Ruger Mark II Chamber face damage?

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TracerTesterman

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I don't know how many tens of thousands of rounds have been fired through this thing. Heck, maybe a hundred thousand by this point.

But after a range trip, I was cleaning it and noticed this. No issues with function, but it looks like parts of the chamber face chipped off. (I'm not even sure if that's the correct term for the location - barrel face?).

Anyone seen anything like this before?

It bugs me enough that I'm looking around at replacement upper/barrels.

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I see some questionable spots, but it also looks like there is some crud built up. Perhaps clean it and take another pic?
 
Standard wear for a blow-back pistol with a high round count.

Keep an eye on it (as Smoke & Recoil indicated), but don't worry about it.


I have a 135k round Buckmark that shows similar wear. It wasn't until the barrel and slide mushroomed, from slamming into each other so many thousands of times, that the chamber tightened up enough to require repair. $25 and it was back in business.
 
This looks like normal wear to me as well. I wouldn't worry about it unless it starts to malfunction on you. I've currently got 3 MKIIs and others over the years. They all have this to some degree or the another. Still functions fine.
 
My Mark 2 looks about like that. It looks like something abrasive being pounded between the face of the bbl and the bolt face. Bolt face is perfect but bbl face not so much. I wonder if the priming compound has glass or something else in it to cause this?
 
From here it looks like the chamber face is OK, but the top, right side, of the pocket in the breech face that the extractor fits into has some rounding wear to it.

Can't say that you'll get much satisfaction from Ruger these days if you were to send them pictures involving your concerns, but it might be worth the try.
Worst case is, they will tell you that the pistol is too old and there's nothing they can, or will, do for you. Then again, you might get lucky and they'll offer a solution.
 
My pistol still shoots very well, I not gonna do anything unless it starts having problems. Ruger once replaced a gun on warranty for me, the replacement was worse than the one they replaced. If Tracer's pistol still works well, shoot it. He said no issues with function.
 
Rebarrelling a Ruger is pretty difficult. Ruger makes the barrel/receiver as a unit and does not sell (AFAIK) barrels separately. As others have said, that looks like normal wear on a high count Ruger.

Jim
 
Actually, the Ruger Mark series of receivers and barrels are made as separate parts. The barrel is screwed into the threaded receiver. Clark Custom fits barrels to the Ruger Mark pistols almost daily.

Removing a barrel from the Ruger Mark receiver is NOT for the faint of heart!
 
Thanks guys, I haven't heard back from Ruger yet. But after pricing new barrelled uppers, I would almost be better off buying a new one...

Except, as mentioned, quality doesn't seem to be that great these days.

I reckon I'll keep shooting til it starts having problems.
 
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