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Pawpaw wrote:I'll ask again...

Bill, You don't have a shock buffer installed in that pistol, do you?

No. Pistol is out of the box and worked fine until tried to shoot again this week after it had been inactive for several months.

DocV wrote:I admit this is a bit of a puzzling failure mode. My initial suspect for feed problems is always the magazine. Given none of the three magazines would feed, that would imply that all three magazines are failing; or, the magazines are not seated properly; or, the disconnector track is not stripping a round out of the mag for some reason.

Can you answer a few questions for me please?

1. Has this problem repeated for each of the mags? In particular, can you load the first round in the pistol, shoot the round, and does additional rounds fail to load?

2. Does failure to load mean the rounds just stay in the mag? If not, where are the rounds after the first round is fired?

3. Have you tried the traditional tap and rack procedure for a FTF? Did that help?

1. All three mags: 7, 8, and 12. The first round was already in there from last time I shot.

2. All rounds stay in mag. Aren't picked up.

3. Not familiar with Tap and rack. Wasn't a FTF, just a FT Load.

The weird thing is that ALL previous rounds loaded perfectly several months ago. No load, extract, etc. problems. Just this ONE time attempt to shoot again after several months. One round was already in battery from last time I shot...didn't want to have to cycle slide this time, just put another loaded mag in pistol.

MONGOOSE wrote:If this pistol will every be used for SD, you need to send it to Ruger or a competent Smith and quit trying speculating and trying to be a kitchen table smith.

Yes, I'll ultimately send it to Ruger for evaluation and repair/adjustment.

No...I'm not trying to solve a technical/mechanical problem via discussion forum. Just trying to get others opinion if anyone has had same problem! If it appears a very minor problem on my end, then I won't send back to Ruger. FWIW...

I do have another quality one for SD...

Thanks for replies Guys!

More detail:

1. Previously, each round picked up correctly. This time, 1st round that was in battery fired and then next round wouldn't pick up.
2. Only using quality ammo: Hornady, Remington, etc.
3. Magazine springs strong; round fully at top waiting to be picked up.
4. Manual cycling of slide fails to pick up round (in either of my 3 new RUGER magazines.
5. Once fired, pistol has never failed to extract round and toss it out.
6. Have never had a Stove Pipe incident.
7. Magazine fully in position and locked.
8. Pistol has not been cleaned since it has been "resting" past several months.
9. No "limp wrist" incidents.
10. Neither hollowpoint or ball ammo would cycle in. No case damage observed.

Hope this info helps!

Thanks,
Bill

Slide fully cycled after 1st successful round. Would not pick up another round.

I have an almost new (less than 50 rounds fired) in my 1911. I hadn't fired it in around 9 months. Recently, with a round in tube, it fired but wouldn't load any more rounds. I checked magazine, and tried 2 other magazines, to no avail. Magazines seemed ok, as had been used successfully in past.

Any ideas what's going on???

Thanks,
Bill