When my son graduated from US Naval Academy. I bought him a Kimber 1911 and had their custom shop engrave the USNA Crest, name, and graduation date. Two other fathers did same thing and sequentialed numbered guns. They will get together and shoot them after their various deployments with Marines and SEAls.
Bill Ragon
Graduation Gun?
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Re: Graduation Gun?
I have to go on record here - I will never buy another 'new', current production Browning ANYTHING for as long as the current service department manager refuses to honor a defective stock on a once-gorgeous 20ga Gran Lightening my wife gave me for an anniversary present in '97. I also have a pet peeve about mis-matched wood (the replacement stock) on an O/U.
Had they acknowledged the structurally inferior wood selection by their Japaneese counterparts (the tight Grade 6 wood grain running diagonally across the tang - the weakest and thinnest part of the stock), they might have kept our business and continued to receive rave recommendations.
One of these days (when I get rich - HA) I'll have Art's Gun Shop re-stock it with the right wood - butt and forearm. I'll also have him shape the original butt stock (broken) in the shape of a one-finger salute and ship it to my 'buddy' in Arnold Missouri.
Pre-64 Model 70 Winchesters in mint condition make good graduation presents. My brother got his in 1964 - cost my Dad $124.95 and tax. They'll run around 2 grand now. They doubled in price when Winchester sold-out.
Had they acknowledged the structurally inferior wood selection by their Japaneese counterparts (the tight Grade 6 wood grain running diagonally across the tang - the weakest and thinnest part of the stock), they might have kept our business and continued to receive rave recommendations.
One of these days (when I get rich - HA) I'll have Art's Gun Shop re-stock it with the right wood - butt and forearm. I'll also have him shape the original butt stock (broken) in the shape of a one-finger salute and ship it to my 'buddy' in Arnold Missouri.
Pre-64 Model 70 Winchesters in mint condition make good graduation presents. My brother got his in 1964 - cost my Dad $124.95 and tax. They'll run around 2 grand now. They doubled in price when Winchester sold-out.
Re: Graduation Gun?
Anatidae wrote:I have to go on record here - I will never buy another 'new', current production Browning ANYTHING for as long as the current service department manager refuses to honor a defective stock on a once-gorgeous 20ga Gran Lightening my wife gave me for an anniversary present in '97. I also have a pet peeve about mis-matched wood (the replacement stock) on an O/U.
Had they acknowledged the structurally inferior wood selection by their Japaneese counterparts (the tight Grade 6 wood grain running diagonally across the tang - the weakest and thinnest part of the stock), they might have kept our business and continued to receive rave recommendations.
One of these days (when I get rich - HA) I'll have Art's Gun Shop re-stock it with the right wood - butt and forearm. I'll also have him shape the original butt stock (broken) in the shape of a one-finger salute and ship it to my 'buddy' in Arnold Missouri.
Pre-64 Model 70 Winchesters in mint condition make good graduation presents. My brother got his in 1964 - cost my Dad $124.95 and tax. They'll run around 2 grand now. They doubled in price when Winchester sold-out.
I'll give ya 500 for that ugly, broke, p.o.c., browning O/U. You can even keep the original butt stock to send the one-finger salute!
Re: Graduation Gun?
Nice try, Pat - my wife gave me that gun. I enjoy shooting it occassionally, but she's just as disappointed in Browning's handling of the situation as I am.
That was a no-brainer. I'm sure they hear all kinds of sob stories about how the stock 'just broke'.......they put me in the same boat with the rest of'em, trying to get something for nothing. The combination of repeated recoil on a poorly bedded action in a structurally inferior piece of wood broke that stock........I didn't slam the truck door on it. There wasn't a mark on the stock anywhere.
I made my best case - they essentially told me they couldn't give extended warranties on tight-grain wood on guns of that price range - but (of course) thanks for buying a Browning. Better luck with the next one, sucka.
I've learned to look for potential 'break' points in wood as a result of the ordeal with Browning. It's one thing to save the company some money.......it's another to insult your customers' intelligence. They never acknowledged my letter - I had to call customer service. It's not like it's the only Browning we've ever bought........but it's the one that has stopped us from buying any more 'new', current production Brownings.....but I don't expect that will change their minds. Maybe I can get the team of Gordon Shaw and Mark Edwards to make a case against them. Apparently I wasn't litigate-enough
That was a no-brainer. I'm sure they hear all kinds of sob stories about how the stock 'just broke'.......they put me in the same boat with the rest of'em, trying to get something for nothing. The combination of repeated recoil on a poorly bedded action in a structurally inferior piece of wood broke that stock........I didn't slam the truck door on it. There wasn't a mark on the stock anywhere.
I made my best case - they essentially told me they couldn't give extended warranties on tight-grain wood on guns of that price range - but (of course) thanks for buying a Browning. Better luck with the next one, sucka.
I've learned to look for potential 'break' points in wood as a result of the ordeal with Browning. It's one thing to save the company some money.......it's another to insult your customers' intelligence. They never acknowledged my letter - I had to call customer service. It's not like it's the only Browning we've ever bought........but it's the one that has stopped us from buying any more 'new', current production Brownings.....but I don't expect that will change their minds. Maybe I can get the team of Gordon Shaw and Mark Edwards to make a case against them. Apparently I wasn't litigate-enough
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