There was a nice BHP Mk II for sale in the Gun Library at one of the local Cabelas. The first time I saw the gun, I nicely asked the attendant if I could remove the lock to check the trigger and see whether the mag disconnect was still on the gun. The attendant advised me that the trigger locks stay on all the guns until they are sold.
I was told that there was an incident at one of their stores where a customer grabbed an unlocked gun and then loaded a round into the gun and committed suicide.
So now every Cabelas firearm in their stores has a trigger lock that stays with the gun until it’s sold. Cabelas employees are not permitted to remove the lock for any reason. You must buy the gun and then properly inspect the gun once you leave the store with the firearm and remove the lock.
When I first saw the BHP Mk II i thought that I woul’t buy a gun without first dry-firing it to check the trigger, and cycling the action by cocking & dropping the hammer, the typical GS tire-kicking routine.
So the 2nd time I went back to the store and I saw the gun again. I decided to argue for a discount since I couldn’t dry-fire the gun before I bought it, and therefore there was no way to properly inspect this used gun. So I was able to negotiate $75.00 off the $599.00 ticket price, and was given a 2-pronged key that unscrewed the lock into 2 pieces. I was told that I had to take the gun out of the store before I could remove the lock.
Turns out everything on this Mk II is intact, there is only minor holster wear on this gun, internally it doesn’t show wear. The mag disconnect is still on the gun and it has to come off to improve that SA trigger. So I got myself a nice Hi-Power Mk II shooter at a decent price.
I’m wondering how many people will buy firearms from Cabelas if they can’t first dry fire & cycle the gun they’re interested in?
I was told that there was an incident at one of their stores where a customer grabbed an unlocked gun and then loaded a round into the gun and committed suicide.
So now every Cabelas firearm in their stores has a trigger lock that stays with the gun until it’s sold. Cabelas employees are not permitted to remove the lock for any reason. You must buy the gun and then properly inspect the gun once you leave the store with the firearm and remove the lock.
When I first saw the BHP Mk II i thought that I woul’t buy a gun without first dry-firing it to check the trigger, and cycling the action by cocking & dropping the hammer, the typical GS tire-kicking routine.
So the 2nd time I went back to the store and I saw the gun again. I decided to argue for a discount since I couldn’t dry-fire the gun before I bought it, and therefore there was no way to properly inspect this used gun. So I was able to negotiate $75.00 off the $599.00 ticket price, and was given a 2-pronged key that unscrewed the lock into 2 pieces. I was told that I had to take the gun out of the store before I could remove the lock.
Turns out everything on this Mk II is intact, there is only minor holster wear on this gun, internally it doesn’t show wear. The mag disconnect is still on the gun and it has to come off to improve that SA trigger. So I got myself a nice Hi-Power Mk II shooter at a decent price.
I’m wondering how many people will buy firearms from Cabelas if they can’t first dry fire & cycle the gun they’re interested in?
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