checking out a shotgun

[Polchraine]

I am thinking of going to look at a shotgun locally which is a "fabarm brescia mod ellegi" according to the owner. It is a 12b semi 3 shot.
I havent been able to get any other info.
He wants £250 for it.

What should I be looking for when checking it over?

This would be my first shotgun, so I havent a clue apart from general cosmetic condition.

Thanks

Mark


"if I can remove all firearms from my citizens then I can shoot who I like" - Adolf Hitler

You have answered your own question. For your first gun you should certainly be using a dealer or agreeing a sale based on a dealer's inspection, or at the very least, taking an experienced friend with you.

[Sim G]

^^^^^ As above....

[bigfathairybiker]

Thanks peeps. sign92

I'll will be popping into my local boomstick shop Saturday morning to look at a few.
Unfortunately they don't have any Hatsans, but they do have a nice shiny new SXP Pump Action..

But it is around £50-75 more than shops further afield. But at that saving its almost worth travelling to get it cheaper. But of-course paying more for the convenience of a local shop will need to be taken into account.

Mark

[phaedra1106]

At that sort of difference I'd certainly haggle over the price or ask if they will throw in a few boxes of cartridges, cleaning kit, bag etc. it's always worth a try. Worst case you walk away and take your money elsewhere saving some of it for the next one you buy

As an example of poor customer service, my friend is changing laptops, he'd almost bought a 10" tablet from the Samsung shop in the Metro Centre (Car Phone Warehouse) but luckily I have him well trained and he came to see me first Having gone through what he wanted it for we decided a tablet wasn't the best choice and decided on a 13.3" Samsung ATIV Book 9 instead.

He took the print out from Ebuyer I gave him back to the Samsung shop and asked if they could price match or get anywhere close (£360) as he'd like it today, not a chance, muppet salesman got angry and tried to tell him it must be a knock off at that price and that you couldn't even get the 128Gb SSD hard drive for under £400! (they're under £50 in the real world!). Quick phone call to me and it'll be here before 12 tomorrow.