sp101 broke

[pinched_L0af]

was dry firing my sp101 in front of the computer and the transfer bar broke in half. off to ruger it goes on monday. has this happened to anyone else? any hints to prevent this from happening again?

 

[Jim March]

Probably just a bad transfer bar. It can happen . Rare though, thank the diety of your choice.

 

[Marshall]

Well there's the problem, you're suppose to dry fire it in front of the TV.

 

[JohnKSa]

Is this a factory fit part on the SP101? It's not on the GP100 or the SRH.

If it doesn't have a star next to it in the parts list in the manual then Ruger will ship it to you and you can replace it yourself in about 10 minutes.

It's highly likely that Ruger will ship you the part for free--even if they don't, getting to skip the hassle of shipping a handgun will be well worth the minimal cost.

Strip the gun as shown in the manual. Take the trigger subassembly and slowly pull the trigger while holding onto the transfer bar with your other hand. At some point the transfer bar will clear the frame of the triggerguard and you can lift it out and put in the old one.

Release the trigger and reassemble the gun.

 

[shep854]

You broke a Ruger...

How big a sledgehammer were you using?

 

[4v50 Gary]

Wow. That's a first. Thanks for the report.

 

[Sisco]

I checked the manual, the transfer bar is available without factory fitting. Give them a call, tell them what happened and they'll probably send you a new one.
Part # KWO1700 for 357, .38 special, 9mm & 32H&R
#KW1701 for .22 cal.

 

[JNewell]

Wow. That's a first.

Yeah, I was gonna say, look again, this isn't really possible.

 

[GunGeek]

In other news:

Devil places order for 100,000 winter jackets. "We just want to be ready."

 

[shep854]

GunGeek; ROFLOL!!!

 

[Brian Williams]

Just make sure that the gun is unloaded, cause this might happen.

 

[Josey]

Not a unusual event. Many transfer bars break. I have been through a few in my Vaqueros. I have seen a few others broken too. This is a problem common to the new Single Six 32 H&R Magnums. Happens.

 

[Plinkerton]

I've got this new idea. I call it, "go to the store and buy some snap caps". Maybe you guys have heard of it before?

Seriously. I have read too many posts of people complaining that they broke their firing pins, etc. Just buy some snap caps, and dry fire with peace of mind.

 

[Lobotomy Boy]

I've heard of transfer bars breaking in Blackhawks, too. As for dry firing, the Ruger manual for my Blackhawk says that dry firing is okay. I just bought a Taurus 605BC last night and noticed that the manual didn't say anything about dry firing so I'll be getting some snap caps for that. I'll use them in my Blackhawk, too.

 

[shep854]

Brian, I gotta ask--what were you watching that got you so riled?

 

[Vern Humphrey]

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Brian, I gotta ask--what were you watching that got you so riled?
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I don't know what Brian was watching, but when I did it, Teddy Kennedy had just come on the screen.

The bad part is, I only knocked out the picture tube -- the sound stayed on, and I had to listen to the so-and-so's silly blather until I got the TV unplugged.

 

[JohnKSa]

Snap caps wouldn't have made a bit of difference.

The hammer hits the transfer bar, the transfer bar transfers the impact to the firing pin.

Cushioning the firing pin, as far as I can tell from the design, would have zero effect on the impact to the transfer bar.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

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Cushioning the firing pin, as far as I can tell from the design, would have zero effect on the impact to the transfer bar.
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The impact on the transfer bar is related to the impact on the firing pin.
With a snap cap, the impact on the total system is absorbed by the snap cap. Without a snap cap, the impact on the transfer bar is absorbed (or not absorbed) by the frame.

 

[JohnKSa]

Without a snap cap, the impact on the transfer bar is absorbed (or not absorbed) by the frame.

True--but doesn't that mean that even without a snap cap, the frame absorbs the impact--not the transfer bar?

I can see how the snap cap cushions the firing pin, and that might mean less of the hammer impact is transferred to the frame--but I can't see that in either case the transfer bar has to soak up much of the hammer strike.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

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but doesn't that mean that even without a snap cap, the frame absorbs the impact--not the transfer bar?
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Confucius say,

"Hammer hit transfer bar, transfer bar hit firing pin, firing pin hit snap cap. Firing pin, transfer bar and hammer all come to a cushioned stop.

Hammer hit transfer bar, transfer bar hit firing pin, firing pin hit nothing. Whole shootin' match come to sudden stop when tranfer bar hit frame."

 

[Brian Williams]

I was watching Agency, the season finale 2 years ago.

 

[JohnKSa]

Confucius say,

Vern,

I see it, but I just don't SEE it...

Seems like the flat hammer slamming the flat transfer bar against the flat frame isn't the kind of impact I'd expect to cause breakage.

Pinched...,

Can you post a pic of the part? I'm curious to see where it broke. If you don't have a camera, you can just lay the parts on a scanner and scan at 72dpi.

Thanks,

John

 

[pinched_L0af]

I have a camera, but it's a cheap one attached to my pda.

 

[pinched_L0af]

another view
luckily there's an attachment option, otherwise i wouldn't know where to start to post a pic.

 

[JohnKSa]

Thanks!

That's not at all where I would have expected it to break...

Vern,

Does the break point make sense to you?