So I bought one of the 243's from Whittaker's for $1150. As soon as I unboxed it, I noticed the barrel wasn't finish turned or "polished" to get the waves out of it. I thought I could live with it, and went ahead and mounted a scope. It didn't appear that the bore was uneven...just the outside finish on the barrel from the forend to the muzzle.
Didn't take me long to realize it wasn't right and I couldn't live with it and I had to send it back. So I called Barrett and talked to Devin. He sent me a prepaid label and I packed it up and sent it in. Devin said the barrel wasn't polished out like it should have been and they would take care of it. He said the bore was checked and it was fine. And he said that Chris Barrett looked at it personally before and after it was repaired. So I expect the quality control to be better in the future. LOL.
They had about 1-1/2 week turnaround. It was sent back to me FedEx overnight priority. I told him not to go to the expense of that and that I wasn't in a hurry to get it back, but Devin said that Chris told him to send it back that way. Got a couple of decals and a cap out of the deal, too.
Rifle is perfect now. Nothing had to be repaired that's in the bedding, so the bedding is still fine. Can't wait to shoot it.
Barrett is A+ Excellent to me. And I really appreciate them making it right.
