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Bearcat
It's the 5.5 stainless Williams model in .45 Colt. It only had 30 or so rounds through it. I had loaded up some average 250gr lead loads (~850fps) and some heavier 300gr XTP loads (~1000 fps), but nothing crazy. Was shooting it with some friends at a LGS/range. After 30 or so rounds, we suddenly got a click when I knew there were two more rounds in the cylinder. We thought we had a bad round or primer, but there was no firing pin strike when I looked at them.
So I unloaded it to find that the cylinder lock was stuck in the down position (like when you open the gate). It wouldn't come up with the gate closed, so it allowed the cylinder to spin freely clockwise (like when reloading).
I had the gunsmith at the shop check it out and after fiddling with it the lock suddenly was working again. But it was very rough and scratchy when you pressed it with your finger, and the loading gate was really hard to move (compared to before). Something inside is obviously not right, and since it is new I called Ruger rather than opening it up myself or having the gunsmith do it. It's probably is something simple like an out-of-alignment or broken spring, but due to work travel, I'm not going to be able to shoot it again for a few weeks anyway, so why not send it off?
I also noticed that it was shooting left for all of us, even when I adjusted the rear sight to the right. The gunsmith and I measured the front sight and found it is ~0.030" to the right, so I added that to the list. I forgot and should have asked them to check the cylinder throat and bore dimensions too.
So I called Ruger this morning and they promptly sent me a shipping label.
I know they'll make it right... I'm just bummed the range time was cut short! I love that gun!
So I unloaded it to find that the cylinder lock was stuck in the down position (like when you open the gate). It wouldn't come up with the gate closed, so it allowed the cylinder to spin freely clockwise (like when reloading).
I had the gunsmith at the shop check it out and after fiddling with it the lock suddenly was working again. But it was very rough and scratchy when you pressed it with your finger, and the loading gate was really hard to move (compared to before). Something inside is obviously not right, and since it is new I called Ruger rather than opening it up myself or having the gunsmith do it. It's probably is something simple like an out-of-alignment or broken spring, but due to work travel, I'm not going to be able to shoot it again for a few weeks anyway, so why not send it off?
I also noticed that it was shooting left for all of us, even when I adjusted the rear sight to the right. The gunsmith and I measured the front sight and found it is ~0.030" to the right, so I added that to the list. I forgot and should have asked them to check the cylinder throat and bore dimensions too.
So I called Ruger this morning and they promptly sent me a shipping label.
I know they'll make it right... I'm just bummed the range time was cut short! I love that gun!