Originally Posted By: 405 winBCB, in answer to your question the rifle that wasn't chambered was a new rifle that just came into the store. We looked it over when checking it in and discovered it wasn't chambered. I think it's safe to say that in that condition it would not shoot well.
I was just curious if it really wasn't chambered or if that was a misstatement about something else. Maybe is was a ML muzzle loader....
Just kidding....
Over the years I have seen factory rifles with no rifling in the barrel or rifling that stopped before the end of the barrel. No firing pins... I've also seen rifles marked as being chambered for one thing and actually chambered for something else - new from the factory... And they all do it.... Its not relegated to just one manufacturer.
My only point originally was they all make lemons and factory rifle lemons are not a new thing. Its been that way for years. A big problem for a period of time because of high demand and old slow production methods was they would run a batch of XXXX number of rifles in a certain caliber and only shoot maybe one in 5 or 10, and as a result, some obvious things slipped by unnoticed. The Kimber I mentioned was maybe a good example of that...
I have heard because of liability issues that today producers actually shoot every rifle for function testing, but I have my doubts if many are shot for accuracy unless the maker is guaranteeing a certain level of accuracy. When you get one unchambered like you got it's hard to says it was individually test fired or inspected for any purpose...
A few years back the Weatherby Vanguard came with a target fired with the rifle. I don't know if they still do that or not as I haven't bought one or looked at one for a few years.
It would be nice if every manufacturer actually did accuracy test each rifle, but then it would probably be reflected in even higher prices than we're paying now...
-BCB