Pros and Cons of buying a Demo handgun?

[sklfco]

If it's a police trade in, you'll need to sight it in. They have a 17 percent hit ratio you know.

Meal team 6 doods have a far better fork to mouth ratio than that! (You just have to use the common kore maffs formulations to reach than CONclusion)

 

[DavidMcmillan]

The only concern I'd have on a demo would be how many used the slide release to allow the action to slam closed without a mag and ammo inserted.
Lots of discussion about pro's and cons. Some say it won't hurt a thing, as that's what semi-auto's do every time, but I disagree.
Stripping the round out of the mag slows everything down so the slide coming into battery isn't as hard.
I may be full of crap, but that's my theory.

Dennis is right. Damage like that would be hard to see, but you might be able to detect something amiss by checking for any unexpected looseness or "slop" that just doesn't feel right. There are so many ways to damage anything humans touch, but most firearms made in recent years are pretty robust and should serve us and those that follow us for many good years.

 

[GlockPride]

A whole lot of Gun Dealers on the Net have Police Trade ins with not a lot of miles on them and some good buys out there. I have a Glock 19 Gen One and about 9,000 rounds on it and it still looks new and never a problem bought it new in the early '90's. I personally would save the money and get a nice clean used gun.

Since you’re new, welcome and I’ll take it easy on ya.
How about you post up some pics of that “Gen 1, Glock 19”? Would love to see it. Those bad boys are very rare in the US, you probably wouldn’t be shooting it, and you’d have quite a valuable pistol there.
There’s gents over on Glocktalk.com forum that have tracked nearly all the Gen 1’s in Model of 19 imported into the US. If they haven’t recorded your serial number, I’m sure that they’d like to soon. So, feel free to post pics here or go explore the value of your really rare pistol.
Take care and have a great one!

 

[diggler1833]

I picked up a S&W M&P40 Pro in 2019 that had been a dealer display for about four years (or so it was advertised). Paid a whopping $385 for it, and other than the sights that were a bit less bright and just a touch of wear on the barrel hood it looked new, felt new, and had new accessories.

Shot like new too. It is now sitting in my nightstand.

 

[SiGArmed]

To me it would be no different than buying any other used gun

You've bought a used gun? I swear every gun I've ever seen is NIB unfired.

About the demo gun, at least maybe the trigger is broke in lol

 

[Hworth18]

Thanks for the comments! I ended up buying 1 new and 1 demo gun. Taking them to the range this week to see how they shoot.

 

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Thanks for the comments! I ended up buying 1 new and 1 demo gun. Taking them to the range this week to see how they shoot.

Soooo, you found demo models of the PDP? Would you care to share with the class where you got them? You know, just...ahem....curious. (My wife can't see me, can she? You'd let me know, right?).

 

[Hworth18]

Soooo, you found demo models of the PDP? Would you care to share with the class where you got them? You know, just...ahem....curious. (My wife can't see me, can she? You'd let me know, right?).

Actually, i'd be more than happy to share. I got the Full size Demo PDP at SportWorld in Tulsa. They have a good selection of most of the available models of the PDP, and a few PPQs at fair prices.

 

[mr ed]

Define demo please

 

[Hworth18]

Define demo please

SportsWorld defines them as trade show display guns and manufacturer overruns. The majority of these firearms have never been fired, but can’t be sold “as new” because they’ve been displayed or handled.