Is there Any gun that you would return if you could? / gun return stories?

[sealocan]

Maybe it wasn't you or you don't want to admit it or maybe it was a friend of yours or you just heard about someone returning a firearm after they bought it and left the store.

I know two times this happened, one was at a big chain type store, in the mid-1980s, where someone I know bought a Mossberg combination with both pistol grip and wood stock and they broke the wood stock in the first week, trying to put on the pistol grip. The store exchanged it without any problems, just some additional paperwork and he was given a whole new Mossberg combo shotgun package.

The second one is more historic. In 1968 James Earl Ray purchased a .243 caliber rifle and a telescopic sight at the Aeromarine Supply Co. in Birmingham. Further, Ray admitted that the next day he exchanged the .243 caliber rifle for a more powerful .30-06 Remington Game-master. (* I have read that he said that he had bought the wrong one by mistake. That just seems kind of unlikely to me. Like you really wanted an AR in 300 Blackout and didn't notice that it was a .223 rifle*) That 2nd rifle in .30-06 caliber was identified as the rifle found in front of Canipe's Amusement..."
(* I also find it a little weird that you have to search for that information and that it's not even mentioned on any of the Wikipedia James Earl Ray pages but maybe I feel that way cuz I'm a gun person.)

I'm sure some of you or you gun store owners or employees have some funny or bs stories about this so let's hear everyone's.

[sealocan]

I just remembered a long time ago someone posted that a customer didn't want to pick up / receive 2 AR type rifles because their employees "touched them". (Maybe that customer was a germaphobe but he really didn't understand that humans have to touch things to have made them?)
But as I remember it the gun store just ordered him 2 new ones and made sure their employees didn't touch the rifles in front of him.



That was a long time ago and maybe I read it on a different gun forum. Things gun stores have to do to keep their customers happy.

[omega]

Ive seen people come in and say they changed their mind they dont want it, and they charge a restocking fee, they didnt even take possession of the gun

[sealocan]

^ I wonder if we could classify all those as "The wife found out returns" ?

[five.five-six]

I sold a M1919 with spade T&E and tripod some years ago that I wish would be returned.

Does that count?

[sealocan]

Haaahaaahaa!

Sure that counts, why not.
Maybe you could contact them and say it was defective.

"It may lead to symptoms of having too much fun, overly big smiles and a smaller wallet." ?

[k1dude]

Kahr P380.

Been back to Kahr 3 times. Still can't make it through a single mag without malfunctioning.

[dmcag69]

MPA Hatsan semi auto 12 gauge, from big 5, I've own since 2013, only put 10 shells through it.
First time loading it, it suffered a shell jam in the carrier, you have to disassemble the magazine tube with a live shell, you can't get it to chamber to eject because it's under the loading gate.
Called citadel firearms , gunsmith cussed me out saying I should stop looking at YouTube, send it in.
it was a issue, that they fixed in the newer shotguns.
The POS shotgun was never fixed sits in my closet now collecting dust, $500 down the drain, I should have bought the Mossberg 500 or 590 that was on sale, but I wanted semi auto, after Sandy Hook gun scare, week before they decided against the AWB.
Two weeks into corona pandemic, I was at big 5 looking for ammo,a guy was putting one on backorder, I should have sold it for 350 , let it be some noobs problem, I'll probably trade it down the road or consignment in the coming months.

[sealocan]

^^ dmcag69 , As a big fan of the Mossberg 500 / 590 type shotguns, I agree but you should have just got one of those instead. Not only can you run almost any type of shotgun round without any kind of adjustment, from slugs to light loads you also get an ambidextrous safety that's right next to your eye as you're aiming down the sight so you know instantly if the gun is on safe or not. Sure it's got the aluminum receiver, instead of the steel receiver on the Remington 870. But Remington is constantly in financial trouble, has had some reported quality issues in the last few years and maybe most importantly it's not a family-run business like Mossberg still is. Both the chairman and the president of Mossberg have the last name of Mossberg.
Call me old-fashioned but that just makes me feel better about a product, when someone's willing to put their own name on it.

[GeeBee49]

Nope, I can't think of one gun in my collection that I would return if I could. I've tried to be a careful buyer and never considered any gun unless I knew I would keep it. I still miss the guns I've given my daughter even though I can shoot them anytime I want.

[bambam8d1]

Bought my wife an lcp. Shoots fmj ok. Turns into a single shot with any hollow points I try. That thing is a piece of crap. Slide also doesn’t lock back when empty.

[kcheung2]

I bought a National Ordnance 1903a3 for what I thought was a great deal. But after I agreed to it, I spent the 5 minutes of research to determine what a bad idea it was. But unfortunately I already agreed to the deal so I couldn't back out. I should have listened to my gut and paused because it was listed for months with lots of views but no buyers.

Luckily I did listen to my gut the day after I agreed to buy it (but before I learned how problematic it was), I saw a legit Remington 1903a3 at the lgs and bought that too. At the time I thought it was redundant because I already had the N.O. coming in, but now I'm glad I bought the real thing.

[Fastattack]

Yeah, my California compliant Sig P229. I had buyers remorse when I got home with it.
Man is that thing hideous for a Sig. Shoots great, feels great, looks bad.

[Swagman00]

Just a couple: S&W 64-10 and Savage 64 FXP. Both for small but sufficient reasons.

The 64 was a near impulse buy after I recently got money to burn. Very nicely priced at $500 flat with a LOT of extra ammo for a very low round count gun I went to go get it. I didn't realize how much all of the new laws screwed up the original design, but to see that Hillary hole irritated me. Even though it shot well and 38 +p is easy to load, It'll never be a 357 mag. I should have waited for something I could dual purpose shoot with 38 and 357, but it is what it is. Still a great gun, but the earlier examples will always be my favorites.

The 64 FXP OTOH was a my own fault for looking for a first .22 LR rifle just to have for SHTF. It was cheap so, why not? Hated to clean it, stock was REALLY cheap, scope sucked and I saw how much better the Marlin 795 with better aftermarket (at the time) so I sold it. The only gun I ever sold really.

[Bull Elk]

No. They all meant something special to me when I acquired them. Okay......I take that back. Several years ago I won a shotgun at a NRA dinner. This was the ugliest cheapest looking green shotgun one could imagine. My guess is that it was a "mistake buy" by the gun shop and by donating it to the NRA dinner, they could rid themselves of this monstrosity. I asked the store who was doing the DROS on guns won at the dinner if they would give me a credit on it and they told me I'd have to pay them to take it! I ended up transferring it to my son in-law. When I did so, he acted like he was just given a brand new in the box Beretta A400 shotgun! Of course, I've never to this day seen him shoot it.....not even once!