After months of research I decided to buy my first AR. After doing some looking around I found a great price on a Colt 6920. But the bad news was the gun was like a 2 hour drive away from my house. Seeing as the deal was red-hot and I didn't want to pass it up I was ready to take the drive (even with raising gas prices) and get the gun, when a buddy of mine said to call around and see if anyone would match the price. So I called around and found a reputable store that specializes in AR's that would match the price. However, when I got there they started to act a little fishy. I am used to the usual "We need to call and check the price of the other place and then we will match the price', but these guys first tried to tell me that the other shop was closed and then after I called the other place on speaker phone and proved that it was open, they had to call their boss and walk outside to see if it was OK to match a competitors price. After a 30 min ordeal the sales associate (who was outside talking on the phone to see if he could sell it for cheaper... much.. much cheaper - $600) came in and told me he would do it. Anyway to make a long story short the sales associates were acting super fishy and I am a little worried that their boss told them to put a 'nice' used gun in a box and pass it off as a new gun. If they did, would there be anyway for me to know if it was used? The gun is in great shape, and I am sure it fires right, but the whole principle of the thing has me worried. Because if they sold me a used gun as a new gun they should have just told me in the beginning that they wouldn't match prices. Anyway if anyone knows of anyway that I could check to see if my gun is used that would be great. Thanks!
PS - I am probably just being paranoid but I waited to get the Colt because I felt like it was the best gun available and I want to make sure I didn't get hosed! Thanks!