Ok. Glad you got the issue resolved and have a fix on the way.
When time allows send a pic or two.
Good luck with getting the P85 back to working order. I love Numrich for these types of needs!
Be safe and clear skies to you.
Rick

 

That is bizarre ... i wouldn't think that that part would be the first to fail ...

 

Do you have a pic of the part?
Good luck! Be safe!
Rick

 

INCONCIEVABLE!

 

UPDATE

Here's a picture of the broken Slide Stop ......

I checked my "rounds expended" Excel spreadsheet and noted that this particular P85 has had at least 18,300 rounds through it, and undoubtedly more than that.

AND JUST FOR MORE "P" Series fun and history:
way back in OCT 2024 my P90 had a broken slide stop !!!!
https://www.rugerforum.net/threads/broken-p90-slide-stop.417741/
Same deal: broke after around 18,000 rounds.

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UPDATE

Here's a picture of the broken Slide Stop ......

I checked my "rounds expended" Excel spreadsheet and noted that this particular P85 has had at least 18,300 rounds through it, and undoubtedly more than that.
View attachment 273048


AND JUST FOR MORE "P" Series fun and history:
way back in OCT 2024 my P90 had a broken slide stop !!!!
https://www.rugerforum.net/threads/broken-p90-slide-stop.417741/
Same deal: broke after around 18,000 rounds.

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Thanks for the data and input!!!
Rick

 

I have to give the OP P90 a huge kudo for sharing the information and a big thank you for caring for another "P-Series" and keeping it running. His P85 will live to shoot another day.
*The data and information are now stored in my files for reference.
*Update us with the fix and outcome when time allows.
*Again, P90-> thanks for taking your time to share.
*Ruger "P-Series" rule and "Long live Bill Ruger"...rick

 

No kidding! This is somewhat (not really at all, but happened at least a few times) common with CZ75 series pistol's takedown pins snapping in the same way.

FWIW I love my P89DC and P95DC.

 

UPDATE

New Slide Stop received in today's mail.

It took me longer to open the package than to actually install the new Slide Stop !!

Back To Normal !!

 

UPDATE

New Slide Stop received in today's mail.

It took me longer to open the package than to actually install the new Slide Stop !!

Back To Normal !!

Excellent and enjoy that "P-Series". Good on you for keeping it in the family. Well worth the effort.
Be safe.

 

I'll be taking it out for some exercise tomorrow, Great Fun !!

I've been a "P" Series true believer for 25 years, fantastic performance. P85/P89/P90/P97 ...... a couple of minor "annoyances" along the way, always very easy fixits. Always fun to use.

 

Thanks for the input. The only spare parts I have on hand (on the advice of a retired P-Series project engineer) are an extractor and spare recoil spring-with the concurrent advice that I'd probably never use them. So far, so good. The slide stop pin is quite durable, but I'd probably suggest based on the two data points that a prudent preventive maintenance replacement interval might be at the 15K roundcount. Recoil springs are likely good for at least 20K-25K rounds.

The only institutional high use user that I can recall is the Federal Bureau of Prisons,; as I recall anecdotally by a BOP officer at high round counts they had some link failures. but that was at VERY high round counts, literally after hundreds of thousands rounds on some of their range P-Series .

Best, Jon

 

I just checked Numrich's site; the slide stop/releases are available in both blued and stainless, and reasonably priced at $23.86. They are used, however, so you'll have an unknown round count on them (but unless they're sourcing from the Bureau of Prisons, you're probably going to be just fine, because I haven't run into or heard of others really running their P-Series guns that hard...)

Best, Jon