Thread: Gun city quality firearms…. Yea na

It just seems an obvious thing to do in checking the threads Its really not that hard. The people I shoot with know their firearms, they know what thread is on their barrel, then all I do but most probably dont do this, is inspect my suppressor what Im looking for is damage etc (I have had one that had a little bulge in it and it got thrown away) give it a shake look through it and make sure its not blocked and hey there's the thread its got stamped on it does it match my rifle? Then screw it on being careful not to cross thread it, seen that done a few times. and its really that easy. Yea yea I know you shouldn't have to.........but look what can happen if you dont.

Originally Posted by Shamus_

A 15x1 suppressor will "tighten" onto a 14x1 thread - you wouldn't want to torque it up too tight but it will definitely screw on there

Interesting. I just tried my M15x1 suppressor on 3 of my rifles threaded M14x1 and with all 3 rifles the M15x1 suppressor just slid straight over the full length of threading, no winding involved just slid on and off.

I can "tighten" a 15x1 A-tec suppressor onto a factory threaded 14x1 Tikka - there wouldn't be much in the way of thread engagement and it doesn't feel "correct" but it definitely doesn't slide on and off ...

I bet if you give it a good tighten it will pull the threads in the suppressor

Originally Posted by blip

It just seems an obvious thing to do in checking the threads Its really not that hard. The people I shoot with know their firearms, they know what thread is on their barrel, then all I do but most probably dont do this, is inspect my suppressor what Im looking for is damage etc (I have had one that had a little bulge in it and it got thrown away) give it a shake look through it and make sure its not blocked and hey there's the thread its got stamped on it does it match my rifle? Then screw it on being careful not to cross thread it, seen that done a few times. and its really that easy. Yea yea I know you shouldn't have to.........but look what can happen if you dont.

Plenty of suppressor don't have their thread marked on them.

Originally Posted by John Duxbury

I don't understand why we can't discuss and complain about Gun City without threads being shut down. It's a valid and necessary thing for us to do if a retailer is substandard. Do they advertise on here or something.

Nobody has shut down threads about Hunting and Fishing in my recollection.

That's because most of the H&F whinge fests are in the now hidden 'Firearms Law Changes' section. Hidden 2 years before you joined.

Originally Posted by blip

It just seems an obvious thing to do in checking the threads Its really not that hard. The people I shoot with know their firearms, they know what thread is on their barrel, then all I do but most probably dont do this, is inspect my suppressor what Im looking for is damage etc (I have had one that had a little bulge in it and it got thrown away) give it a shake look through it and make sure its not blocked and hey there's the thread its got stamped on it does it match my rifle? Then screw it on being careful not to cross thread it, seen that done a few times. and its really that easy. Yea yea I know you shouldn't have to.........but look what can happen if you dont.

The thing is, it would be fair to say most owners of a threaded barrel wouldn’t know by looking at it, what thread it is, if I ask a gunsmith to put a 14x1 or a 15x1 thread on a muzzle, I would assume that the thread is correct because the suppressor fits.

I had had four different muzzles threaded successfully before I found out that the gunsmith should have the suppressor at hand to do the job. And that was from a highly reputable gunsmith who I admittedly put in the situation but there was no mention of it at the time.

I guess one takeaway from this thread is that it is important to know what you’re buying and fitting together, satisfy yourself and don’t take the word of anyone who has a financial interest (this applies across the board not to only one retailer) in reassuring you. Yes items may have a good warranty, but a paper promise doesn’t mitigate the loss of driving hours to a range and firing upwards of $50 worth of ammunition to find out something is broken. Or worse still, having gear fail after helicoptering into somewhere in the South Island.

Originally Posted by SEdan

Hey all, Dan here, GC Wellington and Palmy manager here. To clear up any of the speculation, it was a mistake on our team members end. Nothing to do with the quality of the gear - when the rifle was sold to the customer he was unfortunately given an M15x1 silencer, for an M14x1 rifle.
This is obviously quite an embarrassing mistake, but not anything related to the threading job on the silencer nor the rifle.

The customer has come through and we have fully sorted them out, albeit with red faces.

I appreciate that some of the commenters in this thread may have well founded opinions of GC, but I and my team take these matters extremely seriously and, while we obviously made a human error here, I don't believe this reflects on our level of service and quality overall.

Good on you for front footing this with your reply on here. Credit where it's due.

Like buying ammo does anyone check the packet, or do you just go and buy a pack and throw it in the rifle?

Guess I might be a bit ocd on checking stuff now after doing all the dumb shit in the past. Forgot bolt, forgot mag took wrong bolt for rifle, took wrong ammo, wrong suppressor. Yea done it all in the past so I check check check now

yes Blip good advice packing for even a one day hunt rifle bolt ammo knife boots first - and last thing check again - but gunsmiths and shops - had a good run except for one bloody muppet in Gisborne - took my Rem BDL .222 in for new barrel - fitted a Hawken barrel - to my horror when I picked it up from shop he had polished the jewelling of the bolt - I was mortified - why ohhhhh why

Half by 28 us hard to confuse with anything else

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!!!"

But i might add i do like that GC always have popular smokeless powders much longer than all the other shops.

All the cool kids dis the big sheds, when in reality some small traders who operate away from scrutiny are more likely to put one around you. We champion the little guy, but there are some sneaky ones. The big sheds at least know there are eyes on them.