Old Stumpy
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i have a 357 magnum blackhawk made in 1973 that had cylinder throats from .356" to .358". i called, they said send it in, and i got a brandy new cylinder with all the holes @ .357" (it even has the last four digits of the serial number stamped on it like a pre-model smith!!!). so, i don't care when the blackhawk was made cause ruger will fix it if i can't fix it first.
The thing is that I never had to send in any Ruger revolvers (or any firearm) to be fixed from "new-in-the-box" made from the 1970s to the 2000s. The quality control was much better and such problems were rare.
Along with the revolvers I owned an SR1911 .45 Auto that looked beautiful which had 3 stupid quality control screw-ups.
1) Uncrowned barrel with a ragged muzzle after 5 shots.
2) Inability to be disassembled due to internal machining burrs preventing slide removal.
3) Sticking magazines caused by too-long grip medallion tails, which had to be ground off. These were obviously repurposed revolver medallions that were not trimmed or that should not have been used at all.
The fact that "Ruger will fix it" is cold comfort when the guns are brand new purchases, and quality control issues on these guns almost seem a 50/50 crap shoot.