CYANIDEGENOCIDE
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So I got a Rem. 700 in 7mm mag. It came with no sights and one of the front sight screw holes was stripped. I took it to a local shop to have the hole re-tapped or heli-coiled or whatever. The smith talked me into buying the front and rear sights from him. So for $110 the rifle was to have new sights.
After 2 weeks I get a call it's finished. I ran over on my lunch break and grabbed it. After I got it home I examined the front sight and someone had used a dremel all over the side of the base and white metal was exposed. The sight would not stay in place and fell out when I took the hood off. After examining it someone had dremeled the sight as well. I was pretty ticked by this point and decided to just throw out the ruined parts and buy new stuff from Midway. I took the screws completely out of the base but it wouldn't come off. I used an adjustable wrench to twist it and discovered it was held on with epoxy and the hole and not been re-tapped.
The next day I took it back and the smith says well I have never seen you before, I work on 7,000 guns per year. After a lot of nonsense he decided he will fix it without using epoxy. Another week and a half and I JUST picked the gun up. I examined it in the dimly lit store and it looked better. I got it home and took it apart. This time the hole is tapped. The front sight base is the same one that was on there the first time but colored with black sharpie. The hood is different but still the wrong size. Supposedly he did me a "favor" by giving me a gold bead front sight...that is rusty...and is still too loose so there is no way to adjust it.:banghead: If I wanted a crappy job I would have just done it myself.
After 2 weeks I get a call it's finished. I ran over on my lunch break and grabbed it. After I got it home I examined the front sight and someone had used a dremel all over the side of the base and white metal was exposed. The sight would not stay in place and fell out when I took the hood off. After examining it someone had dremeled the sight as well. I was pretty ticked by this point and decided to just throw out the ruined parts and buy new stuff from Midway. I took the screws completely out of the base but it wouldn't come off. I used an adjustable wrench to twist it and discovered it was held on with epoxy and the hole and not been re-tapped.
The next day I took it back and the smith says well I have never seen you before, I work on 7,000 guns per year. After a lot of nonsense he decided he will fix it without using epoxy. Another week and a half and I JUST picked the gun up. I examined it in the dimly lit store and it looked better. I got it home and took it apart. This time the hole is tapped. The front sight base is the same one that was on there the first time but colored with black sharpie. The hood is different but still the wrong size. Supposedly he did me a "favor" by giving me a gold bead front sight...that is rusty...and is still too loose so there is no way to adjust it.:banghead: If I wanted a crappy job I would have just done it myself.