I sent my rifle back to Tac Ops for a check up. I was having a few issues. I blew a bunch of primers and pierced another several primers when I was shooting a hot lot of Hornady Superperformance ammo on an extremely hot day in Texas (115 degrees… at one point, the brass was almost to hot to touch before I chambered it). The gun continued to function and I actually did some of my best shooting after this had happened, but I noticed the trigger would “stick” a little bit from time to time. It felt almost like a little bit of creep had developed. I tried cleaning out the trigger group with Ronsonol a couple of times, but it never fixed it and the stick got worse and worse. There was also a similar issue with the bolt stop sticking. The cause, I believe, was the same.
I also had an issue with the lower lug. I was shooting one day and I noticed a scraping feeling while I was working the bolt. I swept the bolt recess with my finger quickly and kept shooting, but I kept feeling the scrape. I gave it a good cleaning when I was done, but after looking at the lower locking lug, I realized.
I have to give Mike Rescigno a shout out for awesome customer service. Recently, I had a bunch of blown primers that gunked up the trigger so bad, I was not competent enough to clean it write. It still functioned, but didn’t feel like breaking a glass rod any more. I also got a tiny rock caught in my lower locking lug recess which caused some galling on the lower locking lug. I am sure it was purely cosmetic, but I was kind of anal about it.
I talked to Mike and told him I needed the trigger group cleaned and the rear face of the locking lugs resurfaced. He told me to send him the barreled action.
The whole time, I kept asking Mike how much I owed him and he always kept talking like he didn’t hear me (those of you who have talked to Mike know what I am talking about). When I got the rifle back, not only did he not charge me for the work, he sent me a $40 check for the shipping to his shop. Of course, I tore the check up.
In addition to the work that I requested, he re-reamed my chamber by about a thou and obviously, resurfaced both the lugs, not just the one with the galling (I wouldn’t expect any less, but I could see some folks paying lip service and screwing up the bolt).
Now clearly, the issues I had were not Mike’s fault in any way. I have dealt with other vendors from this site and others who have tried to talk me into the fact that their product was perfectly acceptable when it was not. With Mike, it was no BS.
I didn’t want to write this up until I shot it today. I shot once, made an adjustment and the second shot was at the top of a 1 ½” bullseye. I made another adjustment and shot and the shot went low and a little left. I shot again to confirm and couldn’t see where the shot landed because it was in the same hole. I shot again to reconfirm and the third shot was again into the same hole, but the hole was now egg shaped enough that I could tell that I sent three shots in the same hole. That’s a Tac Ops.
Thanks again, Mike!
I also had an issue with the lower lug. I was shooting one day and I noticed a scraping feeling while I was working the bolt. I swept the bolt recess with my finger quickly and kept shooting, but I kept feeling the scrape. I gave it a good cleaning when I was done, but after looking at the lower locking lug, I realized.
I have to give Mike Rescigno a shout out for awesome customer service. Recently, I had a bunch of blown primers that gunked up the trigger so bad, I was not competent enough to clean it write. It still functioned, but didn’t feel like breaking a glass rod any more. I also got a tiny rock caught in my lower locking lug recess which caused some galling on the lower locking lug. I am sure it was purely cosmetic, but I was kind of anal about it.
I talked to Mike and told him I needed the trigger group cleaned and the rear face of the locking lugs resurfaced. He told me to send him the barreled action.
The whole time, I kept asking Mike how much I owed him and he always kept talking like he didn’t hear me (those of you who have talked to Mike know what I am talking about). When I got the rifle back, not only did he not charge me for the work, he sent me a $40 check for the shipping to his shop. Of course, I tore the check up.
In addition to the work that I requested, he re-reamed my chamber by about a thou and obviously, resurfaced both the lugs, not just the one with the galling (I wouldn’t expect any less, but I could see some folks paying lip service and screwing up the bolt).
Now clearly, the issues I had were not Mike’s fault in any way. I have dealt with other vendors from this site and others who have tried to talk me into the fact that their product was perfectly acceptable when it was not. With Mike, it was no BS.
I didn’t want to write this up until I shot it today. I shot once, made an adjustment and the second shot was at the top of a 1 ½” bullseye. I made another adjustment and shot and the shot went low and a little left. I shot again to confirm and couldn’t see where the shot landed because it was in the same hole. I shot again to reconfirm and the third shot was again into the same hole, but the hole was now egg shaped enough that I could tell that I sent three shots in the same hole. That’s a Tac Ops.
Thanks again, Mike!
