DHart
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I bought two new fixed sighted, 3" barrel GP-100's recently, one a stainless (KGPF-331) and the other blue (GPF-331)...
the stainless one had a number of very tiny rust spots on the surface and some rust internally. I did a little clean up with steel wool and FP-10 and I'm cool with the gun... it's a great revolver. Though the rust presence bugged me a little.
Now this last weekend I picked up my blued GP-100 3" (which came from Davidsons) and found it quite yucky (some sort of preservative I suppose). After a really good clean up I found several areas of blemished blue finish in the form of irregular spots of perhaps 3/8 to 5/8" (sort of a milky appearance where there should have been deep blue). There is no way I can correct this issue, so tomorrow I call Davidsons for a direct replacement (which, from experience, I'm sure they will happily and quickly do). Hopefully my second sample will be blemish free.
My 4" adj. sight GP-100 and 3" SP-101 were fine when I bought them - though they both had been on display in a gun shop, whereas these other two guns had been sitting in distributor warehouses until I ordered them.
These are fantastic revolvers and I'm otherwise thrilled with them, but these QC issues are a bit troubling. Anyone else find either rust or blemished blue finishes on brand new Rugers or Smiths or Tauri?
the stainless one had a number of very tiny rust spots on the surface and some rust internally. I did a little clean up with steel wool and FP-10 and I'm cool with the gun... it's a great revolver. Though the rust presence bugged me a little.
Now this last weekend I picked up my blued GP-100 3" (which came from Davidsons) and found it quite yucky (some sort of preservative I suppose). After a really good clean up I found several areas of blemished blue finish in the form of irregular spots of perhaps 3/8 to 5/8" (sort of a milky appearance where there should have been deep blue). There is no way I can correct this issue, so tomorrow I call Davidsons for a direct replacement (which, from experience, I'm sure they will happily and quickly do). Hopefully my second sample will be blemish free.
My 4" adj. sight GP-100 and 3" SP-101 were fine when I bought them - though they both had been on display in a gun shop, whereas these other two guns had been sitting in distributor warehouses until I ordered them.
These are fantastic revolvers and I'm otherwise thrilled with them, but these QC issues are a bit troubling. Anyone else find either rust or blemished blue finishes on brand new Rugers or Smiths or Tauri?