Red Robin
Well-known member
A friend of mine wanted to sell me a gun. It's a savage .22 hornet with a 3X9 bushnell scope. Gun's been shot about 10 times and is real new as well as the scope. The outfit is price here locally for 319 for the gun and 125 for the scope. He wants 250 for the gun,scope, and 2boxes of ammo. I buy the gun but he tells me it jams on ejection (single shot) and he'll send it to the gun dealer and get it fixed. Good deal I say so we send it off and it takes a month. I shoot 10 rounds through it after we get it back and it jams. He takes it in and they give him a new gun. He shoots it there and it works ok. I shot the new gun once and it jams. He's real agreeable and so is the dealer so my question is , what's up? I know it's a cheap gun , I'm alright with that because it's going to be carried in the truck to shoot coyotes and dogs . It doesn't need to be any good , just shootable. Should I switch brands of guns? I did notice on the hornet the rim on the back of the shell casing is pretty thick compared to say a .223 and it doesn't have a very deep grove for the ejector to grip. Any thoughts? They have a browning at the same shop for 280 more but I really don't want to spend that much on a bang around gun . Should I?