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Ale-8(1) · Hawkeye Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Posts: 7957 Location: Kentucky

Too hard, brittle, can be as bad as not hard enough.

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bairsden · Bearcat Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

Add me to the list......I just bought this gun NEW 8/21/08 took it to the range 8/23/08 shot 62 rounds and trigger broke, won't reset, I'm going to send it back to RUGER...........I'm NOT real Happy!!

Jax · Single-Sixer Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 101

bairsden, bummer. I agree send it back. I fixed mine because I kind of enjoyed the challenge, and wanted it back in operation pronto. Disassembly / reassembly is not trivial.

Assuming your failure is the trigger pivot breaking, it is discouraging to see that this problem still exists, especially with a gun that only fired 62 shots!

bairsden · Bearcat Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Posts: 2

Well I fixed it, the takedown pin #30 was to long and pushing aganst the trigger bar #18 and knocking it off the trigger pivot #15, took .050 off the takedown pin #30 and everythings ok now, fired 100rds ok.

Jax · Single-Sixer Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 101

bairsden, good job on the troubleshooting. Too bad it was not right from the manufacturer. Congrats on the successful assembly / disassembly.

kensteele · Bearcat Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 60

so i believe i am having this problem as well. pissed me off since i just got my pistol a few weeks ago and when i go shoot it for the first time, only about 30 rds thru it and now it's broken Mad

i'm not an expert so i'm not about to take the pistol apart to discover what the problem is. not only do i not have the time but also i have no idea what to do, what to look for, or what i might do wrong. i'm going to call ruger tomorrow and send the whole pistol back and they can fix it and update whatever bad/broken parts and/or barrel replacement, whatever is needed.

i have 370-44xxx and it was about the 5th magazine and i fired a shot and the trigger did not come forward all the way (it went limp). now the trigger appears to be half-way and when you pull it all the way back, the hammer does not move at all. so i'm not sure if this is the same problem as noted in this thread but racking the slide does not fix the problem and i cannot manually move the trigger all the way forward.

i have other pistols so i won't miss the lcp when i send it back. for the few rounds that i did get to shoot, i'm not impressed with the accuracy and the recoil is awful. every round i shot did feed correctly tho.

so i pretty much knew the harsh recoil was going to happen (it's the primary reason why i sold my nearly new pf9) but at least i thought 380 wouldn't be so bad as 9mm; wrong. i'm thinking i may have to sell this [repaired] pistol as well, i'm not a fan of harsh recoil and so i might keep looking/waiting for other pistols. Crying or Very sad

i really need a pocket pistol tho.

i should point out that when i first loaded the lcp for the first time to take the very first shot, no amount of trigger pull would fire the weapon (make the hammer fall). i'm going to take a wild guess at this statement but what i'm trying to say is when i pulled the trigger all the way to the rear, the sear would not release the hammer. the hammer simply went all the way back and stopped. as i released the trigger, the hammer would slowly come back to position and rest upright. it would never "snap."

i must have repeated this 25 times before it finally released and snapped and then i loaded a live magazine and it fired right away and then after 30 rounds, pistol was dead in the water. so i have a practically brand new pistol that i got from cabelas for $299 that i have to send back and wait to get repaired. guess i'll let you know how it goes. again, i'm not comfortable with self-repair like i would be on my glock or ar-15. this is a ccw weapon and it has to be 100% reliable.

finally, even after a lousy 25 rds, i'm going to have a blister on my trigger finger, just like with the keltec. either i'm going to sell this pistol or i'll keep it and pretty much never shoot it. Sad

another story for another forum but today at the range, my walther pps suffer from the infamous locked slide problem. the slide is frozen to the rear and nothing will release it. it must be sent in for repair as well. ended up with two broken pistols in one range visit. guess i'll have to go back to g23 carry which i typically move to during fall/winter anyway.

Magnum Mikie · Bearcat Joined: 04 Aug 2008 Posts: 46

Just curious, what kind of ammo are you using?
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kensteele · Bearcat Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 60

using all kinds of ammo, mostly +p. probably using 147gr ammo at the time. it has been stated that ammo type is not the cause of this problem.

jocko · Buckeye Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1244

Jax · Single-Sixer Joined: 16 Mar 2008 Posts: 101

Deleted my response to kensteele. It was proven that he was a Keltec sales manager:
http://www.rugerforum.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=36466&start=45&sid=981f5f775cb59eba145bbc4d0acb4f86

I can only suspect that his broken trigger issue was just a story he made up to scare people from Ruger.
-Jax

kensteele · Bearcat Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 60

yes, i called ruger today and they just emailed a ups slip to me. i'll print it out, attach it to package, and send the pistol tomorrow. i'm hoping they'll fix it plus any other issues the lcp has encountered to date.

gozinta · Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:08 pm Post subject: Another LCP trigger problem