Bent or not I never even checked I just blasted rounds outa it. It was a little more Chinese then I was hoping, really ugly heavy and loose, but I'm happy to have it for my collection..... If I could only have one it would be AR or VZ long before this one lol.
Picked my T81 up at the post office today, got all my mags and sling too. Looks straight enough to my eye, really like it so far. Shout out to Nadine at TI for the fast email responses to when I needed to change my shipping address, thanks for the help.
Contact TI and ask them how much it has to be out before they consider it defective and will replace it. Then measure it to make sure it meets that standard, elsewise you'll just waste your shipping sending it back.
These are not precision rifles and some degree of misalignment is considered acceptable in a mass-produced cheap stamped receiver rifle. C'est la vie.
FWIW, unless you plan to mount a receiver scope, it's won't affect function - all the sight parts are on the barrel, which is likely straight.
Keeping it real on the range since before there was a CGN.