snuffy
09-02-2013, 01:23 AM
Upon getting my CCW, I got a Ruger LC9 for my carry pistol.
Right out of the box, I had trouble with it miss firing, FTF. The primer strike looked strange. I tracked it down to the presence of brass from the primer cup getting into the firing pin hole/channel. Apparently as it unlocked, it was shearing tiny shards of brass from the primers. This cushioned the firing pin strike. Cleaning made it shoot okay for maybe 20 rounds. Then the problems returned.
So I went on the Ruger site, got to the cust. serv., wrote a letter explaining the situation. The next day they returned my answer, which was they were shipping me a new slide, I should use a return envelope to ship the old slide back to them!
The new slide arrived on 08/28 with a pre-paid envelope in with the new slide. Swapped it out and sent the old one right back
Today was range day, I shot about 40 rounds through it, the last four I recovered the brass. Nice round primer strikes, it's fixed!
I suspect this was a known problem, although I haven't heard of it yet. It didn't look like the FP hole was oversized, that would cause the primer to extrude into an oversized hole.
Right out of the box, I had trouble with it miss firing, FTF. The primer strike looked strange. I tracked it down to the presence of brass from the primer cup getting into the firing pin hole/channel. Apparently as it unlocked, it was shearing tiny shards of brass from the primers. This cushioned the firing pin strike. Cleaning made it shoot okay for maybe 20 rounds. Then the problems returned.
So I went on the Ruger site, got to the cust. serv., wrote a letter explaining the situation. The next day they returned my answer, which was they were shipping me a new slide, I should use a return envelope to ship the old slide back to them!
The new slide arrived on 08/28 with a pre-paid envelope in with the new slide. Swapped it out and sent the old one right back
Today was range day, I shot about 40 rounds through it, the last four I recovered the brass. Nice round primer strikes, it's fixed!
I suspect this was a known problem, although I haven't heard of it yet. It didn't look like the FP hole was oversized, that would cause the primer to extrude into an oversized hole.