Indeed! I went through all this crap with Ruger a couple years ago, just to get a replacement front sight blade for my old model Single Six. They wouldn't sell me even the blade until I sent in my gun (at their expense, of course) for the whole counterproductive conversion. They keep records by serial number.
As soon as I got it back, I replaced the correct original parts for the right feel and function. They wasted a lot of money on the whole exercise...all of which is charged off to customers in the cost of their firearms.
As usual, the problem is lawyers.
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