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Model 52 wrote:I live about 3 miles away from gun shop that stocks 16" and 20" carbine models in blue and stainless in .454, .45 Colt and .357. Of course...I want the color case hardened 20" octagon barrel 52203 as well, but I'll probably have to drive about an hour to find one.
Reading your posts, I don't feel so bad.
Man, I would be a mess to walk into a shop that actually stocked leverguns. My FFL will get on a roll once in awhile from my ordering activities and the rifles that come in don't last long but he just doesn't hang in there. Texas, South Texas especially, is not the land of the levergun but the bolt rifle and AR. That is where the sales volume is.
Model 52 wrote:I live about 3 miles away from gun shop that stocks 16" and 20" carbine models in blue and stainless in .454, .45 Colt and .357. Of course...I want the color case hardened 20" octagon barrel 52203 as well, but I'll probably have to drive about an hour to find one.
Reading your posts, I don't feel so bad.
Man, I would be a mess to walk into a shop that actually stocked leverguns. My FFL will get on a roll once in awhile from my ordering activities and the rifles that come in don't last long but he just doesn't hang in there. Texas, South Texas especially, is not the land of the levergun but the bolt rifle and AR. That is where the sales volume is.
Good thing I didn't mention the Marlins, the Mossbergs or the (used) winchester lever guns.
South Dakota was not really lever gun land either as the ranges are a little long for the .30-30, etc, but you'd see them now and then. North Carolina however is lever gun heaven in comparison.
Man, I always pictured Texas as the levergun capital of the world! But then I have never visited that state before. My little isolated town in AK has always at least some levers in the 3 or 4 gun stores but most of them are 45/70 guide guns (bear guns) with an occasional 30-30 and perhaps a pistol caliber thrown in. I was pleased to see the sporting goods section of our box store had a 357 Rossi lever as well as a 30-30 Mossberg for under 300 the other day. Really like to see lever guns on the racks as it is now my main focus it seems.
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No such thing as bad weather in Alaska, just lousy clothing choices!
Yeah, South Texas is home to the sendero rifle. You can shoot a long ways, if you want to, along the senderos that are made up of seismic lines, pipelines, power lines, etc. I see very few hunters that actually use a levergun as a primary rifle. None that I can think offhand other than my dad and I.
Ranch Dog wrote:I buy from Davidson and they will send you a NIB rifle, unopened, as customers tend not to want them opened. If there are none in stock, they will send it to Rossi and return it to your FFL once it is returned to them. At least this is what I understood from a telephone call I received from a manager over the return process.
Verbal assurances, like verbal checks are only as good as the paper they're written on.
That policy I'd need to see in writing before I bought a Rossi rifle that I hadn't thoroughly inspected from muzzle crown to butt plate and function tested myself.
Davidson's DOES have their Lifetime Free Replacement Warranty in writing on their website as well as in the paperwork I received with the gun. Everyone I have talked to has said that they are great to work with, so we will see how well that woks out for me.
I took the rifle back to my FFL this afternoon and he plans to send it back to Davidson's tomorrow.
Upon further inspection, the carrier in this rifle is badly misaligned pushing the cartridge to the left and causing the tip of the bullet to contact the LH side of the chamber. It is so far off that there is no freakin' way that it can chamber a full size .357 round.
Now, I wait to see what Davidson's says. They don't have an identical one in stock at the moment, so I suspect that they will probably be sending it back to Rossi.
I do hate the waiting game.
- Ray -
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."[/b:
The old saying back in the Alaska/Yukon gold rush days was "There's gold in them thar hills!"
As the eternal cynic (usually right) I'll believe it when I see it.......I've never put the Davidson's warranty to the test.
Let's see how much yellow is in the bottom of the pan when the mud & silt are washed away.
Be nice to hear from someone who has successfully/unsuccessfully returned a defective gun bought through Davidson's.
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." - Thomas Jefferson
Tyranny has a name now - Senator Dianne Feinstein & her anti-freedom, anti-constitution allies/backers
pricedo wrote:The old saying back in the Alaska/Yukon gold rush days was "There's gold in them thar hills!"
As the eternal cynic (usually right) I'll believe it when I see it.......I've never put the Davidson's warranty to the test.
Let's see how much yellow is in the bottom of the pan when the mud & silt are washed away.
Be nice to hear from someone who has successfully/unsuccessfully returned a defective gun bought through Davidson's.
I spoke with my FFL today and he told me that Davidson's will not repair the rifle. They figure that if it won't chamber a round then it's too FUBAR and not worth fixing. They are offering to replace it with a new one (but they don't have any in stock at the moment), or they will give me my money back.
I told my FFL that I will wait a couple of weeks and see if they get any more in stock and hopefully the new rifle will work as intended. If not, I'll ask for my money back and continue my search. Oh, well !
Now I wait... I do hate waiting...
Damn ! ! !
- Ray -
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."[/b:
RayMich wrote:I spoke with my FFL today and he told me that Davidson's will not repair the rifle. They figure that if it won't chamber a round then it's too FUBAR and not worth fixing. They are offering to replace it with a new one (but they don't have any in stock at the moment), or they will give me my money back.
I told my FFL that I will wait a couple of weeks and see if they get any more in stock and hopefully the new rifle will work as intended. If not, I'll ask for my money back and continue my search. Oh, well !
Now I wait... I do hate waiting...
Damn ! ! !
Yah but there's light at the end of that long tunnel.
Davidson's is too "major league" to Mickey Mouse you around about 1 rifle.
I'm sure Rossi won't screw around with a big reseller like Davidsons and will make things right on that end.
RayMich wrote:I spoke with my FFL today and he told me that Davidson's will not repair the rifle. They figure that if it won't chamber a round then it's too FUBAR and not worth fixing. They are offering to replace it with a new one (but they don't have any in stock at the moment), or they will give me my money back.
I told my FFL that I will wait a couple of weeks and see if they get any more in stock and hopefully the new rifle will work as intended. If not, I'll ask for my money back and continue my search. Oh, well !
Now I wait... I do hate waiting...
Damn ! ! !
Yah but there's light at the end of that long tunnel.
Davidson's is too "major league" to Mickey Mouse you around about 1 rifle.
I'm sure Rossi won't screw around with a big reseller like Davidsons and will make things right on that end.
I sure hope you are right.
- Ray -
"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."[/b:
