cox3497
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I really need some help ladies and gents. If this story hadn't happened to me personally, I would be inclined to believe that the author is exaggerating. . .yeah, it's that bad! A couple years ago, my brother bought a P97 pistol for himself (based upon the glowing recommendations found in many gun magazines), only to discover that it malfuntioned in every possible manner. It would jam, fail to feed, fail to eject, and the slide would not lock back when the pistol had expended all cartridges. He wasn't too familiar with guns, so he couldn't fix it himself. He sent it back to Ruger once, and it arrived back in same poor working order. He sent it back a second time and they still did not fix it. Finally, he called Ruger so exasperated that he didn't know what to do, and they sent him a new P97.
Horror of all horrors , this model didn't work either -- although it did not fail in as many ways as the last one. The main failure of this new gun was that it would not fully feed the first few cartridges (or the very last) of the magazine when you attempt to manually rack the slide.
Seeing as how he just bought a like new condition Beretta 92 on my recommendation that also is jamming like mad (and we are not limp-wristing either gun, by the way), I traded him my GP-100 for his P97 to see if I could get it working.
I read a bunch of stuff on rugerforum.com, and learned that if I bent the extractor, I could help the rounds to feed better. So. . . I bent the extractor to less of an angle (making it more strait), and the rounds do indeed feed now. I have no jams and no feeding issues. I was wondering, however, will that extractor that I bent retain its modified form, or will it bend more and possibly work itself loose upon firing?
Also, for some reason, the pistol is now sometimes locking its slide back in the middle of the magazine (when there are still unexpended rounds remainging), and failing to lock back when all rounds have been fired. Please give me some insight into this situation as I have done all I can figure possible. Thanks to all!
cox3497
Horror of all horrors , this model didn't work either -- although it did not fail in as many ways as the last one. The main failure of this new gun was that it would not fully feed the first few cartridges (or the very last) of the magazine when you attempt to manually rack the slide.
Seeing as how he just bought a like new condition Beretta 92 on my recommendation that also is jamming like mad (and we are not limp-wristing either gun, by the way), I traded him my GP-100 for his P97 to see if I could get it working.
I read a bunch of stuff on rugerforum.com, and learned that if I bent the extractor, I could help the rounds to feed better. So. . . I bent the extractor to less of an angle (making it more strait), and the rounds do indeed feed now. I have no jams and no feeding issues. I was wondering, however, will that extractor that I bent retain its modified form, or will it bend more and possibly work itself loose upon firing?
Also, for some reason, the pistol is now sometimes locking its slide back in the middle of the magazine (when there are still unexpended rounds remainging), and failing to lock back when all rounds have been fired. Please give me some insight into this situation as I have done all I can figure possible. Thanks to all!
cox3497