people like to bash entire brands and specific models of handguns based on mechanical issues that are common to all companies. heres a few examples of what i see on here quite often.
1. person buys a used sw colt or ruger revolver. it turns out to have sticky chambers. the purchaser says "oh figures, its normal to find so ill just be happy and get my bore brush and portable drill and shine it up. no problem"
person buys a used charter, rossi, or taurus with the same problem and the gun and the entire brand is SOLID CRAP because no gun of any quality should have that problem.
2. person buys a new sw or ruger, and has the same sticky chamber. because its those brands they merely polish the chamber and say "yeah it happens, stupid minimum/maximum tolerances these days"
person buys a brand new rossi, taurus, or charter and instead of saying "yeah its normal, no big deal ill just polish it". they declare "my oh my, this things a solid piece of CRAP. no one should buy these guns'. and every one laughs at them for over reacting or for buying from that company in the first place.
3. person buys a sw or ruger with a little cylinder play, tight/loose chamber, uneven finish, etc and its no big deal as "things happen but its fine."
person buys a taurus, charter, rossi with identical minor issue, and then its suddenly "have a congressional hearing into the matter, we need to shut these companies down for selling inferior product."
But yet in the last two months wever had a gentleman on the forum admit that he bought a brand new sw revolver with a 6 shot cylidner that had 7 chambers in it, and to be polite the anti taurus/rossi/charter crowd were merely "interesting, send it back for repair. things can happen when assembly line workers dont care".
but the rest of us were "hey see, even the great sw puts out lemons like everyone else has in the last 100 years"
1. person buys a used sw colt or ruger revolver. it turns out to have sticky chambers. the purchaser says "oh figures, its normal to find so ill just be happy and get my bore brush and portable drill and shine it up. no problem"
person buys a used charter, rossi, or taurus with the same problem and the gun and the entire brand is SOLID CRAP because no gun of any quality should have that problem.
2. person buys a new sw or ruger, and has the same sticky chamber. because its those brands they merely polish the chamber and say "yeah it happens, stupid minimum/maximum tolerances these days"
person buys a brand new rossi, taurus, or charter and instead of saying "yeah its normal, no big deal ill just polish it". they declare "my oh my, this things a solid piece of CRAP. no one should buy these guns'. and every one laughs at them for over reacting or for buying from that company in the first place.
3. person buys a sw or ruger with a little cylinder play, tight/loose chamber, uneven finish, etc and its no big deal as "things happen but its fine."
person buys a taurus, charter, rossi with identical minor issue, and then its suddenly "have a congressional hearing into the matter, we need to shut these companies down for selling inferior product."
But yet in the last two months wever had a gentleman on the forum admit that he bought a brand new sw revolver with a 6 shot cylidner that had 7 chambers in it, and to be polite the anti taurus/rossi/charter crowd were merely "interesting, send it back for repair. things can happen when assembly line workers dont care".
but the rest of us were "hey see, even the great sw puts out lemons like everyone else has in the last 100 years"