I will keep you posted cfish2, i am going to call ruger tommorow and find out what they have to say about the problem. It sounds to me that they may have a problem. Mine is a new 44mag bisley super blackhawk. i love the pistol but i would like to get it right, so the ring issue won't be a problem with sighting it in. I wonder what the normal turnaround time is normally on a repair with ruger?.