My Ruger LCR locked up!!!

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I bought a brand new Ruger LCR on Saturday. All excited, I was dry firing it today (Sunday), and the gun locked up! The trigger won't pull. I thought these things were supposed to be so reliable that I can trust my life with it!!!

I thought may be the internal lock engaged, but nope, the lock wasn't engaged. So, tomorrow I'll take it back to the gun store. Since I haven't fired this yet, hopefully they'll let me switch it out to a different gun.

I was thinking maybe S&W 647 or Glock 26...

Has anyone had lock up issues with the LCR? any suggestions on alternatives?
 
I was thinking maybe S&W 647 or Glock 26...
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You're gonna replace an LCR with a .17 HMR K-frame?:scrutiny:

Or did you mean 637 (exposed hammer) or 642 (enclosed hammer)

If the latter, yeah, I think you'd be pleased with either of those.
 
So, should I go with a Glock or...?

I'm looking for a pocket carry gun of stronger than 380ACP.
 
MachIVshooter said:
You're gonna replace an LCR with a .17 HMR K-frame?:scrutiny:

Or did you mean 637 (exposed hammer) or 642 (enclosed hammer)

If the latter, yeah, I think you'd be pleased with either of those.
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Ah, I meant 637 with the exposed hammer. I liked the single action capability.
 
I am not a Ruger fan or an LCR fan...

but ANY gun can have problems

see how they take care of you before you punt. After all, you got the gun for some reasons that you found important.
 
Are there any known problems with 637? I don't mind if there has been in the past that have been corrected. I guess I bought the LCR a few years too early.
 
Guillermo said:
I am not a Ruger fan or an LCR fan...

but ANY gun can have problems

see how they take care of you before you punt. After all, you got the gun for some reasons that you found important.
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I really liked the gun, except for the locking up part. My fear is what happens if I get it replaced and it locks up again, except this time, I'm in a self-defense situation? Since this is a ccw gun, and not a range gun, I need it to be reliable.
 
BTW, I'm not trying to flame Ruger. I have several Ruger firearms and they are all fine weapons. And, from what I heard, Ruger customer service is excellent. My question is should I go with the S&W 637 which has a proven track record. Or, am I not aware of 637 problems? If 637 has fails for some people, I'll just go with the Glock.
 
Try one out if you can. I have a '60s vintage M37, gun carries great. Not as pleasant as my P3AT or PF-9, but definitely classier.

If you can swing it (and if it matters to you), the M&P 360/360PD are basically the same gun with .357 mag capability.
 
Guillermo said:
ANY gun can have problems

the LCR has no systemic issues, only occasional ones, like any machine

(I can't believe I am taking up for a gun that I loath)
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That's true. I've had my Springfield XD fail to go into battery twice. But, that I can just tap it in and make it go, again. I've heard that Glock trigger springs breaking, but they still work even with a broken trigger spring. The LCR just locked up with no solution. If this happens during a fight, I just got myself a 13.5 oz rock to use against my opponent...and it's too light to be an effective rock.

Is there a chance that S&W 637 or 360PD will lock up like the LCR? I would like to know if there is.
 
Aedrick i think your jumping ship just a bit too quickly

find out what happened to it first then decide what to do

i own an LCR and have put a good number of rounds through it without fail

and there are several others on here that have done the same

if your looking for a solid gun with a 100% perfect track record for carry you will not find one

almost every auto design has jammed and almost every revolver design has had a lockup somewhere along the line

otherwise get the glock smiths are overpriced
 
I like the Glock 26, but it's pretty heavy for pocket carry. LCR was pretty much perfect for me until it locked up. Right now I'm leaning toward the 637 or the 360PD.
 
I've got a lot of rounds through my light weight scandium 340 with never any problems. Half of the rounds through it are pretty stiff .357 magnum stuff.

Some say that the internal lock is a lock-up waiting to happen. I and thousands of others haven't found that to be the case.

I did have the lock rendered a non-issue when I had the gun worked on by an expert gunsmith. It's an easy fix if one is worried about it or if he simply wants to be sure.

I trust mine completely in a gunfight situation. I trusted it "almost" completely before the lock job.

My two cents worth!
 
Lets Talk Ammo

Were you shooting reloads?

oops...never mind...dry firing....duh....
 
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The LCR just locked up with no solut
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if this were a common...or even uncommon occurrence I would agree with your decision.

As this is a once-in-a-million I would fix it and test it.

As to Smith's, they lock up too on occasion
 
You know, as above posters have pointed out, any gun can have problems. I like the idea that any tool I own I should be able to minimum maintenance on. I can change the oil (and used to do more) on my car; I can drain the HWH for regular maintenance; I could install a new dishwasher, or hook up the water supply to the icemaker on a new fridge...and on and on. Our handguns are reasonably-simple tools that we should be able to fix.

As an example of the problems you've cited, for the XD failure-to-go-into-battery, I woulld look for cleaning the rails, possibly taking down the slide assembly, and maybe getting a new recoil spring. For the LCR, based on my S&W experiences, I'd check into whether or not the extractor rod has unscrewed slightly and binding up the cylinder. I learned to look for these things when I started to detail-strip my firearms for thorough cleanings.

There are hundreds of (written) manuals--and now on-line videos, videos / DVDs available for learning this--but it may some effort on your part to locate the appropriate ones, and then it will take some study.

If there is a Ruger manual by Kuenhausen, buy it. His S&W and 1911 manuals are among the best you can get. Without this basic knowledge, you will only be at the mercy of buy and sell--as opposed to own and care.

To start with--does the LCR manual show you how to remove the crane (yoke?) from the frame? If it does, figure out how to tighten that extractor rod while the cylinder is locked up.

Good luck with it.

Jim H.
 
WNC Seabee said:
There's an Internal Lock on the LCR? Is it a key like the S&W? I thought the LCR did NOT have this "feature"
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Yup, it's got an internal lock. The gun comes with two copies of the key. The key hole is in the grip, so in order to access it, the grip has to be removed.
 
Reading between the lines, I wonder if the trigger wasn't allowed to go all of the way forward and the cylinder latch didn't reset. This is an operator problem rather then a gun issue, and usually happens when someone is quickly pulling the trigger in the double-action mode, and doesn't let the trigger go all of the way forward before starting backwards again.

Be aware that this sort of thing will stop any double-action revolver in it's tracks.

Also did you remember to use snap-caps while doing this dry firing? If not you may have a mashed firing pin spring.

You'll end up with a more reliable gun if you identify what caused the problem, and get it fixed if that's necessary. Going to another gun will simply set you up with a new list of potential problems.
 
Old Fuff and GojuBrian are on the right track. Gun was running fine until the dry firing stuff. Before making any decision about the LCR, first find out what the problem is and if it turns out to be operator error, you'll have learned a critically valuable lesson (and recovered this firearm).

Only problem I've heard about with the LCR is this report of flame cutting. The era of polymer frame revolvers is just beginning and anybody getting one is on the bleeding edge and should expect to enjoy a few of the challenges that come with being a pioneer.
 
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