Opinions Re : Collector's Firearm Shop ?

[Don]

I tried buying a shooter from Simpson's a few weeks ago, and the experience was not a positive one. I don't think they like to mess with shooters, or anything else under about $800.


I bought a G-Date from their website, an import that had refinished, a dip blue. Before I bought the gun, I had several e-mail discussions with Brad Simpson, and explained I was looking for a gun to send to Thor for refinishing. I specifically asked if there was anything that would require extradordinary resurfacing work before the G-Date could be restored to original condition, and he said no.


When the gun arrived, it had a deep an prominent "X" across the serial no. on the left side of the receiver. I confirmed that it would have taken months and hundreds of extra dollars to fix it.


When I discussed this with Bob Simpson, he said, "Send the gun back,it's a piece of junk!" He issued me a prompt refund, in full, but the money was not, as they say, "cheerfully refunded." Mr. Simpson seemed to imply that it was my fault for trying to buy something from him for $500.00. In other words, what do you expect for a lousy $500?" I guess I expect accurate responses to my questions.


I'm sure Simpson's is fine for buying collector grade guns, and I may do so in the future, but I don't think they really care to mess with shooters.