Tim

Tedk said

mrcvs said
So, who is responsible when a gun falls off a table at a gun show?  I was looking at a rifle one on a table on which a vendor had too many rifles piled in it and, you guessed it, one modern rifle clattered to the floor.  Somehow, no damage, but I wasn’t exactly going to reimburse him if their was as his table was not neatly organized.  Even if it was, I think that’s a risk you, as a vendor, takes.
  

I would think the actual circumstances go a long way in assigning potential responsibility…
If a prospective buyer was just ‘looking’ at a gun (never touched it) and it fell to the floor how can he be held responsible? If the prospective buyer is/was actually handling the gun that is a different story if it winds up on the floor, not sure if the person can be held responsible for the actual damages, but they more than likely are responsible for the fall itself
  

The circumstances were that the vendor had way too many rifles on a table, and a rack C-clamped to the back of the table.  On that rack was an overpriced Model 1894 rifle that I was only interested in to get information for Bert’s survey.  I asked to see it.  The vendor gestured that I could pick it up.  I should have had him hand it to me.  But I picked it up off the rack and leaning over the table I knocked that modern rifle to the floor.  I don’t know what it was but something recent/modern.

mrcvs said
So, who is responsible when a gun falls off a table at a gun show?  I was looking at a rifle one on a table on which a vendor had too many rifles piled in it and, you guessed it, one modern rifle clattered to the floor.  Somehow, no damage, but I wasn’t exactly going to reimburse him if their was as his table was not neatly organized.  Even if it was, I think that’s a risk you, as a vendor, takes.
  

I would think the actual circumstances go a long way in assigning potential responsibility…

If a prospective buyer was just ‘looking’ at a gun (never touched it) and it fell to the floor how can he be held responsible? If the prospective buyer is/was actually handling the gun that is a different story if it winds up on the floor, not sure if the person can be held responsible for the actual damages, but they more than likely are responsible for the fall itself

Ben said

TXGunNut said
This thread needs a range report.
 
 
Mike
  

Mike… you know that I’m all about the “thrill of the hunt/chase”… well, the thrill is gone.  Another friend knows this about me and put in the request to be the next caretaker.  He even sent a check before all the pieces were together.  I’ll be sure to ask him for a range report….
  

Ben-

You have a wise friend. I once knew a man like you who was a teacher and liked many of the same guns I enjoyed at the time. Boby was on a tight budget so once the thrill was gone he would have to sell something to move on to his next project. I was the beneficiary of his discards a time or two. He was sometimes called Herr Doktor B. Vonn by a mutual friend as both learned German in college and Bobby had a PhD in math. I miss those guys, both gone way too soon.

Mike

TXGunNut said
This thread needs a range report.
 
 
Mike
  

Mike… you know that I’m all about the “thrill of the hunt/chase”… well, the thrill is gone.  Another friend knows this about me and put in the request to be the next caretaker.  He even sent a check before all the pieces were together.  I’ll be sure to ask him for a range report….

tim tomlinson said
Ben,  Love the pictures, but please find a better way to show it/them!  The board is plenty narrow and it wouldn't take much for the rifle to fall once again.  Or so it appears to me.  Heavy foot fall on the porch, etc..  Tim
  

It's 6" wide... it was only there long enough to take a couple pics... anyway, life is full of risks...that's part of the fun. 🙂  see you in a few weeks!  

Mike

Best Regards,

JWA said

TXGunNut said
How many hours to retirement, JWA?
 
Mike
  

471 hours, 15 minutes
19.5 days sounds better though 😉
  

so......a new book two weeks after, right?

TXGunNut said

How many hours to retirement, JWA?
 
Mike
  

471 hours, 15 minutes

19.5 days sounds better though 😉

How many hours to retirement, JWA?

Mike

As far as desert driving, it is 106 right now at my house at 9pm (but will be hotter in a few weeks) and that prompts me to drive hard, fast and long for the North.

I hope everyone has safe travels and looking forward to seeing everyone again at Cody!

Best Regards,

P.S. Calculated round trip fuel cost for the Cummins is $520 so we will be bringing the Dodge "mini van" instead.....

Baja Oklahoma is just now finishing up False Summer and about to enter Hell's Front Porch, the season when motorcycle riding and lawn mowing end by 10:am.

The Comanche, when still roaming free across Comancheria, would be breaking camp about now and heading North into Minnesota. I'm pleased Mike and Jeremy will be able to emulate them,  eventually turning West. I wish I were going, too.