Ruger LC9 - Case stuck and slide won't come back

[hawk45]

Hello,

My neighbor came over a bit ago and has a newish Ruger LC9. He has a spent case stuck in the chamber and we can't get the slide to come back. I tried pushing the front of the gun on some hard rubber and even tried a piece of wood dowel down the barrel into the case and tapping with a small hard rubber mallet, but it won't budge. Any thoughts?

 

[Esoxchaser]

Send it to Ruger.

 

[rcmodel]

> Place the front edge of the slide against a deck post or something.

>> Make sure the barrel & frame dust cover has room to clear the post.

>>> Then lean into it HARD and it should open.


If that don't work?
See if you can get something small in behind the extractor and unhook if from the case rim so you can open the slide enough to take the slide off.

Then have your way with it.
You can drive it out once the barrel isn't attached to the locking block in the frame.

rc

 

[hawk45]

Thanks guys, I'll try to get the slide off. I did the barrel on the post trick already with no luck.

 

[hawk45]

Well I got her all fixed up. It was the weirdest thing. And I just happen to try it b/c it just looked odd and I don't own one of these. The hammer seemed to look weird, like it was in too far after falling. I took a small screwdriver and pushed the back bottom of the hammer. It had some spring tension but moved, and when it did, the slide came right back. I kind of reminded me of when your car door won't shut because that little latch gets flipped over and you have to flip it back to the open position.

Anyway, I got it apart and gave it a good cleaning for my neighbor. He never cleaned when he bought it and has been shooting it (which I never do.. always a good initial cleaning for this guy and lots of hand cycling to mate any surfaces, followed by a second cleaning before any range time). So problem solved. Thanks for the replies.

Cheers,
Hawk

 

[rcmodel]

Well that ain't right!

There is something bad wrong with the gun, or the hammer could not possibly go too far foreword and lock the gun up when firing with it assembled in the first place.

No matter how dirty it was.

Send it back to a Ruger and get it properly checked out & fixed.

rc

 

[ldlfh7]

I would send it back to Ruger per RC. He knows his stuff.

 

[hawk45]

I told my neighbor that. He's going to give it another go around to see how it does before sending it in to be looked over.

Thanks guys!