Quote Originally Posted by K-9Sgt View Post
Agree, I've used Remington for years and have been hearing for a while about Savage's accuracy. So I figured I'd give them a try. I really never buy thing I can't look at first hand, especially firearms, but figured I'll give this while internet purchase thing a try. Well it happened to bite me in the rear. Not sure I'll ever purchase a firearm online again! I tend to learn from my first mistakes!
I've purchased a number of firearms online but I spend a lot more time researching my purchase before buying than I would otherwise. I also make it a point to call a product specialist if I have any question whatsoever about exactly what I'm getting. Once I even went so far as to ask him to get the firearm in his hands and call me back so I could ask him some questions. This was on a military surplus rifle but I would do the same thing for a new gun if I had any misgivings whatsoever.

That being said, I don't have a LGS nearby that has any kind of reasonable prices so I really don't have much choice but to buy online. It would probably be different if I did.