Good luck my friend. When I started I went with new. Now after more years than I care to count, I find used are good values. I got taken on one simply because I did not listen to the other party. By the way the guy was my cousin. His remark on the Python he gave me in exchange for a Uberti 45 LC was, "It had a barrel obstruction." Remark went right over my head. A few months later while shooting at the range I was reading paper that looked like six rounds of 00 buck had been taken to it. Anyway the evidence of it "having a barrel obstruction" was definitely made clear. When buying used; look, listen, and feel.
Sorry, I'm a little slow. The barrel was obstructed and you fired 6 rounds through the obstruction? What was stuck in the barrel?
Or was it that the barrel was bulged due to the previous owner firing a round through the obstructed barrel.
Having trouble wrapping my head around this.
Anyhow, I love used Ruger wheelguns. The best deal going IMO.