I now own 3 SR-series pistols, and each one of them malfunctioned at first. I agree with other comments that you can't begin to judge their reliability until you have at least a few hundred rounds down the pipe. Part of my break-in for these pistols involve a hundred or so rounds of Ranger +P...
FYI, all the FN Herstal pistols allow racking the slide with the safety engaged. Hammer cocked or hammer down, doesn't matter. I like the feature, and wish the SR worked the same way. Not a biggie though.
Ruger returned my SR9 today. A note from Ruger read: "Upon investigation and evaluation only normal contact marks were found on striker. Pistol functions per design and meets factory specifications."
Not much else to say. I guess it's supposed to be that way...
Thanks for the reply Josh. I must admit it seemed like a lot of damage for so few dry fires. I'll give Ruger a call. I'll also let everyone here know how it turns out.
Kevin
This is my 1st post to the forum, so I might as well prove from the beginning that I'm an idiot. Here's my SR9 striker after 10 dry fires w/o a magazine. This happened b/c I shoot IDPA and didn't take Ruger's warnings seriously enough. I assume it's not supposed to look this way...:oops: Looks...