Re: Nemesis Arms Windrunner Model 06 .308
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Pringle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A friend of mine from gunsmithing school bought a Vanquish at the AGI convention. He drove to my shop in Louisiana so we could test the rifle out and work on a couple projects together. Cool concept gun...but totally worthless otherwise.
My brought a case of Black Hills 168 match so we could break it in and take for a good test drive. While we're unloading the rifle my friend says he had a couple duds from the first box of BH match which I thought sounded kind of fishy. So we grabbed a different box from the case and a box of Hornaday 168 Match. Right away I noticed that the ejector was really scuffing the brass, then we had the first light strike. Then another. Then the rifle fired, then it didn't. My friend was pretty aggravated so we packed it up and headed to the shop. When we got there I took the bolt out so I could see what was up with the ejector and noticed that the firing pin looked bent. So out of curiosity I checked the protrusion and it was sixty-five thousandths, bent. Who knows what it was before. I disassembled the bolt and sure enough the firing pin looked like an "S" and had no heat treating of any kind. I could literally bend it with my fingers.
My friend called Nemesis yesterday and spoke with a guy named David who was defensive, and refused to send a new firing pin so my friend, who drove from Minnisota to Louisiana, so we could have fun with his product. That's what 4,000 dollars gets you. What would be so hard about over nighting a firing pin, ejector and spring? Nothing. If I had a customer request something like that while they're traveling so they could use the gun I built for them I would walk across broken glass to make them happy. The guy at Nemesis could careless. Oh, and the build took over a year. </div></div>
Now I spoke to David as I wanted to know what happened in this case.
I heard how David treated your "friend", he remembers the call well. To be a "gunsmith" is great! But.....as David told your friend, on a new rifle, with a 32lbs spring and unique bolt (mix between Savage and Remington) David wants to see why this rifle is not making your "friend" happy. David doesn't send out "parts" to fix brand new rifles. By the way, he only asked for a firing pin, never an extractor and/or spring. It was a courteous, linear call.
I KNOW what David offered your "friend," David always accepts the responsibility to help his clients, almost without exception, fast, courteous and most likely to update the rifles that get sent back for free. He offered him to send the rifle back and he would replace or fix anything that was wrong with the rifle for free. Light strikes take more than the sending the bolt back. David pays for shipping. Of the 13 rifles sold on the very day your "friend" bought his, not a single one of the other 12 had any issues.
I know how S7 acts in that bolt, it CANNOT be bent in an "S". The pin is .125 / .070 (tip) and you are telling me that you bent that in your hands? You haven't got a clue. And THAT is the problem with folks attempting this on their own. THAT is the problem with "I got a friend stories."
I also know that to this day, this very day...your "friend" has not replaced, sent the rifle back, or in any way has improved upon the condition that you describe. Finally....your "friend" is sending his rifle back to the maker. He is a nice courteous person that gets it.
A FEDX slip has already been sent out to ship this rifle. David paid for it and he is waiting for it.
Now, would you like to know why this rifle took a year to get your friends hands? Ask your friend....it has nothing to do with David, making the rifle, etc. David sells about a rifle a day and delivery has been the same for a year, delivery in 60 to 90 days.
Tell your "friend" to get his brand new rifle back to David.
