How rough does an OM need to be for them to deem it not worthy of the conversion and return? Have one I'm considering sending in for a reblue. It's ROUGH! not worth it to me to have it be a "non-returnable" one where they offer a NM at discount.
Bob Wright said:If the gun still functions O.K. don't send it to Ruger for refinishing. Take it to your gunsmith, as though he may charge slightly more, the shipping charges will offset that.
Bob Wright
Hondo44 said:There's no luck involved.
Unfortunately the forums are rife with stories like these. But when it happens and it only happens if people are intimidated into surrendering their guns because they don't know their rights.
When I spoke with customer service, the supervisor told me that if they won't fix it they prefer to "take it out of circulation" but they WILL return it to me as 'un-repairable'. This is usually only due to a lack of replaement parts for old models. They cannot keep it unless I sign it over to them. If I don't and they don't return it, it's a stolen firearm, period. In the case of a replacement, they will only destroy a firearm after the customer has received the replacement AND given express written permission.
If you don't want to be "bought off" with a new gun, the final words are: "I want to speak to a supervisor." and "My attorney told me you cannot keep my property w/o my written permission and I'm not granting it."
Because Ruger chooses not to repair it, doesn't condemn the gun, any gun is repairable even if you have to weld two halves back together.
Jim
"I may be an attorney, but I'm not your attorney."