IOwnRugers
Bearcat
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- Mar 7, 2015
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Sorry if this is a known issue but doing a search for SR1911 magazine produces endless results.
I've been having FTF's with my "Night Watchman" from day one so I sent it to Ruger and they replaced the slide. I went to the range yesterday and today and I'm still having occasional FTF's. They are stovepiping on the way in.
I believe I know what the problem is. The mags. I have four Ruger mags ((1)7, (2)8 and (1)10 ), one Chip McCormick mag and one Wilson Combat mag.
On all four Ruger mags, the top of the rim of the brass case extends beyond the back of the mag. This causes the rim to hang up on the top area of the frame just before the slide which in turn causes the nose of the round to lift up and bam, stovepipe. It only happens occasionally so I'm guessing that the rim doesn't always extend beyond the back of the mag. It's just a random occurrence based on all sorts of possible scenarios.
Pic 1 is a view from the bottom of the mag looking up. You can see the case sticking out beyond the back of the mag.
Pic 2 is a view of the side of the mag with the back of the mag sitting on a level. Compared to pic 3 of the same view you can see that the right side of the mag is sitting up above the level, not sitting flush and touching the level.
Pic 3 shows the side view after I press down on the mag which pushes the rim of the case flush to the back of the mag.
I've compared to the CM mag and WC mag as well as mags for other guns I own and all the other mags prevent the rim from protruding beyond the back of the mag. I never have stovepipes with the CM and WC mags or the other guns.
I will be calling Ruger tomorrow to tell them it's not fixed and I know why.
I've been having FTF's with my "Night Watchman" from day one so I sent it to Ruger and they replaced the slide. I went to the range yesterday and today and I'm still having occasional FTF's. They are stovepiping on the way in.
I believe I know what the problem is. The mags. I have four Ruger mags ((1)7, (2)8 and (1)10 ), one Chip McCormick mag and one Wilson Combat mag.
On all four Ruger mags, the top of the rim of the brass case extends beyond the back of the mag. This causes the rim to hang up on the top area of the frame just before the slide which in turn causes the nose of the round to lift up and bam, stovepipe. It only happens occasionally so I'm guessing that the rim doesn't always extend beyond the back of the mag. It's just a random occurrence based on all sorts of possible scenarios.
Pic 1 is a view from the bottom of the mag looking up. You can see the case sticking out beyond the back of the mag.
Pic 2 is a view of the side of the mag with the back of the mag sitting on a level. Compared to pic 3 of the same view you can see that the right side of the mag is sitting up above the level, not sitting flush and touching the level.
Pic 3 shows the side view after I press down on the mag which pushes the rim of the case flush to the back of the mag.
I've compared to the CM mag and WC mag as well as mags for other guns I own and all the other mags prevent the rim from protruding beyond the back of the mag. I never have stovepipes with the CM and WC mags or the other guns.
I will be calling Ruger tomorrow to tell them it's not fixed and I know why.