Lemons ..... and lessons? And honesty.

[JERRY]

funny thing is that i had a .22lr pathfinder 3" just like that and it was the best little revolver i ever owned. sold it to buy something else. damn.

i have a bulgie arsenal mak for trade in virginia for a pathfinder .22lr 3"!!

let me know, im serious.

 

[P95Carry]

I'll tell ya what jerry ... if I found another and it was halfways decent - I too would snap it up ... leaving aside the malfunction aspect of that one I had ...... I truly LOVED the feel and handling ...... just felt ''good''!

Didn't actually shoot too bad either ... well, S/A!

 

[Zundfolge]

I've never owned any lemons (knock wood) but if I sold one I'd have to be honest with the buyer about it ... even if the buyer was a crooked dealer.

I couldn't be happy about myself if I picked up the paper and read a story about somebody harmed or killed by a criminal because their home defense gun didn't function properly ... even if it wasn't the gun I sold it would bother me.

And it would give the antis one more stat in their "guns don't save lives" column.

 

[Atticus]

Like Granny always said, "when life hands you a lemon - make lemonade".
Fix it ...or sell it to someone who can...or someone who doesn't care. One man's lemon at $200 might be another man's bargain at $100.

 

[355sigfan]

Like you, my pesky honesty gets in the way of profit-making. I am somehow less than upset with that, though.
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Thats truly honorable especially for someone who works in a gun shop. Gun store salesmen and women can be like used car salesmen.
Pat

 

[KT-P32]

My lemon was a EAA Witness 40S&W. That had to be the worst handgun that I have ever owned. Jam after Jam.

 

[PCRCCW]

In the honesty dept., after being a salesman of the old school way, for over a decade...I wont lie. Hell, I honestly love the ones who do..at first they seem great, but after they get caught in the act a few times, those of us who dont...reap the rewards. Simple.

As far as a lemon, the only REAL LEMON Ive had was an Accutek..after multiple times of being rebuilt by the OEM...they refunded my money...plus the shipping I spent getting it to them to be fixed, all three times.

In dealings with other people...Im always honest. In regards to guns...to much to risk by not being responsible. If its had any problems that were not fixed correctly or what have you...they know about it and make it worth their time to buy the damn thing.

Shoot well.

 

[Maddock]

Only had one lemon that I couldn’t fix or get fixed. A High Standard Trophy that would shoot 10 into 2†at 50 yards but wouldn’t go 25 rounds between malfunctions. Multiple types of malfunctions.
Traded it to a guy for a S&W kit gun. I told him of the problems, but he was jones’n for the gun so bad that he didn’t care. He never got it fixed, he just put up with it.

 

[George Hill]

I traded off an AR-15 once...

Before we closed the deal I said "You know, this IS an AR-15, right? You sure you want to trade?"
He did...































Sucker...

 

[michiganfan]

I believe in the Golden Rule, and I don"t mean the guy with the gold rules.

 

[Obiwan]

It is not worth any small reward to basically sink your reputation.

When my P9 turned out to be a lemon....I immediately asked for a replacement weapon.

So I could sell it N.I.B.......with no concerns.

Otherwise I would have marketed it as a P-9 that is great for malfunction drills!

 

[lee n. field]

Two lemons. Jennings j-22 (need I say more?), once I had safely upgraded myself to somthing else, I gave it to a buddy to do with as he would.

FIE .38 derringer with Bianchi leather holster. Gun shop gave me $30 credit for it, I got a holster and some ammo.

 

[Hutch]

I almost claimed a halo, based on the meticulous job I did of telling a buyer about the sticky extraction on a M940 (which he bought anyway), until I remembered about the Contender. It was a spur of the moment thing, and I (shamefully) didn't point out that when the prospective buyer (a dealer) dry-fired it, he launched a part out of the hammer and across the floor.

 

[Okiecruffler]

I've only had 4 guns I would consider lemons.

An RG 66 SA that hangs on my wall in a cowboy holster that hasn't made it around my waist in many a year. It can't hit nothing with normal ammo, but the wife used it on a few buzz worms with CCI shotshells.

A Charter Arms Explorer pistol which I think is still in a storage closet in Arizona. Traded a perfectly good little Pheonix HP22 for it, worst trade of my life. Thing never met an ammo it liked, or a target it could hit.

S&W Sigma 380, don't even ask about all of it's problems. Sold it to a guy after the 12th time he begged me for it. Took 50 bucks for it, would have taken a can of soup and half a sandwich and considered it a good trade.

And then, not a pistol but still a lemon, A New England Handi-rifle in .223. Never could get groups smaller than around 3MOA. Sold it to a fella who said that was just fine, he just needed something to get rid of the dogs that were chasing his cattle thru fences but managing to stay out of the range of his shotgun. Got $100 for it and a scope, I was happy, he was happy, and last time I checked with him, cows were happy.

 

[P95Carry]

would have taken a can of soup and half a sandwich and considered it a good trade.

Sheesh!!! THAT BAD!!!!

 

[Okiecruffler]

"Sheesh!!! THAT BAD!!!! "

You don't know the half of it. For the most part I don't talk bad about guns. I have had great luck with guns that other people hate, grendels, pheonix, Mitchells (oh please let my luck hold when I get my new Mitchell), and I've had rotten luck with some guns that people love, Bersa for instance. But I'll trash mouth the Sigma 380's any chance I get. Inaccurate first shot, slow follow ups due to almost continual FTF's, the worst mag design ever put on a gun. Would have used it as a paper weight, but paper's too valuable. Could have used it as a jugline weight, but would have gotten a fine for water pollution. Might have been a good suicide weapon for those who aren't really that committed.

 

[P95Carry]

Thx for the added metaphors Okie .... LOL ...... needed something to lighten an otherwise rather evil day!!

 

[Hutch]

Okie!!! You had an Explorer II pistol too!!! So there were TWO of them!!! I thought I had bought the only one. I think I traded mine for a bottle of cheap whiskey, and then broke the bottle.

 

[standingbear]

ive been cheated alot.put a rifle on layaway,went back,the dealer sold the scope off it then wanted the same price.bought new guns that were absolute junk.tried to return them and the dealer wouldnt help,he gave me the distributers number instead who gave me the runaround.i try to get my money back but usually told.."you fired it so now its used,cant give you that now ..besides,ill have to send it away to be fixed..."so he just made another 75 bucks off me just so i can be rid of it.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I was honest enough not to file the AMT off the slide. Since I sold it to a gun dealer, he should have known whether he would have a future sale.

 

[Okiecruffler]

"Okie!!! You had an Explorer II pistol too!!! So there were TWO of them!!! I thought I had bought the only one. I think I traded mine for a bottle of cheap whiskey, and then broke the bottle."

Yep, there's at least two. I've wanted one since I was just a little fella. Kinda a poor man's broomhandle mauser I always thought. I've run into a few more since then and they all seem to have the same problem with accuracy and jamming. I think it has something to do with the barrel/reciever lockup. I've seen more than a couple that even when the lug is cranked down, still have a little wiggle to their waggle. Kinda puzzling because my cousin has an old AR-7 rifle that can put most 10-22's to shame. I think mine will eventually become a shadowbox.