My dang rugers keep breaking

[ACES&8S]

That's what you get -sequins- !!! for jumping line in front of me !
Those were obviously meant for me, that is my kind of problem, every year I come up with the unusual or never
heard of firearms problems. I don' t own any Ruger revolvers but no doubt those two were meant for me.
Glad to hear Ruger has good Customer Support, that is important to serious gun owners. Not so serious gun owners
that don't shoot their firearms, may not even know they have a problem with it, or don't care enough to get the
firearm sent back to be fixed if they don't care about it.
Looking back at MYSELF, lets say back in the 1970's I owned a revolver that came new where if sighted in, the rear sight wouldn't adjust to center
target & looked ridiculous with the rear sight solid against one side, but MINI ME was to stupid to send it back.
Most good gun mfg will fix their product if defective, & I have sent my share back believe me, plus a few recalls.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I’ve had to ditch a bum Ruger revolver. They do crop up. Sorry you had a rough time.

 

[25-20 WCF]

The past few years, Ruger has produced a phenomenal number of guns. In 2013 or 2014 if I recall correctly they hit the 2 million guns manufactured per year mark and have kept that rate up at least until 2017....

Pretty impressive for a company whose primary business isn’t even firearms, and hasn’t been for over a decade.

 

[TTv2]

The past few years, Ruger has produced a phenomenal number of guns. In 2013 or 2014 if I recall correctly they hit the 2 million guns manufactured per year mark and have kept that rate up at least until 2017. A thousand lemons per year isn't even 1%. Maybe they have more messed up guns per year than that, but statistically I bet you are way more likely to get a good one, but it sucks when you dont

The problem is all the issues that people seem to be having with their Rugers are all revolvers.

Ruger apparently can't make wheelguns like they use to.

 

[Rodentman]

I have had no issues with my several Rugers but there are a lot of rough sharp edges on many of them. I recently bought a slightly used SRH 10mm which has a sticky ejector rod. I don't feel like taking it apart and a gunsmith wanted $85 to do the work. I passed. He said that Rugers aren't made that well and wasn't surprised to see that condition. I just need a little start on the ejection to pull the moonclip so it's not a big deal to me.

 

[Armybrat]

Yeah, getting a lemon, or two or three would suck reeaalllly bad if it happened to the rest of us.
Some of us are just lucky apparently.

I must’ve gotten my full share of bad luck after purchasing a Chevy Vega (1973), a Citation (1980), and a Cavalier (1991)...... all new at the time. Lol.

 

[jmr40]

I've sent more guns back to Ruger than all others combined. Actually I've only had to send one S&W pistol back. I've sent back 5-6 Rugers. I've also had Ruger simply send me replacement parts a couple of times without having to send the gun back. That is the bad news. The good news is that Ruger took care of the problem and they all worked afterward.

 

[MaxP]

Pretty impressive for a company whose primary business isn’t even firearms, and hasn’t been for over a decade.

And what would that primary business be??

 

[Hookeye]

He might be thinking of Colt Industries.

 

[Hookeye]

I dunno how much foundry work Ruger does for others, vs their manufacturing of firearms.

 

[bannockburn]

I know Ruger's Pine Tree Investment Casting plant does a lot of other work outside the realm of just making gun parts but I have to believe the majority of Ruger's business still comes from firearms sales.

 

[alfsauve]

From the 2017 year end report. I don't imagine the 2018 report would be too much different.

"Virtually all of the Company’s sales for the year ended December 31, 2017 were from the firearms segment, with approximately 1% from the castings segment."

 

[DANS40XC]

I haven't had any Ruger pistol issues in 30+ years.

Since that was the last investment cast Ruger JUNK that I have touched.

Purchase a Freedom Arms 83's &/or 97's & you'll give the Ruger schit away!!

 

[MaxP]

I haven't had any Ruger pistol issues in 30+ years.

Since that was the last investment cast Ruger JUNK that I have touched.

Purchase a Freedom Arms 83's &/or 97's & you'll give the Ruger schit away!!

I remember asking a Ruger engineer at Pine Tree in New Hampshire while researching a book which corner of the facility was Freedom, Wyoming....

I guess that JUNK investment casting is good enough for FA. Just wish you could carry that expensive revolver safely with a round under the hammer...like you can a Ruger or BFR.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

Use to be a Ruger fan. Those days are over. Saw too many problems coming down the pike with revolvers and their new Semi autos just do not cut it anymore. Personally think there is a NEW Ruger Philosophy from the past. The odd thing is it seems Taurus is moving up with better firearms. JMO. Not trying to bash Ruger. But just does not seem the same as before as far as quality.

 

[Old Stumpy]

I can't fathom why some are touting Taurus as the one brand to buy. Checking the other forums reveals numerous issues with them.
One gun shop employee respondent stated that he returned more Taurus revolvers than any other brand for warranty service.
Positive reviews mostly indicated that they were okay quality.
Those are recent reviews incidentally.

 

[bannockburn]

alfsuave

"Virtually all of the Company’s sales for the year ended December 31, 2017 were from the firearms segment, with approximately 1% from the castings segment."

Thank you for confirming that firearms are still, and will probably always be, the principal money maker at Ruger.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

I can't fathom why some are touting Taurus as the one brand to buy. Checking the other forums reveals numerous issues with them.
One gun shop employee respondent stated that he returned more Taurus revolvers than any other brand for warranty service.
Positive reviews mostly indicated that they were okay quality.
Those are recent reviews incidentally.

And yet one gun shop owner said he sold more Taurus than any other revolver and very few come back. In fact he sold 4 times as many. I go to the range on a regular basis, belong to a club with long time shooters. There are many that love their Taurus Revolvers. I have no dog in this fight. Do not own a Taurus, never have, but just might in the future. And that goes for charter Arms. As one poster said, Charter ARMS seems to be picking up their game. I believe Taurus is doing the same. I never was one to believe in all the Taurus Bashing. And as I mentioned earlier, Ruger semi-auto's are going budget. I also belong of other forums and see many very positive reviews of both Taurus revolvers and Pistols as well as Charter Arms revolvers. . I am not saying one is better than the other. At this point, I would same they are all running about the same. Just personal preference. And what I would like over anything Ruger makes now is a Kimber K6 or a KING Cobra. (I do love the LCR, have two of them and that is about the only gun I would be interested in getting another from Ruger)

 

[DANS40XC]

I remember asking a Ruger engineer at Pine Tree in New Hampshire while researching a book which corner of the facility was Freedom, Wyoming....

I guess that JUNK investment casting is good enough for FA. Just wish you could carry that expensive revolver safely with a round under the hammer...like you can a Ruger or BFR.

Being smarter than the equipment that I'm operating-
I don't remove safety/transfer bars from my FA revolvers.

The IDIOT that did,got what he deserved-right between the eyes.
One aspect is certain, the IDIOT will not be reproducing making more like him.
Family attempting to cover kin's screw ups is not acceptable,but par for the course in this day & age.

 

[TTv2]

And yet one gun shop owner said he sold more Taurus than any other revolver and very few come back. In fact he sold 4 times as many. I go to the range on a regular basis, belong to a club with long time shooters. There are many that love their Taurus Revolvers. I have no dog in this fight. Do not own a Taurus, never have, but just might in the future. And that goes for charter Arms. As one poster said, Charter ARMS seems to be picking up their game. I believe Taurus is doing the same. I never was one to believe in all the Taurus Bashing. And as I mentioned earlier, Ruger semi-auto's are going budget. I also belong of other forums and see many very positive reviews of both Taurus revolvers and Pistols as well as Charter Arms revolvers. . I am not saying one is better than the other. At this point, I would same they are all running about the same. Just personal preference. And what I would like over anything Ruger makes now is a Kimber K6 or a Cobra. (I do love the LCR, have two of them and that is about the only gun I would be interested in getting another from Ruger)

I'll rise up here and just say that while a lot of Ruger's semi auto's may be budget, they're not bad. LCP's and LC9's are meant for concealed carry and are priced right for the task, the SR22 is a good pistol with the right .22 ammo, the Security 9 compact is better than the subcompact SR9 and will prove more popular over time. About the only Ruger pistol I just flat don't like is the American and while DPris (RIP) may have touted it as the best polymer pistol ever made by Ruger, it's not going to find any market share and will never be as popular as the SR pistols were.

Budget semi auto's I avoid are the Ring of Fire companies (for obvious reasons), Cobra, Taurus, Diamondback, and SCCY. Ruger is far and away better than they are in regards to semi autos.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I thought this was just a thread about one mans unfortunate experience. And it sounds more like a full on troll feeding frenzy.

I’ve owned two Ruger revolvers. One was crap. The other is great.

Problems happen. It doesn’t mean all Rugers are garbage........... or perfect.

People sure do spend a lot of energy bitching, and the band wagon looks mighty full from here.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

I thought this was just a thread about one mans unfortunate experience. And it sounds more like a full on troll feeding frenzy.

I’ve owned two Ruger revolvers. One was crap. The other is great.

Problems happen. It doesn’t mean all Rugers are garbage........... or perfect.

People sure do spend a lot of energy bitching, and the band wagon looks mighty full from here.

I will have to really disagree. Just some folks, including Ruger fans and past fans discussions one company. I guess it is alright to bash Taurus but not ok to say anything at all, other than great things about Ruger. One thing nice about a thread, is the fact that you do not have to log onto it if you don't want.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

I'll rise up here and just say that while a lot of Ruger's semi auto's may be budget, they're not bad. LCP's and LC9's are meant for concealed carry and are priced right for the task, the SR22 is a good pistol with the right .22 ammo, the Security 9 compact is better than the subcompact SR9 and will prove more popular over time. About the only Ruger pistol I just flat don't like is the American and while DPris (RIP) may have touted it as the best polymer pistol ever made by Ruger, it's not going to find any market share and will never be as popular as the SR pistols were.

Budget semi auto's I avoid are the Ring of Fire companies (for obvious reasons), Cobra, Taurus, Diamondback, and SCCY. Ruger is far and away better than they are in regards to semi autos.

Lol, In no way is a Security 9 compact better than a SR9C!
I do not call this a good build quality. And already sent back two or three times. Sorry if I sound frustrated, but this is just unacceptable. And I am tired of sending it back.
Actually thinking about buying a Taurus TX that has just come out.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

I will have to really disagree. Just some folks, including Ruger fans and past fans discussions one company. I guess it is alright to bash Taurus but not ok to say anything at all, other than great things about Ruger. One thing nice about a thread, is the fact that you do not have to log onto it if you don't want.

Oh you know, I saw a few comments here and combined them in my mind with another thread that is clearly a troll. This one ain’t so bad. Guess I’m tired.

Honestly I don’t really dig bashing any brand anymore. I’ve had issues with one of my S&W’s, a Springfield Armory, an issue with a Sig I fixed myself, an HK, an FN, and a Remington,

I used to bash Taurus. Not anymore. They make lots of guns that work fine. Some don’t. Same is true of Ruger.

Guess I get on edge when I hear someone start dropping words like junk.

 

[bannockburn]

Jeb Stuart

Lol, In no way is a Security 9 compact better than a SR9C!

I'm with you on this one Jeb! The SR9c is a well designed and built compact 9mm. At the time I bought mine I compared it to similar size guns from Glock, Springfield Armory, and S&W and found that for me the SR9c was a great value and the best buy for the money.

And I would definitely choose it over the Security 9 Compact as well!