Captains1911
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I received a replacement slide from Ruger last week, and while inspecting it I noticed the firing pin is noticeably longer than the older one. It's so much longer that pushing forward on the exposed rear of the firing pin without depressing the firing pin block allows the tip of the pin to slightly protrude through the firing pin hole on the breach face. This seems like a safety issue to me. I contacted Ruger and the technician I spoke with confirmed this to abnormal, and sent me new slide. I received the new slide today and it's exactly the same. Anybody know what's going on? I realize the pics below are crappy, but they were the best I could do at the moment, hopefully they illustrate well enough.
Here is a picture pushing on the rear of the pin without depressing the firing pin block. The tip of the pin slightly protrudes through the hole (crappy photo):
Here is a pic pushing on the rear of the pin while simultaneously depressing the firing pin block, allowing the pin to move all the way forward. Notice how far it extends past the breach face:
Here is a picture pushing on the rear of the pin without depressing the firing pin block. The tip of the pin slightly protrudes through the hole (crappy photo):
Here is a pic pushing on the rear of the pin while simultaneously depressing the firing pin block, allowing the pin to move all the way forward. Notice how far it extends past the breach face: