I bought my SR40 in March, and love it. The only thing is the slide is a bear to rack. It bothers me some because I have arthritus in my thumbs.
At that time there were several threads stating that the SR series was just hard to rack, and would hopefully loosen up after 500 rounds. I went back to Academy Sports, and they let me work the slide on thier SR9 and SR40, both were just as hard to rack. Then I called Ruger, and was told that's just how they are.
I decided the best thing was to accept it and hope it would eventually loosen up. After all, I loved everything else about the gun.
Today I was at a gun show and looked at the Rugers. Tried SR40, SR40c, SR9 and SR9c. All were significantly easier to rack than mine. I could pull them back slingshot style with the thumb and forefinger. I have to rack mine overhand with palm and all four fingers. Now I realize that I haven't seen any threads about them being hard to rack in several months.
Is anybody aware of any changes made to the recoil spring? Do people that recently bought a pistol in the SR series find the slide hard to rack?
Again; I really love the gun, and can live with it being hard to rack.
At that time there were several threads stating that the SR series was just hard to rack, and would hopefully loosen up after 500 rounds. I went back to Academy Sports, and they let me work the slide on thier SR9 and SR40, both were just as hard to rack. Then I called Ruger, and was told that's just how they are.
I decided the best thing was to accept it and hope it would eventually loosen up. After all, I loved everything else about the gun.
Today I was at a gun show and looked at the Rugers. Tried SR40, SR40c, SR9 and SR9c. All were significantly easier to rack than mine. I could pull them back slingshot style with the thumb and forefinger. I have to rack mine overhand with palm and all four fingers. Now I realize that I haven't seen any threads about them being hard to rack in several months.
Is anybody aware of any changes made to the recoil spring? Do people that recently bought a pistol in the SR series find the slide hard to rack?
Again; I really love the gun, and can live with it being hard to rack.