[SSN Vet]

purchased Winchester 1300 NIB off of Gunbroker.com.

the vent rib is askew by aprox 2 to 3 degrees and seems a little cockeyed at the muzzle end as well.

any one know if this kind of manufacturing error is common? and or how it should be fixed?

seller says "send it back and he'll make it right"....which in this day and age is a welcome response.

But what's he physically going to have to do?

send it back to Winchester?

attempt to have gun smith fix it?

simply replace barrel?

Can this type of problem truely be corrected with "good as new" results?

or

will is it now doomed to forever be an "orphan"?

[hoghunting]

If the seller tells you to sent it back and he will make it right, then I would sent it back to him. If the final outcome is that he made it right, that's all that matters. Unless he tells you, you will not know what he did to the barrel anyway.

[Hoppy590]

well it probibly depends on who sold it to you. if it was just another "joe" then he will probibly send it to winchester or a gunsmith. if it was a shop or one of the guys who sells alot on gunbroker, he probibly replace the barrel or smith it.

[SSN Vet]

the seller has close to 100 transactions on gunborker, 97% A+ feedback....operates under a business name and is himself an FFL....so I have no reason to think he's not on the up and up.

The reason I posted this is because I'm not sure if I should...

1. contact Winchester myself and ask them to send me a new barrel.

2. send gun back and let seller fix it and re-ship.

or..

3. write the gun off and insist on a full refund.

[Kingcreek]

Wouldn't that just be a simple barrel-swap?
Contact seller and ask if he has another and can swap barrels.
OR ask him HOW he intends to "make it right". If he says he's got a hammer and a vice, go back to option #1 or #3.
If he's planning to send it to the mfg, have it returned to him, then back to you... then you might as well go #1 yourself.

[toivo]

I have a Mossberg .410 that shows that same problem with three different barrels. My suspicion is that something is cockeyed in the receiver where the barrel mounts to it. I'd send the whole gun back back to the manufacturer, if, as he says, it's a NIB gun.