UPDATE! Broken striker shaft on SR9 - replaced by Ruger

[Jay1958]

Today I received a replacement striker assembly from Ruger. They definitely made good on standing behind their product! My only reservation now is that, of course, the replacement striker assembly I received still has a plastic striker shaft/indicator, which is the part that broke in the first place.

Has anyone else here experienced a broken striker shaft?

P.S. Sorry, I meant to post this in my original thread on this subject, I thought that's what I was doing. Somehow it ended up as a new thread...? Operator malfunction apparently...

 

[Verndog]

I've kept pretty close tabs on SR series issues here and elsewhere, and this is the first broken striker shaft I've seen reported. There really is no spring tension on this shaft. The spring is trapped between the striker body bore end, and the plastic end cap, so it's only point of stress is the thru pin moving the indicator thru the end cap. Possibly it got dirty and bound up causing stress...not sure.

 

[jstanfield103]

Did you ever recieve the Galloway Striker Shaft ( Aluminum ) ? and if so have you put it in yet?

 

[Jay1958]

Yes! Glad you asked! Both my SR9s now have the Galloway Aluminum Striker Shaft installed. I haven't had a chance to fire them, yet, with the aluminum shafts.

Did you ever recieve the Galloway Striker Shaft ( Aluminum ) ? and if so have you put it in yet?

 

[jstanfield103]

You will like the trigger pull better with the aluminum shaft, it will make it even smoother.

 

[Conn AK]

Kind of sad that it's a plastic part to begin with. When I take my old S&W 639 apart I still marvel at the quality of workmanship and the attention to detail the gun companies once had. Ever take a new Sigma 9VE apart? In the big picture-speed of assembly, plastic and cost-cutting is the name of the game in the "new" gun industry. Quality control is an afterthought. All in all, the Ruger SR9 is a great pistol and has replaced my S&W 639 as my primary carry. My SR9 came new with a roughly finished trigger guard (looks like someone put it on a belt sander) and a few scratches on the grip thanks to jamming a damn bicycle lock into a plastic presentation box that barely has enough room for the gun itself. The "chamber loaded" indicator strip of aluminum had the safety red strips on it fall off after a few hundred rounds. End of the day, the SR9 is an American-made classic and a gun I can't see ever parting with. An absolute must-have gun.

 

[Cheesewhiz]

Kind of sad that it's a plastic part to begin with. When I take my old S&W 639 apart I still marvel at the quality of workmanship and the attention to detail the gun companies once had. Ever take a new Sigma 9VE apart? In the big picture-speed of assembly, plastic and cost-cutting is the name of the game in the "new" gun industry. Quality control is an afterthought. All in all, the Ruger SR9 is a great pistol and has replaced my S&W 639 as my primary carry. My SR9 came new with a roughly finished trigger guard (looks like someone put it on a belt sander) and a few scratches on the grip thanks to jamming a damn bicycle lock into a plastic presentation box that barely has enough room for the gun itself. The "chamber loaded" indicator strip of aluminum had the safety red strips on it fall off after a few hundred rounds. End of the day, the SR9 is an American-made classic and a gun I can't see ever parting with. An absolute must-have gun.

Plastic pistols are as sexy as an adjustable wrench. As long as they work fine that's great but that is all there is to crow about.