Another extractor....

[Brett248Vista]

If you have a nearby Fed Ex hub you can take it in (in the original box) and they will give you two free smaller Fed Ex boxes you can put one on each end of the factory box and they can be butted together at the center. I just did this to ship mine back. The original box has to be covered so as to not disclose it's contents.

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

Well Shoot, i hope mine never fails me cause i done tossed out that original box.

Now What??

 

[Brett248Vista]

That's why I keep boxes for important stuff.. Still got the box for my 67" TV in the shed

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

Dang, how long do you have to keep a box???

There has to be another way.

 

[MCinATL]

not sure if the pin was old or new.... had a narrow round piece on one end, and a flatter, bigger piece on the other.

trying to visualize it, since i am writing from an airplane..

btw - it was winchester wildcats.... the first 1,010 rounds were wildcats too.. i saw the letter too late...

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Dang, how long do you have to keep a box???

There has to be another way.

I have em all.. over 25 years worth.

 

[27 Beck]

Dang, how long do you have to keep a box???

There has to be another way.

If you want it to be a collectors item, you keep the box.

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

Well i kept that piece of cardboard for 6 months then threw it out.
I guess Im ok.

 

[rip3000gt]

If you want it to be a collectors item, you keep the box.

+1 if you have an old gun with the original box, the box alone can add a nice penny

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

Well Im not a collector, Im a shooter and ive never kept a box more than 3 years.

 

[27 Beck]

Well Im not a collector, Im a shooter and ive never kept a box more than 3 years.

I understand a lot of people don't want empty boxes cluttering up the house. But when it comes to reselling a gun, a gun with the box and papers usually sells faster and brings more $$$$. Just saying, YMMV.

 

[MCinATL]

wow - just called S&W for the call tag to send in my gun. they said repairs are running 4 weeks from the time they get it.. what has been a good, fun experience is quickly going south.

do the good folks at S&W ever read these forums? do they know that their products and service levels SUCK?

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I understand a lot of people don't want empty boxes cluttering up the house. But when it comes to reselling a gun, a gun with the box and papers usually sells faster and brings more $$$$. Just saying, YMMV.

That's true, and I have kept all mine. On the practical side... those boxes don't see much resale action from me.

 

[27 Beck]

wow - just called S&W for the call tag to send in my gun. they said repairs are running 4 weeks from the time they get it.. what has been a good, fun experience is quickly going south.

do the good folks at S&W ever read these forums? do they know that their products and service levels SUCK?

I'm a little confused here, your gun broke, and S&W is sending you a call tag to ship the gun to them at their expense for repair. They give you an estimate of turn around time, and since their estimate did not suit you, their products and service levels suck?

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

I'm a little confused here, your gun broke, and S&W is sending you a call tag to ship the gun to them at their expense for repair. They give you an estimate of turn around time, and since their estimate did not suit you, their products and service levels suck?

What part about being without your 15-22 for a month doesn't suck?

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

I'm a little confused here, your gun broke, and S&W is sending you a call tag to ship the gun to them at their expense for repair. They give you an estimate of turn around time, and since their estimate did not suit you, their products and service levels suck?

Ohhhh SNAP!!!!

(although, guns shouldnt brake)

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

(although, guns shouldnt brake)

How else do they slow down?

 

[Brett248Vista]

How else do they slow down?

LOL!

I don't no......

 

[27 Beck]

What part about being without your 15-22 for a month doesn't suck?

That's why I have backups.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

That's why I have backups.

I hear ya. Still shuffling feet on the Sig purchase... heck... maybe I'll trade something toward it. I got a Taurus PT 945 that I use about as much as the box it came in a decade ago.

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

I hear ya. Still shuffling feet on the Sig purchase... heck... maybe I'll trade something toward it. I got a Taurus PT 945 that I use about as much as the box it came in a decade ago.

Dont throw out that box Phil. It could someday be worth $5.

 

[lonejacklarry]

I'm a little confused here, your gun broke, and S&W is sending you a call tag to ship the gun to them at their expense for repair. They give you an estimate of turn around time, and since their estimate did not suit you, their products and service levels suck?

My guess is that the poster read many pages regarding a product that has many identifiable issues. He probably read many more pages on the poor customer service displayed by S&W. He might have read the many pages regarding rifles returned only to break again sometimes within minutes. Maybe he got the runaround from S&W on when/if they really sent a call tag. Maybe he doesn't believe that all the problems are centered on a different companies ammunition. Maybe he has come to the realization that his spending $450 was a crap shoot and the odds are fairly long against him.

I think he has a valid point!

 

[27 Beck]

My guess is that the poster read many pages regarding a product that has many identifiable issues. He probably read many more pages on the poor customer service displayed by S&W. He might have read the many pages regarding rifles returned only to break again sometimes within minutes. Maybe he got the runaround from S&W on when/if they really sent a call tag. Maybe he doesn't believe that all the problems are centered on a different companies ammunition. Maybe he has come to the realization that his spending $450 was a crap shoot and the odds are fairly long against him.

I think he has a valid point!

You have your opinion and I respect that.

With all the maybes in your above post, just maybe he should not have bought the gun in the first place. Or maybe he should have known up front the issues with the purchase.

 

[27 Beck]

Dont throw out that box Phil. It could someday be worth $5.

$5.00? Check out what empty boxes bring on auction sites like Gun Broker.

But regarding your boxes, do what you want, they are yours.

 

[27 Beck]

I hear ya. Still shuffling feet on the Sig purchase... heck... maybe I'll trade something toward it. I got a Taurus PT 945 that I use about as much as the box it came in a decade ago.

Yeah, when wanting another I always check the "inventory" to see what I might be able to do without. But I do better selling outright to someone vs trading to a dealer. Dealer always wants to give me $150 to $200 less than I want for the gun.

In our area, Swap Giant is doing very well in helping folks buy and sell guns.

 

[SNAPPYCRY]

$5.00? Check out what empty boxes bring on auction sites like Gun Broker.

But regarding your boxes, do what you want, they are yours.

Notice the "" after my statment? Tends to mean im just messin with yah.
Lighten up.

 

[lonejacklarry]

With all the maybes in your above post, just maybe he should not have bought the gun in the first place.

Now, maybe, you're beginning to make sense. That is the conclusion to which I have arrived.

 

[chuck s]

The Taurus 945 is actually a competent pistol. I'm sorry I no longer have mine.

-- Chuck

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

The Taurus 945 is actually a competent pistol. I'm sorry I no longer have mine.

-- Chuck

Are you asking if I'm interested in remedying your sorrow?

 

[Guyman]

My 15-22 is about two month old and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I have not had a chance to fire it yet. After reading the forum and all the problems I wonder if should just ask S&W if they will just take it back (with a refund)? Sorely disappointed.