Posted: 3/4/2002 7:54:45 AM EDT
A friend recently buried his wife (cancer), and to keep himself busy, took up shooting again. In his zeal to get back into it, (been 20+ years), attended the last two locals shows. 1st show, picked up a Ruger MKI, ok, so far as the 10 round MKII mags "work" in it and it shoots great. Then, he was so happy finding a factory hi-cap mag for his Glock 22 .40 cal for $40...till I saw it later. Yup, LE/Govt only. He was advised! Next show, he picks up a bag of RELOADS for the Glock...mixed brass, unknown origin, etc. He was again advised. Then he comes up with a Ruger P-89 W/15 round mag...or so he thought. I went to see his new toys and took the P-89 to my house for cleaning. Only to discover the "15 round" mag for a 9MM was a .40 cal! (pre-ban, 11 round). No biggy, while the gun was soaking, I reformed the lips to match that of the 9MM. Now that the gun is clean and I can see it close up, I noticed a piece missing where the slide stop passes through the frame! That was the dirtiest gun I ever had the pleasure of seeing! Quite like range rentals. I put it back together and dry cycled the .40-9MM mag...flawless. Then noticed oil coming from a crack in the back of the frame, where the web of the hand holds it! Not good! I have not told him yet. Would anybody else noticed the crack? (not even a hairline) I'm sure the seller knew! Looks like I may have to go with him, next show, for sure! 
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| Good grief! Now why do gun folks take advantage of people like that? And a widower no less! That's horrible! If there is any way to return the P89 and the Glock LE/govt only mag to the sellers, I would go with him and raise holy hell! I'm afraid he's probably stuck with the reloads though, but I'm sure you advised him against feeding them to his Glock. I learned many years ago to stay away from gun show reloads. I got some .45 reloads once that were so weak they barely cycled the slide and were so unstable they keyholed sideways through the paper. Most inaccurate rounds I ever fired, bar none. I could almost swear I saw the bullets in flight! |