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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3753114" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>Coming from about 25 years of machining and manufacturing here. Yes that &quot;vane&quot; is simply a large burr left in there from the machining. Could have been that the slotting cutter used to cut the recess to hold the sideplate tang had been reground too many times or just a tool length offset set a couple of thousandths off. It&#039;s in an area that has basically no function to the mechanism as long as it&#039;s not impinging on the hammer. I agree with you that it&#039;s piss poor workmanship but they all do that stuff these days. Ruger has been bad about not touching anything that didn&#039;t have to be touched inside their revolvers for about forever it seems. That&#039;s just the &quot;cost reduction world&quot; we live in today, they let the customer do the QC. They gamble that there won&#039;t be an issue and if there is they&#039;ll fix it. Most will never pull the sideplate like you did and would never be the wiser.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3753114, member: 3099"] Coming from about 25 years of machining and manufacturing here. Yes that "vane" is simply a large burr left in there from the machining. Could have been that the slotting cutter used to cut the recess to hold the sideplate tang had been reground too many times or just a tool length offset set a couple of thousandths off. It's in an area that has basically no function to the mechanism as long as it's not impinging on the hammer. I agree with you that it's piss poor workmanship but they all do that stuff these days. Ruger has been bad about not touching anything that didn't have to be touched inside their revolvers for about forever it seems. That's just the "cost reduction world" we live in today, they let the customer do the QC. They gamble that there won't be an issue and if there is they'll fix it. Most will never pull the sideplate like you did and would never be the wiser. [/QUOTE]

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