VietVet68

I guess I didn't say it clearly enough, it was a "CUSTOM ORDER", meaning that I contracted with the gun maker to produce a gun to my specs. The gun shop was only a FFL in this deal, nothing more.
There was no evidence that the guy there did it anyway, so that approach would have been pointless.

heymatthew

Hindsight is 20/20, but I wonder if you would have said something and then contacted the manufacturer if they could have maybe repaired or replaced it. I bet if you called the custom shop and said, "I'm here at my LGS to pick up my $2000 custom 1911 and there's a scratch on the frame, I want it fixed." They would raise some questions. Especially if they found out the gun was signed for on Wednesday and you didn't receive a phone call about it until Friday.

I think it gives the gun character. Shoot the hell out of it and if it really makes you feel bad, I'd be glad to give it a home at my house so you don't have to look at it anymore.

kingpins9

I can promise you that 1911 didn't leave the factory with an idiot scratch. The LGS either would have ordered me another at their expense, or there would have been an action filed.