A large selection of shotguns designed in accordance with modern production technologies is on sale. They are smooth-bore and rifled. There are fittings, rifles and carbines, with reclining and non-reclining barrels, etc.
Instructions
Step 1
Examine the gun. Ask the seller for instructions and ask the country of manufacture. Imported goods are not always of better quality than domestic ones. Good weapons cannot be cheap.
Step 2
Make a few throws - the gun should lie uniformly on the shoulder, while the aiming line and the direction of your gaze are aligned with virtually no adjustment. This will let you know if the gun fits your body and how the center of gravity of the gun is located. Ideally, when the gun is raised, it does not nod at the barrels and lift them up.
Step 3
Raise the gun and hold it there for 10 minutes. It's good when his weight is equal to one twenty-second of your body weight. Remember that lightweight models are not designed to handle the full charge for a given caliber. You can buy this option if you hunt with a gun dog, otherwise it will quickly wear out and hurt from the cruel return.
Step 4
Pay attention to the condition of the inside and outside of the barrel. There should be no potholes, cracks, metal snags, swellings, deflections. Ideally, there is no damage from the muzzle and breech, and the cut of the barrel is strictly perpendicular to the axis of the channel, otherwise the charge will deflect towards the bevel. Take an empty cartridge case without a primer, insert it into the chamber - this will check the correct drilling. See if you can see shadow rings lining up all over the inside of the trunk. A correct, strictly concentric arrangement at an equal distance from each other indicates the absence of curvature of the trunk.
Step 5
Buying a used gun? Examine the degree of preservation of the inner surface of the trunk. Remove the sleeve, rotate the barrels along the axis of the channel and look through them at the light. If you notice that the mirror has faded, a slight rash has appeared, there are small cavities, do not refuse to buy. In the event that the insides are rusty or there are traces of a cavity, refrain from purchasing such a gun. If the trunks have turned gray on the outside, and metal burnouts are visible near the strikers, while the inner surface is shiny, be alert: the trunks are most likely nimble (a layer of metal has been removed to destroy shells).
Step 6
Check the quality of the barrel soldering. Hang them on the string by the front underbarrel hook and hit the slats a couple of times. A rattling sound indicates defects. Wipe the grease off the barrel pads and connect them to the stock without attaching the forend. Place the stock on your thigh and swing the gun longitudinally. You should feel even the slightest rolling. Don't buy such a gun.
Step 7
Pull the trigger, it should emit a sharp, resonant click. Put a sleeve on the firing pin and pull the trigger - this way you check the sufficient impact force of the strikers. The sleeve should jump at least half a meter.
Step 8
Read the product data sheet and check the operation of all mechanisms. The gun must be in good working order. On the wood of the stock of a used gun, chips and cracks and gaps are not allowed - this is a way for dirt to enter the mechanisms of the gun. Do not rush to buy a gun, you need to get used to it, to master it. Think, and then go and buy what you like.
