Re: Low Round Count Rifles for Sale
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CK_32</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Honestly from my experience always double or sometimes triple the round count on guns.. The more gadgets the more you round up..
Just about every person on the classifieds lies about round count by at least half to make it seem like they are selling a unused gun because honestly we can never really tell the round count..
But from a ton of users I know about the round count when sold they always quote the count half if not more off than the actual count in the barrel/rifle.
I never give an exact amount because I just assume due to me reloading I lose count of what brass went through what rifle how many times.. But I try to keep it fair</div></div>
I was kind of thinking that... I have been really really suspicious when I read about a rifle that "only shot the 5 shots to make this group." I have seen that more than once. Who buys a rifle, goes to the range with a box of factory ammo, shoots 5 shots, and leaves? More likely, somebody blew a box getting it sighted in, it did not shoot to their expectations, so they shot until they got a decent group, posted the group and posted the gun for sale. Not that it makes much of a difference between 50 and 5 shots, but 5 shots sounds a whole lot better.
And on the other side, I see a lack of rifles for sale with round counts of 3,000+.
I am not calling everyone a liar. I saw someone sell a GAP 243 with a beautiful digital camo paint job a while ago. The guy was honest about round count. About 3,000 IIRC, and he had to deeply discount it because basically the barrel is pretty close to being shot out in a 243 at that point if it hasn't been shot out.
Not only was the rifle deeply discounted, it stayed up for a long long time with a couple of price drops. I was thinking that I am almost sure that there have been a few less-than-honest folks who have moved guns with higher round counts and posted lower numbers and this poor honest guy is getting punished. If I had the cash, I would have bought, because the price basically figured in a rebarrel. I would think that most used guns should get closed to factoring in a rebarrel. I have to assume for the worst.
But then, there are probably plenty of guys as well as mentioned above who have ADD or spec out a rifle and end up not liking it for one reason or another. How is a buyer supposed to know which he is buying from?
There was a famous economist who came up with the "Lemon theory" that basically all used cars sell for below market value. As a result, the people more likely to sell a car are the ones who have something the matter with a car. People who might want to sell look at the price they could get their car to fetch and decide not to put it on the market. As a result, when you buy a used car, you are much more likely to get a lemon.
I can't say that this holds true. I got a steal on a 22LR here on the Hide that is an absolute tack driver... then again, it takes a lot of work to shoot out a 22...
