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Ruger Owners (LC9 specific) Beware!
- Thread starter GunsRazorsKnives
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- lc9 parts failure recall ruger sequels
immune? huh, well i know for instance the cz52 is prone to having its firing pin break when dry fired; so i dont do it
my cz75 seems ok, ive had it for quite a while and it has been dry fired plenty im sure. with glocks you have to dry fire them to take them apart
Mmm hmm. I feel the scorn of generations every time I dry fire ANY weapon. In the past it was NOT done and not expected of a firearm. It was the distance the pin traveled causing the damage.
Then here comes Gaston...
What's funny to me, having been into guns for just under ten years, is that dry fire practice was really something that I heard over and over for muscle memory etc.
Snap caps, brother.
I have had only good things to say about my Rugers. I have fired a P-90 .45 cal over 1500 rounds with nary a problem. I have fired a P-94,9mm, over 2000 times with nary a problem. All types ammo were used in them. I have an old .22 Standard with maybe 5000 through it. Never a problem. I rarely dry-fire anything. I CLEAN my handguns after every firing day. Inside and out.
Dang, sorry to hear this. I had a bad initial experience with a LC9 my wife bought 3 years ago and it turned out a lot of other folks had the same problem. I can't remember the details, but as I remember the mouth of the firing pin hole was not machined properly. When a spent casing was ejected, the base of the casing scraped on the mouth and brass particles built up, eventually preventing the firing pin from hitting the primer hard enough to fire. Any time we went to the range, I'd have to clean the hell out of that opening to make the gun reliable again.
Several folks said chamfering the mouth with a drill bit resolved the problem. I elected to just have Ruger fix it instead, and it was only a one week turnaround.
I was happy with their customer service and they did resolve that problem, but that experience made me a bit suspicious of Ruger semi-autos.
Several folks said chamfering the mouth with a drill bit resolved the problem. I elected to just have Ruger fix it instead, and it was only a one week turnaround.
I was happy with their customer service and they did resolve that problem, but that experience made me a bit suspicious of Ruger semi-autos.
Wow! Thanks for the heads-up on this. That firing pin sticking out while chambering a round could have been BAD.
I know you mentioned a G43, but I would recommend looking at the Shield 9mm first. I love Glocks, but I think the Shield beats the G43 in just about every way.
I know you mentioned a G43, but I would recommend looking at the Shield 9mm first. I love Glocks, but I think the Shield beats the G43 in just about every way.
