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I have a problem with the magazine in my LC9 inadvertently releasing when the gun is fired. Most of the time, a round will chamber as the magazine releases. I noticed this happens when firing the first few rounds in the magazine. I don't believe it has ever happened with only three or less rounds remaining in the magazine.
I thought the problem might be the extended floorplate (pinky extension) on the magazine. With the pinky pushing the bottom of the magazine rearward while firing, it seemed that might slightly move the magazine and be causing the issue. I reinstalled the flat floorplate (gripping the gun with pinky under the magazine) and still had the problem. In fact, yesterday I loaded seven rounds, and it released after each of the first four shots. Same problem with two different magazines.
I contacted Ruger via their website this morning to find out what I need to do to have them repair this problem.
I saw some older posts with a similar issue, but none recent. My concern is that even after Ruger repairs the problem, is this possibly a design flaw that will allow the problem to resurface after the release spring starts to wear?
Is anyone else having similar problems? It's going to take a lot of rounds through the pistol with no repeat problems after repair for my confidence to be high enough to carry this firearm.
I thought the problem might be the extended floorplate (pinky extension) on the magazine. With the pinky pushing the bottom of the magazine rearward while firing, it seemed that might slightly move the magazine and be causing the issue. I reinstalled the flat floorplate (gripping the gun with pinky under the magazine) and still had the problem. In fact, yesterday I loaded seven rounds, and it released after each of the first four shots. Same problem with two different magazines.
I contacted Ruger via their website this morning to find out what I need to do to have them repair this problem.
I saw some older posts with a similar issue, but none recent. My concern is that even after Ruger repairs the problem, is this possibly a design flaw that will allow the problem to resurface after the release spring starts to wear?
Is anyone else having similar problems? It's going to take a lot of rounds through the pistol with no repeat problems after repair for my confidence to be high enough to carry this firearm.