cbzdel
Bearcat
Well just last week I posted up about searching for an American All Weather Rifle in .308 only to find out they have been discontinued. Well I went out searching and found a dealer than had a new one in stock and bought it.
Today I took the stock off it to give it a good cleaning only to find out the front v-block screw came mis-thread from the factory. It seems that the screw it self seems to have faulty thread on it and it was driven into the receiver like that. I had another screw of the same size and was unable to screw it in, and did not want to force it in a possibly mess it up more. I am debating what to do at this point, should I go buy a tap and try to simply run that through? I am worried about causing more harm than good. Should I contact Ruger and have them repair it?
Out of the dozens of firearms I have purchased new this this is the first one to ever come with any sort of factory flaw so I am not sure how people typically handle this sort of thing?
Here is a picture of the screw damage itself, I was however unable to get a clear image of the damage to the screw threads in the receiver.
Thanks in advance!
Today I took the stock off it to give it a good cleaning only to find out the front v-block screw came mis-thread from the factory. It seems that the screw it self seems to have faulty thread on it and it was driven into the receiver like that. I had another screw of the same size and was unable to screw it in, and did not want to force it in a possibly mess it up more. I am debating what to do at this point, should I go buy a tap and try to simply run that through? I am worried about causing more harm than good. Should I contact Ruger and have them repair it?
Out of the dozens of firearms I have purchased new this this is the first one to ever come with any sort of factory flaw so I am not sure how people typically handle this sort of thing?
Here is a picture of the screw damage itself, I was however unable to get a clear image of the damage to the screw threads in the receiver.
Thanks in advance!