PatientWolf
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I picked up a Browning 92 (Miroku) a couple years ago that has turned out to be a very bad investment. It was a consignment gun that evidently some unethical person decided to pass on to someone else. It appeared to be in good condition a and operated very smoothly when I looked at it at the LGS. I made what I considered a reasonable offer and the seller accepted. I picked up some snap caps so I could cycle and dry fire it without worrying about damage.
At home, I eventually learned that the hammer was following if I cycled the lever quickly so I took it to a local smith. He charged me $140 to fix it and to put an abomination of a front sight on the gun. I took it to the range and it operated smoothly for the 20 rounds I fired. I had other guns to shoot that day as well.
Dry cycling the lever a few months later, the hammer was following again. I was not about to go back to the first smith due to the his 2nd grade quality of work on the sight and failure to fix the problem. I took the gun to another smith who was able to locate parts to fix the hammer follow issue.
Then he informed me the gun had bigger problems. Evidently, the previous owner had fired a squib and then fired another round and bulged the barrel. He was not able to locate a replacement barrel.
So being the person I am, i refused to pass a damaged gun to another unsuspecting person, but I have no use for a gun I can't shoot.
What would you do in this situation? The way I see it, my options are:
1. Trade it in if I can find a police gun turn-in day.
2. Take it home and keep trying to find a barrel (though I doubt the gun is worth that).
3. Try to part out the good components.
At home, I eventually learned that the hammer was following if I cycled the lever quickly so I took it to a local smith. He charged me $140 to fix it and to put an abomination of a front sight on the gun. I took it to the range and it operated smoothly for the 20 rounds I fired. I had other guns to shoot that day as well.
Dry cycling the lever a few months later, the hammer was following again. I was not about to go back to the first smith due to the his 2nd grade quality of work on the sight and failure to fix the problem. I took the gun to another smith who was able to locate parts to fix the hammer follow issue.
Then he informed me the gun had bigger problems. Evidently, the previous owner had fired a squib and then fired another round and bulged the barrel. He was not able to locate a replacement barrel.
So being the person I am, i refused to pass a damaged gun to another unsuspecting person, but I have no use for a gun I can't shoot.
What would you do in this situation? The way I see it, my options are:
1. Trade it in if I can find a police gun turn-in day.
2. Take it home and keep trying to find a barrel (though I doubt the gun is worth that).
3. Try to part out the good components.
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