That would be me. I took my brand new, unfired, Ruger SR9c apart to clean any factory grease and lube. Folks are always saying how their new pistols are soaked in factory grease. None of mine ever have been, including this one. So I field stripped and cleaned and decided to go one step further and clean the firing pin/striker channel since some people have had occasional light strikes. Grease in the striker channel was always thought to be the cause of that. No grease in my striker channel (that I could see). So everything is going well until I put the striker cover back in upside down. :banghead:
Looking at the slide now, it is painfully obvious that it's in upside down. But when I was working on it and looking down onto the slide I guess it wasn't so obvious. So now my new gun that I've had for 24 hrs is useless and will have to back to Ruger. The striker pin plunger is engaged and is keeping the cover from being taken back off. There is no way to depress the plunger now.
I'm hoping that I can just send the slide to Ruger and not the whole gun. UPS raped me for $82 the last time I had to ship a handgun.
So I'm feeling like a huge moron with my new gun that I was so proud of, that now has to be shipped and repaired at my expense. I guess I'm just venting now. Thanks for listening, and whatever you do, don't hire me to work on your guns.
See new thread on this topic.
Looking at the slide now, it is painfully obvious that it's in upside down. But when I was working on it and looking down onto the slide I guess it wasn't so obvious. So now my new gun that I've had for 24 hrs is useless and will have to back to Ruger. The striker pin plunger is engaged and is keeping the cover from being taken back off. There is no way to depress the plunger now.
I'm hoping that I can just send the slide to Ruger and not the whole gun. UPS raped me for $82 the last time I had to ship a handgun.
So I'm feeling like a huge moron with my new gun that I was so proud of, that now has to be shipped and repaired at my expense. I guess I'm just venting now. Thanks for listening, and whatever you do, don't hire me to work on your guns.
See new thread on this topic.
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