I was thinking about this when I was finally able to shoot a SW MP-AR15-22. Had I not knew someone that allowed me to shoot it, I would not be interested in buying one, preferably from a fellow ODT'er first.
Then it hit me: Why dont we have a section where you can post or offer a gun to borrow, so if someone is in the market to buy one, can try it out first and then be able to compare it. This would eliminate people saying "It looks nice, never shot one" and then asking to shoot it prior to buying it, only to be dissapointed and walk away from a deal.
The person who has the gun can set the terms, like leave a gun of equal value with them, sign a release with copy of DL in case they dont return gun (for legal reasons), must have Itrader score of xx or be "known" on the ODT etc.
I would be willing to pony up an offer and this will also serve as a social event. You could ask to borrow a gun, meet at the range etc to try it out and get to know some other ODT'er who they would not normally would have meet. Plus, it saves the OP the "gaul" to ask some random person to shoot their gun, so if people are willing to respond, someone might get to shoot some cool guns to tryout for a few rounds and it might help a seller out one day.
What you think Odt'ers ?
Then it hit me: Why dont we have a section where you can post or offer a gun to borrow, so if someone is in the market to buy one, can try it out first and then be able to compare it. This would eliminate people saying "It looks nice, never shot one" and then asking to shoot it prior to buying it, only to be dissapointed and walk away from a deal.
The person who has the gun can set the terms, like leave a gun of equal value with them, sign a release with copy of DL in case they dont return gun (for legal reasons), must have Itrader score of xx or be "known" on the ODT etc.
I would be willing to pony up an offer and this will also serve as a social event. You could ask to borrow a gun, meet at the range etc to try it out and get to know some other ODT'er who they would not normally would have meet. Plus, it saves the OP the "gaul" to ask some random person to shoot their gun, so if people are willing to respond, someone might get to shoot some cool guns to tryout for a few rounds and it might help a seller out one day.
What you think Odt'ers ?