several weeks ago I went into shooters outpost to see if they had an acceptable price on a Taurus judgethey had one in the show case and the price was reasonable so I said I would buy itI filled out the necessary paperwork, including the serial number, and was told there was about a minute wait on the background checkabout minutes later the salesman asked if I would mind redoing the paperworkI asked why, and he said I was getting a different pistol than the one I originally looked atI asked to look at it and quickly determined that it was a used pistolI said that I wouldn't take it because it was clearly usedheavy powder staining on the front of the cylindersone of the other sales associates asked what the problem was , looked at the revolver, and agreed it was used and probably came from the range they are affiliated withthey showed me another that didn't have the staining and I accepted that oneit didn't occur to me until I got home that I should have insisted on the original one in the displaythe paperwork was already filled out for itclearly they didn't want to sell that one and instead switched me to a used pistoleven though it appeared cleanwhen I got it home I took a close look at the box it came in and noticed that the cardboard was ripped in a number of spots and powder stains were on the bottom as if the pistol had been taken out and put back in repeatedly(like at a range rental)I then ran a swab through each of the cylinders and barrelof course it came out blackall gun sales are final so there was no point in trying to return itSo in conclusion, buyers beware, this was obviously a deliberate plan to sell used merchandise as newhardly what could be called a reputable business practicein talking to a number of friends affiliated with the industry I discovered that there has been an ongoing suspicion that this dealer has been selling rental equipment as new for some timein my case they most certainly did
several weeks ago I went into shooters outpost to see if they had an acceptable price on a Taurus judgethey had one in the show case and the price was reasonable so I said I would buy itI filled out the necessary paperwork, including the serial number, and was told there was about a minute wait on the background checkabout minutes later the salesman asked if I would mind redoing the paperworkI asked why, and he said I was getting a different pistol than the one I originally looked atI asked to look at it and quickly determined that it was a used pistolI said that I wouldn't take it because it was clearly usedheavy powder staining on the front of the cylindersone of the other sales associates asked what the problem was , looked at the revolver, and agreed it was used and probably came from the range they are affiliated withthey showed me another that didn't have the staining and I accepted that oneit didn't occur to me until I got home that I should have insisted on the original one in the displaythe paperwork was already filled out for itclearly they didn't want to sell that one and instead switched me to a used pistoleven though it appeared cleanwhen I got it home I took a close look at the box it came in and noticed that the cardboard was ripped in a number of spots and powder stains were on the bottom as if the pistol had been taken out and put back in repeatedly(like at a range rental)I then ran a swab through each of the cylinders and barrelof course it came out blackall gun sales are final so there was no point in trying to return itSo in conclusion, buyers beware, this was obviously a deliberate plan to sell used merchandise as newhardly what could be called a reputable business practicein talking to a number of friends affiliated with the industry I discovered that there has been an ongoing suspicion that this dealer has been selling rental equipment as new for some timein my case they most certainly did