Dan,
Thank you for your response. Reason being is I sent my P95PR15 in for a reblue, and when it came back I had more questions than answers. Here is a copy of the leter I wrote when I sent it back the 2nd time, because I viewed pictures previously and the logo positioning does not match the current positioning. Customer service said no they do not do this, and my friends said no they did not do this, but when the tech called me, he said they do and CS was wrong. Wondering if it really is my original slide. Hell, they even etched my serial number underneath. Here is the letter I sent when I sent it back the 2nd time. I was not happy with what was returned to me.
1. Once the gun was returned to me re-blued, it stated they replaced the slide stop assy and the left safety. Why? The 2 new pieces were all scratched up. Why re-blue a gun then replace two items that from my knowledge did not need to be replaced, and if they did why replace them with 2 pcs that looked “used”. Since receiving the gun I cleaned both up really well, as well as used a dremel tool to buff them. They look much, much better. Although the finish on these looks dull, and still can see scuffing/scratches, and look different than the right safety and the slide.
2. I had questioned if the front sight was replaced. The left side of the front side was all rusted where the 2 little notch holes are. I cleaned these up too. Also on the right side of the front sight, there is a scratch on the site that moves down the slide. This was not there previously.
3. I had noticed the new left safety / decocker had some “play” in it. I asked if this was normal. I am fine with this if it is normal, but my previous safety, was solid & tight “on” in the white position, and was tight up in the “fire” red position. I liked this especially having children in the house. But now there is some play. Is this ok? Is this normal?
4. The play in the left safety seems to cause this next issue/observation. When safety is off, the firing pin seems to be crooked in its place. Just slightly crooked, although still vertical. However when I squeeze both sides, both safety’s this seems to but the ends up against the pin making it straight. Is this ok? Is this normal?
5. Upon inspection of the firing pin, I noticed the hammer was crooked. It seems to have been shaved at the top as well as overall tooling crooked on top. I cannot confirm my hammer was like this before or not. I however do remember this being like that as I would have called Ruger and asked if I saw this, so I either never noticed this or this is not my hammer. Is this ok? Is this normal?
6. After all this I decided to take the gun apart, so I broke it down to do a thorough cleaning and inspection of the inside. Upon cleaning the inside of my slide, I noticed my serial number “xxxxx” hand etched underneath on the bottom of my slide. I know this was not there before. It was just an observation and I figured this was normal to avoid mixing up customer’s slides. I have read that the serial number only appears on the frame and after speaking with CS they stated this was not common practice. This does not bother me that it is there, however due to above issues I stated I decided to research some old photographs because I had a feeling this just was not my slide.
7. I have attached photos to an e-mail as well as printed them out here for your observation. Perhaps you can tell me if this is or is not my original slide? Here are some pictures of when I first purchased the gun, and it seems the etchings of RUGER P95 as well as the logo on the right side is in different locations. I asked and was told if a slide is re-blued are the etchings re-etched, and was told no. I was also told that every frame is “married” to a particular slide, and this was my main concern. I do not care that if it is a new slide or not, as long as it is ok that it can be, but also my issue was these parts that were replaced looked used, so maybe the parts were already on this other slide? Again please view the pictures. The P95 seems to be etched above the right of the opening. Where my original slide as you can see in the pictures, the P95 seems to be etched above the opening. On the right side, the Ruger logo seems to be etched farther left of the slide stop pin. Where my original slide you can see in the pictures seems to be etched centered to the left of the pin. Also on the right hand side, there was a dot / divot that was etched after the “R” ending in RUGER. This is not present on the new slide. You can see it if you are zoomed on the JPEGS I e-mailed. All photos I sent are easier to view to compare.
So my question is….is this my original slide? I have had people look at this, and all had the same conclusion as me. I do not think it is.
Again I had read all slides are married and are factory specific to their frames, if this is true do I need my original slide?
