Thinking of getting a mini

I've got the urge to buy a new rifle and I already have a rack of AR's and AK's so I started looking at mini 14s.

While researching I noticed I see a lot of people posting about issues with bolt peening among other things. This made me take a step back.

Does this issue affect all brand new rifles or was it just a bad batch?

I've seen people say "don't worry about it if you get one with the issue Ruger will take care of you". I don't trust that statement at all. My last 2 experiences with Ruger customer support has been 💩 at best.