Picked up the Charter Arms Pit Bull 9mm 5 shot SS revolver this am after Marksman Shooting opened at 11am.
They put a new cylinder (with extractor rod, I assume) on it.
In the shop when I pushed up the extractor rod a few times it started hanging up halfway and then you had to use some force to get it to go all the way.
At home when I put shells in it and pushed on the extractor rod it would go up halfway and then when I had to use more force to put it all the way up/in the shells simply fell back into the chambers of the cylinders and I had to coax them out.
We'll see if it does that after firing the gun at the range tomorrow also (I imagine it will be worse).
And, when I would put shells into the chambers they would hang up and have to be forced in: very odd.
I will take it back to Chris at Marksman Monday after work to send it back again.
Chris said he would call them Monday when I also have my range report (and they are closed on Sat. anyway).
I suppose they thought putting a new cylinder with the extractor on it would solve everything: I can't believe I got 2 bad cylinders.
Even the first cylinder didn't have a problem with the extractor rod pushing up, just bringing the shells out with it.
Good grief!
This certainly takes the joy out of buying used guns.
I would think the manufacturer of any gun would simply send you a new one while they reworked the old one, but if they were going to repair the old one, at least put it through its paces to ensure 100% quality.
I told Chris to tell them I have a thread in IN's largest gun club dedicated to this and most had a good attitude about their customer service.
I have had 4 bad guns: 2 Tauruses (709 Slim 9mm and PT22 tip-up barrel), 1 Charter Arms (this 9mm revolver) and a Comanche 22 revolver.
They put a new cylinder (with extractor rod, I assume) on it.
In the shop when I pushed up the extractor rod a few times it started hanging up halfway and then you had to use some force to get it to go all the way.
At home when I put shells in it and pushed on the extractor rod it would go up halfway and then when I had to use more force to put it all the way up/in the shells simply fell back into the chambers of the cylinders and I had to coax them out.
We'll see if it does that after firing the gun at the range tomorrow also (I imagine it will be worse).
And, when I would put shells into the chambers they would hang up and have to be forced in: very odd.
I will take it back to Chris at Marksman Monday after work to send it back again.
Chris said he would call them Monday when I also have my range report (and they are closed on Sat. anyway).
I suppose they thought putting a new cylinder with the extractor on it would solve everything: I can't believe I got 2 bad cylinders.
Even the first cylinder didn't have a problem with the extractor rod pushing up, just bringing the shells out with it.
Good grief!
This certainly takes the joy out of buying used guns.
I would think the manufacturer of any gun would simply send you a new one while they reworked the old one, but if they were going to repair the old one, at least put it through its paces to ensure 100% quality.
I told Chris to tell them I have a thread in IN's largest gun club dedicated to this and most had a good attitude about their customer service.
I have had 4 bad guns: 2 Tauruses (709 Slim 9mm and PT22 tip-up barrel), 1 Charter Arms (this 9mm revolver) and a Comanche 22 revolver.