I traded for a bicentennial stainless Single-Six in 22mag last week. It had a full cleaning in 30 years so I took it home, took it apart, cleaned it all out, and reassembled it. I took it out, shot it a about 100 rounds (shot great) and took it back home. I was at home, I'll admit i was practicing dry-firing some, but everyone says this is ok with Rugers. I snapped the trigger a couple times and the whole action bound up. I took it apart and found that the hammer plunger had broke, so the cylinder stop was not disengaging.
Now it's really not a big deal because it's a cheap part, but it made me wonder, "is this a weak link in the Ruger design?" All Ruger single action revolvers share this part in common, and upon inspection the design looks to me just a little bit fragile. "That doesn't seem very Ruger like." I thought while looking at it. It's nothing like anything found in my SP101. When I look at the internals there, there isn't a single part I can imagine breaking like that.
The whole reason I am attracted to the Single Six was all the SASS guys bragging about how they shoot Rugers because, while they might not be as heavy, they just never break and you can practice dry firing all day long.
So what do you guys thing? Was this a fluke that I wont experience again for another 30 years? How many of you have had the same thing happen? Was it a result of my negligent and capricious dry firing? Or is this truly a weak link in the Ruger design?
Now it's really not a big deal because it's a cheap part, but it made me wonder, "is this a weak link in the Ruger design?" All Ruger single action revolvers share this part in common, and upon inspection the design looks to me just a little bit fragile. "That doesn't seem very Ruger like." I thought while looking at it. It's nothing like anything found in my SP101. When I look at the internals there, there isn't a single part I can imagine breaking like that.
The whole reason I am attracted to the Single Six was all the SASS guys bragging about how they shoot Rugers because, while they might not be as heavy, they just never break and you can practice dry firing all day long.
So what do you guys thing? Was this a fluke that I wont experience again for another 30 years? How many of you have had the same thing happen? Was it a result of my negligent and capricious dry firing? Or is this truly a weak link in the Ruger design?