Bronko- Are you perchance a rep for PA? Of course it is accurate, NOW. They changed it. You didn't think they would just leave that the way it was do you? That might even be class action lawsuit territory were I to have my lawyer start digging up other customers who bought that rifle while the original add was up. All it would take is for us to subpoena PA customer records for the time frame I know the inaccurate add was up and then the fecal matter would REALLY hit the rotor blades.
Fortunately for them, I am not really the litigious sort and if they do indeed try to make this right, they have nothing to fret about. They will either comp me a barrel or accept my return and that will be that. So far, they have been conciliatory and helpful and are considering my offer for them to comp me a 1:10 twist barrel. I am not even insisting on a carbon fiber barrel. The twist rate is why I bought the rifle. As it turns out, I haven't been able to even find a company that makes a 1:8 twist barrel for 350 legend; I don't think they even exist. 1:10 twist is the fastest I've seen and even that is difficult to find in a 16" carbine barrel. I found one company that has 1:10 twist 16.1" barrels in 416 stainless steel in stock and I forwarded the link to PA. If all it takes to make me happy is for them to comp me a far less expensive barrel then the one they advertised, I don't really see the downside to them. Like I said though, if they won't, I'll just return the rifle and never shop there again; case closed.
As for the deceptive add, several other people on here saw the original add; they would all vouch I'm sure. Look back through this thread and see people's comments and tags. If they ended up trying to be slimy and try to memory-hole this and claim I am lying, well, that would probably piss me off enough to get litigious and then we'll just see who comes out on top. It's not like I didn't keep evidence of the deceptive add. I also have the entire email chain of how they are "dedicated to making this right", etc. which would be extremely hard to explain away in court. Anyway, at this juncture, I am not assuming they will try to shaft me. I'll let this play out and see where it goes. I think it is likely they will make an effort. To my knowledge, they don't have a bad reputation.