Chev. William
Bearcat
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2013
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At the Beginning of December (Dec. 8th to be exact) I submitted a .22 Mag Stainless Steel 6-shot Single Six Revolver Cylinder to my Local Gun shop (American gun Works in Glendale, CA) to see if they could get Ruger to Exchange, or at at least replace with reduced cost, as it seems it is UNSAFE To Fire by Observation.
I bought it off of Ebay and upon receipt visually inspected it and found it had some "pits" showing with mo evidence of being fired bu t indications it had been fitted to a Revolver by Ruger.
Using a 10 power Loupe I saw that one "pit", which opened in the Rim Recess of one chamber, was deep and extended into the outside wall of the chamber appearing to leave that cylinder wall Seriously Compromised in Strength.
The remaining "pits" appeared to be remanents of larger ones that had been machined off in processing by Ruger during Original Manufacture.
I am Hoping the shop will be able to negotiate a replacement for me as I wish to use it for reaming to another Caliber Cartridge.
I called Ruger Customer Service myself before turning this over to my Local shop and received the Information that Ruger turns the Cylinders from Bar stock of a Weldable Stainless ?steel Alloy, which the Customer Service person would not disclose (Proprietary Information).
I was Also told that Ruger would not sell a cylinder outright to an End User/Owner as i twas Policy for Ruger to Fit them at the Factory. I am hoping they Will allow my shop to obtain the replacement as I do NOT wish to send my Custom Single Eight in to Ruger and have them Undo all the custom work to return it to as Manufactured condition before fitting a replacement cylinder.
Best Regards,
Chev. William
I bought it off of Ebay and upon receipt visually inspected it and found it had some "pits" showing with mo evidence of being fired bu t indications it had been fitted to a Revolver by Ruger.
Using a 10 power Loupe I saw that one "pit", which opened in the Rim Recess of one chamber, was deep and extended into the outside wall of the chamber appearing to leave that cylinder wall Seriously Compromised in Strength.
The remaining "pits" appeared to be remanents of larger ones that had been machined off in processing by Ruger during Original Manufacture.
I am Hoping the shop will be able to negotiate a replacement for me as I wish to use it for reaming to another Caliber Cartridge.
I called Ruger Customer Service myself before turning this over to my Local shop and received the Information that Ruger turns the Cylinders from Bar stock of a Weldable Stainless ?steel Alloy, which the Customer Service person would not disclose (Proprietary Information).
I was Also told that Ruger would not sell a cylinder outright to an End User/Owner as i twas Policy for Ruger to Fit them at the Factory. I am hoping they Will allow my shop to obtain the replacement as I do NOT wish to send my Custom Single Eight in to Ruger and have them Undo all the custom work to return it to as Manufactured condition before fitting a replacement cylinder.
Best Regards,
Chev. William