Ruger 1911 Commander .45 Problem

[KC80]

The good news is that once someone has issues like this and the firearm is replaced you generally recieve a very good specimen in return.

[Pawpaw]

Excaliber what ended up happening? Just curious!

It's at Ruger now being evaluated for replacement.

Update: Ruger has advised they will replace the pistol. Arrangements to do so are in progress.

I am looking forward to testing the new one, which I expect to be as good as everyone else who has one says they are.

We're planning a little meet-up on the 23rd. Why don't you join us for lunch and then put that pistol through it's paces?

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[Excaliber]

Excaliber what ended up happening? Just curious!

It's at Ruger now being evaluated for replacement.

Update: Ruger has advised they will replace the pistol. Arrangements to do so are in progress.

I am looking forward to testing the new one, which I expect to be as good as everyone else who has one says they are.

We're planning a little meet-up on the 23rd. Why don't you join us for lunch and then put that pistol through it's paces?

http://texaschlforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=81757

Thanks very much for the invite!

I'd like to join you, but will have to see what my schedule looks like then.


I don't have the gun yet either, but I hope to by then.

I'll let you know.

[FastCarry]

I just ordered a Ruger lightweight commander, my first 1911. Hope I get a good one. I watched the Hickok45 YouTube review on it and he had a very similar, if not the same, failure with his. He had about 100 loaded mags though and it was hard to tell if they were mag specific or not, toward the end of the video the gun seemed to run fine. I ordered mine with 1 extra mecgar 8 rounder to go with the 2 factory 7s. Good luck, I'll report back when I get mine and get a chance to run some through it.

[Excaliber]

I just ordered a Ruger lightweight commander, my first 1911. Hope I get a good one. I watched the Hickok45 YouTube review on it and he had a very similar, if not the same, failure with his. He had about 100 loaded mags though and it was hard to tell if they were mag specific or not, toward the end of the video the gun seemed to run fine. I ordered mine with 1 extra mecgar 8 rounder to go with the 2 factory 7s. Good luck, I'll report back when I get mine and get a chance to run some through it.

I'll be very interested to hear your experience.

My replacement pistol is on its way and should arrive this week. I'll post the results when I get some range time on it.

[FastCarry]

Curious, are they sending you the same model or a different model?

[Excaliber]

Curious, are they sending you the same model or a different model?

Same model.

[FastCarry]

Picked my lightweight commander up tonight. Cleaned it, it has manually cycled every round so far with both factory mags and the one mec gar I have. I'll shoot it tomorrow or this weekend.

Is yours all steel or lightweight model?

[Excaliber]

Picked my lightweight commander up tonight. Cleaned it, it has manually cycled every round so far with both factory mags and the one mec gar I have. I'll shoot it tomorrow or this weekend.

Is yours all steel or lightweight model?

Mine is the lightweight. I picked the replacement pistol up today.

The first thing I did was manually cycle it a few hundred times to smooth out the contact points between the stainless slide and the aluminum frame, which wears a slightly rough black coating. Then I lubricated it liberally and will run it "wet" for the first few hundred rounds to give it a good break in when I get to the range sometime in the next few days.

I'll post a report right afterwards.

[flintknapper]

^^^^^^^^ Hope this one works for you. You certainly tried everything reasonable to do yourself...with the last one. I know how disappointing that can be.

Let's hope this one= Happiness!

[Excaliber]

^^^^^^^^ Hope this one works for you. You certainly tried everything reasonable to do yourself...with the last one. I know how disappointing that can be.

Let's hope this one= Happiness!

Thanks!

There are very few reported issues with that model on the Ruger forum, and all the reviews I've seen give it high marks. While a lemon can appear in any large batch of manufactured items, I figure the likelihood of getting two lemons in a row is pretty slim.

I'll know for sure by the first of next week.

[flechero]

I figure the likelihood of getting two lemons in a row is pretty slim.

I am sending you all the good luck juju I can muster up! You should have earned a lifetime of trouble free guns after this!

You have a much higher lever of "sticktoitiveness" than anyone I know!!

[Excaliber]

I figure the likelihood of getting two lemons in a row is pretty slim.

I am sending you all the good luck juju I can muster up! You should have earned a lifetime of trouble free guns after this!

You have a much higher lever of "sticktoitiveness" than anyone I know!!

Thanks!

I'm pretty dogged about problem solving, and I always figure there's something to be learned by following the tough ones all the way through to resolution.

In this case I probably would have been better off declaring the first pistol a lemon much earlier than I did.

[FastCarry]

Wish i had good news to report, but after 50 rounds mixed of hornady hollow, freedom munitions hollow, and Perfecta FMJ, I had about 8 failure to feed/battery. Happened with both of the 7 rounders and the 8 round mec gar.

Didnt happen with the 1st round, but the 2nd to last and last rounds. Seems the cartridge gets hung on the top of the barrel throat. I didnt have time to run more ammo through it but ill give it another clean and a go this weekend.