Safety issues with brand new 10/22s?

[Ar180shooter]

Quality control in manufacturing seems to be a thing of the past. My friend runs a retail shop...it's unbelievable the amount of new guns that are defective right out of the box. Many are the "budget" offerings from Turkey, but also lots of Mossberg and Rem, etc. Just about everything new is more or less a kit in a box that can be improved one way or another. Metal chips from milling still inside, sharp rough edges, binding points...little things that take little to fix, but every second is money on the bottom line, so they just get slapped together and threw in a box.

About the only consistent issue I've found with Mossberg is the shell stop and interrupter on the 500's (I probably sell about 100-200 Mossbergs/year). The Turkish stuff is generally junky, although the name brand ones like the Winchester SXP's (made by Istanbul Arms) and Stoeger firearms (owned by Beretta) are significantly better than the no-name ones. In general though, I do agree that QC has declined compared to even 10 years ago.