LCR baby rattle

[ruger ry]

Posted: Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: LCR rattle

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I got a LCR for christmas. It sounds like something is loose in the hammer area. When I shake it, sounds like a rattle. Anybody ever hear this? I guess i have to send another brand new gun [SR9} back to Ruger. any help would be great.
What is the fix?

 

[tek4260]

Probably is the transfer bar. It may be normal. Someone with first hand knowledge will chime.

 

[contender]

I agree with tek4260,, it's most likely NOT a problem. Call Ruger BEFORE you decide to send it or question why the gun "rattles."

 

[Flash]

Ruger most likely WILL tell you to send it back in just as a precaution. To satisfy yourself without anyone's opinion confusing you, place a piece of masking tape against the transfer bar, if you can make solid contact with it and shake it again. I bet the rattle stops.

 

[ruger ry]

What is the fix? How can I reduce the rattle? QUOTE from ruger "Sometimes when I shake my Ruger LCR revolver, I hear a slight rattle; is that normal?
Like all newly manufactured Ruger revolvers, your LCR has a transfer bar safety system as part of the fire control mechanism. As a result, a hammer blow can be transmitted to the firing pin only when the trigger is pulled all the way to the rear. This is a positive internal safety feature. By design, the transfer bar is allowed some movement within the fire control mechanism so that trigger pull is not affected. Due to this necessary "play" in the transfer bar, a shooter will sometimes hear the transfer bar "rattle" when the revolver is shaken. This rattle caused by the play in the transfer bar is completely normal in the LCR. " Any body know how fix this more than "slight" rattle? :evil:

 

[tek4260]

To be sure it is the transfer bar, shake it with the trigger held all the way to the rear after you have dry fired it. That way the transfer bar will be pinched between the hammer and firing pin and should not rattle. If this stops it, a nice glob of somewhat heavy grease on the transfer bar should stop the rattle, but I hesitate to recommed this due to the fact that the grease will attract dust and grit and could cause issues...

 

[contender]

You have been given a general concensus that it's the transfer bar you are hearing. It's part of the design of the gun,, as evidenced by your posting of info from the manuel. And,, if you try to "fix" the rattle,, you may make it unreliable to shoot.
I guess most of us who have owned many Rugers for a long time have learned to ignore this "rattle," as I never seem to hear any of mine. All I hear is bang, bang, bang.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Better yet, load some rounds into the chamber. Now you'll have the "chink, chink, chink" of the metallic rounds to harmonize with the transfer bar.

-- Sam

 

[mjpchief]

Don't shake it!

 

[madd-trapper]

if you can hear it rattle you know its right. Its the transfer bar.