Perhaps I did fly off the handle. That firing pin impressions was offered as a place to start just seemed so absurd that it tripped my trigger.
I’ve not been in a Cabela’s in many years and honesty wouldn’t know where to begin should they have a 21 that caught my eye. Last time I was in one of those places everything had a trigger lock. The gun has to come apart. We need to check the ribs, that might be the first place to look. If their staff is so inexperienced, who takes the forend off and who assumes the risk? Would they know how and the care that’s required to reassemble? A modern day Cabela’s just does not seem the place to evaluate what is for most of us a large purchase.
Which brings us to why the thing might be at a Cabela’s in the first place. Since the experienced guns guys are gone, where does their stock come from? If anything requires a complete evaluation it would be one like this and it would seem to be a difficult thing to embark upon.
I didn’t intend to indicate that dry firing in the store was an option, my intent was to emphasize the robustness of the lock system and the fact that it wouldn’t go bang is highly unlikely. Checking for shrunken wood and overtightened tang screws is also wise.
Is it true they will ship a gun to a different store if you haven’t paid for it in full?
