Yeah, you know that really pretty stock I showed off in my last post? It’s going back to Ruger. I was looking over the gun tonight and noticed this:
Nice little hairline crack that would undoubtedly grow and fail completely on a gun with this level of recoil. The gun’s brand new, unfired since it left the factory, and the original box is in very good shape with no signs of damage during shipping. I believe the gun left the factory like this and no one noticed the crack.
Very, very, very annoying. I’ll be calling Ruger tomorrow morning and arranging to ship it back.
It may not of cracked at the factory – considering the way UPS handles packages, a hard smack on a concrete floor may have done it.
Are planning on replacing that hard rubber POS with a good pad?
It’ll probably end up with a Pachmayr Decelerator eventually. That is, assuming Ruger does a satisfactory job of making it right.
Decellerators are good – the F550 used to be the pad of choice for guys building thumpers, but the last coupla years, new pads have hit the market. Right now, the Limbsaver seems to be the favored one. Kickeez is another with a good reputation.
One time I bought a Russki scatter gun and the fore-end was cracked front-to-back. Some clamps, wood glue and oil finish and you’d never know the difference. I wasn’t about to wait for it to make the trip back from the land of wodka and Kalashnikovs.
I can see why the location of that crack might be a problem, though. I bet it’s because they test fired it at the factory. :0
I can see why the location of that crack might be a problem, though. I bet it’s because they test fired it at the factory. :0
Yeah, that crack would open up more, possibly in dramatic, splinters-flying-everywhere fashion.
Who needs a stock, anyway? Stocks are for kids. Just put a pistol grip on it, ya pansy!