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<blockquote data-quote="FEENIX" data-source="post: 388564" data-attributes="member: 14204"><p>Quagaarx6x,</p><p></p><p> I can't seem to find the article but the reason was, "<em>it finally got too expensive to manufacture and was discontinued in 2002</em>".</p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As far as the firing pin issue, I've c&p the recall notice below:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> </span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">There is a risk that when the rifle is fired with a defective cartridge – either because it was reloaded or because the cartridge had a primer that pierced upon detonation – the rearward gas escape might cause a broken portion of the firing pin to exit the rear portion of the rifle towards the shooter. </span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> No actual accidents happened but one incident was confirmed in Italy and one in Canada. Ejected firing pin may cause injury to the shooter, especially if the shooter is firing the rifle without use of protective safety glasses. </span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Voluntary recall from consumers and corrective actions by the manufacturer </span></em></strong></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">(<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/create_rapex.cfm?rx_id=136" target="_blank">EUROPA - Consumer Affairs - Unsafe products</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">)</span><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></em></strong>The stock finish has a nice shine and smooth finish and can be slippery but I never had any problem with mine. In any case, I'm sure there are others but a quick fix is a pac skin like ...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gunaccessories.com/pachmayrrecoilpads/PacSkin.asp" target="_blank">Pachmayr Pac-Skin</a></p><p></p><p>Ed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FEENIX, post: 388564, member: 14204"] Quagaarx6x, I can't seem to find the article but the reason was, "[I]it finally got too expensive to manufacture and was discontinued in 2002[/I]". [FONT=Verdana]As far as the firing pin issue, I've c&p the recall notice below: [/FONT][B][I][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana]There is a risk that when the rifle is fired with a defective cartridge – either because it was reloaded or because the cartridge had a primer that pierced upon detonation – the rearward gas escape might cause a broken portion of the firing pin to exit the rear portion of the rifle towards the shooter. No actual accidents happened but one incident was confirmed in Italy and one in Canada. Ejected firing pin may cause injury to the shooter, especially if the shooter is firing the rifle without use of protective safety glasses. [/FONT][/I][/B][B][I][FONT=Verdana]Voluntary recall from consumers and corrective actions by the manufacturer [/FONT][/I][/B] [FONT=Verdana] ([URL="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/create_rapex.cfm?rx_id=136"]EUROPA - Consumer Affairs - Unsafe products[/URL][/FONT][FONT=Verdana])[/FONT][B][I][FONT=Verdana] [/FONT][/I][/B]The stock finish has a nice shine and smooth finish and can be slippery but I never had any problem with mine. In any case, I'm sure there are others but a quick fix is a pac skin like ... [URL="http://www.gunaccessories.com/pachmayrrecoilpads/PacSkin.asp"]Pachmayr Pac-Skin[/URL] Ed [/QUOTE]
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