Posted this in another thread, but now that the gun is going back to the factory, I wanted to start a new one. I always like to document these things, because I find them the most useful when I am researching a new purchase.
History: SR9c first gun, had to go back after 300 or so rounds for trigger failure to reset. They replaced parts with stronger ones, has been rock solid since. I have just about 1,400 rounds through the gun at this point without any malfunctions of any kind.
Lately, I've noticed what people refer to as "peening," or the metal of the barrel peeling or chipping as a result of coming in contact with the slide. If you look at the top of the SR9c...
...you notice the slide is almost flush with the barrel. What happens is when the slide returns to battery, the top of the barrel can rub against the ejection port in the slide, until the following occurs:
My research on the topic has returned just about a 50/50 split between "this is a problem and not normal wear" and "Rugers are built so tight for their phenomenal accuracy that this will happen and is totally normal and a sign of an awesome gun." I found more of the latter on the Ruger-centered forums. But, for every person taking sandpaper to their slide to smooth it out, I found another who was told my Ruger to send it in and had their barrel replaced.
I did my due diligence and sent the above pictures to Ruger. They sent me a return label to send the gun in, but did not say whether or not there was an issue. Just that they wanted to see the gun. So, send it in I shall! I will post any and all updates to this thread. Maybe someone will benefit from reading about my experience in the future.
Average turn around was quoted to be 10-15 days.
History: SR9c first gun, had to go back after 300 or so rounds for trigger failure to reset. They replaced parts with stronger ones, has been rock solid since. I have just about 1,400 rounds through the gun at this point without any malfunctions of any kind.
Lately, I've noticed what people refer to as "peening," or the metal of the barrel peeling or chipping as a result of coming in contact with the slide. If you look at the top of the SR9c...
...you notice the slide is almost flush with the barrel. What happens is when the slide returns to battery, the top of the barrel can rub against the ejection port in the slide, until the following occurs:
My research on the topic has returned just about a 50/50 split between "this is a problem and not normal wear" and "Rugers are built so tight for their phenomenal accuracy that this will happen and is totally normal and a sign of an awesome gun." I found more of the latter on the Ruger-centered forums. But, for every person taking sandpaper to their slide to smooth it out, I found another who was told my Ruger to send it in and had their barrel replaced.
I did my due diligence and sent the above pictures to Ruger. They sent me a return label to send the gun in, but did not say whether or not there was an issue. Just that they wanted to see the gun. So, send it in I shall! I will post any and all updates to this thread. Maybe someone will benefit from reading about my experience in the future.
Average turn around was quoted to be 10-15 days.
