't played with or I can go elsewhere. Used you spend your money and take your chances, new means new.
So is that a good thing or a bad thing then? Not sure where you are going with your comment.
With hundreds of millions of guns here in the US, something must be working right. Manufacturers test fire guns before they leave the factory. We have market driven industry standards that ensure quality and not some ministry telling us how to live our lives and buy our guns. So far, it seems to be working here. If there's a problem with a new purchase, we send it back to the manufacturer and they take care of it. If they don't, they are not likely to remain in business. In the US, raw numbers drive quality control.
Bravo, well said. Pip pip.
Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission lol"You cant take that apart!"
"i just did, see??!!"
After I seen them buggers try to blow up a high point with blue pills and a bolt pounded down the barrel, that's all I buy.Bravo, well said. Pip pip.
After 30 years of marriage I concur.Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission lol
To be fair here, locking the slide back is not field stripping and a rule against that seems unreasonable. I've never not locked the slide back on anything that had one. I also pull the trigger (with other hand in the way of the hammer so it doesn't slam shut). If it doesn't have a hammer, I ask if I can dry fire to feel the trigger, sometimes causing a search for snapcaps behind the counter and sometimes not. I put the mag in (if it has one) and drop it out. Open the cylinder or rotate the cylinder while using the ejector rod. I'll operate the slide release (with my hand on the slide so it doesn't slam). But all of those things are just normal lookyloo stuff -- field stripping at the counter isn't (at least in my opinion), although I have asked a gun counter worker to remove the bolt on bolt action rifles (nobody ever refused that request).The gun I just bought from a big name store involved them getting pissy that I locked the slide back. I wasn't having any of his Bologna and went on fondling it as I pleased. Screw them and their rules, they can kick me out and I'll buy the exact same model somewhere else. If you're quick, you can field strip a lot of things to inspect before they even know what you're doing
Good post. Good input.I'll give you guys a little perspective from our side of the counter, we do not allow customers to take guns apart PERIOD! The reason we have the rule in place is to avoid any damage or extra wear to our firearms. We probably only get asked to take something apart 1 or two times for every 100 guns we sell. We've had customers come into the store, try to take a firearm apart and break or damage something and turn around and walk right out the door without even an apology. We also have had customers come in and ask us to take apart a bunch of guns just to satisfy their curiosity with no intention of buying one. It's also nearly impossible to know how to take apart every gun we have (over 1000) on command without 15-20 minutes of reading the manual or watching a youtube video, I don't know how to take apart every gun we have so its unreasonable for me to expect that of my employees.
The feedback we've gotten from customers is that the vast majority don't want a bunch of random people they don't know, who may or may not know what they're doing taking the guns apart on something they may buy. I would guess most of the members here have more knowledge than the average customer so while some people may actually know how to take a certain firearm apart a large portion of people have no idea how to do it.
On used firearms we will take them down to a reasonable level if one of the employees in the store knows how to do it or can figure it out quickly for you to inspect (I'm here 80-90% of the time we're open so I usually take care of it).
On new guns we will break them down and let you inspect them upon request while the background check is being run, if you find something you don't like with the firearm we can cancel the transaction and you can go on your way not out anything. We want our customers to know how to take their guns apart so we regularly break them down and show customers how to do it during the background check. Sometimes that involves us reading the manual or watching a youtube video if its not a gun the employee is familiar with.
Communication is key, tell the store straight up that you want to buy the firearm but have some concerns and a lot of times the rules will be bent or a good store will find a way to make the customer happy.
A no trigger pull policy.
Bimart expects you to purchase a pistol and not even know what the trigger pull feels like.. really irritated me.
Went to sportmans instead.
Bass Pro back in San Jose would hand you any firearm with a big trigger lock installed. An d no, they would not take the lock off to let you test the trigger. SMH