Can a damaged new gun be repaired?

[Moo 2 Drvr]

I just purchased a new shotgun. When I took delivery from my local FFL I noted that the receiver was scratched. The selling dealer is offering to have it repaired to "factory new" specs. My questions are:

Can anyone other than the factory do that?

Will I still have a new gun or will I have something else?

What would you do in this situation?

Thanks

 

[rcmodel]

You are already getting answers to your same question in the Shotgun Forum.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=366402

rcmodel

 

[Moo 2 Drvr]

rcmodel:

I am relatively new to this foum and didn't mean to cause confusion. I posted first on the shotgun forum because that is the section I read most.

Some time later, I noted for the first time the gunsmithing forum and thought different people may read this forum and not read the shotgun forum. Anyway that was my thinking. I was simply trying to get the best feedback.

Yours has been most helpful. But would you let the seller repair the receiver by rebluing or simply keep the gun with the wear under the selector switch?

Finally, why would a new shotgun have wear and tear on the bluing under the selector switch? None of the other new shotguns have had any wear and tear on them.

Your thoughts will be appreciated.

 

[rcmodel]

I'd like to see a good close-up photo of the area before passing judgment.

I don't think I have ever owned an O/U or S/S shotgun that sooner or later didn't develop some bluing wear from the selector sliding back & forth and side to side.

A deep scratch is one thing, but a little bluing wear from using the safety / selector is pretty par for the course.

Regardless of what it looks like, or what caused it, I would never let the dealer re-blue a brand new Perazzi of mine!

rcmodel

 

[Moo 2 Drvr]

rcmodel:

Attached are three pictures of the damage. Please let me know what you think.

 

[rcmodel]

Well, as near as I can tell from the blury pictures, it is wear from the safety/selector sliding around on the tang.

I would not have expected to see this much wear on a brand new Perazzi MX2000s, but I haven't seen too many new Perazzi's lately either.

Regardless, I don't think it is anything caused by the dealer / gunsmith who installed the recoil pad, so I don't know what course of action I could recommend.

A Berchwood-Casey Touch-up Blue pen perhaps?

rcmodel

 

[ranger335v]

The photos are unsharp so I can't really tell but, for how ever old the gun is, that amount of wear around a safety/selector will happen in a few uses anyway. I'd leave it as is.