Thread: Gun city quality firearms…. Yea na

Was at my local range testing loads and a nice chap and his lady turned up to test out his brand new tikka, it was a nice looking bit of kit, cerakoate barrel and action in a nice brown with a twist fluted barrel etc, 308 with a nice “looking” gun city suppressor on it, brand new VX5 scope ready for the 2025 roar!!, he set it all up tightened the suppressor, checked everything chambered the first factory round, I looked through my scope down range to see where his first pill went…… not to sure where it went but the can landed about 40 yards down range poor bugger drove to Gladstone from Wellington for that, yep another quality setup by GC, the threads were loose and we looked it all over, everything was matched thread wise so the threading was VERY poorly done, the cerekote was chipped of the front of the barrel, this for me is another tick on the long list of why I will never buy a firearm from gun city if they have played with it or it has any branded gun city made (china) part installed.

Well that totally crushed someone's dream for the roar

I wonder does it occur to people that with any product there will be less than perfect items slip through from time to time. Their turnover would increase these odds. I have bought a lot of firearms and equipment from gc and I have never had a problem with it. If the threads were fuked maybe the buyer should of checked the firearm over properly or taken someone who knew what they were looking at....

It's not reasonable for a buyer to have to check that threads are in-spec before buying an item. That's a failure on the part of the manufacturer/seller (regardless of who that happens to be)

Originally Posted by gimp

It's not reasonable for a buyer to have to check that threads are in-spec before buying an item. That's a failure on the part of the manufacturer/seller (regardless of who that happens to be)

When he put can on it was tight and seemed all good, the guy is an experienced hunter, he had another rifle with him as well, this was just his new setup…. Good people to.

Originally Posted by Nga

When he put can on it was tight and seemed all good, the guy is an experienced hunter, he had another rifle with him as well, this was just his new setup…. Good people to.

Be worth checking the actual threads match. Would be supposed how well a m15x supressor will shoulder up on a m14x1 thread if your a gronk at GC

@Nga was there any obvious sign that the projectile hit the can on the way through or just blast pressure ?

Threading for a suppressor isn't exactly difficult but does require a bit of care in set up and thread cutting.

I expect the gun plumbers at GC are aways under time pressure.

When I thread muzzles its for myself and for my own special projects.
I take the time to do it properly and check my work as I go.
Don't want a problem to catch me out in the field during a hunt and chance losing a shot at a decent animal

No mate everything looked ok except the workmanship. The shooter was not at fault either I chatted to him while he set it up and he was on point.

I would be suspect of the alloy grades being used in budget Chinese suppressors and their ability to resist pressure and therefore expand a seemingly ok thread engagement.

The bore diameter
Suitable muzzle thread size
Muzzle shoulder
Suppressor alloy grade, quality and threads

All pretty easy to get right
All just as easy to get wrong.

My pick is it will be two or three things wrong to have a suppressor launch down range

not the first time guncity screw up with their "gunsmithing". seen plenty of cases like that... Sometimes i am suprised if they manage to mount a scope the correct way around...

another "green" retailer is just as bad btw.

I hope he gets his money back, and then buys somewhere were people are at least somewhat competent...

one assumes the correct calibre suppressor was screwed on

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

one assumes the correct calibre suppressor was screwed on

Yep sure was we checked that

I'd be very weary of gun city work. While I have purchased firearms from them, and let's face it, probably will again, I wouldn't get them to set up anything or buy their branded gear. I've seen too many botch ups. A bloke at the range a few months ago had a bunch of trouble, only to work out his scope was moving around in the mounts, he'd had it set by GC that morning.

Originally Posted by Dama dama

I'd be very weary of gun city work. While I have purchased firearms from them, and let's face it, probably will again, I wouldn't get them to set up anything or buy their branded gear. I've seen too many botch ups. A bloke at the range a few months ago had a bunch of trouble, only to work out his scope was moving around in the mounts, he'd had it set by GC that morning.

If i wander in those doors i seem to hear a voice in my head that says "JUDAS!!!"

Do GC do their own gunsmithing?