What's wrong with this listing?

The link doesn't work for me... But anyhow...

Yeah, that's kinda strange... Even if I had 2 of the same model gun - say, one for carry and one for range - I'd still have to run quite a few mags through the carry as a reliability check... Even if it is a Glock...

Odd...
 
For what it's worth, my Glock 29 has only had 6 rounds put through it by me, and 29 by the original owner. I open carry it when walking my dog at night here in AK. I would have done more, but seeing as I can't buy ammo due my age(2 more months), I don't want to drop down to below more than what a Glock 20 magazine will allow me to carry.

If anyone has a problem with this, I will gladly accept 10mm ammo donations for range time for myself.:)
 
Well you don't know? Glocks are perfect and never, ever fail. They work "right outta da box" everytime, so all you need to do is load it up and stick it in your holster.

[/end sarcasm]

There are a lot of people out there that buy guns and never shoot them. They just simply throw them in a night stand or sock drawer and think that all will be well, because now they have a gun. This case has been taken to the extreme of carrying the gun without ever even knowing how it shoots. You would think that the owner would jab learned something about that in his CCW class, but some people have the learning capabilities of a brick wall.
 
My carry gun gets about 300 to 500 rds a month. When I first bought it I decided to see how long it would run without a malfunction without cleaning. I gave up at 1000 rounds. Now I clean it about once or twice a month not because it needs it to function but because the powder residue dirties my white shirts as I carry.

Very comforting to know it is so reliable. BTW it's a Colt 1991 officer model 45acp :)
 
I suspect their mental and tactical preparation is on par with their practical prep. I just hope I'm not down range (or anywhere around) if they ever feel compelled to use the pistol they’ve never shot. Their skill at arms is likely insignificant if they haven’t fired their weapon.

Oh yeah, we need to remember that just having the weapon keeps anything bad from happening.
 
IMHO the majority of people that own guns do not shoot them much and in some cases not at all. Most of us that are on gun forums are not in that category and find it hard to understand. I know people that own a gun or two but don't shoot and some who collect but don't shoot.

There are some that think owning a gun is all that is necessary and they will be able to use it if the need arises. I own a hammer and a pipe wrench but am not a carpenter or plumber.

TV and movies have a lot to do with peoples perception of the gun.
 
Elmer Keith made similiar comments about someone he met at the S&W factory who proudly displayed his pet revolver, which the man had never fired. On the other hand, given what it costs to belong to a range, even for a month, I can understand.
 
Kinda scary that so many people walk around with a gun and have no ideal where the rounds would go if they ever fired it. I agree they're a lot more of them out there than one would think.
 
I don't mind you collecting guns and not shooting them or just having a keepsake from dear old Dad and not shooting it. But for God's sake, don't walk around the streets with it!
 
What's all the fuss about? Doesn't everyone buy a pistol, carry it for a year and never fire it - kind of like keeping it a "safe queen" . . . or something like that. It is obvioulsly a "used" weapon . . . . the owner didn't put in his listing that it's "never been loaded". :D
 
It's not surprising to me, at all.

I used to work with a kid that had 3 Glocks, 2 Springfield 1911s, a Ruger Mk II, two Ruger P89s, and a Ruger P944.

The only one that had been fired was a Glock 17 -- his first handgun. The rest were there for looks, and Self Defense/Home Defense. It turned out that his Dad told him to always have a brand new gun in each room, for self defense. If that gun had to be used, there would be no arguing that it was not modified or made "more lethal". If they were never used... he would be able to sell them as "new in box".

:rolleyes:
 
IDK, seems like he is trying really hard make it sound "NEW" when in fact it is USED.
Sorry, IMO, If it has a ale history, it's used.
That and he has a little hang up on the "cash only" thing.
It's one of those don't be tricky I'm buying another NOT my first...
wouldn't meet him anywhere random. As it was said, not the listing but the listee... dumb, just plain dumb...
If anything at least you'd be getting a gun out of his hands...
 
"This gun has never been fired...Been carried for about a year..."



that's my boss....he sometimes carries an LCP he's never fired
Sometimes a G27 he's never fired
and sometimes a S&W airweight that he's shot 5 times.

He also has about 10 other pistols and rifles he's never shot.:D


good news is I like buying guns off him.:p
 
A lot more non-gun people than you realize have been buying guns. Many have the mind set that it is the same thing as a power tool. Not realizing that a firearm that you plan to carry to protect your life should not necessarily be broken-in, but "proved" with the ammo you are carrying.
 
good points cheapshooter

I have no problem and actually am for the idea of non-gun people making the leap to buy firearm(s) to protect their home and/or family.

I think that some people feel it is an anomaly for the gun not to go bang though. Some just honestly have no idea that it happens much more than people realize.

Ammo is one of the culprits, so basically like you said if you can 'prove' your chosen ammo thru your firearm then you are in much much better shape and have drastically put the odds in your favor more than the non-shooters realize. It is a mistake to trust the ammo based on the gun store guy too because the popular, regular ammo might have an issue with your weapon. Many people like the advice from the gun store on the ammo, but it has to be cycled thru the weapon at least multiple times.
 
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