That's to bad.. fixed one problem and created another. I'd love for Ruger to machine the slide and make it work as it should.I had exactly the same problem with a Springfield XDs .45 acp. The ejection port was exactly the same dimension at the cartridge OAL, 230 grain FMJ hardball. The live round would get stuck in the port even when retracting the slide with full force. I felt that this was unsafe and contacted Springfield, sent it in for repair. They opened up the ejection port and modified the extractor, i believe it was shortened, they also buggered up the breach face. Since I was now getting extracted hot cases right back into my face. Sent it back a second time and I was told that I was limp wristing the gun and it was my fault. At that point I was pissed as I’ve been shooting semi autos for almost 50 years and never had that problem. I sold the gun to a friend of a friend full disclosure for a ridiculous low price, plus I also had 5 magazines and a holster. Ruger isn’t the only company that has gone south with quality control, although their customer service has been good with me.
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I’ve never been the type to give grief if someone doesn’t like something. Always annoyed me when I’m giving info on one of my pistols (the 9mm J-frame always brings those people out to tell me how wrong I am), and I’m told I don’t know what I actually do know. 
We all work for our own money. Unless someone is funding my firearm/ammo purchases… really not anyone else’s business on what I carry.
That being said, I just switched from the original LCP to the LCP Max. Capacity, sights and slide locking back on empty did it for me. Haven’t taken it to the range yet (confirming function, then sending the metal parts out for plating), but this discussion interested me. Just tried it out.
Have two magazines loaded with Hornady CD… zero issues jacking the unfired round out of the chamber. I’ll preface that by saying the same as I do when people are talking about issues with pump shotguns; it’s a gun, it has an explosion that happens inside of it… don’t worry about breaking it. When I pull the slide back with some determination (which is how I’ve been trained for years), it ejects without issue. If I slowly pull it back, without any real force other than slightly more than what’s needed to resist the recoil spring force… it stays in the gun/drops down the magazine well.
With that, best of luck with whatever you decide on replacing it with… but I don’t see this as a design flaw. Or it at least isn’t present in my pistol, which is a few months old.
We all work for our own money. Unless someone is funding my firearm/ammo purchases… really not anyone else’s business on what I carry.That being said, I just switched from the original LCP to the LCP Max. Capacity, sights and slide locking back on empty did it for me. Haven’t taken it to the range yet (confirming function, then sending the metal parts out for plating), but this discussion interested me. Just tried it out.
Have two magazines loaded with Hornady CD… zero issues jacking the unfired round out of the chamber. I’ll preface that by saying the same as I do when people are talking about issues with pump shotguns; it’s a gun, it has an explosion that happens inside of it… don’t worry about breaking it. When I pull the slide back with some determination (which is how I’ve been trained for years), it ejects without issue. If I slowly pull it back, without any real force other than slightly more than what’s needed to resist the recoil spring force… it stays in the gun/drops down the magazine well.
With that, best of luck with whatever you decide on replacing it with… but I don’t see this as a design flaw. Or it at least isn’t present in my pistol, which is a few months old.
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