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·ok experts . i need your advice, i am loking for a used o/u citori, red label,etc. where do you think i can get one at a fair price and not all shot out?
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Well, first off its hard to shoot out a double. Look for handling marks. Every now and then you find one someone just didn't like and parted with. If a browning's not dry, not dirty but is still stiff it's probably not been shot a whole lot.
If a Red Label is EVER stiff to open... there may be something wrong. All the ones I've ever handled poped open real easy. Look for marring around the bluing where the action surfaces mate. If this is well worn the gun has been shot quite a bit.
If a Red Label is EVER stiff to open... there may be something wrong. All the ones I've ever handled poped open real easy. Look for marring around the bluing where the action surfaces mate. If this is well worn the gun has been shot quite a bit.
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·i am in pa.our gunsmith cleans all the guns up real good. you will not find any dirty guns at his shop.thats why i asked[how can you tell you are getting a good gun?]he gets the guns cheap and trys to sell high by shining them up real good.thanks
Make sure you get a gun with removable chokes and that the chokes installed currently are not frozen/rusted into place. Very often people do not clean this part of the gun.
If that area is excessively grimy, or has rust pits etc... the gun was probably NOT well cared-for.
It's pretty hard to kill a double, no matter what you throw at it. Make sure the ejectors / extractors (probably ejectors unless someone converted it or you buy a 'cheap' double - or a very expensive one...) work. Take the forearm off and look there for dirt/grit. Take off the barrel ***'y and look for scoring on the mating surfaces. Look at the hinge pin for the same thing. Any problems here and the gun's a 'don't buy'. Reassemble the gun.
Try dry-firing it. The dealer should offer you caps for this purpose. Fire one barrel and lightly rap the buttstock on the floor. This should set up the second barrel (Citori, other recoil doubles, a mechanical-converted gun will set right away). Fire again. Both firing pins should drop and they should sound the SAME. Feel the trigger creep and release as you do this. It should definately be the same for both bbls. If it's different it's probably because there's a ton of junk in the action and it needs cleaning. This means removing the buttstock.
If that area is excessively grimy, or has rust pits etc... the gun was probably NOT well cared-for.
It's pretty hard to kill a double, no matter what you throw at it. Make sure the ejectors / extractors (probably ejectors unless someone converted it or you buy a 'cheap' double - or a very expensive one...) work. Take the forearm off and look there for dirt/grit. Take off the barrel ***'y and look for scoring on the mating surfaces. Look at the hinge pin for the same thing. Any problems here and the gun's a 'don't buy'. Reassemble the gun.
Try dry-firing it. The dealer should offer you caps for this purpose. Fire one barrel and lightly rap the buttstock on the floor. This should set up the second barrel (Citori, other recoil doubles, a mechanical-converted gun will set right away). Fire again. Both firing pins should drop and they should sound the SAME. Feel the trigger creep and release as you do this. It should definately be the same for both bbls. If it's different it's probably because there's a ton of junk in the action and it needs cleaning. This means removing the buttstock.
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·north central pa, near lock haven ,pa.
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