SoonerMedic
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So, last week I traded in my Kimber for a G42. In the trade I ordered a set of Trijicon nights sights and had them installed Saturday by my LGS. Everything looked great, the sight picture was magnificent and everything seemed perfect. I go out and shoot three magazines to see if any adjustments need made. Shooting a bit left so I take it back in and have him tap it to the left. Well, before I made it to the store I noticed that the front post was loose. I don't mean loose as in it took considerable and deliberate force to move it, I mean you jiggle the pistole and the damn thing almost spins around! Great, guess they didn't use any loctite. I take it back in, have him loctite it and adjust the rear sights.
He seems a bit annoyed with the fact that I was back in to adjust it (even after he said, "Go shoot and bring it back in if anything needs any adjustments.") and after he loctites the front post and aligns it to my satisfaction, he quickly threw it all back together and racked the slide in one fail swoop.
All seems well enough and I head home. I get home and rack the slide and kind of felt like it was grinding once the slide reached near the end of the rails (if that makes sense?) Almost like a ribbed piece of metal is contacting a flat piece of metal. Seems like something that would be like the spring is rubbing on something else. Ok, I field strip it and inspect all parts that I could think of that could be rubbing and don't really feel much in the way of any type of burring or anything like that.
I'm not sure what to do here. I'm afraid to fire the pistol because I feel like if something IS making contact that it could sheer off and cause catastrophic failure possibly. Do I take it back? I feel like I'm in the store every other day and I don't want to piss them off or annoy them, but at the same time I feel like SOMEthing has happened while they had my pistol. Do I ask them to look into only for them to tell me "nothing is wrong, you're imagining things." or do I just go out and fire it a few times and see what happens? I'm really kind of baffled here. I've about had it with this string of bad luck I've seemed to come across here lately after the squib load with the Kimber and now this. :banghead:
He seems a bit annoyed with the fact that I was back in to adjust it (even after he said, "Go shoot and bring it back in if anything needs any adjustments.") and after he loctites the front post and aligns it to my satisfaction, he quickly threw it all back together and racked the slide in one fail swoop.
All seems well enough and I head home. I get home and rack the slide and kind of felt like it was grinding once the slide reached near the end of the rails (if that makes sense?) Almost like a ribbed piece of metal is contacting a flat piece of metal. Seems like something that would be like the spring is rubbing on something else. Ok, I field strip it and inspect all parts that I could think of that could be rubbing and don't really feel much in the way of any type of burring or anything like that.
I'm not sure what to do here. I'm afraid to fire the pistol because I feel like if something IS making contact that it could sheer off and cause catastrophic failure possibly. Do I take it back? I feel like I'm in the store every other day and I don't want to piss them off or annoy them, but at the same time I feel like SOMEthing has happened while they had my pistol. Do I ask them to look into only for them to tell me "nothing is wrong, you're imagining things." or do I just go out and fire it a few times and see what happens? I'm really kind of baffled here. I've about had it with this string of bad luck I've seemed to come across here lately after the squib load with the Kimber and now this. :banghead: