Your story sounds like the problem was galling. It's pretty common when two tightly fitted pieces of stainless steel rub together. If there is insufficient lubrication, metal builds up between the parts and they can actually seize and effectively weld themselves together.Aggie_engr wrote:My brother recently purchased a new Ruger SR1911 full size. After a good cleaning we took it out to the farm for a trial run. We both have a couple years experience in IDPA and 3-gun and the gun shot maybe 3 rounds before it started malfunctioning. During fire the slide wouldn't fully close into battery. This occurred with the factory mag and Wilson mags using winchester white box 230gr ball and federal 230gr ball. We thought maybe it just needed breaking in but it just got worse the more we shot it. Eventually it turned into a single shot handgun to the point the slide would seize and the first round wouldn't even load. It felt like there was a crude, metal on metal resistance between the slide to frame fit and it took massive force to make the slide cycle.
Needless to say it got shipped back to Ruger, who ended up replacing the "barrel and slide assembly" according to my bro's words and since then it has eaten a couple hundred rounds of various ammo flawlessly. I liked the trigger and quality/fit/feel of the gun and it shot very accurately. Hope to see more good results in future IDPA matches.
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