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Originally Posted by Rapier
"For me, it was an issue of the interior of the barrels rusting up pretty good because they were not chrome lined like the comparable Beretta and of the receiver/forearm getting gouged. I also didn't like the way the retailer or Browning handled the matter (i.e., it was my fault)."
Ah, really? You mean to tell me that someone told you that rust on your gun was your fault? I see..... a person allows their guns to rust due to neglect, and now it is not their fault. But, they have worked out a scheme in their head so that Browning is to blame. Then not only blame Browning but that person also bad mouths them for the person's protection or failure to protect their own property. That makes perfect sense to me, I have met folks like that all over the world, nothing is ever their fault, as long as they can "blame shift" their neglect to someone else.
Your rusty gun is in fact your responsibility, and is the result of your neglect, period.
I own guns that I have owned since I was 9 years of age, near 60 years now, not one has a speck of rust. I own guns that my grandfather owned and with which I learned to shoot when I was 5 years of age and not a speck of rust and they are nearing 100 years in age. I own two dozen shotguns, alone, no rust on any gun.
I judge men by their shoes, their car's interior and when in the field or at the range by their guns. If I see dirty neglected shoes, a cluttered and dirty vehicle interior, or rust on their guns, I do not do business with them, because those men neglect the details in their life, it is a life's lesson I learned before I opened my first business, 44 years ago.
Ed
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Ed,
I have a 19 year old Ruger 77MKII without a spec of rust on it, a Browning BPS from the first year they came out, which I think is around 1977, without a speck of rust on it, I have my father's Belgian auto-5 and Winchester 101without a spec of rust on them, I have a Beretta 682 Gold that is about 18 years old without a spec of rust on it, and I have a plethora of other guns without a spec of rust on them (e.g., Beretta 391 Teknys Gold in 12 gauge, Beretta 391 Teknys Gold in 20 gauge, Beretta 3901, Beretta 682 Gold E sport, Ruger 77MKII TGT in .220 Swift, Remington 700 in .270 Win, Ruger Mini-30, Ruger 10/22, and I am sure the list goes on). I take pretty good care of essentially everything I own. I have a bicycle from 1985 that works great. 1989 Mustang GT without a spot on the interior that runs fine and doesn't have a spec of rust on it. The only gun other than the Citori that I have with any rust on it is my Benelli SBE, but I have used that thing so much over the past 13 years that the blueing is essentially gone and a couple of spots have nicks on it that rust right up. Two weeks ago, I was hunting with my brother who bought an SBE the year after me, and when we held the guns next to each other his looked brand new (i.e., he hunts 1 time to my 50). My SBE was rusting in the goose blind while I was hunting a couple of weeks ago in the pouring rain, but I am sure a man of your stature, intellect, cleanliness, and whatever other superiority you believe you have would have been hunting under an umbrella for the gun's sake.
Me, I judge a man by his heart and not whether he keeps a messy car, gun, or what have you. I judge him by his actions and try to understand why he might have a messy car, house, office, etc. Life was really simple and really clean before I had 2 kids and my own legal practice. Went to work, came home, played with the guns, the cars, and the bikes. Now, I work ALL the time, the backseat of my truck is a disaster because as fast as I can clean it my kids mess it up. Same goes for my Taurus. The Focus, we keep extremely clean because the kids don't ride in it, nor does the dog. However, my guns are still all clean and rust free, even the SBE because I wipe it down and oil it after hunting in the rain. The exception is the Citori. The Citori will sit in the safe until it rusts to pieces, and the next time I want a POS that rusts up from firing a single shot through it, I will purchase another Browning. I'd rather be smart about it and buy a gun for the same amount of money that doesn't require as much care. Same goes for a car. I prefer a car that requires less maintenance and fewer repairs. Call me crazy, but I have more important things to do than continually polish my guns, cars, bikes, etc.
Me, I judge a man by how intelligent he is, and whether he makes the same mistake over and over. As far as I am concerned, I could have bought more gun by taking the money I spent on the Citori and buying a Beretta for the exact same cost. Did you miss the point I made about the Citori not having chrome lined barrels, versus the equally priced Beretta 686 having chrome lined barrels? Also, how do you explain the gouging between the receiver and the forearm on the Citori? According to the shop, that was also my fault because some speck of dirt got in between and caused the gouging. Me, I think it was because the freaking gun was too tight. As far as I am concerned, that Citori was an inferior product compared to the 686 that I bought after it.
By the way, I'm at the point right now in my career that I wouldn't do business with a person like you either. Sometimes, it is good to be busy, but then the guns pay the price if they happen to be a Citori.