Got My Alaskan Scout: Doesn't Look Right

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  1. close range's Avatar

    close range said: 10-22-2014 08:28 PM

    Got My Alaskan Scout: Doesn't Look Right

    Got my Wanstalls 2nd run 12" Alaskan Scout Takedown today. Excitedly unboxed it and was shocked at the state of the rifle:








    There is absolutely no oil or grease on the gun. It is bone dry. It looks like the little brown spots are the beginning of corrosion. They are small pits in the finish. I applied a touch of G96 to one little spot and it didn't take it off.

    After spending $1400 on a brand new gun this is shocking. It looks used and put away wet. There were no O2 absorption packets in the box.

    Does anyone else's look like this? This is the first hard-chromed finished firearm I've purchased, is this normal?
    getting wet in beautiful BC

  2.  tiriaq said: 10-22-2014 08:31 PM
    Looks as if the plating was not done well, and has pores.
    Have you contacted Wanstalls?

  3. captainamazing's Avatar

    captainamazing said: 10-22-2014 08:32 PM
    Wow. Im sure Wanstalls will make it right.
    Chiappa may want to up their QC game
    "Never trust quotes you read on the internet"
    - Abraham Lincoln

  4. EL34/6L6's Avatar

    EL34/6L6 said: 10-22-2014 08:32 PM
    What

    the

    heck

    ???

    The gate has bullet tip marks too...
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  5. close range's Avatar

    close range said: 10-22-2014 08:34 PM
    Just got the gun and wasn't sure if this was considered an "acceptable" finish for hard chrome.
    Will be talking to Wanstalls first thing in the am.
    getting wet in beautiful BC

  6. mobusten's Avatar

    mobusten said: 10-22-2014 08:34 PM
    Wow that's unreal for how much those bad boys cost..

  7. Tbss's Avatar

    Tbss said: 10-22-2014 08:34 PM
    good looking used gun you have there.
    http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr13tkvJfP1qjic3ro1_500.gif

  8. Gunslinger's Avatar

    Gunslinger said: 10-22-2014 08:39 PM
    Being Chiappa that doesn't really surprise me.

  9. tar21's Avatar

    tar21 said: 10-22-2014 08:44 PM
    this makes me nervous mines in the mail...

  10. Green Skull's Avatar

    Green Skull said: 10-22-2014 08:46 PM
    Wanstalls is good people they'll make it right.
    "There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at."