Out of interest, would you be grumpy if you bought a new rifle(at a discounted rate) only find out it want manufactured 5 years ago?!
Or is this the norm in the firearms industry?
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Out of interest, would you be grumpy if you bought a new rifle(at a discounted rate) only find out it want manufactured 5 years ago?!
Or is this the norm in the firearms industry?
No not really as long as it does what I bort it to do
I guess theres a difference between new model and new (no previous owner). In a rifle no rounds down the pipe is new. So no i wouldnt be that pissed. Maybe at myself for not researching???
Personally i find firearms are like vehicles, 5 yrs is still pretty new, you buy it because it appeals and feels good to you, a slightly older firearm can be "worn" in making it least clunky.... sometimes.
Basically as long as you like it and it does its job i wouldn't worry about it.
If it is the model you want what difference does date of manufacture make?
Its not perishable foodstuffs.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
What rifle is it? Sometimes older is better as production may have moved offshore to cut costs etc. depending on what it is.
Ja, I'd rather have a Marlin that's made in Connecticut (older) than one made in Kentucky for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Yeah like has been said a rifle only ages by rounds down the barrel as long as it looked after ( oiled etc ) I wouldnt be bothered.
What Gibo said
Interesting feedback guys. There is much more to the story than I am letting on. How would you feel if said rifle had a different twist rate than advertised?
Its all sorted now though. The shop I bought it from happily took it back and sorted everything out promptly(very happy with their service). I picked up a new Tikka 7mm-08 today. Very happy now!
As for the NZ distributors of the returned rifle...........they are douche bags, ha!
Then I would be pissed off.Quote:
Originally Posted by nicks_tricks
Pissed off enough to buy a tikka 708? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Not if I wanted a fast twist 223Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
I have a fast twist 223 to pick up today. Well at least it better be 1:8 twist.
I'm glad the shop has helped you out @nicks_tricks
Are all nz distributors lazy or what?
Leading question that......Quote:
Originally Posted by puku
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I have bought a couple of rifles "new" and had watched them on the shelf for a number of years. I think my Kimber Sporting Varmint in .204 would have been on the rack for 2-3 years and could have easily manufactured 2 years earlier. The only thing you would keep an eye on is a lot of rifles in shops get handled by greasy, salty & sweaty hands and I've seen some guns in shops with slight surface rust.
Hopefully you bought a "new" rifle that you will own for life and it shoots straight. Don't worry too much.
I have a view from another angle. No I would not be grumpy as long as it was still unfired and as it should be if purchased as new. We imported a large (ish) number of Toz 22LR rifles from Russia some years ago. We are not a big company that sells many guns per day. It has taken me 4 years to sell almost all of the bolt actions and I only have a few left. The last one I sold was exactly the same condition and age from factory as the first one I sold in about 2010. Was the first one any different to the last? No. It is exactly the same. Many rifles are manufactured and stored in the factories as they do a run and stock pile enough to fill orders. They make another run as they run out. As long as you know what the rifle is when you buy it why would it matter? I expect my 22LRs to last it s new owner many many years. Some of the old Toz 17s are still working very well and they have not been made in over 30 years. If you expect to get 30 or 40 years of use from a rifle (its what I expect) then it should easily cope with a couple years in a box.
Note that two years on a shelf being handled, cleaned and so on, is NOT what I class as new. Ex demo at best. New is in the box, unfired and stored properly.