Python came back from Colt with canted barrel

[d163]

I have a Ruger Blackhawk 327 with this same issue. Obviously (due to caliber) it was built in the last few years. I bought it used at a local major outdoor products store. It is my first handgun.

I didn't notice the front sight was way to the right until days later. I checked as many things from the revolver check-out as I could remember, but never looked at the front sight blade position in the store.

I am not the original owner. So, I'm not sure if I could return it to Ruger. I've decided not to try. I'm going to consider it a feature. I'm going to remove the barrel, polish the front of the frame a little and re-install the barrel. I'll repeat this until the front sight is top dead center. In the end, I'll have a revolver with a smaller cylinder / barrel gap than I would have if I paid to ship it back to Ruger. I'm pretty handy with things, and don't plan to do this with a hammer handle through the frame. I'll do it right with a barrel vise and proper tools (which I will make myself out of wood blocks).

Yeah, I could ship it to Ruger. Yeah, I could pay a gunsmith to fix it (even though it isn't really broken). Yeah, I could just leave the rear sight blade screwed all the way to the right because it shoots fine that way. But frankly, this gun is intended as a hobby for me. Adjusting the front sight blade is just the first tweak I'll be doing.

I just wanted to mention this because it is the same "defect" that the OP had with his Colt.

 

[sw282]

IM--May l suggest you have your friendly local gunshop send it back. lt will save you a bundle in shipping. Mine does that for me. About 15 bucks either way.

 

[JohnBT]

"This is why they make lawyers."

Sue Colt for what? With what proof after 2 years? Hire a lawyer? Have you lost your mind?

 

[mgkdrgn]

Colt will not accept USPS-shipped guns, only UPS and FedEx. At least that is what they told me.

Colt =refuses= mail deliveries? That should be interesting.

 

[Pietro Beretta]

Colt had amazing customer service when my 1911 XSE needed service.

They replaced all the controls, sights, polished the throat, did a trigger job and refinished the firearm, free -- no questions asked.

Then again I am the original owner.

Seriously though why would you wait 2 years? I can't get over that.

Working in a call center myself; sometimes you just want to help the other customers that didn't wait two years to complain about defective work -- not saying its right, but I know exactly what that guy at Colt was thinking. As a manager of a call center, that wouldn't be acceptable, in the least he should have written down your name and number and pass it on to his super.

Let us know the outcome of the firearm!!

 

[bikemutt]

Colt =refuses= mail deliveries? That should be interesting.

I corrected that with a mea culpa here: http://www.thehighroad.org/showpost.php?p=8002262&postcount=43

 

[Gordon]

BTW to the Ruger owner: The barrel shoulder is lathe turned back, not the frame !

 

[d163]

>> BTW to the Ruger owner: The barrel shoulder is lathe turned back, not the frame !

Yeah, I know. But I don't have a metal lathe. The front of the frame looks a little rough textured. I'm just going to polish it smooth with 1000 grit sand paper. I'm not taking a grinder or other carbide tipped bits to the frame. If the polishing isn't enough, then I guess I'll just live with it as is. It does shoot to point of aim. That's why I'm not really sure this could be claimed as a "defect". It just bugs me that the rear sight blade is cranked all the way to the right.

I'm assuming the Ruger barrel thread is a standard "righty tighty" one. I will need to confirm that before doing anything.