Ever had a buyer want to test it out?

[4gunfun]

I would get him to agree on a price first. If all shoots good then this is the price. I have had people run me through a ringer on a car i was selling, then they offer you waaaaay less.

[HBARleatherneck]

delete

[Colorado Luckydog]

My time is to valuble to have to deal with that. If they don't trust my word, then I'll sell it to the next guy.

The only way I can see taking the time to do that, would be if I was selling a custom gun and was saying it would shoot holes within holes. Even then, I probably wouldn't do it.

[JohnTRourke]

Hell no
any gun shops let you do that?
hell no

The rule is a 3 day non-shooting inspection on a mail buy and in a FTF it's inspection.

If you misrepresent, well it's your reputation.

millions of people buy and sell without a firing period and very few problems.

Hell no.

[cstone]

Seller's call. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, don't. Sometimes we do things out of the ordinary because the deal is good.

If the buyer was a member here, and they had been on this board for a while and had established a decent reputation, or the buyer was someone I knew, I would let them shoot the gun.

How long have you been waiting for a buyer? Is it a full price offer? How do you feel about the deal? These are all questions that you would have to answer before you could make the correct answer for you.

GLWS

[BPTactical]

Understandable on a high dollar weapon if a prospective buyer wants to test fire with a couple caveats:
1-they will put the money on the table before hand.
2-my ammo and limited to a few rounds to test function.
3-established public range and they pay the fees.
4-you drop it, you bought it-applies to mags as well.

I would definitely have your radar up and have a second person there when you do the deal.

[zteknik]

Hell no
any gun shops let you do that?
hell no

The rule is a 3 day non-shooting inspection on a mail buy and in a FTF it's inspection.

If you misrepresent, well it's your reputation.

millions of people buy and sell without a firing period and very few problems.

Hell no.

I agree here.
Will Cabellas let you test run any of there stuff?
Or would any other guys let you test run ,lets say a Garand or an 03a3?

Totaly up to the seller though.If I was selling my Krag and somebody
asked I probably would let him do 3 rounds of MY AMMO THATS SPEC'D FOR THE WEAPON and I would have him agree to my asking price FIRST.

[Danimal]

Now if you were selling a $5000 full auto class 3 weapon, yes because there are quite a few things that I would want to see before I fork over that kind of cash. Now an AK? No. The only way that I would go through that trouble for someone else is if they put the full cash in my hand that I was asking, and like others said, paid for the range time to try it out. Then let them put 20 rounds through it. If they want to shoot it more, great enjoy your new gun and walk out.

[sniper7]

depends on the person.

would you buy a used vehicle without test driving first? or even a new car?

I assume you wouldn't warranty or guarantee the weapon since you never know what they would do with it (I wouldn't), but the buyer also wouldn't have a guarantee that the weapon works so I can see his side.

[sniper7]

Understandable on a high dollar weapon if a prospective buyer wants to test fire with a couple caveats:
1-they will put the money on the table before hand.
2-my ammo and limited to a few rounds to test function.
3-established public range and they pay the fees.
4-you drop it, you bought it-applies to mags as well.

I would definitely have your radar up and have a second person there when you do the deal.

extremely sound advice!

only thing I can add is to carry while you are there as well. I trust people only to a certain point...I don't.