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George Hill
Staff Alumnus
Blowing up? No.
Safety/Decock levers flying off and springs snapping in BRAND NEW GUNS? Yes.
Heard of it no... witnessed it? Yes.
Safety/Decock levers flying off and springs snapping in BRAND NEW GUNS? Yes.
Heard of it no... witnessed it? Yes.
Safety/Decock levers flying off and springs snapping in BRAND NEW GUNS? Yes.
Was this one of the P97's, or P90's?
If we're talking about autos, some history might be in order.
When Ruger was showing of the P-85, they took a barrel and inside threaded it at the muzzle. Then they screwed a steel rod into it until it just touched a chambered 9mm round.
They fired a round with the rod in place and the only damage was a bent extractor.
They replaced it and the barrel (which now had a 9mm slug welded to the steel rod) and proceeded to fire several thousand more rounds without incident.
Anyone who attended SHOT or NRA shows back in the late '80s might remember seeing the barrel with rod and bullet on display at the Ruger booth.
Their autos are strong guns...
When Ruger was showing of the P-85, they took a barrel and inside threaded it at the muzzle. Then they screwed a steel rod into it until it just touched a chambered 9mm round.
They fired a round with the rod in place and the only damage was a bent extractor.
They replaced it and the barrel (which now had a 9mm slug welded to the steel rod) and proceeded to fire several thousand more rounds without incident.
Anyone who attended SHOT or NRA shows back in the late '80s might remember seeing the barrel with rod and bullet on display at the Ruger booth.
Their autos are strong guns...
David Scott
New member
I've read that the Ruger P-Series was designed to handle the 10mm, but since Ruger didn't get a contract for the 10mm they never sold it chambered for that round. Never heard of a Kaboom in a Ruger, except for a guy in El Paso who blew the top strap off a .357 Blackhawk with a handload. He thought it was double-charged by accident.
Mike Irwin
Staff
I've seen one blown Ruger 9mm, and it wasn't really blown.
The barrel split at the chamber, apparently due to a flaw in the metal. It was a rental gun at the range where I worked, and had seen a lot of use.
Guy brought it off the range one day, jammed all to hell. The barrel had split by the locking lugs, and put everything just enough out of dimension to jam things.
No shooter injury, no nothing like that.
The barrel split at the chamber, apparently due to a flaw in the metal. It was a rental gun at the range where I worked, and had seen a lot of use.
Guy brought it off the range one day, jammed all to hell. The barrel had split by the locking lugs, and put everything just enough out of dimension to jam things.
No shooter injury, no nothing like that.