WHAT ARE THEY THINKING???
 

In the category of "what are they thinking?!!!", I emailed this reputable GB seller and pointed out that selling a Damascus gun with 12 thousandths barrel wall thickness was essentially like selling a shoulder mounted pipe bomb. Their response was that they aren't worried because their policy is that all used guns need to be inspected by the buyer's gunsmith before firing. Wow! And the item description strongly implies that it is all original and never messed with....riiiiight. That's really taking the concept of "Buyer Beware" to a whole new level.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/810636946

That is all fine and good.....except as far as I can see there is no such admonishment in their ad about having the gun inspected by a competent gunsmith.

The barrels are 3 Iron "British Best"

http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL.../414208147.jpg

And a lovely "mirror bore" - how do ya' think that happened in a > 130 year old gun? :(

http://pic20.picturetrail.com:80/VOL.../414208148.jpg

A "mirror bore with light pitting " means it WAS a dusky bore with heavy pitting.

Pass!

It is Not Nitro proofed.

I like how they rate the browning at 44%...trending toward a lovely, frosted-blue patina in light

You have to WATCH OUT for this sellers (Commonwealth Arsenal) return policy too!

If you return the gun, a refund is based on IF they resell the gun or not. And you getting ALL of your money back is based on IF they can sell the gun for the same amount or more. If not, your refund is based on the resell price.

They do always post a LOT of pictures, so cosmetic condition usually cannot be in question. BUT... barrel condition and bores can be another story...

Strange dealer, not far from my home, but not somewhere that I visit. Some of their Parkers are questionable.

I had a couple questions about a Parker O frame they had a couple years ago. SN stated 28" barrels. They said the barrels had been "shortened" but would not give me the measurement. I asked again..and they banned me from bidding. Just tried..and I'm still banned !

In order to practice the “buyer beware” motto we need to know the name of this seller.





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Dean post # 8 has the sellers name.

Will remember to avoid them

Did you not click the link in the first post?

I only looked at the gun. Where I am not a potential buyer, the rest of the ad was unimportant to me.





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buyer beware is right

BUT

buyer be informed may be more appropriate -

the seller does state the minimum wall thickness, most don't - he just doesn't tell you its dangerous, IMHO anyone buying old guns should know what they are seeing

Nor does he tell you where that measurement was taken. I would never have even considered this a possibility, but on a recent trip to Cabass Pro Shop, I asked (silly me, right?) the Gun Library salesperson if he knew the barrel wall thickness. He went through the fanciest maneuver, took one of the GH (2 bbl set) barrels out and put his digital caliper onto the muzzle and told me there was plenty of "Meat". I couldn't disagree, that last half inch of barrel was very safe.

My issue with their policy of "It is up to the buyer to have the gun checked by a gunsmith for safety", is that its very misleading. That policy suggests that this gun COULD be unsafe to fire. In this case they know darn well that this gun absolutely IS unsafe to fire. So essentially, they are looking for a buyer who doesn't know the difference, and when his face or hands get blown off, that will be his problem, so the logic goes. Well, my 30 years as an attorney tells me differently....some sellers just seem eager to get sued.

No... eager to make a sale.

For some the Golden Rule seems to have been changed to On my honor I'll do my best to help myself and screw the rest.

What goes around comes around and karma is a bitch.

i thought that (pre modification) is the scout oath

the new golden rules is do unto others and then split