New Gun Already Shot?
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: apache junction az.
Posts: 138
each gun has it's own finger print being the bullet. no 2 guns shoot and leave the same markings on the bullet. therefore like you being finger printed all new guns sold have a bullet shot out of it for the ATF which is your guns finger print. also you recieve the spent shell casing in a baggie and they get the spent bullet. ask your local law enforcement if you don't believe me
#16
All guns are proof fired with a higher that standard pressure proof load at the factory before they are boxed and shipped. This is to make sure that there are no unseen problems that would result in the gun blowing up the first time you shoot it. Proofing is standard practice for all smokeless arms in the U.S. and Europe. Some manufacturers even shoot a group with each rifle to test the accuracy and send the target with the rifle. If you use the standard that a fired gun is a used gun, then all smokeless cartridge arms are used before they ever hit their shipping box. Muzzleloaders, on the other hand, go to the consumer unfired. The only exception being the Savage 10ML-II, but it is the exception as Savage Arms voluntarily chooses to proof fire them but is under no specific obligation to do so.
Mike
Mike
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Garfield NJ USA
Posts: 3,067
each gun has it's own finger print being the bullet. no 2 guns shoot and leave the same markings on the bullet. therefore like you being finger printed all new guns sold have a bullet shot out of it for the ATF which is your guns finger print. also you recieve the spent shell casing in a baggie and they get the spent bullet. ask your local law enforcement if you don't believe me
#18
With the Remington 710 that I bought new years ago there was even documentation with it that said that it had been test fired before being shipped. The same with the Springfield XD that I bought.
#20
Spike
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 14
I know they test fire, but I have NEVER heard of copper fouling in the barrel at the time of purchase. I'm thinking your local shop owner let somebody test fire the rifle. I would shoot it once then run a patch through the bore. see how blue it turns. most new factory barrels foul pretty bad for the first few shots during barrel break in, then they take longer and longer before they become fouled. not a foolproof method but you may get an idea. then again if its a real shooter and the throat and rifling look new you may be better off to keep it as you might get an unfired gun that won't group.