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Warning lables on the barrel?????????

BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
edited March 2002 in General Discussion
Why? I'm so irritated - I buy a NIB Ruger Vaquero Stainless w/7 1/2" barrel and down the side is printed " before using gun - read warnings in instruction manual- available free from......". Why would they marr up an otherwise beautiful 45lc with such drivvel. I know why - but it is so stupid that we are reduced to putting up with this type of degradation. I am tempted to send it back to the factory and tell them to rebarrel it without idiot warnings.
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  • BlokeyBlokey Member Posts: 284 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know exactly what you mean and I detest that warning too. I'm probably one of just a few who thinks the GP-100 is a good looking revolver and what ruins it is the warning.You could ask Ruger to rebarrel it but I'm pretty sure they'll reply with an emphatic "No" out of obvious product liability concerns.I don't know if a gunsmith would take on refinishing the barrel to remove it but I'm sure they would ask you to sign a disclaimer before they tried.You could try removing it yourself but then don't ever use the gun for defensive purposes; it would just be more bait for the defense lawyers.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd agree with you that it defaces the beauty of a gun....seems a lot of other companies are just as liable for their product as Ruger is for theirs, but they don't print the entire owners manual and disclaimers on their gun barrels.....
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    One word. UGLY!!!!!!!I love the looks of my stainless Vaquero...from the right side. From the left side it makes me want to hurl.Hey Tic, how do ya like that shootin' iron? I have one in .44 mag with a 4 5/8 in. barrel. Man, I love that gun. I put some macasser ebony checked grips on it and it looks even better now. The Ruger smooth grips didn't give me a real good hold on it.Slap leather, pardner!
    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Yeah - I replaced the factory grips with checkerd wood. feels alot better and shoots great. I had one of the ubertie's for a while and like this much better. I do have a Uberti in 45lc w/the ACP cylinder in 4.5 barrel and it feels a little bigger in the hand but has the smooth grips.
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  • gskyhawkgskyhawk Member Posts: 4,773
    edited November -1
    Ruger has been doing this for 10 to 15 years now, and no you will not get ruger to remove it. I know some one that did remove it on a blued gun and it looked ok from a distance but if you looked real close you could still see it and it had to be reblued acourse , I guess it depends on why you buy the gun , to look at it or to shoot it . ( and yes it does looked better without it BUT ) Look at marlin they put a lot of writing on their rifle barrels so i guess its just not ruger
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  • Gordian BladeGordian Blade Member Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, I've got Ruger and Marlin rifles both with the writing. Heck, might as well put the 2nd Amendment on there too, at least I'd be happy to see that.
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  • Judge DreadJudge Dread Member Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ask rugger to post it in arabic ,it will make the gun more intimidating !
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    here come de judge, here come de judge!welcome, sir barto
    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can see it now, 250 years in the future an archaeological dig uncovers a 45LC Vaquero. Examining the corroded firearm closely the archaeologist concludes he has found a late 20th century handgun manufactured by the WARNING! Company.
    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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