My second go at auction rifles.

[moeggesit]

That’s an l61r trigger, no? Good triggers.

That barrel, Jesus!

Make sure on re barrel you get a fast twist like 1:8 for copper.

Stopped buying at Holts, they are VERY good a NOT pointing out problems and not showing them on pictures,,and avoiding them on condition reports. Had a bit of a blowout over this with them.

Recently visited a dealer who was having a collection from holts later that day, they said - “you should see the pile of shjite old broken guns we are leaving them!!”,,,, and my fear is, these can make their way into consumers hands without any way of safety inspection. Youngsters and beginners can buy there thinking they are getting a deal.

A friend once picked up a 30-06 from holts, condition report was good, etc. slam fired from the first round chambered, thank god rifle pointed in a safe direction!

I also once bought a rifle from Glasgow angling centre, slam fired all day long as well.

People buying ammo from auctions need to be extra cautious

I had a few similar experiences, you have to bear in mind why people send stuff to auction;
1) stuff people don’t want to be associated with (dangerous, broken, etc)
2) estates who just need an easy way to get rid of stuff (good, bad and ugly)
3) specialised stuff which is very hard to sell otherwise or difficult to value.

Lessons I’ve learned the hard way.
1) Don’t bid on anything you did not inspect yourself
2) Don’t pay more than what you could reasonably expect to get for the scrap or component parts.

I have bought stuff which is downright dangerous, semi-deactivated when it’s supposed to be good, totally falsely described, etc. I’ve also bought one or two what were absolutely fine, but unless you have seen it yourself it’s a huge gamble.

Holts is not the only auctioneer being overly creative when they describe stuff, there’s still one or two auctioneers who give a true impression.

There’s no returns on auctions!

 

[finnbear270]

Agreed, Just wish I had kept that Sako .25-06 I had from Holts, bullet on bullet it was, I had it for deer while a .270 was getting a new tube, took a nice Roe buck off greenfield with it, sold it to Keith Sikadog eventually.