cloudcroft
Campaign Veteran
As people have already said, you can't judge a NEW gun (re: functioning) until you run several hundred rounds through it. Then, if STILL malfunctions, you make sure (first) that it's not the magazine(s) or YOU limp-wristing...if not then it's the gun. Still, some polishing here and there usually fixes functioning and feeding probems.
The point is, ANY new gun out of the box may have functioning issues but you can't label a gun (too early) a "POS" as, for example, some people did re: the Beretta 3032 Tomcat. MINE was fine! Plenty of people tell you their guns worked fine right out of the box -- true, and good for them -- but I'm just saying new gun owners should put off their judgement ("reviews") of a new gun until a it has been broken-in.
You don't have to SHOOT the gun (or "waste" several hundred rounds of ammo) in order to "break it in" (you can do other things, like I do with mine) but for most people who DO shoot their guns right out of the box, they shouldn't label a gun as "defective" (or unreliable) until it's broken-in...even though most people start the name-calling as soon as a gun malfunctions and look no further to see exactly what the problem is.
The point is, ANY new gun out of the box may have functioning issues but you can't label a gun (too early) a "POS" as, for example, some people did re: the Beretta 3032 Tomcat. MINE was fine! Plenty of people tell you their guns worked fine right out of the box -- true, and good for them -- but I'm just saying new gun owners should put off their judgement ("reviews") of a new gun until a it has been broken-in.
You don't have to SHOOT the gun (or "waste" several hundred rounds of ammo) in order to "break it in" (you can do other things, like I do with mine) but for most people who DO shoot their guns right out of the box, they shouldn't label a gun as "defective" (or unreliable) until it's broken-in...even though most people start the name-calling as soon as a gun malfunctions and look no further to see exactly what the problem is.
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