Hi Guys. New guy here in serious need of some help.
I think I've got a new one for you. :roll:
After cleaning, I was needing to drop the hammer on my 2245 Mk III, so I went to insert the magazine to do so. The magazine bottom plate was off and magazine spring removed, and I inadvertently inserted the magazine body into the pistol backwards (front to back - the top of the mag is at the top of the grip). Oops!
That mag is stuck in the pistol and it will NOT come out! I suspect that the magazine's trigger window protuberance at the top of the mag is hooked on the top of the magzine disconnector or the disconnector assembly, but I can't tell.
The mag rattles around in there - it is loose enough to slip in and out about 1/4 inch by gravity, and the follower is freely sliding inside it.
At this point I can't tell whether the hammer is forward or not. I cannot disassemble the pistol since the mainspring housing will not rotate out of the grip. I can move the bolt forward and back, but that is about it. The bolt catch functions as it will hold the bolt back; the safety switch will move up and down; and the mag release button moves in ant normally.
I have tried pulling the mag out with pliers. I have slid a thin machinist's scale along each side of the mag, trying to squeeze it away from whatever it is hooked on. In desperation I even tried driving it out from the ejection port with a brass drift but succeeded only in folding one of the mag's feed lips in on itself a bit.
At one point I thought it might be the mag catch protuberance being hooked on the back pin of the Ruger Eagle insert in the grip, and was able to get the Eagle out, but that was not the case.
Any input is welcome.
I'm at the point of writing this thing off and buying another one.
HELP!!!
I think I've got a new one for you. :roll:
After cleaning, I was needing to drop the hammer on my 2245 Mk III, so I went to insert the magazine to do so. The magazine bottom plate was off and magazine spring removed, and I inadvertently inserted the magazine body into the pistol backwards (front to back - the top of the mag is at the top of the grip). Oops!
That mag is stuck in the pistol and it will NOT come out! I suspect that the magazine's trigger window protuberance at the top of the mag is hooked on the top of the magzine disconnector or the disconnector assembly, but I can't tell.
The mag rattles around in there - it is loose enough to slip in and out about 1/4 inch by gravity, and the follower is freely sliding inside it.
At this point I can't tell whether the hammer is forward or not. I cannot disassemble the pistol since the mainspring housing will not rotate out of the grip. I can move the bolt forward and back, but that is about it. The bolt catch functions as it will hold the bolt back; the safety switch will move up and down; and the mag release button moves in ant normally.
I have tried pulling the mag out with pliers. I have slid a thin machinist's scale along each side of the mag, trying to squeeze it away from whatever it is hooked on. In desperation I even tried driving it out from the ejection port with a brass drift but succeeded only in folding one of the mag's feed lips in on itself a bit.
At one point I thought it might be the mag catch protuberance being hooked on the back pin of the Ruger Eagle insert in the grip, and was able to get the Eagle out, but that was not the case.
Any input is welcome.
I'm at the point of writing this thing off and buying another one.
HELP!!!