New AR 15 with slight gouges on Finnish normal?

Kidd X said:
Do you also expect your new vehicle to have perfectly clean tires and zero kilometres or hours on the engine? Firearms are TOOLS you buy them to use them and they do get scratched and they will eventually fail/break.


Your Norinco likely never saw a human for final QC inspection nor was it ever likely test fired. This may come as a shock to many but good quality guns are hand inspected and test fired before they're sold, and they arrive DIRTY!!!!



New means it functions as intended with all accessories in working order. A minor pointless scratch makes absolutely zero difference to either performance or reliability. Some aluma black or spray paint and you're off the races. Again these are TOOLS not fine art.
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Bro, I got some magic beans that you'd be interested in.

You sound like a retailer's wet dream. Prob sell you anything and you'd buy it with a smile on your face!

In regards to your car analogy. Let's not stray too far off topic. You buy a new car and it has scratches on it down to bare metal. Just like the OP's rifle does.

100/100 people wouldn't accept that. Ever. End of story.

Oh wait, you sound like you'd be happy with that. Maybe even give the sales guy a little something extra for providing you with a "tool" that been scratched up. Ya I bet you would!
 
amkorp said:
Bro, I got some magic beans that you'd be interested in.

You sound like a retailer's wet dream. Prob sell you anything and you'd buy it with a smile on your face!

In regards to your car analogy. Let's not stray too far off topic. You buy a new car and it has scratches on it down to bare metal. Just like the OP's rifle does.

100/100 people wouldn't accept that. Ever. End of story.

Oh wait, you sound like you'd be happy with that. Maybe even give the sales guy a little something extra for providing you with a "tool" that been scratched up. Ya I bet you would!
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It's called character, therefore worth few extra bucks.

to the Kid guy: I have a lot of "brand new" tools to sell you, but I would never buy a thing from you.
 
CanadianBaconPancakes said:
Got a new ar-15. I know lots of retails mention tooling marks. Not sure if this is what they mean.

Should I be grumpy or is this normal? I understand this isn't a massive deal I can cold blue it with a q tip but i'm curious is this is normal or if its worth mentioning to the retailer.





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someone tried to stake that castle nut, punch slipped, they gave up staking the castle nut after that
monday morning hung over worker who lives the dilligaf lifestyle
 
If you're stuck with it, Birchwood Casey Aluma Black will mask it nicely. You just need to prep the area properly ie totally degreased. I've covered up some small dings on my AR and you can hardly notice it.
 
That's clearly damaged. Probably wasn't checked by the retailer, and out it went. I would just send them the pic and ask what they suggest.

If it was me, I would look at it this way- If I was in the store and they were selling these rifles for $700 and this one was on sale due to the blemish for $675, would I buy it and save the $25? I know plenty of people would do so.
 
amkorp said:
Bro, I got some magic beans that you'd be interested in.

You sound like a retailer's wet dream. Prob sell you anything and you'd buy it with a smile on your face!

In regards to your car analogy. Let's not stray too far off topic. You buy a new car and it has scratches on it down to bare metal. Just like the OP's rifle does.

100/100 people wouldn't accept that. Ever. End of story.

Oh wait, you sound like you'd be happy with that. Maybe even give the sales guy a little something extra for providing you with a "tool" that been scratched up. Ya I bet you would!
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You're right I wouldn't be all bent out of shape over a small scratch on a car. If you think a new car doesn't already have damage somewhere you'd be far from correct. I buy quality items that work, the cosmetic minutiae that seems to get others man panties in a bunch are of zero concern. I buy tools, you seem to buy mantle pieces that rarely see the light of day let alone some serious use.
 
Scratches on the finish aside, I've never bothered to ever stake a buffer tube castle nut and usually just use a very small dab of blue lock tite. I've never had one walk out on me and I think staking of it is overkill and unnecessary.
 
Kidd X said:
You're right I wouldn't be all bent out of shape over a small scratch on a car. If you think a new car doesn't already have damage somewhere you'd be far from correct. I buy quality items that work, the cosmetic minutiae that seems to get others man panties in a bunch are of zero concern. I buy tools, you seem to buy mantle pieces that rarely see the light of day let alone some serious use.
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Ok if you say so. :)
 
beltfed said:
Scratches on the finish aside, I've never bothered to ever stake a buffer tube castle nut and usually just use a very small dab of blue lock tite. I've never had one walk out on me and I think staking of it is overkill and unnecessary.
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Yep, 20,000 rounds after and it is still on. The buffer tube extension doesn't go over 160 deg c. It is different from the gas key which gets hot.
 
I would be a little annoyed. As im assuming the rifle was not advertised under a "scratch and dent" or "blemish" sale, I would certainly be sending a picture to the vendor and asking for an explanation. To me new means new, no matter how much I pay for an item.
 
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