Shooter973
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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? 
Have you ever broken a Ruger handgun?
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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.
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.
Nope, never.
cool45auto
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Uh uh.
gggman
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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.
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They are all that good.
gggman
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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. OK, just watch, someone will post how all Rugers are POS.
OK, just watch, someone will post how all Rugers are POS.
tailgunner
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Ruger .44 Bisley
over 100K rounds and still shooting. Lost a couple of screws over the years till I started using loctite.
over 100K rounds and still shooting. Lost a couple of screws over the years till I started using loctite.
Chuck Perry
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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
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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.
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
.Jim March
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Chuck: Ruger will probably fix it for free.
P95Carry
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Not yet!!!
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!
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!
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"?
Still ... odd that it would do that.
Does that qualify as "broken"?
P95Carry
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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.
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).
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).
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.
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
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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.
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
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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!
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.
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