Custom Gun - Would You Ignore This?

[ken.gee]

I'm having my first ever custom rifle built, and the folks I've been dealing with have been absolutely incredible when it comes to answering questions I had, and concerns they had about different parts meshing well. Yesterday they sent me this picture, the port wound up being a little long on the print of the stock, and he's asking if it's an issue for me.

Honestly, I don't know if it is. I've never been too particular about guns, as long as it gets the job done I'm happy (a.k.a., synthetic stocks). However, this is going to be a forever gun, and way better quality than my Savage Axis XP lol. I'm looking for input - is this something you would ignore, or should I not accept this since the stock alone was worth almost $1100 and should be perfect?

Thanks in advance!

[Pathfinder76]

That would drive me nuts. Manners?

[boah]

$1000. Would you accept a pair of shoes that didn't fit?

[ken.gee]

Originally Posted by boah

$1000. Would you accept a pair of shoes that didn't fit?

I hear what you're saying, but I think the comparison might be a little off. To be fair, this is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect the functionality of the rifle whatsoever.

I will however be returning it lol

[EZM]

Originally Posted by ken.gee

I hear what you're saying, but I think the comparison might be a little off. To be fair, this is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect the functionality of the rifle whatsoever.

I will however be returning it lol

You could also say that having paid $100,000+ for a top of the line, brand new, performance sports car with a few paint blemishes won't effect that car's performance either.

To me - it would drive me nuts.

[Ditchdogger]

So quick question what stock did you order ?
What action is that.

You are building a custom gun do a custom job , if it really bothers you have the smith fill it in with bedding compound when they bed it and reshape and paint.

I suspect that you ordered a Remington stock because the the action MFG says it is a Remington footprint, I also suspect the ejection port on the custom action is not the same size as a factory Remington. This is in no way the stock manufacturers fault. It is putting a bunch of custom parts together like a snap together model and calling it a custom build. Unless that stock was supposedly made to fit that exact action would it be the stock makers fault.

[shooter12]

It would not bother me personally.
If it shoots good and the rest of the work is done right , I would not care .
And as was mentioned before ,I think it could be fixed and repainted.
S12

[Walking Bear]

For the price of a custom it should be right......Send it back.

[fps plus]

It won't hurt the performance of the gun .

However if you have a custom car done and the paint and engine where great but the door lines where off would you be happy ?

[260 Rem]

I would expect an $1100.00 stock to mate with the action. I would need a serious discount to accept the poor fit in the pic.

[Robmcleod82]

Could always have it fixed and repainted if you dont want to wait 6-7 more months for another stock. Really Its more about your patience level than anything. Should be fixed one way or another.

[sns2]

No way in hell.

[ken.gee]

Originally Posted by chuck

That would drive me nuts. Manners?

With the amount of replies I'm getting, I should be more annoyed; I'll definitely be politely rejecting it!

Bighorn SR3 in the Mcmillan Game Warden adjustable carbon lightweight, looking forward to having it in my hands!

[SakoShooter]

Honestly, it took me a couple of seconds to spot the problem and I don't see it as a big deal. Now tactical stuff doesn't really appeal to me aesthetically, but it's not like the stock intrudes into the port or anything hideous.

I wouldn't think twice about it, it's not my money though and I might feel differently if it was??

Far worse are the tooling marks and overly generous gaps and reveals inherent to any factory rifle price at $1,000 or less. It's kind of as poorly lit photo and everybody is tearing the build quality apart based on that? I'd bet many of you have been proud of a CZ 550 or the like, whose metal work won't bear inspection.

I do hate pic rails though :-D