standeford
Marksman
I was looking over a used Remington 700 at the Greenwood Gander Mountain on Saturday. Someone has monkeyed with the trigger: close the bolt too hard and the firing pin drops. Touch the trigger when it is on safe and the firing pin drops when you move it off safe. Not usual for the old style 700 trigger if the sear is backed off too far.
This isn't the first time I've seen this kind of thing on used guns at different shops. I assumed an outfit as big as Gander would do a basic function check but they obviously didn't on this rifle. I tried to explain it to the counter help, but I might as well have been speaking Martian.
What if someone trades in something with a round stuck down the tube? Unless the buyer checks the thing blows up on the first shot.
Mostly wondering if any of the dealers on here check, or do used guns hit the shelves as they come in?
This isn't the first time I've seen this kind of thing on used guns at different shops. I assumed an outfit as big as Gander would do a basic function check but they obviously didn't on this rifle. I tried to explain it to the counter help, but I might as well have been speaking Martian.
What if someone trades in something with a round stuck down the tube? Unless the buyer checks the thing blows up on the first shot.
Mostly wondering if any of the dealers on here check, or do used guns hit the shelves as they come in?