This is exactly what I would do.
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I would def want a new lower, that said its just cosmetic. I would let the dealer deal with Colt and get them to give you a new rifle.
Kyohte
Sounds like you need a new Gundealer! If they can't do a one for one- they'd not get my buisness again!:rolleyes:
You need to inform Colt. How else will they know they have some issues in either the anodizing or QA/QC departments. All the big talk about "run it as is" and crap like that won't fix the problem. Bad workmanship is the same regardless of the rollmark.
Take it back to the dealer - he's going to have an easier time getting Colt to fix it than you are.
If it was DD, I'd say call DD, but Colt's customer service is notoriously slow.
The only thing they would do is send it to Colt, on their dime. Since I was there, I let them do it, but I put up a big arguement. The store manager wasn't in, but will be receiving a phone call from me on Tuesday when they get in. I had a check all ready to pay my credit card for this and now I'm thinking of putting a dispute on it, because I'm not paying for a gun I don't have.
For what it's worth, the store is Sportsman's Warehouse. I wouldn't have gone their, but I got it at a good deal with all the promotions they do. I won't be going back their except to pick up my rifle that they owe me and then never going back again. I made that very clear.
Feel free to close this topic, unless anyone is interested in what happens trying to get it back.
I was going to suggest you put the matter in dispute. The gun is faulty out of the box and they have an obligation at least in my mind to replace the gun. Their policy may contradict this which will work against you but the you are the credit card company's customer which will work for you. Putting the item in dispute will cost you nothing but will cost them a fee and time and aggravation which the deserve. My understanding is that Colt will take a couple of coon's ages to fix it and get it back to whomever. You might want to wait a couple or three weeks before putting it in dispute but you need to make sure to have it in dispute before your dispute rights expire in 60 days. I had a similar experience with Ruger a couple of decades ago. I bought a Security Six that had no firing pin retracting spring, the gun was hard to cock after firing as the cylinder had to cam the firing pin out of the primer. The dealer sent it back to Ruger and a couple of months later it came back with the firing pin return spring in a plastic bag, uninstalled. The dealer gave me a new gun from his stock that day.
Even though the flake you see is cosmetic the process was compromised and you might have similar surface irregularities in areas that are important. If it was a scratch I would follow the suggestions above and apply Aluma Black. I hope they are up front, respectful to the customer and replace at POS for your trouble.