orionengnr
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Took a new shooter to the range Thursday evening. Her hubby had bought her a Ruger SR9, and it was my first chance to see/fire one. She also brought a Ruger MkI (another of his guns) which was so filthy/fouled that the range officer who checked us in recommended that she not use it.
I started her off with my MkIII Hunter, and she did just fine with it. Eventually, she wanted to try the SR9, but wanted me to put a mag through it first. I noted that it looked dry as a bone, but gave it a try. About every other round, it failed to return to battery (by about 1/8") and would not fire. A tap on the back of the slide fixed it for a round or two.
This continued regardless of who shot the pistol.
Additionally, she experienced a number of failures to fully cycle (spent casing was not ejected, apparently short-cycled, no jam, but subsequent trigger pull resulted in a "click" and upon manual cycling, a spent case was ejected).
We only put 30 rounds through it, and there were so many failures each mag that it totally shattered her confidence in "her" pistol (that her hubby had bought for her).
I did a search for SR9 failures, etc, but came up dry (as her SR9). Should I get her to bring it back, lube it up and give it another try? Or is there something I'm overlooking?
FWIW, I've owned and fired 9mms in Ruger, Kahr, Glock, XD, K-T and others.
Ammo was Blazer aluminum case.
I started her off with my MkIII Hunter, and she did just fine with it. Eventually, she wanted to try the SR9, but wanted me to put a mag through it first. I noted that it looked dry as a bone, but gave it a try. About every other round, it failed to return to battery (by about 1/8") and would not fire. A tap on the back of the slide fixed it for a round or two.
This continued regardless of who shot the pistol.
Additionally, she experienced a number of failures to fully cycle (spent casing was not ejected, apparently short-cycled, no jam, but subsequent trigger pull resulted in a "click" and upon manual cycling, a spent case was ejected).
We only put 30 rounds through it, and there were so many failures each mag that it totally shattered her confidence in "her" pistol (that her hubby had bought for her).
I did a search for SR9 failures, etc, but came up dry (as her SR9). Should I get her to bring it back, lube it up and give it another try? Or is there something I'm overlooking?
FWIW, I've owned and fired 9mms in Ruger, Kahr, Glock, XD, K-T and others.
Ammo was Blazer aluminum case.