I was at the gun shop yesterday fondling a NIB Browning A-Bolt II Stainless Stalker in .300 Win Mag. Very sweet rifle. One problem though: rust on the receiver. Not just a little spot. There was rust on the back/top, just forward of the safety, and on the left/top. I mentioned it to the salesman. He said they sometimes receive them from their distributor like that. Something about the rifles spending months sitting in a warehouse. If I was a dealer, I certainly wouldn't accept delivery of any NIB gun with rust on it, and if I was in the market for a rifle, I certainly wouldn't buy one with rust on it, unless there was a discount to compensate.
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“The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals. ... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” -Alexander Addison, 1789
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“The whole of the Bill (of Rights) is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals. ... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of.” -Alexander Addison, 1789