Copperking81
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- Mar 28, 2015
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I've got a problem that I'm not sure is a problem. Here's the background. I bought a new bolt action rifle a couple of months back.
Took it to the range and the thing is unbelievably accurate. I've got a lot of guns and have been shooting for sometime but have never had a gun shoot this good right out of the box. The gun however, had a serious issue with ejecting brass. So, I sent it back and asked them to fix and return the gun. Gun comes back, ejects brass great but I noticed they had pulled the barrel and looks like applied another round or two of rust bluing. This time however, they did a very, very poor job of polishing it up. The chamber was covered in it, it was in the receiver threads, and when combined with the gun oil, looked like liquid rust was pouring out of the chamber where the barrel threads into the receiver. I cleaned, cleaned, and cleaned some more but could not get rid of it. So, I sent it back, initially asking for a new rifle in return. A couple of days later, a tech/gunsmith calls me and says he'd be happy to send me a new one but after test firing it, strongly encouraged I allow him to clean it up and send that one back. He too was supremely impressed with its out of the box accuracy. I told him clean it up and send it back. He said no problem, he would ensure all rust would be removed and the gun would look clean as a whistle.
Well, just got the gun back and there is still rust in the same area. Not as bad but its still there. I'm trying to polish it up the best I can (have no way to remove the barrel). I'm half tempted to send it back again but this is starting to get ridiculous. I've never seen a "new" gun, or any gun look like this. I'm concerned that there might be rust in the threads too that I can't see.
So to my question, is this a serious problem or something that is not out of the ordinary? Like I said, I've never seen this before and am not sure if the rust might get worse as time goes on. It is rust/oxidation after all. Or if there might be rust in between the threads of the barrel and receiver, if that could become a problem. Just looking for some thoughts.
Took it to the range and the thing is unbelievably accurate. I've got a lot of guns and have been shooting for sometime but have never had a gun shoot this good right out of the box. The gun however, had a serious issue with ejecting brass. So, I sent it back and asked them to fix and return the gun. Gun comes back, ejects brass great but I noticed they had pulled the barrel and looks like applied another round or two of rust bluing. This time however, they did a very, very poor job of polishing it up. The chamber was covered in it, it was in the receiver threads, and when combined with the gun oil, looked like liquid rust was pouring out of the chamber where the barrel threads into the receiver. I cleaned, cleaned, and cleaned some more but could not get rid of it. So, I sent it back, initially asking for a new rifle in return. A couple of days later, a tech/gunsmith calls me and says he'd be happy to send me a new one but after test firing it, strongly encouraged I allow him to clean it up and send that one back. He too was supremely impressed with its out of the box accuracy. I told him clean it up and send it back. He said no problem, he would ensure all rust would be removed and the gun would look clean as a whistle.
Well, just got the gun back and there is still rust in the same area. Not as bad but its still there. I'm trying to polish it up the best I can (have no way to remove the barrel). I'm half tempted to send it back again but this is starting to get ridiculous. I've never seen a "new" gun, or any gun look like this. I'm concerned that there might be rust in the threads too that I can't see.
So to my question, is this a serious problem or something that is not out of the ordinary? Like I said, I've never seen this before and am not sure if the rust might get worse as time goes on. It is rust/oxidation after all. Or if there might be rust in between the threads of the barrel and receiver, if that could become a problem. Just looking for some thoughts.