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Posted: 11/25/2016 10:52:25 PM EDT
| Bought a new Smith and Wesson M&P Sport II today and when I got it home I noticed the upper has a distinct color difference from rest of rifle. The upper has a reddish/purple tint. Anyone know what causes this and how to match it back to the black of the rifle? |
| I don't know what causes it (maybe a different type of finish?) but I have it on rifles I pieced together that have the lower and upper from different manufacturers. I would expect a uniform finish on a factory rifle, but I don't know how much I'd really care. |
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I don't know what causes it (maybe a different type of finish?) but I have it on rifles I pieced together that have the lower and upper from different manufacturers. I would expect a uniform finish on a factory rifle, but I don't know how much I'd really care. The uppers and lowers are generally not finished together and can have different colors. |
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The uppers and lowers are generally not finished together and can have different colors. I know. I just figured that uppers and lowers coming from a respected manufacturer would have finishes to the same specs and be uniform. That's been my experience on rifles from Colt, LMT, Noveske, LWRC, and others at least. |
Does it look that bad in person, or is the camera making it look worse than it is? |
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Held one in store and then was given a new one in box from back at a local gun shop. Didn't notice until got home. it's not going to affect the function of the gun at all, will just look ugly I'd be pissed at the shop. even though it in the end it was your job to look over the "new" one before you paid for it that seems like a shady move to try and get rid of one with shitty anodizing |
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it's not going to affect the function of the gun at all, will just look ugly I'd be pissed at the shop. even though it in the end it was your job to look over the "new" one before you paid for it that seems like a shady move to try and get rid of one with shitty anodizing Quoted:
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Held one in store and then was given a new one in box from back at a local gun shop. Didn't notice until got home. it's not going to affect the function of the gun at all, will just look ugly I'd be pissed at the shop. even though it in the end it was your job to look over the "new" one before you paid for it that seems like a shady move to try and get rid of one with shitty anodizing What gets me is every time I've bought a gun at a gunshop they open the packaging on the one they pull out to sell me. I can look it over if I want and they can verify the serial number on the actual gun vs what the packaging says. |
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I'm definitely not the type to bitch about fit and finish issues and have had my fair share of AR's that had scratches and off non matching anodizing but, that's probably one of the worst ones I've ever seen. I have seen plenty of examples with purple tint to them but, nothing ever that bad before.
I would call S&W to see if they'd swap that out for you.. |
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Held one in store and then was given a new one in box from back at a local gun shop. Didn't notice until got home. Was the box open or still sealed from the factory? Did they not open it to verify the serial number and to also make sure everything that was supposed to come with the rifle was in the box? Whenever we get a transfer in that comes in where it's still sealed from the factory, we wait till the customer comes to allow them to open up the box so there are no issues with missing or damaged parts. |
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I know. I just figured that uppers and lowers coming from a respected manufacturer would have finishes to the same specs and be uniform. That's been my experience on rifles from Colt, LMT, Noveske, LWRC, and others at least. Quoted:
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The uppers and lowers are generally not finished together and can have different colors. I know. I just figured that uppers and lowers coming from a respected manufacturer would have finishes to the same specs and be uniform. That's been my experience on rifles from Colt, LMT, Noveske, LWRC, and others at least. thats never been my experience, besides purple bushmasters they are the worst and now sw |
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What gets me is every time I've bought a gun at a gunshop they open the packaging on the one they pull out to sell me. I can look it over if I want and they can verify the serial number on the actual gun vs what the packaging says. I've never bought a gun from any FFL where they did not physically verify the the serial number on the actual firearm in front of me either. Hell, one of my LGS has me verify, the guy behind the counter verify, and then a second employee verify the serial #'s. |
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Bought a new Smith and Wesson M&P Sport II today and when I got it home I noticed the upper has a distinct color difference from rest of rifle. The upper has a reddish/purple tint. Anyone know what causes this and how to match it back to the black of the rifle? I guess under the right light that might appear to be all black. The purple color is a bad anodizing job and in theory it should not have passed QC. However, I would give it a good cleaning. It may be some sort of really strange packaging job that S&W does. Try to soak it in clp and see if it comes off. Use a nylon brush only. It may be that the dealer swapped the upper on you. The dealer may pull the old "we didn't sold it to you like that" since you brought it back home. It's unclear exactly what they'd say but my guess is since you walked out the store with it, it's now up to the manufacturer (S&W) to fix any issues. I don't think functionally it would hinder anything but if it bothers you too much I would at least go back to the dealer and ask about it. Chances are they'd tell you to call S&W and most likely S&W will replace the upper. Live and learn, I suppose. Next time be sure to fully inspect what you buy, especially something as dangerous as a firearm. |
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