Selling guns with low round counts

[Q]

Needs money.
Did not like the feel of it. Hard to buy without testing, thus used sales.
Buyaholic- likes to buy a new gun all the time.. but needs money out of the old one.

very true. it's good to buy classics and limited editions or small production runs. those tend to do very well.

[bwiese]

Hell, I'm gonna sell my Glock 21 w/1K down the pipe. Just got bored with it.

And gotta sell my blued Ruger SBH revolver too - only has 125 rounds thru it, got a stainless one to convert to a Bishawk.

[DRM6000]

So many gun sales go up here for guns shot anywhere from 20 to 500 times.

Lots of these are super nice weapons.

I wonder...why? Why sell a perfectly good gun when it hasn't even been shot with the proper love and affection?

divorce? court order? spousal pressure?

[Matt C]

Could be Jam-o-matic.

I have bought guns that I'm sure people THOUGHT were jam0matics, but when I cleaned them up, broke them in properly, and sometimes adjusted them a bit, they worked fine. Heh, I have NEVER seen a gun for sale add that SAID the gun jammed though, and you know people sell their problem guns.

[Aluisious]

divorce? court order? spousal pressure?

Appropriate spousal pressure:

"If you want to leave, there's the door."

I plan on never marrying.

[grammaton76]

I've actually seen a couple of for-sales of admitted jammers. Not recently, but I've seen them.

[Ninja45]

How about the gun is not "made" for the person. Grips too big, cannot shoot the side of the barn with it, sights too small, too heavy, too light for the caliber, too short, too long...ad infinitum. Although most of the problems can be fixed by an average gunsmith, people opt to sell instead. Have you checked the cost of shipping firearms (especially hand guns) lately?

Ninja45

[DrjonesUSA]

So many gun sales go up here for guns shot anywhere from 20 to 500 times.

Lots of these are super nice weapons.

I wonder...why? Why sell a perfectly good gun when it hasn't even been shot with the proper love and affection?

There are lots of reasons why, which I'm sure have been covered in this thread, but I could care less.

Keep doing it people!!!

You are saving me a TON of money on my gun purchases!!!

I can get a barely-used (sometimes 100% NIB) gun for hundreds less than retail in this communist state!!

The ONLY way to buy guns is from a private party out of state!!

[ElKabong]

A common one I've run into is someone bought them, didn't get a chance to use them much and then either had severe health problems or passed away. If the owner was ill and knew the score he might do his family a favor and take care of the firearms for them because that can be a nightmare for people unfamiliar with firearms. And if someone passed, then it could be an estate sale.