[Shooter973]

In normal everyday use have you ever broke a Ruger Handgun? I have a boat load of Ruger handguns and have never had one break on me!! Never. Am I just lucky or are they that good? :confused:

[Sisco]

Among other Rugers I have a 6" GP100. Had a major brain fart at the loading bench one day and loaded 8 grains of Bullseye under a 158 grain bullet. Max load is 6 grains.
I had to use a piece of dowell and a hammer to get the empty brass out of the cylinder. No damage done except to the brass.

[Mal H]

Nope, never.

[cool45auto]

Uh uh.

[gggman]

Rugers are built like tanks, and not only have I never broken one, I've never heard of anyone else breaking one either. They are the Maytag of the firearms industry.:D

[combat effective]

They are all that good.

[gggman]

Rugers are built like tanks, and not only have I never broken one, I've never heard of anyone else breaking one either. They are the Maytag of the firearms industry.:D OK, just watch, someone will post how all Rugers are POS.:rolleyes:

[JohnKSa]

Last time I asked, the range I used to go to still had never had one of their Ruger rentals break.

A guy I know blew up a Redhawk with crazy handloads. Ruger fixed it (replaced it) at their cost.

[tailgunner]

over 100K rounds and still shooting. Lost a couple of screws over the years till I started using loctite.

[Chuck Perry]

Yep, killed a 357 Blackhawk by fanning it too much. No idea what the proper term is, but the "gear" on the cylinder that the cylinder hand rotates it with is all chewed up. I have been telling myself to return it to Ruger for a couple years, but I'm afraid of what I'll be charged. Don't use the gun enough to justify a $100+ fix on top of shipping.

[Jim March]

I've seen a couple in the "here's what idiots do so don't" boxes at local ranges. Both Blackhawks, both blown to hell with truly stupid handloading. One, amazingly enough, was a 357...I don't want to even *think* about what sort of load that was.

In both cases, the topstrap bulged but didn't break...the cylinders cut loose and obviously sent shrapnel sideways, but not backwards. An S&W N-Frame 44Mag on the other hand only had the forward half of the topstrap present but bent upwards. This is apparantly not uncommon between the two makes, across most frame sizes...even when they fail, Rugers are safer.

Rugers have a rep for being strong, so there's going to be some people who think that means you can fill the shell with Bullseye or something :rolleyes:.

[Jim March]

Chuck: Ruger will probably fix it for free.

[tc300mag1]

Nope i never have.

But i saw a Ruger 944 after the fact from a double charge just cracked the slide and blew extractor out not sure on barrel we couldnt cycle by hand

[P95Carry]

Not yet!!!:D

Much as i love HOT ... I intend to maintain the necessary respect ... strong tho they might be.

My biggest cause for care will be the .454 Casull SRH .. I intend to load up to match the Hornady 300 grain factory load .. with XTP .. 1800 ft lbs or so .. beyond that I have no wish to go!:p

[cordex]

I noticed something odd while cleaning my Ruger MkII not too long ago. Somehow, a corner of the bolt had been peened out of shape slightly, and caused the bolt to scrape the inside of the receiver as it was removed. I knocked the edge down with a file and it was back in action.

Still ... odd that it would do that.

Does that qualify as "broken"?

[P95Carry]

Cordex ..... hmmm, interesting. Does not sound like ''broken'' per se ... but can you explain which area is involved .. even a pic to show the region you mention. Might be useful to work that one out methinks.

[cordex]

I don't mean to hijack Shooter973's thread, but since it does relate to broken Ruger's ...

The filed area on the bolt should be pretty readily visible. The scratches inside the receiver worried me the most, but they don't seem to affect function.

The gun functioned 100% before I noticed the bolt peening (and I had just brought it in from a shooting session when I cleaned it - for the first time in a few thousand rounds - so it was working with the problem).

[cordex]

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=784951

[Old Fuff]

Bust a Ruger? Sure have. The trigger spring in a Security-Six. And I've fixed two others that had the same problem. They were aware of the problem and later designs eliminated this kind of mousetrap spring.

[4v50 Gary]

Methinks it's bad milling marks and not file marks on the bottom of that bolt. As for the peening, the bolt face itself where the cartridge rests looks good to me.

[Remander]

Yes, I have broken a Ruger, but there is a happy ending.

Bought a new Mark II KMK512 in the mid 80's.

A flawless and fun plinker ... except that one time when I was shooting and the "ears" on the bolt separated and flew off. It was about 10 yrs old at the time.

Wrote Ruger a letter about it. It was WAY out of warranty, so I did not expect much. Just had to vent.

Ruger immediately sent me a new bolt (free) and a postage-paid envelope to return the broken pieces. Nary a hiccup since.

Good move on their part. Earned my loyalty. I have since bought a 10/22, GP100 and, most recently, a Gov't Comp Slabside Mark II that I equipped with a red dot. Love 'em all, and no problems with any of them.

No doubt I would not have bought those other Rugers if the company had not responded in such admirable fashion.

[Kor]

I've personally owned a Ruger SP-101 that I dry-fired an awful lot without putting either snap-caps, fired cases or Ruger's "safety ring" in the cylinder - the firing pin slammed into its bushing at the back of the frame so hard and so often, that it peened up a ridge around the hole where the tip of the firing pin protrudes. It only caused the slightest of problems when I tried to fire a batch of handloads that had several rounds with high primers, which would drag against the ridge a bit, making the action a little rough-feeling. I shoulda just stoned the ridge down, but somebody made me an offer I couldn't refuse, and I sold the gun.

I've also seen a picture of a busted Super Redhawk at a local range, attributed to a reloaded round of 44Mag that was accidentally double-charged with Accurate #5. IIRC, a guy who witnessed it firsthand said that round ruptured the cylinder, bulged the topstrap, and launched the Leupold scope on the gun at the time several yards up in the air.

[Chuck Dye]

My KMK-6, the stainless MkII with 6" tapered barrel, broke a firing pin somewhere in the 15,000-20,000 round range, shortly afterward the extractor let go. Each time, a phone call to Ruger brought a replacement part, and each time, no matter that I tried, I was not permitted to pay for the part or shipping and handling. No complaints here!

[cordex]

Methinks it's bad milling marks and not file marks on the bottom of that bolt. As for the peening, the bolt face itself where the cartridge rests looks good to me.
Maybe I should have been more specific.
The whiter area on the front corner of the bolt (closest to the camera) is the area I knocked down with a file.
It had peened out so that there was a little edge that scraped the inside of the receiver as it came out. Hence me going at it with a file.

[AC]

I've had two Ruger single actions break on me. One while shooting, the other while dry firing. In each case the plunger that protrudes from the bottom of the hammer snapped in two.

[Josey]

Do parts flying off count? Ruger Vaqueros in 44-40. The cylinder pin went to the moon in one revolver. The ejector rod launched itself on the other. I put quite a bit of parts and work into both revolvers for CAS use. Rugers do fall apart.

[P95Carry]

Cordex .... As Gary noticed ... some milling marks but yeah .. I can see the ''shiny'' corner where you dressed with file .. but that is effectively lower left and perypheral, with respect to where case seats..... but unusual and I am still wondering how it got that way, like you.

The closest thing to that area is the ejector and up front the breech face is just a plain surface ... so, wonder if a bad eject sometime temprarily distorted the ejector tip enough to make it impinge on that corner a bit at end of slide travel .. pretty far fetched tho eh!

And then marks in receiver.... which had to be secondary.

Bit of a mystery so far .. but at least it seems you have good and normal junction. See if anyone else can form a hypothesis here.

[WheelMan]

I've never broken my Vaq, but that's not a good example as most of the guts weren't made by ruger. My buddy did manage to break some internal bit of his .22/45 It still worked, but something was cracked in half, little tab that holds the mainspring I think.

[sturmruger]

Anyonw notice how most of the reports of mangled guns come from people that were trying some hot new reload they they had messed up. I think that is why I have not started reloading. I am not real good at details and I am kind of afraid at what I would screw up. I would hate to blow up my Security Six just because I made a mistake.

[Gus Dddysgrl]

Mine seems to be working well. I love my Ruger SP101. It's my first and only. :) I have only shot handloads out of it. Nothing went wrong and some of them were HOT. I'm not sur ehow hot, but you can ask my dad he did them for me for my first time shooting it a while back. Gotta love having daddy around to do things for me. :D :neener: :evil: :neener: :D

Thanks daddy!!!!

[mec]

I've seen one omsbh blown up from using unique at 2400 levels.
Have tossed two ejector assemblys myself using upper end 300+ grain bullet loads. One was screwed directly into the barrel and I just replaced the screw. The other was of the old silver soldered bushing type- Ruger fixed that and restored the stainless finish at the same time.

A gunsmith showed me a Single six all out of time due to the broken hammer/locking bolt plunger as mentioned above. He said this happens every now and then because the part is very hard and has a square cut for the retaining pin. I suspect that letting the part get gunked up may cause this as might trying to force cock the gun.
http://milesfortis.com/mcump/images/mcump/20/rugeraction.jpg

[45Hoop]

to buy another Ruger :D

It'll outlast me and my kids :what:

Iv'e only seen exploded cylinders due to heat and "stupidity":neener:

[Cosmoline]

I once had an early-production single six that had been badly abused and was going for like $50 at a pawn shop. The metal on the grip was badly scraped, the wood stock busted, and the trigger guard dented. The force required to do this must have been enormous. Out of curiousity I beat it against a steel log maul and was unable to add any more damage other than some scratched blue. My bet is it actually got run over by a truck. The internal parts were unharmed and the trigger was among the sweetest single action triggers I ever felt. I would have sent it to Ruger for a refurb, but was afraid they'd monkey with the trigger. A collector bought it off me for $200.

[orangeninja]

Yes I have.....I had bought a brand new Ruger P97 with black slide. Within the first 200 rounds the slide lock popped out and the pistol locked tight with the slide semi retracted with a live round IN THE CHAMBER!!! the smith had to bang the slide off with a hammer.

Sent it back to Ruger, it came back, same problem. Ruger sent a new slide lock pin....same problem....now at this rate someone was going to get hurt due to it jamming on a live round and everytime the smith got out a hammer.

Sent back to Ruger demanding a new gun.

Ruger P97 $350.00
Shipping to and from $80.00
Smith work $35-$45

Getting rid of it for peace of mind....priceless.:neener:

BTW...I was using standard ball manufactured ammo from PMC...Winchester and Sellier&Belloit

Never did get 300 rounds through it.

[MCNamVet]

Kor,
The yellow disk in Ruger revolvers is to show the gun is not loaded, NOT for dry firing, as is stated in the owners manual. I've dry fired Rugers without snapcaps since the '80s, as they say you can, and never had a problem. Trigger action just smoothed out a whole lot quicker.

[Shooter973]

It sounds like they hold up pretty well unless they are abused or "Hotrodded" badly. Some times screws do come undone and such but that can happen on any piece of equipment. Only looks like one handgun that has really broken and that may have been a manufaturing problem . Thanks Guys! :D

[Treylis]

I've shot my dad's Blackhawk in .44 mag a fair bit... looking over the gun, that thing is a tank, I doubt it's going to break anytime soon by either him or me, even with the hot loads he puts into it sometimes.

[Bwana]

By the way this is the old "KP95DAO". I switched providers and a new THR name.

I and my oldest have each had a KP95 break, twice each. On my KP95DAO it broke on the narrrow ledge that supports the trigger. I also had the tip of the unlocking lug on the barrel break off, about 1/8".

My son had his KP95DC frame break on the loop that holds the off side of the hammer pin. The front half of the loop broke off. He also lost about 1/16" of his unlocking lug on his barrel.

While my gun had seen some warm loads his had nothing but 125 power factor IDPA loads although it had had about 7000 of them. Mine had had about 2000 "warm" loads and about 5000 IDPA loads. This was at the point the barrels broke. Ruger replaced the barrels free and later when the frames broke they replaced them free of charge also. We have had no problems since then. Even with him making it to SSP/Master in IDPA with his Ruger (a lot of rounds down range). He uses a Glock 34 now and I use a G23 for competition.

I have also sheared off two ejector rod housings that were on my Ruger SBHs. I customizd my stainless 10&1/2" with an eight inch Dan Wesson shroud (using the original bbl chopped, turned down and threaded). The other 10&1/2 blued is stock and I just leave the ejector rod off.

Other than replacing the firing pin bushings on the stainless SBH and on my blued 357 BH there have no other malfunctions; either induced by me or otherwise.

[Dr.Rob]

Dad has. yep. That broke easy son you'll have to get a NEW one of them.

Though I'm still unsure how his nuclear 300gr TXP bullets actually unscrewed the barrel.. but thats what appears to have happened to his SBH 44 Magnum. Saw him squib his GP-100 (oops there wasn't any powder in that case) bullet stuck on the throat of the barrel, cylinder locked up tight... hmmmmm. Saw dad take a loaded black hawk and use it as a hammer.. totally chipping a set of cocobolo grips... (Dad ummm... thats a LOADED $##^% gun you are using as a hammer!!!) dad says.. oh yeah you are right... takes up big rock and continues to try to cut through elk. Breaks knife.

Dads can be hard headed sometimes.

[tiberius]

yep, the paint flaked off the Al backstap of my Super Single Six. :D

None of my other Ruger revolvers have EVER had a problem and I also don't know anyone who has personally had a real Ruger revolver failure.

[Tim L]

I had the firing pin spring break on a 2 month old Single Six while dry firing it, without snap caps. I may have had 300 rds through it at the time. I now use snap caps.

Tim

[COK]

No, several thousand rds through a few different Rugers , never a problem.

[Maddock]

Like Old Fuff, I had the trigger spring break on an old stainless SecuritySix in 1974. Ruger mailed me two replacement springs that day with an apology letter.
I have also seen SBKs that were blown up with overcharges of fast powder and witnessed a 6" SecuritySix damaged when someone fired a max charge load with the Sierra 170gr after a cartridge without powder. Lots of noise, bulged the barrel, case stuck in cylinder but no injury to the shooter.

[Cosmose]

i own three rugers a single six a 22/45 and a p95
the single six no problems at all but a pin did break on my 22/45 after a few thousand rounds called ruger sent me another one FREE. and my p95 had a ring to come off, it's the one that holds the recoil spring to the recoil spring guide rod. it worked fine with out it (just a little harder to field strip)....but called ruger and they sent me another ring Free it fell off and i called again and they sent me a whole new guide rod and recoil spring once again Free......can't complain with that:) :)
my 22/45 will feed everthing but winchester x point
and my p95 will feed everthing:) :)

[fastbolt]

Well, I've sent 3 back to the factories (2 revos & a pistol) for defective parts replacement ... repaired three others myself ... and traded off another that just didn't seem worth the effort, being one of "those guns" you wish you'd never bought in the first place.

I think they're excellent values for the money ... very well designed, robust and affordably produced ... accurate enough for reasonable use for most owners ... and the SA revolvers are my favorite of all time ...

[Jim K]

Yes, on an old Mk I (the target model) I had one of the rear "legs" break off the recoil spring guide after heaven knows how many rounds. A call to Gun Parts made for a quick fix. Actually, the gun still worked; I found the problem when cleaning it.

BTW, I don't consider wrecking a gun with an overload as "breaking" it.

Jim

[wintermute76]

Only problem I ever had was the spring pin in the bottom of my Single Six hammer snapped in two, pretty much locked it up. Ruger sent me a new one free, disassembled it, installed and no problems since. No problems on my Super Redhawk .44, MkII, or 2 of my 10/22's.
Replaced some parts on my oldest 10/22, probably due to the first 75000 rounds thru it :D Still runs like a champ.

[Buzz]

I have broken a GP 100 before. After approx 500 rounds the cylinder crane latch split. Ruger replaced the cylinder and the crane mechanism and it now has about 10,000 rounds on it.

[dodge]

Yes I have. I had a Ruger Blackhawk in .45 LC that the gripframe broke on while I was shooting it. The loads were Ruger loads from the Hornady manual. I bought this gun used so I don't know what the previous owner used in it or how much he used it. Sent it back to Ruger with a note explaining everything and they fixed the gripframe and overhauled the pistol in general replacing a few other parts that I wasn't even aware of being bad free of charge. One of my kids in college needed some money quick so I sold that pistol but have since replaced it. I also own three other Ruger handguns plus a couple of their long guns.

[8ring]

The single action sear on my GP-100 has given up the ghost after about 4,000 rounds and a much higher number of dryfires with a snapcap.
The hammer can now be easily pushed off when cocked. Off to the 'smith for some new parts and more dryfiring to smooth it all out again.

My Mark II Target Model has never had a FTF or FTE in about 2,000 rounds. A few misfires on some bogus Federal Target rounds were the only problems. The Federals also misfired in my Remington and CZ .22 rifles.

Chris

[Stevie-Ray]

Nope. Some say I tried like hell to blow up my Redhawk, but that's not true. I did, however, fry the scope.

[HogRider]

Yes. My 44 Redhawk broke. ( A gun I bought used). The bushing around the firing ping got deformed and blocked the firing pin. Obviously a factory defect. I sent it in and had the gun back in 2 weeks like new. Have 5 other Rugers and never had a problem with any of them.

[fallingblock]

None of my eleven Rugers has ever failed to function in the manner intended.:D

All of them were good to go out of the box, which is more than can be said for some other brands I've owned.

As an example of Ruger service, on my latest GP-100, I stoned a bit much off the 'hammer dog' trying to smooth the D.A. trigger pull.

It was my fault and I told Ruger as much, while mentioning how difficult it is to obtain parts from the Australian Ruger agents.

The export manager, Kimberly Pritula, sent me a new hammer dog.

This involved QUADRUPLICATE U.S. State Dept. export forms and triplicate Australian import forms.

For a 75 cent part!:eek:

[NavajoNPaleFace]

I broke the ejection rod tab on my older Single Six three screw many years ago.

It was made of aluminum so I didn't consider it any big deal.

Things like that can happen.

I now have two Ruger revolvers and one semi and they take a licking and keep on clicking.

[BamBam-31]

Not during use, per se. When I first got my 22/45, I wasn't quite familiar with assembly/disassembly. Putting the mainspring housing contraption back in was kinda tricky, and I broke off one of the prongs on the recoil spring guide rod in the process.

I called Ruger w/ credit card in hand to order a replacement part. The nice lady got my address and mailed the part to me for free.

:) I like Ruger's customer service.

[chaim]

I'd say they are as close to indestructable as is possible with a gun, though my own personal experience with them is pretty limited.

A friend of mine had a Ruger P90 that was great. He had a few thousand rounds through it and that I am aware of he never had a misfire let alone broken parts.

My first auto was a Ruger P89 in stainless. I only kept it for about 2000 rounds because I wasn't particularly accurate with it (I was even better with range guns that I was unfamiliar with), but it too never had a misfire let alone broken parts.

I had a Ruger 10/22 that I kept for a few thousand rounds. It had very few misfires and no broken parts, it was a good gun, I just didn't really like it.

I currently have a Ruger MkII and it is the first Ruger that I'll probably keep. I only have around 1K rounds through it but in that short time I've had only three or four misfires (ammo related) and no mechanical trouble. That's despite the fact that I have yet to fully clean it.

[MagKnightX]

I suppose it wasn't a handgun, but I broke my 10/22, but it was my own fault.

I had taken the trigger group out and was fiddling with it when suddenly something went a-flying.

It took me an hour and a half of fiddling and aearching for runaway parts to put it back together, but I did it and now it works just fine.

[justice4all]

My KP944 had an extractor that was not properly heat treated, so I'd get stove pipes. They sent me a new one, with directions on how to swap it out, and it's worked fine since.

[glockten]

Never broke one. I had a defective Redhawk once in which the cylinder would bind about once per revolution, so tightly that the trigger could not be pulled nor the hammer cocked.

It was replaced with no problem.

[andrew17]

I've never personally broke one, even though I once brought some contender loads to the range to shoot in my soup redhawk by mistake.
Let me tell you, Mountains of gas shoot out from infront of the cylinder when I touched one off. But the gun didnt even flinch.
My friend on the other hand has a blackhawk back at Ruger as we type. He was shooting it the other day and the whole handle assyembly snapped off in his hand. :eek: Upon further inspection, we noticed a casting flaw in the two halves. I guess everybody can make a lemon.

[high_caliber]

Yes - 4 of them.

A Mark II - broken firing pin (due weirdly enough to out-of-tolerance factory grips)

A GP-100 - the face of the firing pin flattened after a couple hundred rounds

Another Mark II - the retaining screw in the rear sight literally crumbled

A Bisley Blackhawk Stainless in .45 LC - the transfer bar broke after a few thousand rounds

[foghornl]

Since the mid 70's, I have owned Blackhawks in .357 .41 & .44 Mag. No problems

.357 Vaquero, KP-90 & Single-Six are my current Rugers. No complaints with any of them, either.

You CAN break a Ruger handgun, but it takes a heap of trying.

[Amish_Bill]

I had a 22/45 that had a mis-cut takedown latch from the factory.
I handled repairs on a friend's 9mm that blew an extractor. (forgot themodel) It lost all spring tension and could be removed with fingertips.

[Sheldon]

Hey Cordex, in response to your post about your bolt on your Ruger MKII and the metal being raised in that spot.....it's from that part of the bolt impacting repeatedly with the bolt stop/release. I had the same thing thing happen. Some guys say it's aggrivated by using the bolt stop as a release....I do use it like that so there may be some truth to that.


I had the grip/ears section of the bolt on my Ruger MKII pop off the bolt. Ruger swapped it out no trouble. I saw a friends GP-100's cylinder start to bind on its maiden shooting session. It was sent back and taken care of. I bought a like new Ruger MKII off a guy because it shot to the left so bad the adj. sights would not center the groups shot. I got it for $100 out the door and sent it to Ruger who swapped out the top end and paid for all my expenses to make it right.......awesome service.

[Boats]

I'm going to try to begin to wear out a Ruger today. I picked up my NIB stainless Ruger GP-100 4" and 300 rounds of ammo for it yesterday. Just getting started. Since this is my first handgun in years that doesn't chuck brass, I'll be able to absolutely keep track of how many rounds it shoots.

[Remander]

I had the grip/ears section of the bolt on my Ruger MKII pop off the bolt.

Sheldon, as reported above, that happened to me too. You are the only other person I have heard report that one.

My replacement part has worked like a champ for several years and many bricks of ammo.

[cordex]

Thanks, Sheldon!

[pwrtool45]

A friend of mine had several issues with his P95. Malfunctioning decocker (it'd drop the hammer, but sometimes not block the firing pin...much to the chagrin of his truck) and extraction issues. I think it's fixed now, but Rugers can break. Everything breaks. It's just a matter of how many of the few people that experience it complain about it loudly (e.g., Kel-Tec).

The Rugers owned/own between me and my old man have given no trouble. Beatcat, 22/45, 10/22, Blackhawk (.357), Speed Six (grandpa's), P89, P90, P91 and SP101 were or are all fine.

Well, the 10/22 had some function issues, but that was directly related to the several bricks of ammo it would go though between cleanings.:D :D

[bokchoi]

I saw a Ruger GP100 with a split forcing cone at the range a few months ago; the person who shot it had a reputation for really hot handloads, however, so I suppose that was part of the reason. In any case, Ruger fixed it for him, and all was well.

[Otony]

I am sort of embarrassed to admit this, but do any of you remember way back to the 1950's when Ruger had a Single Six set up in a machine vise at the NRA Show? It was clamped into a vise arrangement, and had levers connected to an electric motor. One lever cocked the hammer, a second lever pulled the trigger.

If I recall correctly, it cycled something like a bazillion times over the life of the show, with no damage to the firing pin, or chambers.

HAH!:mad:

I busted my Single Six firing pin twice from dry firing, and mangled the chambers so bad my dad had to deburr 'em for me. Granted, I was young and dumb, but other than dry firing, oh, about a hundred or so times per night:p , I didn't abuse it at all!

I do recall Ruger sending me a letter asking exactly what I had done to break the firing pin the second time!

[dodgestdshift]

Putting a Redhawk back together after cleaning, my hand slipped and a compression spring on the trigger assembly took off for parts unknown (I hate all compression springs). Got the part from Ruger with no charge.

[kimbernut]

Can count them all on one finger. 1976 - My Semi-auto.22 went full-auto after only 500 rounds. Packed it up and sent it back to Ruger for repair. It was back in less than two weeks. Never had another problem.

[greyhound]

it'd drop the hammer, but sometimes not block the firing pin...much to the chagrin of his truck)

Good grief, are you saying the pistol discharged? More than once?

Now I do make sure my P97 is pointed in a safe direction when using the decocker, but I've never heard of an AD before.

But, I know any tool is never 100% reliable.

[P95Carry]

I'm an engineer by qualification .... and will NEVER place 100% reliance on any mechanism. When I have loaded my P95 or P97 .. I always point assiduously at the floor ... as I decock .. hoping every time that I won't ''ventilate'' said floor!!:D

OK so far!!! :p

[Edward429451]

Just twice for me. One on the MKII where I finally decided to tackle detail stripping the frame for cleaning and somehow managed to bend the sear pin on reassembly a little, disabling trigger function. I sure don't remember being hard on anything but it had to be me because it sure worked before. Replaced the pin and it's been fine since.

The other was on a Super Bearcat that I had bought for the kids (before Ruger brought them back). I got six shots off with the new/used pistol and it broke. Dunno exactly what happened. Sent it to Ruger and they sent it back still broken for lack of parts. I had to pay a gunsmith machine time to make a new hammer and trigger for it and it's been superb ever since. He said someone tried a home trigger job on it and botched it.

[ID_shooting]

Well the testimony sure shows rugers to be rough and tough that is for sure. Here is another:)

Was hanging out at the shop and this guy comes in with a real sad look on his face. He hands over a p95 with the slide stuck half way. we look at it and ask him if he was sooting reloads. He said "yes, I got them from a friend, how did you know" Well, logn story short, he had a sqip load and when it didn't feed the next round he racked the slide and touched off the next one. We all agreed he learned a VERY valuable lesson that day. After a stern lecture and showing him some rifles, handguns and x-rays of gnarled up hands with odd metal chunks under the skin the shop owner exchanged the pistol out for new one since the guy had just bought it that morning.

We took the dead ruger to the back and beat it apart. It was amazing, the only visible damage was a buldge in the barrel. Other than that, the gun looked flawless. Man, if it were any other gun I think it would have come unglued and messed that guy up bad. We ended up tagging the gun as unusable and added it to the training stock.

Rugers sure have thier place.