22\45 Lite barrel destroyed?

[Galaxiedan]

Was shooting and not hitting anything. Went to clean the gun and realized 3/4 of the barrel was "blownout." Hard to tell from pic but the piece you see is actually the barrel folded back and you can see theres nothing behind it. The other 3/4 of the barrel is folded in. This is on an older Gold 22/45 lite. Gotta call Ruger on Monday.

 

[recumbent]

Never seen anything like that before.

 

[AR-Trvlr]

Don't the 'lite' pistols have a thin steel liner within a aluminum barrel? It looks like the liner cracked & failed, and is peeling down the barrel.

 

[Galaxiedan]

That's exactly what it looks like. I always assumed that the barrel was thicker. It's going back to Ruger. Unfortunately they charged me $30 for a shipping label. Said my kids probably had a squib load and kept shooting.I don't think I have 2-3k rounds through it yet. They did tell me they can put a new liner in it though.

 

[DeltaRose]

Please keep us updated. I’ve never seen anything like this happen before.

 

[Galaxiedan]

Ruger has it now, I'll post back when I hear something.

 

[rugerjunkie]

Id work on them for reimbursement of that $30 you spent on shipping too. There was no excuse for them not giving you a shipping label and their excuse is/was BS!

 

[Mobuck]

Makes me "not want" a LITE version even more.

 

[Galaxiedan]

On the $30, They told me if it's it's older than 2 yrs old they won't pay shipping. Wasn't gonna argue over $30 but did tell them I have close to 200 Ruger firearms and would expect to be taken care of.

 

[Mobuck]

I asked Tom if he was going to quit shooting his or trade it off for a solid barrel 22/45. He said he wasn't sure yet.
I suppose Ruger would fix it but most likely, having bits of barrel liner go out the muzzle would damage the muffler which I'm sure Ruger wouldn't cover.

 

[Galaxiedan]

Got it back yesterday. They replaced the barrel liner and all the parts in the upper. Gave me a cleaning cloth for my troubles. Return slip didn't say anything other than what was replaced and that it was test fired fine.so I guess all is good.

 

[Galaxiedan]

This gun is used exclusively with a silencerco suppressor and I was relieved that it wasn't damaged. I'm guessing that if it had a squib and the next bullet blew the first into the space between the barrel and liner that only fragments we're actually leaving the barrel

 

[Mobuck]

All's well that ends well????
This certainly doesn't enhance my feelings about the LITE. I'll just stick to all steel barrels.

 

[57springer]

All's well that ends well????
This certainly doesn't enhance my feelings about the LITE. I'll just stick to all steel barrels.

Me neither , I was thinking about a lite ............... No more :?

 

[Big Old Boy]

I have never heard of this before so now we know of one that was bad I guess I’ll keep shooting mine.

 

[Galaxiedan]

I would buy another. Who knows what really happened. Probably a squib that got shot out? On the bright side the barrel liner failed and contained multiple shots afterwords. I know I shot 5-10 times before I realized something wasn't right. And Ruger fixed it no questions asked for the measly sum of $30 shipping

 

[JStacy]

The early "gold" 22/45 lites had problems with leading that later models did not have . The rapid fire games caused the barrel liner to lead badly and damage the liner. Later 22/45 lites have barrels designed for better ventilation than the early guns . I am glad to see Ruger made it right for you and only cost 30.00 , not a bad deal.

 

[AzShooter1]

I have close to 30K rounds out of my Lite with no problems whatsoever. This is my back-up gun to my Volquartsen Black Mamba which is giving me problems with failures to eject right now. The upper went back to VQ and they checked it out. Other than a deep cleaning they say they fixed the problem with new recoil guide rod assembly and spring. The assembly was bent.

While in the shop I shot the Lite exclusively for the past 3 weeks. Not one single malfunction while shooting 36 grain CCI Blazer ammo. I also played with Mini Mags and SV. All work.

I've shot lined barrels in my Smith Revolvers as well with no problems. For Steel Challenge it helps to have a lite gun. The weight lets you transition between targets much faster.

 

[JStacy]

I have several lites and no problem with them except , IMHO, they are not as accurate as the steel barreled guns. Fun to shoot , lite to carry in the field but the early ones had their problems , if you did any type of speed shooting , they tended to lead then rip an tear as the bore became obstructed. Treated correctly and they work fine, even the gold ones !

 

[langenc]

And it did NOT cost $30 to get it back..I bet.