New 3.75 inch Blackhawk 44 magnun - 08/25/19
I called up a big shop near me and they had one new stainless Ruger 44 magnum with the 3 3/4 barrel in stock. So I ran out to the shop before they closed on Friday evening. I gave it a brief look over and signed the papers. It does hold nice, and the weight with an unfluted cylinder should help with full loads.
I was going to shoot it today, so I took it out of the case to clean up. Then I quickly noticed the front sight is not centered on the barrel, the trigger guard is not scalloped symmetrically on both sides of the trigger with respect to the barrel axis, and the front of the trigger guard is cut about 15 degrees off square. I really don't think this should have made it out of inspection. All these flaws are pretty obvious, and in my opinion not minor flaws like a machining mark. As far as machining marks the front sight is dinged up in two places, I mention that to the dealer, but I figured I could sand out those flaws. I did not clean it or shoot it.
I guess I'll call Ruger CS tomorrow and see how they what to address this.
I was going to shoot it today, so I took it out of the case to clean up. Then I quickly noticed the front sight is not centered on the barrel, the trigger guard is not scalloped symmetrically on both sides of the trigger with respect to the barrel axis, and the front of the trigger guard is cut about 15 degrees off square. I really don't think this should have made it out of inspection. All these flaws are pretty obvious, and in my opinion not minor flaws like a machining mark. As far as machining marks the front sight is dinged up in two places, I mention that to the dealer, but I figured I could sand out those flaws. I did not clean it or shoot it.
I guess I'll call Ruger CS tomorrow and see how they what to address this.