I love unknowledgable gun owners...
I did not want to call them dumb or stupid.[:)]
Guy dropped by the house this morning.
"Such and such told me that you buy Winchester Model 70's."
"Yes I do."
"I have one that has not really worked right since I have had it, The bolt jams up on it."
"I would like to see it"
"OK I have it with me. It's a .338 I bought to Elk hunt with."
]What are you asking for it?"
"$250.00 if you but it now. I would like to have the bases back."
$250.00... I paid the guy. Got the rifle, box, hang tags and all of the paper work including the original sales receipt from where he bought it new.
Took the bases off for him and found what was jamming the bolt as soon as I had lifted it from the rifle.
They either used a base screw that was to long or they had broken it when installing them.
A small jewelers flat tip screw driver brought the busted screw out without much effort. The bolt now works fine and shows no visible damage from where the screw was hitting it...
The only place that I can find on the rifle is a very small nic to the top of the wood about mid way of bolt carrier. As seen in the photo below.
I am going to pick up a box of ammo later tonight and check out the action before I mount a scope to it.
Guy dropped by the house this morning.
"Such and such told me that you buy Winchester Model 70's."
"Yes I do."
"I have one that has not really worked right since I have had it, The bolt jams up on it."
"I would like to see it"
"OK I have it with me. It's a .338 I bought to Elk hunt with."
]What are you asking for it?"
"$250.00 if you but it now. I would like to have the bases back."
$250.00... I paid the guy. Got the rifle, box, hang tags and all of the paper work including the original sales receipt from where he bought it new.
Took the bases off for him and found what was jamming the bolt as soon as I had lifted it from the rifle.
They either used a base screw that was to long or they had broken it when installing them.
A small jewelers flat tip screw driver brought the busted screw out without much effort. The bolt now works fine and shows no visible damage from where the screw was hitting it...
The only place that I can find on the rifle is a very small nic to the top of the wood about mid way of bolt carrier. As seen in the photo below.
I am going to pick up a box of ammo later tonight and check out the action before I mount a scope to it.
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Oh, yeah, I believe the high bid stands at $275.00. I'll go $300.00. 0 -
thats the difference between an old book american and the new go for the money and screw the rest american.
i would have fixed it for him and made myself a life long customer/friend worth more than what you will make from the sale of that one gun.
gun owners.
gun dealers.
there use to be a code and a standard.
ther use to be a respect and a team concept.
one helps the other and the other helps the one.
not any more.
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Bobski, I felt the same way until he posted this:
LesWVa
Junior Member
277 Posts
Posted - 10/09/2007 : 7:57:03 PM
I told him that it was most likely a screw to long or broken. For I have installed them a couple of times myself.
I did not pay him until the bases were off. He still wanted to sale it for he had another rifle in layaway that he wanted to get out for a trip to CO next week.
Take advantage of someone selling a gun? No I will not do that. When they bring one to me that I am interested in I ask them four questions right off of the bat.
1. How much?
2. Why do you want to sale it?
3. What is wrong with it?
4. Do you know what the gun is actually worth?
I have had some that thanked me for being honest and took their gun home. Then some like this guy was happy to get what he ask for out of it even after finding out the gun was worth upwards to $750 to $800 easy. I let the seller set the price every time and then work from that with them.
It seems that the guy screwed himself !0
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