sequins
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You know, for all this talk of Ruger building guns that resemble tanks I just don't get my luck. I also don't recall many tanks held together with glue though either, so who knows.
First we have my super blackhawk. I was firing it last night and the dang front sight popped off. Held on with glue. Wow, built like a tank? Maybe a Raytheon tank... I guess since it's just glued on there is no fixing this, can't pin it to the barrel I don't think or otherwise do the job right due to the design so I'll get it repaired and just expect to have to keep doing that from time to time. Range toy only moving forward...
Next we have my Redhawk- I was gonna clean it the other day and when I pushed the rod to extend the extractor star the whole assembly just popped out completely free of the gun... That can't be good! The cylinder won't shut, I'm not 100% sure why the parts popped free, and I'm sending it back.
In addition to the busted .44s above I also had to return an SP101 previously. It's possible I messed the SP101 up myself during disassembly (the issue was a failed trigger return spring) so I don't count the SP101 against them as it well could have been me, but the Redhawk and Super Blackhawk above are 100% on Ruger. To put it another way, 100% of my Ruger .44 Magnums have failed due to manufacturing inadequacies.
Now, I have confidence that Ruger will make this right and that I'll be happily shooting these guns again in no time. My experience and pleasure shooting Ruger, combined with my extremely positive customer support interactions in the past, have made me a Ruger customer for life; Don't get me wrong I love Ruger and I will continue to buy their products.
But when it comes down to it I view them a little differently after these experiences. I just think they should be held accountable for their really poor build quality these days. I wanted to shoot more .44 today and I can't because I broke BOTH of them. (I guess I need a third... Perhaps a freedom arms or something "built like a tank")
First we have my super blackhawk. I was firing it last night and the dang front sight popped off. Held on with glue. Wow, built like a tank? Maybe a Raytheon tank... I guess since it's just glued on there is no fixing this, can't pin it to the barrel I don't think or otherwise do the job right due to the design so I'll get it repaired and just expect to have to keep doing that from time to time. Range toy only moving forward...
Next we have my Redhawk- I was gonna clean it the other day and when I pushed the rod to extend the extractor star the whole assembly just popped out completely free of the gun... That can't be good! The cylinder won't shut, I'm not 100% sure why the parts popped free, and I'm sending it back.
In addition to the busted .44s above I also had to return an SP101 previously. It's possible I messed the SP101 up myself during disassembly (the issue was a failed trigger return spring) so I don't count the SP101 against them as it well could have been me, but the Redhawk and Super Blackhawk above are 100% on Ruger. To put it another way, 100% of my Ruger .44 Magnums have failed due to manufacturing inadequacies.
Now, I have confidence that Ruger will make this right and that I'll be happily shooting these guns again in no time. My experience and pleasure shooting Ruger, combined with my extremely positive customer support interactions in the past, have made me a Ruger customer for life; Don't get me wrong I love Ruger and I will continue to buy their products.
But when it comes down to it I view them a little differently after these experiences. I just think they should be held accountable for their really poor build quality these days. I wanted to shoot more .44 today and I can't because I broke BOTH of them. (I guess I need a third... Perhaps a freedom arms or something "built like a tank")