I bought a "new" Ruger 1911 Commander this morning. After getting home from work that evening, I was showing my son the new pistol. He said; "You didn't clean it after the range?" I said; "What do you mean, it's brand new, I haven't had a chance to shoot it!" "Well it's pretty dirty..." was his reply.
I took the pistol apart, and it really had what looked like a couple of 50 round boxes worth of powder and brass residue on the slide, barrel, and bore. I mean I really had to swab the hell out of the bore to clean it.
It was then I thought to myself, I shouldn't be doing this, it's new. Does the factory shoot that many "test" rounds through a pistol? No way, they would never get product out the door I said to myself.
So, here's a question for anyone that cares to chime in. What do you think?
Did the retailer "test" this gun? They swear that any box labeled NEW, is NEVER shot by employees or demoed.
Or, did the factory tester run a whole bunch of "scarce & expensive" ammo through this weapon, bless it, then wrap it up and box it without cleaning it at all.
I have never purchased a NEW weapon that was this "dirty".
Any thoughts? Thanks for reading and pondering...
I took the pistol apart, and it really had what looked like a couple of 50 round boxes worth of powder and brass residue on the slide, barrel, and bore. I mean I really had to swab the hell out of the bore to clean it.
It was then I thought to myself, I shouldn't be doing this, it's new. Does the factory shoot that many "test" rounds through a pistol? No way, they would never get product out the door I said to myself.
So, here's a question for anyone that cares to chime in. What do you think?
Did the retailer "test" this gun? They swear that any box labeled NEW, is NEVER shot by employees or demoed.
Or, did the factory tester run a whole bunch of "scarce & expensive" ammo through this weapon, bless it, then wrap it up and box it without cleaning it at all.
I have never purchased a NEW weapon that was this "dirty".
Any thoughts? Thanks for reading and pondering...