Dragline45
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Like the title says I have the worst luck buying new guns. Just bought a new 686+ today and the hammer is hitting the frame and gouging it, enough where it displaced metal on the right side of the inner frame. So off the S&W it is going this week.
The Sig 226 I bought a few months back was covered in scratches from the factory, the worst was whoever installed the takedown lever drug it across the frame while installing it so there was a big semi circle scratch. I know my fault for not seeing it in the store, but it was so heavily coated in oil all the scratches were masked. Sig ended up replacing it no questions asked since it was so scratched up.
Few months before that I had a Ruger LCR 327 that the cylinder was scraping the frame when opening and closing, Ruger could not repair it and couldn't replace it since they had no 327's so I got a Vauquero instead.
Then there was my M&P Shield which had a huge divot in the feed ramp, went back to S&W, and they sent it back with a new barrel.
Then there was my Beretta M9A1, it was out of spec and the frame was getting battered, Beretta had to replace it with a new one.
These were all in the past 5 years, seems I cant even buy a new gun today without having to send it back to the factory for one that is right. These are the reasons I pay a premium from companies like BCM who pride themselves on quality control. Seems the gun business has turned into letting the customer be their quality control.
The Sig 226 I bought a few months back was covered in scratches from the factory, the worst was whoever installed the takedown lever drug it across the frame while installing it so there was a big semi circle scratch. I know my fault for not seeing it in the store, but it was so heavily coated in oil all the scratches were masked. Sig ended up replacing it no questions asked since it was so scratched up.
Few months before that I had a Ruger LCR 327 that the cylinder was scraping the frame when opening and closing, Ruger could not repair it and couldn't replace it since they had no 327's so I got a Vauquero instead.
Then there was my M&P Shield which had a huge divot in the feed ramp, went back to S&W, and they sent it back with a new barrel.
Then there was my Beretta M9A1, it was out of spec and the frame was getting battered, Beretta had to replace it with a new one.
These were all in the past 5 years, seems I cant even buy a new gun today without having to send it back to the factory for one that is right. These are the reasons I pay a premium from companies like BCM who pride themselves on quality control. Seems the gun business has turned into letting the customer be their quality control.