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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on May 7, 2016 12:16:37 GMT -5
Yep. I was the range last Sunday and noticed my front sight was canted towards the 1:00 position. DAMN! I don't know how I never noticed it before. I brought it to my gunsmith who concurred that it was canted to the right. After closer inspection he believes the barrel was not tightened enough at the factory. So, he suggested to give Ruger a call.
In Ruger's defense, they were excellent about helping as usual. We discussed the particulars and sent me a shipping label. And today I dropped it off. I'll keep you guys posted on it.
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Post by BigBore44 on May 7, 2016 12:27:29 GMT -5
Good luck with it.
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Post by dougader on May 7, 2016 16:24:46 GMT -5
My 44 Special Flattop Bisley had the same issue. Ruger sent the shipping label, fixed the barrel issue, added a taller front sight, reblued the frame, replaced the cylinder latch spring assembly, and sent it back lickety split. Works great now.  |
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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on May 8, 2016 13:28:39 GMT -5
My 44 Special Flattop Bisley had the same issue. Ruger sent the shipping label, fixed the barrel issue, added a taller front sight, reblued the frame, replaced the cylinder latch spring assembly, and sent it back lickety split. Works great now. Sounds like Ruger to me. I have faith in them, they have never let me down with any warranty work I have ever needed. I had to send my .454 Casull SRH in twice: once for a finish flaw and once for a stuck extractor. Both times I had the gun back, fixed, in two weeks flat. I was just surprised I hadn't noticed this before I also wanted to share cause I know a few other forumites had a similar issue. |
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Post by nolongcolt on May 8, 2016 13:49:15 GMT -5
Yep, they are great at servicing current model guns. Just don't bother talking to them about something not currently made. They don't want to talk to you, will tell you take it to a gunsmith!
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Post by Frank V on May 10, 2016 13:32:07 GMT -5
I'm betting they'll fix it & pretty quickly too.
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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on May 13, 2016 17:40:49 GMT -5
I got notified today that my Bisley is on it's way back! That was hella-fast. They started working on it on Wednesday.
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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on Aug 10, 2016 13:35:52 GMT -5
OK, dammit... So the Bisley is going back to Ruger FOR THE THIRD TIME!!! The first time it came back less crooked. The second time, it had the barrel replaced and the front sight was still crooked. They did send a copy of the target indicating it was shooting straight. Fair enough but the front blade was still crooked!!!
So it's going back again. Maybe it's cosmetic but it's bugging the ever loving crap out of me. Ruger said they may replace it.
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Post by jimtx on Aug 10, 2016 18:31:22 GMT -5
Same here, per my previous post , my NM BH FT 4 spl is canted to the left. Not sure if I want to send back or take off and but an interchangeable one on myself. I could ask Ruger if they could install a pinned base like on the SS models.
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Post by Paden on Aug 10, 2016 23:04:23 GMT -5
LGS couldn't just bring it up to TDC?
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Post by bradshaw on Aug 11, 2016 9:33:21 GMT -5
Yep. I was the range last Sunday and noticed my front sight was canted towards the 1:00 position. DAMN! I don't know how I never noticed it before. I brought it to my gunsmith who concurred that it was canted to the right. After closer inspection he believes the barrel was not tightened enough at the factory. So, he suggested to give Ruger a call. In Ruger's defense, they were excellent about helping as usual. We discussed the particulars and sent me a shipping label. And today I dropped it off. I'll keep you guys posted on it. quickdrawmcgraw.... When sighting the revolver----viewing from the rear----a front sight at 1 o'clock has not been brought to Top Dead Center (TDC). In the event the barrel was over-torqued just to approach TDC, further tightening guarantees a compression ring (aka thread choke). Therefore, the first step to remedy is to slug the barrel to check for a compression ring with front sight in its present position. First pass you'll tap the slug through; hand push a second and third pass of the indexed slug to feel for other tightness or looseness. The second step it to pull the barrel and hand tighten to insure the barrel stops 10 or 12-degrees before TDC. It is all about THREAD TIMING. If the barrel must be over-torqued to bring the sight to TDC, the barrel shoulder must be lathe-turned appropriately to then hand tighten to about 10-degrees Before Top Dead Center (BTDC). David Bradshaw |
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Post by Snyd on Aug 11, 2016 9:44:44 GMT -5
Yep, they are great at servicing current model guns. Just don't bother talking to them about something not currently made. They don't want to talk to you, will tell you take it to a gunsmith! Same with S&W |
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Post by Quick Draw McGraw on Aug 11, 2016 11:13:46 GMT -5
Bradshaw - great advice. I sen it back to since it's still under warranty. We'll see what they do.
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