I picked up a Remington 550 on a whim from a well respected local shop. Receiver is full of oil, grease, powder residue, and what looks like tar, but it shoots. Also a Remington 514 from same shop. Could not see through bore until they found a cleaning rod and pushed out years of spider webs.
A lawyer friend told me if at all possible make an agreement with the soon to be ex. The judge won't divide things with a scalpel, he will use a machete.
I have the Wheeler spring gauge. I got it on sale. Very repeatable. Goes to 8 lbs, so not good for double-action, but works for everything else I have.
Please explain how one would administer a mileage based use tax? Car connected to WiFi?, Annual visit to pay "emissions station" to read odometer? What about out of state driving?
I love how the industry with the help of gun mag writers have convinced many people that guns do not have to be reliable out of the box. We are responsible for break-in and tweaking. I guess that's why I don't buy many new guns.
I would also argue that 50 years ago, other than target shooters...