How do you sell a gun?

[BigBoxaJunk]

once all derbies is removed it would be looser than if it were packed with dirt.

What are derbies and how do they get inside your gun?

 

[223 Gunner]

I'd think the brutal forces of firing said weapons would do FAR more to induce wear/slop than a human (relatively) gently removing the parts and reassembling.

That is unless you are cleaning your parts with emory cloth.

This too, they were M16's, we would shoot them full auto, and tracers too. They were ran pretty hard.
Mine was made by GE. by the way. I don't ever recall seeing a Colt. Also parts were not gently removed, you were taking them apart and re-assembling them as fast as you could. So a lot of dropped parts.

 

[jwh20]

I always clean a gun and lube a gun before I sell it. I also always take-down and clean a gun I bought whether it's factory new or previously owned. That way I can make sure I know it's clean, has no foreign material in the works or barrel, and it's ready to fire safely. It also lets me closely inspect all the parts for wear or damage.

 

[gary1960Pwrcruz]

as far as de greased, I keep polymer weapons like Glocks pretty dry anyway. Every thing else gets lubed for sure.

 

[223 Gunner]

I always clean a gun and lube a gun before I sell it. I also always take-down and clean a gun I bought whether it's factory new or previously owned. That way I can make sure I know it's clean, has no foreign material in the works or barrel, and it's ready to fire safely. It also lets me closely inspect all the parts for wear or damage.

I do the same. We side tracked a little when I posted that I no longer clean them after every trip to the range.
It's not needed with modern ammunition, when I'm only putting between 50 to 200 rounds through each gun per trip, no need to clean them all the time.

 

[dancrichy]

I make sure my guns are clean when I am going to sell them, mainly because I would want to buy a clean gun. And if people hear you sell guns that are not clean, they are more likely to want to pay less for them because they know they will have to clean them themselves. I just clean them the way I would to store - Clean thoroughly and use gun lubricant. If going the extra mile to degrease will help you sell it faster, for more, and make someone happy, then I would say do it.