Help with P94

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Isda

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I recently purchased my first handgun. I ended choosing a P94 because of price and I've always been a fan of ruger. I took the the gun to the range today to shoot it for the first time, and first shot, the gun jams. The casing did not fully eject. I cleared it and put 49 more rounds through it with out a problem. Also I found another problem with the gun. I don't know the correct verbatim but when I would release the lever to quickly close the action a bullet would get jambed in between the chamber and the action.
My questions are did I buy a gun which has defects? And what can I do to fix the problems I have found?

Thanks in advance
 
Isda - I have a 9mm P94 and really like it - Ruger made a mistake in dropping them in my opinion. Others will probably chime in with the same questions I have: were you using good quality ammo, and were you using a Ruger magazine or a ProMag or something like that. I have had zero problems with either Ruger or Mec-Gar magazines in my P94. One last possibility - maybe it needs to be thoroughly cleaned and lubed before you take it out again. Best of luck with it ...
 
I used fiocchi ammo in 170 gr. Made sure they were the correct casings. Also I don't know how to check if the magazine is a Ruger brand or something else. It's just what came with the gun.
 
Try another ammo brand before doing anything with the gun. Many guns made for the .40 S&W are sensitive to bullet contour.

Jim
 
These Rugers are excellent pistols.

These problems often are due to magazines. Mark your magazines with different color tape on the bottom, marker colors, etc. See if you can isolate any of the defective magazines.

As mentioned, perhaps it is just an anomaly with the ammo.

I've had otherwise 99.9999% reliable guns, out of nowhere, hiccup once every few thousand rounds. It must have been the ammo.

Also, if you haven't done so, field strip it and give it a really good cleaning.
 
Isda: The Ruger P94 was generally considered a strong, reliable gun. I am a Ruger fan too.

49 rounds in a row without a malfunction isn't THAT impressive but I think it shows the gun is okay.

Get to know the gun and shoot it some more before you start thinking you have problems. Clean it, try some different kinds of ammunition to see what you like and buy a couple more magazines for it.

Take a class, if you've taken one before take another and ask questions of more experienced folk.

If there's still a problem contact Ruger and from all I've heard they will do right by you.

Just to pick nits...'the lever to close the action' is called 'the slide stop'.

'a bullet would get jambed in between the chamber and the action' the bullet is just the part of the cartridge that goes down the barrel. Better to say 'a round' or 'a cartridge' would get jammed'...

If you don't have a manual for your gun they are available on line from Ruger here (you can find yours under 'Pistol Instruction Manuals & Product History'.

http://www.ruger.com/service/productHistory.html#

Good luck.
 
Without building a fire under their fans Ruger had a hard time moving into the semi auto pistol business their first models were blocky, ugly and did not function well. Later pistols are more graceful abet still a bit heavy and ergonomically less than pleasing to many. I would think that the function issues would have been worked out by the time your pistol came about. Ruger normally marks their magazines as do most quality manufacturers, if your mag is not branded i would think it is a Triple K or other repro which have dubious reputations. Go to Ruger, Brownells or other reliable distributor for a factory mag and hopefully your problems will disappear.
 
I recently purchased my first handgun. I ended choosing a P94 because of price and I've always been a fan of ruger.
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I assume it's used.

One more thing to check. The recoil spring is has a preferred end, that needs to go on the guide rod towards the back. I think it's the narrow end. (That's the way it works on my P90.) If that was reassembled wrong, you'll get functioning problems.

The suggestion to make sure you have Ruger factory magazines is also good.

If there's still a problem contact Ruger and from all I've heard they will do right by you.
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I have seen multiple reports of Ruger having run out of one or another part for a P-series gun, and pronouncing it unrepairable. Alas.
 
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