Dings dents and scratches

Decado · Post by **Decado** » Fri May 16, 2008 6:57 pm

Guys, is it normal for a brand new MKIII to have all kinds of blemishes on the inside of the gun?

When I broke it down by hand (no tools were used), I noticed a dent inside the grip frame, I saw discolorations to the frame around the trigger.

Saw a scratch insid the bolt, looks like someone got happy with a dremel. There are a few very light scratches on the outsid of the grip frame, but I saw those before I left the shop with it, so I was aware of that.

I could care less about what the inner of the gun looks like, I am only concerned with function.

I have not got it to the range yet, so I will post back after a range trip.

Post by **Bullseye** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:10 am

No worries. Very common for the inside of the Ruger frame to have manufacturing marks or discoloration in the stainless models. The external finish is what the factory is concerned about as far as appearance, the internals are there for function, blemishes and all. For the price of these units Ruger does a pretty good job making them look nice in my book.

If you want to see some ugly pistol innards, take a good look at a late 1970's early 1980's Colt 1911. They have all kinds of tooling marks on the inside that look like someone shaped the slide and frame with a chainsaw.

R,
Bullseye

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Sat May 17, 2008 10:35 am

Bullseye wrote:No worries. Very common for the inside of the Ruger frame to have manufacturing marks or discoloration in the stainless models. The external finish is what the factory is concerned about as far as appearance, the internals are there for function, blemishes and all. For the price of these units Ruger does a pretty good job making them look nice in my book.

If you want to see some ugly pistol innards, take a good look at a late 1970's early 1980's Colt 1911. They have all kinds of tooling marks on the inside that look like someone shaped the slide and frame with a chainsaw.

R,
Bullseye

It's not what it looks like that counts it's what it does and does properly.
Don't knock the chain saw guys, worked as a service tech for a Stihl dealer for years and they hads some factory guys that carve whith a sw and it looked really good.

Decado · Post by **Decado** » Sun May 18, 2008 10:31 pm

Thanks Bear and Bullseye, I was just wondering, I have never seen a pistol look like that on the inside so I was a bit concerned.

My 22/45 didnt look likt that inside, although, it was blued. Thanks guys for reassuring me