Originally Posted by
Topgun 3006
Rockport---I know we've had our differences, but you don't just "throw it on for free" when it needs special tools to remove and put on the new barrel, check and adjust the headspace, etc. I'm surprised the charge wouldn't be at least $50 and the company is in business to make a profit. Doing many free repairs like you suggest when it wasn't their fault in the first place would not result in very many happy stockholders. May I ask what you did to screw the original barrel up that caused this situation in the first place?
I was shooting at a deer and the first shot just the primer fired and like an idiot I just shucked another one in and shot again. Well the first slug was still in the barrel.
I didn't even realize what had happened until later. Its just a little swell about halfway up the barrel. It could have been a lot worse, The gun actually still shoots just fine.
I understand what your saying about profit and $36 is not a lot of money. That is just not the way I would run my business. The real profit comes when I spend thousands of dollars on savage products not from a $36 install.
I won't quit buying savage because of the $36 but it would have gone a long way towards really securing my business in the future which is where the real profit is.
Like I said I'm not mad about the $36...After all its just $36. I just think its a little nickle and dimeish to do that with a loyal customer. The profit is in the $500 gun and the $200 barrel.