SR22P Please look if you have one and respond..

[ngzcaz]

Ok... I have an SR22P. One trip to the range, 100 rds and the barrel screw was loose where it almost fell out. No problem, got the 9/64 th inch allen wrench and was ready to locktite and redo the screw. After stripping the weapon I noticed a scratch ( gouge is actually more like it ) about a 1/4 to 3/8 inch long and deep enough to rip off your fingernail.. easily.. This is on the removable slide rail, left side right under the small R with the circle around it for registered. I look for but can't find any mate to it on the bottom fixed rail. At least one you tube poster showed almost exactly what I had. He seems to think its related to the slide stop.

Question : Those of you who have this weapon, please field strip it, check your barrel and signs for any gouging on the slide rail particularly on the left side near the large R and the small R. I'd like to know how widespread this may be. I saw a few posts about the barrel and somewhat dismissed it as being one or two that got past quality control. This type of damage is way past quality control. This may be a design flaw that needs to be addressed. It may be a simple fix but Ruger isn't doing any favors to its self by non disclosure of a possible defect. I think we need to get a handle on how many owners have an issue.
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[Twoboxer]

Mine has +/- 500 rounds fired, no scratch or gouge atm. If I understand you correctly, it looks like it'd be hard for the slide stop to cause that kind of problem.

After a quick scan I couldn't find a youtube video on this topic - could you provide a link to one please?

Edit: I decided to look beyond the removable slide rail, and I found long linear burnishings on the fixed portion of the slide. These run along the entire length of the left side, and on the rearmost segment of the right side. There are no scratches or gouges though.

 

[Twoboxer]

After a night's sleep, it occurred to me that a gouge on the inner side wall of the removable slide could possibly be caused by your loose barrel. The octagonal breech end has sharp edges - at least mine does.

If the position of the loose barrel could shift enough so that those edges came in contact with the slide, those sharp edges could be cause.

 

[ptroxx]

After a night's sleep, it occurred to me that a gouge on the inner side wall of the removable slide could possibly be caused by your loose barrel. The octagonal breech end has sharp edges - at least mine does.

If the position of the loose barrel could shift enough so that those edges came in contact with the slide, those sharp edges could be cause.

I Was about to say the same thing...
I used loctite on mine before my first trip to the range.
And I checked it a few times after shooting a few mags.. \

 

[ngzcaz]

Here is a pretty good example compliments of you tube. Type in
Ruger SR 22 Pistol.wmv And that isn't the worst example by far.

There are 3 or 4 pages of guys with similar problems on another Ruger forum. Seems to be well know there.

 

[Twoboxer]

Here is a pretty good example compliments of you tube. Type in
Ruger SR 22 Pistol.wmv And that isn't the worst example by far.

There are 3 or 4 pages of guys with similar problems on another Ruger forum. Seems to be well know there.

Following your advice yields a single video by Mrgreatshot who says you will piss on your Walther after trying the SR22, plus another 14 minutes 56 seconds of drivel about his history with 22s and more. Would appreciate you providing a specific link to any pertinent videos you have found.

Also, please provide a link to that "other Ruger forum". Would love to read about the problem too.

 

[mn_doggie]

I'm guessing what you are seeing is the scratch that a sharp slide lock lever can make on the slide under certain circumstances. (When there is a loaded magazine inserted, the lever is held down...it comes into play only when there is an empty mag or is being used manually)

It is also a problem on the P22.

It can be fixed by carefully rounding the sharp edge on the backside of the slide lock lever with a small file/stone.

 

[ngzcaz]

Check Ruger Forum.net ( not .com ) ( you may have to register, unsure about that ) and type in SR22 Slide Damage. Member chrisv posted some great close up photos of his damaged slide and his experience with Ruger. They also posted pics of a Walther p22 with similar issues. General consensus is the slide lock lever has a sharp edge requiring filing. While doing a bit of filing isn't a big deal, one has to know about it before damage occurs. If I damage the weapon then that's my responsibility. I don't expect it to be damaged on its first outing with less than a 100 rds thru it. At a retail of around $ 400 that's an expensive 22 at least for me. There are three pages of comments regarding this issue.

The you tube video I referenced ( apparently he has over a hundred ) has this guy with a damaged slide. I'll recheck and see if I gave you the wrong info. He is a little long winded.

 

[ngzcaz]

I rechecked the youtube video. Right guy, wrong location. The correct title is " Ruger SR22 Pistol update 1 " . You can skip to 2:20 on the video where he shows the slide. He actually has some continuity of thought in this one. Also note the comments below.

 

[GypsmJim]

Mine is an early "Pistol". After reading the barrel woes I checked it before I fired it. BBl was tight, but I reinstaled it anyway.

350 round in the rain and not a hiccup.

I just looked and it has no damage. However, remember this is a light aluminum slide. Its likely that the slide stop would gouge the slide. That's why Ruger put a steel pin on the slide where the stop contacts it. Its quite visible. Part key #50 in the manual.

My guess is that your pin fell out. Send it back for repairs.

 

[ngzcaz]

Mine was flawless in functioning but the damage to the slide in less than a 100 rds was way to much to let go. Shame, I probably will get the newer slide with out Pistol on it. Just a vanity issue I guess.

I already have a no cost shipping label to send it back to Ruger. No problem at all with CS. I do have an issue with Ruger for letting these weapons out the door. Where the heck is QC ? And there's no doubt if they fired 40 rds thru this and field stripped it and checked it they would have seen the slide already shiny and scuffed up a bit. It would take all of 30 seconds to take it down and put it back together.

 

[GypsmJim]

Mine showed no signs of being fired. If they did, they took it apart, then cleaned and oiled it.

 

[jdhjelley]

hi just bought a sr22 shot about 600 rounds threw it absolutly flawless the only prob ive noticed is how much oil ruger leaves in the gun its leaks down the trigger theres so much has anyone detail stripped one of these yet

 

[Cheesewhiz]

I would like to thank this thread for introducing me to mrgreatshot.
He is proof that you can suffer a serious brain injury and still produce a youtube video.
If I ever miss going to the gun store and listening to the always entrenched pontificating morons, I won't have to grab my keys at all, I'll just find him on the interweb. Thanks so much again.

 

[ngzcaz]

hi just bought a sr22 shot about 600 rounds threw it absolutly flawless the only prob ive noticed is how much oil ruger leaves in the gun its leaks down the trigger theres so much has anyone detail stripped one of these yet

If you mean field strip, yes, that's the purpose of this thread. Please field strip your weapon ( easy to do so, look at the manual or watch a you tube video ) pay attention to the bottom of the removable slide and check the barrel so its tight. If there's anything wrong with the slide you should see shiny spots or perhaps gouged metal. You need a 9/64 allen wrench to check the barrel for tighness. Let us know either way how you make out.

 

[Twoboxer]

I checked the links that ngzcaz supplied, and discovered from the photos that the slide damage he spoke of was in the notch that catches the slide release lever. I was looking up inside the slide lol. So I got out my SR22 and examined the notch. I didn't find any damage, but what I *did* find led me to post the following in another forum:

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I was surprised to find that the notch in my slide that catches the slide release lever has had a pin inserted to protect its trailing edge:

The photo also shows I didn't clean the pistol after the last 350 rounds :oops:

I have not modified the pistol, so to the best of my knowledge my NIB purchase came straight from the factory this way. Therefore, Ruger is certainly aware that this form of "slide damage" is in fact an issue.

FYI, the test cartridge is dated 3/5/2012, the serial # is 360-35xxx, and the slide does not have "Pistol" on it. I hope you find this info useful.

Edit: The Ruger SR22 manual shows the pin as "Part #50 Dowel Pin for Slide Stop". I never thought to check the parts list, so I've added this note to the OP.

 

[jdhjelley]

Know how to field strip it but I wanna get into the inner workings and get some of the oil out