Absolutely! This is a great post, and couldn't be more meaningful to me.moredes wrote:Dang! I can't believe it---that the advice ain't unanimous, to go out and shoot it to prove it's like it was before you let it go.
I just recently left my .40 Hi-Power at a local gun shop to have the front sight replaced. After picking it up 4 days later, I almost carried it until I shot it because I didn't think the point of impact could have changed that much, and I loved the new Hi-Viz front sight. But I resisted the impulse.
When I got to the range, it fired perfectly. ONCE. I had a feeding malfunction. I was shocked because this particular pistol had never jammed. It hadn't extracted the fired casing. Cleared it and tried again. Jammed again.
Long story short, the extractor hook is broken off. I can't prove it, but I believe it happened at the gunshop. The pistol had been working fine. I picture somebody at the shop dropping the slide on a chambered round or snap cap and breaking the extractor. Anyway, can't prove it, and I'll shut up about that.
The point is, I would have been carrying a single shot pistol that could have gotten me killed if I'd assumed it was working like it did before I left it.