I recently bought a Max 9 with ReadyDot mounted. After about 30 rounds the slide stop kept engaging the slide in the rearmost position almost every shot and it required release by manually disengaging the slide stop. At the same time, the takedown plate dropped down and stayed down.
A quick lifting of the frame insert from the grip frame shown that the slide stop spring slipped from the slide stop and now resided between the slide stop and the frame insert. That also caused the takedown plate to become loose since it is held in place by that spring. Easy diagnosis. I reassembled the slide stop spring, slide stop and the plate back to their correct position and fired next 25 to 30 rounds only to have the same thing happen.
Unfortunately, I bought the gun in Poland, where I reside for 6 months every year and there is only one Ruger certified distributor. I wrote them an email and I am waiting for their reply but knowing the laws here in Poland and red tape associated with anything dealing with firearms, I doubt they will be able to help me as promptly as Ruger customer service in the USA, but I would like to hear from other Max 9 owners if they had such a failure with their pistols.
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A quick lifting of the frame insert from the grip frame shown that the slide stop spring slipped from the slide stop and now resided between the slide stop and the frame insert. That also caused the takedown plate to become loose since it is held in place by that spring. Easy diagnosis. I reassembled the slide stop spring, slide stop and the plate back to their correct position and fired next 25 to 30 rounds only to have the same thing happen.
Unfortunately, I bought the gun in Poland, where I reside for 6 months every year and there is only one Ruger certified distributor. I wrote them an email and I am waiting for their reply but knowing the laws here in Poland and red tape associated with anything dealing with firearms, I doubt they will be able to help me as promptly as Ruger customer service in the USA, but I would like to hear from other Max 9 owners if they had such a failure with their pistols.
Thanks for reading my post.