my new ruger jammed a few times. am i bad?

[cajun47]

i just bought a new p95dc(9mm). i didn't need it but the price was $299 brand new.

it jammed pretty bad before i shot 2 mags(30 rounds). another day i shot 200 rounds through it with no problems. another day i shot about 100 rounds then it jammed again.

could this just be growing pains for the gun? i used wwb ammo.

thing is i know someone who wants to trade me a 3.3hp mercury outboard motor for it.

 

[wes]

I have a ruger P94DC. I had an extractor problem due to some gunk making the extractor stick. It left the spent case in the chamber and tried to feed another. I believe yours is the same as mine except the alloy verses polymer frames. What kind of jamming are you experiencing?

 

[cajun47]

the round goes almost straight up in the chamber.

 

[mavracer]

sounds like mag problem check lip alignment top round should be parrallel with top of mag if lips are to wide it may cause your problem

 

[gandog56]

Pretty strange problem for a Ruger. I've had a P85, a KP89DC, and a KP944DC. One of the reasons I liked them all is they had virtually no feeding problems whatsover. But the reason I don't own any anymore is the sloppy triggers on them all. But pretty much, every time I pulled the trigger I got a bang.

I think the only magazines I used were either Ruger or Mec-Gar. If you don't have at least two magazines I would suggest getting another one and see if the problem persists.

 

[Plink]

Are you sure it has factory magazines? If so, they may be worn out or damaged. There are a lot of low grade clone mags on the market. None of my Rugers will feed reliably from the USA brand mags. If you can get a new factory mag, I'd give it a try. As a second suspect, it might be the ammo. I've never had any problem with WWB in my Rugers, but it's not the most reliable ammo in many other guns.

I have 3 Ruger P series guns now and they all feed 100%. I dislike the sloppy triggers too, but I sure do trust the guns.

 

[Lonestar49]

Inspect it completely

...

Disassemble it and give it a pure cleaning, then oil it.. including your magazines.

Try new, Winchester 115gr white box FMJ ammo as well..

Many guns get damn dirty after 200 rounds, clean time, IMO.



LS

 

[Silent Bob]

200 rounds before cleaning is nothing to a Ruger. A P95 could literally go thousands of rounds before it started to malfunction from fouling. Plus, he is using wwb ammo.

This sounds like a magazine problem. See if you can pin down the malfunctions to one magazine or the other. The P95 is one of the most reliable autoloading pistols ever designed, but a mag with bad feed lips could jam even it. If you do pinpoint one of the mags as bad, be sure and call Ruger.

 

[gudel]

Send it back, let Ruger do the QC work, not you.