I'd have stopped him in the parking lot and educated him about salt wood guns. If as young as your story implies I doubt like hell he knows about salt wood, nor the deceptive practices of certain retailers. While I am a big believer in buyer beware, I also believe in educating young people.
To Dave's point......I wouldn't have said anything about that particular gun. But I would tell him how to discern a salt wood gun and what the end result of not dealing with the salt is. And how much it costs to deal with it properly.
I think we have an idea why the gun was priced as "nicely" as you suggest. Which means someone in the store knows it is a salt wood gun.
Last edited by canvasback; 07/14/24 03:26 PM.
