Cleaning a gun before shipping to buyer

Xray

Xray

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Hey Guys, whenever i sell a gun I always make sure it's very clean. Sold a Glock recently, but first totaly disassembled and cleaned very part. Spotless.
The last 2 guns I bought on this forum arrived fithy, dirty. I would be embarased to show a friend a dirty gun never mind sell it like that.
Whats up? Anybody else clean their gun before shipping?
 
Intelligent people who are considerate ship a used rifle in clean condition with any special instructions such as that posted by manitou210. Those who appear to be concerned with receiving payment only will ship a dirty gun. A dirty gun tells me a lot about the individual who owns it and how they care for their equipment.

TDC
 
I ALWAYS clean before shipping. It's common courtesy.

I've received a few guns that looked like they had NEVER been cleaned. Kinda a piss off, but if it's a good deal to begin with, I don't really care too much. :)
 
I would ship them like I store them, maybe a little more oiled up due to temp changes while in transit.

I would expect a rifle received to just need oil wiped off/swab bore to be ready for shooting.:)
 
My guns are cleaned and lubed as soon as I put them up for sale. They'll remain in the safe until it's time to ship. Only then will I take it out. I'll give it a wipe with an oiled cloth before packaging for shipping.....the way I see I it is that once I get a "I'll take it" and payment received, it's no longer my gun. I hate it when you send your payment off and while waiting for the transfer to complete you get a PM/e-mail saying that "I took her out to the range one last time and put a couple hundred rounds through her. She shot great!!".
 
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Xray said:
Hey Guys, whenever i sell a gun I always make sure it's very clean. Sold a Glock recently, but first totaly disassembled and cleaned very part. Spotless.
The last 2 guns I bought on this forum arrived fithy, dirty. I would be embarased to show a friend a dirty gun never mind sell it like that.
Whats up? Anybody else clean their gun before shipping?
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I think not cleaning before selling/shipping automatically makes you a Douchebag.
 
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Be Very Careful

I would be very careful as to say that guns should be sold then cleaned, before they are shipped to the new owners. I may just clean the M14 in a dishwasher. The first thing I will do when I get a gun is clean it, so what does it matter.

Greg
 
I once received a gun with caked green rust on the muzzle (a few mm's deep); the barrel was loose (carbine) and thilthy. I was upset as it wasn't a smoking deal, but fair priced.
 
The one gun I traded on this site I cleaned as best I could (an antique long gun that was in rather poor shape to begin with) and advised the other party as such.

I did buy used firearms that weren't freshly "cleaned", but I was well aware of the condition of the firearms I was buying, since I was handling them at that time.
 
gregb said:
I think not cleaning before selling/shipping automatically makes you a Douchebag.
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This guy would sell you a dirty firearm. That is if he was even allowed to own one in the first place.:rolleyes:

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Haha

I'm so tempted to email this link to the guy that shipped the dirty gun, but that wouldn't take into account his feelings.:kickInTheNuts:
 
I clean after every range session. When I sell a gun, I also give it a quick lube on all metal surfaces and oil patch down there barrel. I have never sold a filthy gun.

With that said, I had a Ruger single six come completely filthy, I took off the grips and there was some corrosion underneath. a USP. 45 that was filthy and I had to scrub its bore for about an hour. I bought a modified 1911 from a dealer, when I got it the bore was dirty and fouled.

In all fairness though I got the USP for $720 shipped, so I understand if the guy didn't feel like cleaning it considering the price, and after it was cleaned it looked new.
 
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