My wifes Ruger New Ruger 22/45 is not working right. What to do??

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45automan

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Hey guys I bought my wife a new Ruger 22/45 last week. Now we took it to the range last night and problems galore. Now I have owned many Ruger 22 pistols and never had a problem. It had failed to extract,and stovepiped many times.This may be due to the fact that it is new. The trigger every 5 or 6 rounds failed to fully reset. I pulled the trigger and nothing. The range officer tried the gun same thing happened to him. Ammo used was--- Winchester Target gray box-cci stinger-cci standard velocity-Remington Sub sonic-- Federal Target. Should I send it back to Ruger? Are they good about this kind of thing? Thanks for any help guys,45automan
 
I have one and have had similar problems. What cured them all was switching to high-velocity ammo, CCI in particular. Talked to some other people at the range with the same experience. Maybe after it's had several thousand rounds through it, standard velocity will work.
 
Sounds like a tight new gun. I also suggest shooting hi velocity rounds for awhile then trying the standard stuff after it has broke in somewhat.

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Rick
 
New gun and target ammunition.

Take the gun apart, clean thoroughly, and lubricate with a medium-weight oil, and shoot the living hell out of it (500 or more rounds) at the next range session, with either standard or high velocity ammo.

Then repeat cleaning and lubrication.

I think you'll find that it will work a lot better with the target stuff then.

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Smith & Wesson is dead to me.

If you want a Smith & Wesson, buy USED!
 
I have noticed that several brands of so-called target ammo seem to have much lower pressure than the standard velocity of past years. I could not get a Colt Ace to begin to function until I switched to Remington Hi-Speed, which worked fine. True, the Ace is a tough act, but I have had the same problem (though to a lesser extent) with a Ruger Standard model, a .22 Walther PP, a High Standard and a Colt Woodsman.

Jim
 
I'd recommend that first off, you shoot a least a brick (500) HV .22 rounds for the break-in, most new Rugers are a bit tight at first. FWIW, when I first got one of my MK-II's, it didn't shoot T-22 worth a damn, but after a few thousand rounds, it's developed a taste for them. Trigger time is probably all that your gun needs.
 
I have had similar problems with some of my .22's.Trying various things at random seems to be my usual approach.
I have noticed that European made pistols are more friendly to "target" ammunition.And American made pistols prefer something heavier---I found that my Colt Woodsman liked the heavier bullet weight, eg 40gr.
I suggest you go to the heaviest projectile you can find.
 
Take a look at http://www.rugerforum.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000516.html. After 2000-some rounds of every kind of ammo I can find, and numerous cleanings, I'm still getting stovepipes with my Mk2, probably one out of every 20 rounds. I've been hoping it would work itself out without my having to mess with anything, but I guess not. The pliers come out tomorrow. :)

zook

maybe now I have the url right.

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It sounds like something, possibly on the boltface or breechface, is preventing the bolt from fully closing, or from the extraction failures, possibly the chamber has some sort of problem, again, causing the bolt not to go into battery. Another possibility, and somethinng that happens once in awhile to my 22/45, is a problem with the magazine getting dirty and "hanging" the bolt. Best advice, is like others said, clean it real good, lightly lube it, clean the magazine(s) and stick with high velocity ammo for the first 1K or so rounds.
 
I was having the exact same problem with my MKII, stovepiping all the time. I shot 300 rounds of cheapo thru it, and 200 rounds of CCI mini-mags, and still no improvement. I tore it down and cleaned between trips, didnt help either. I sent it back to ruger about 2 weeks ago, no word yet on it. I will let you know how it goes.
 
I just took a good close look at my Mk2, and have a theory. It looked to me like the bullets were sticking out of the mags a little too far. I put a couple of rounds in one, and cycled the bolt slowly to watch what went on. As the bolt came back, the casing would drag along the top of the next round in the mag, pushing it up high enough so that it wouldn't hit the ejector squarely. I squeezed the lips of the mags together a bit to keep the rounds lower, and now the casings seem to want to eject properly, even with working the bolt slowly.

Of course I haven't shot it yet, but if I can make it to the range tomorrow I'll post a report on how this worked.

zook
 
I have much better luck with Remington Std Vel ammo than the Winchester T22. It will eat any high vel ammo, however. BTW, it's a Mk 2/45.
 
I would try a different magazine for starters and if the problem persists, send it to ruger. THey will usually charge you nothing and often will smooth it up with more hand work than most of their production guns just to make it work right.
 
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