test firing a "for sale" gun

[greencobra]

i have a couple of handguns for sale. i met a prospective buyer at my range and he wants to shoot the one he's interested in. i have no problem with this but i told him he's to buy and bring with him factory ammo to shoot and any reloads he shows up with are not permitted anywhere near my gun. he gets pissy, wants me to supply the ammo. no f***ing way, he wants to shoot, he's to pick up the ammo. he shows up with a 250 count box and wants to pound all of them through the gun. i balk...again no f***ing way. it's a semi auto, i think 2 mags worth are enough to see if the thing functions. am i in the wrong for setting these parameters. in all my years active in shooting, i've never asked to shoot a gun i was contemplating buying and no one else has ever asked to shoot a gun i had up for sale. i certainly would never refuse to let someone try before he buys but to park their ass down and settle into a 45 minute range session...no way. what do you all think, am i the bad guy here?

 

[Hailstorm]

A couple mags. Then, he makes a choice. End of story.
No reloads either

 

[Realtor MA]

250 is excessive. If I were test firing a gun it would be maybe 1 mag.

 

[Sparky123]

If I didn't know him then I wouldn't let him shoot my gun at all.

 

[bfm]

There are plenty of other buyers.

I might let them do one mag full if it was not out of my way to do it, but that is it.

Having said that, I have never asked to test fire and no one has ever asked me to in the 30 or more F2F deals I have done.

 

[Picton]

You are not in the wrong, OP. He is being unreasonable.

He’d probably back out at the end, anyway.

 

[fencer]

Your position is very reasonable,and more than accommodating.

 

[fencer]

.....he shows up with a 250 count box and wants to pound all of them through the gun.

 

[JDL]

One mag and kick him to the curb if dosent want to purchase. Sound like he just wants to shoot your gun.

 

[greencobra]

If I didn't know him then I would let him shoot my gun at all.

i assume you meant you "wouldn't" let him? i dunno, that kinda looks like i'm hiding something, no? i wouldn't be that hard ass...or would i? hahaha

 

[PATRON]

Looks like that guys TV show GET A LIFE was not on that day so he need to go play stupid with someone.
Never in my years of buying,or selling a gun were they test fired.Some auctions I have dealt with,even
state three day non firing inspection return.

 

[kalash]

I'm not meeting a random stranger and handing them a loaded gun, period.

 

[BigAl23]

You definitely aren't the bad guy. He was being pretty pushy. Of all the guns I sold here only one guy asked to meet at the range and he was satisfied with a couple of mags through. I had a couple of others that met me at my club, more so to purchase but I offered the test shooting which they accepted.

 

[hillman]

At that ridiculous request, you start raising the price, or charging him a gun rental fee. That's obnoxious.

 

[FrugalFannie]

1 or 2 mags top with factory ammo provided by the buyer AFTER checking to make sure he has an LTC - maybe. Feel free to back out of that deal if it makes you feel uneasy when he shows up.

 

[drgrant]

i have a couple of handguns for sale. i met a prospective buyer at my range and he wants to shoot the one he's interested in. i have no problem with this but i told him he's to buy and bring with him factory ammo to shoot and any reloads he shows up with are not permitted anywhere near my gun. he gets pissy, wants me to supply the ammo. no f***ing way, he wants to shoot, he's to pick up the ammo. he shows up with a 250 count box and wants to pound all of them through the gun. i balk...again no f***ing way. it's a semi auto, i think 2 mags worth are enough to see if the thing functions. am i in the wrong for setting these parameters. in all my years active in shooting, i've never asked to shoot a gun i was contemplating buying and no one else has ever asked to shoot a gun i had up for sale. i certainly would never refuse to let someone try before he buys but to park their ass down and settle into a 45 minute range session...no way. what do you all think, am i the bad guy here?

If it's a commodity gun under a grand and you know it works properly there's no real need for this kind of test stuff. I have no problem with people that request it but it has to be
reasonable. If someone says "hay I wanna test ur glock that you're selling" "oh you mean the one that I tested by putting like 1000 rounds through after new that I know works 110%? how about no" theres kind of a line.

If it's not something "special" , milsurpy, or something off the beaten path I'm not even going to entertain that, unless the buyer is a friend or something.

ETA: the moment that request came from him that'd be the end of the transaction even if he backed away from it. I refuse to deal with people like that. The gun shop doesnt let you
test a gun, the fact that im entertaining that at all is 200% above.

 

[Wickedcoolname]

I've bought and sold countless used guns. I've never test fired, or have been asked to test fire any gun, ever.
But, if you're feeling generous and trusting, I guess I'd let him fire 1 mag of factory ammo.
But, he already sounds too high maintenance for me. I'd probably move on to another buyer.

 

[MaxStravinsky]

After that bs I wouldn't let him shoot it at all. I wouldn't sell to him - he's persona nongratta (sp?)

My rules might be different under different circumstances.

 

[paul73]

i have a couple of handguns for sale. i met a prospective buyer at my range and he wants to shoot the one he's interested in. i have no problem with this but i told him he's to buy and bring with him factory ammo to shoot and any reloads he shows up with are not permitted anywhere near my gun. he gets pissy, wants me to supply the ammo. no f***ing way, he wants to shoot, he's to pick up the ammo. he shows up with a 250 count box and wants to pound all of them through the gun. i balk...again no f***ing way. it's a semi auto, i think 2 mags worth are enough to see if the thing functions. am i in the wrong for setting these parameters. in all my years active in shooting, i've never asked to shoot a gun i was contemplating buying and no one else has ever asked to shoot a gun i had up for sale. i certainly would never refuse to let someone try before he buys but to park their ass down and settle into a 45 minute range session...no way. what do you all think, am i the bad guy here?

I would never go to a range with a buyer who is not a close friend.
Don’t see why you agreed.

 

[LuvDog]

No effing way.

I've never asked or been asked to test fire a gun.

The only time I let someone "test" was someone that I kind of knew, and he showed up with someone I know pretty well. So we hit the indoor range, but that was after he paid me for it.

 

[cams]

After he buys it he can shoot whatever he wants out of it. But even with that, him going into a deal like that I’d just tell him to get f***ed. Deal’s off the table. No apologies needed. He’s already shown what a headache he’s going to be and that’s best case scenario.

You did nothing wrong at all @greencobra

 

[FalArAk]

WTF? Pass on that guy and on to the next.

Just lol and move on.

 

[gerrycaruso]

One magazine of factory ammo provided by him to make sure everything works like it's supposed to.

 

[Kilroy]

Ask him to go down to Four Seasons Firearms and ask them if he can test fire any of their new and used guns for sale. See what they say.

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[CATI]

Curious the model of gun
but yeah... no

 

[paul73]

Ok, the anticipation had been built.

What’s the gun?

 

[paul73]

Curious the of model gun
but yeah... no

Damn, are we on same mental wave?

 

[drgrant]

I think there are rare circumstances when rapping a few off is OK as a test or something. but few being the key word

some guy starts dictating he wants to run 300 rds of shit through my gun he doesnt own yet.... my response =


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1UtRnGn5hc


then "no sorry bro that not happenin"

 

[lowbuckbob]

You guys are pretty generous even allowing 2 mags. I wouldn't allow any rounds. If you want to shoot it, buy it. Otherwise get lost. Plenty of other buyers out there. I've never asked to shoot a gun I bought, nor did I allow anyone to shoot one I sold. The guy sounds like the type that would back out anyways.

 

[NHCraigT]

.... waiting patiently for the parody thread ......