[rwsnc]

Sorry I didn't see this thread earlier. I had that same issue/question and called Ruger. A tech told me that the flared end of the inner spring goes towards the front of the guide rod, not the head end.

 

[rwsnc]

the flared end of the inner spring goes towards the front of the guide rod, not the head end.

Mine did not come with the flared spring. We will see what she has when she comes back from Prescott. Just for clarification, do you mean the flare is toward the muzzle end ?
Thanks, Bill

Mine came back from Prescott with the new flared inner spring and yes the flare goes towards the muzzle end.

 

[rwsnc]

Mine came with the large end of the inner spring toward the "head" of the guide rod, towards the handle end of the gun. I shot 50 rounds on the first time out with no problems. Then another 100 on the second time out with FTF about 70% of the time. I had to tap the heel of slide with my off hand to get it to feed. I had plenty of grease on the rails from it's prefiring inspection and cleaning. I hope the gun is just breaking in and not a lemon. I hate buying new stuff that's broken out of the box.

When I cleaned it after the second round of shooting, I noticed a lot of build-up of copper or whatever the Remington UMC FMJ ball ammo is coated with on the feed ramp. I always hit the feed ramp and breech with a brass tooth brush. Does Remington use a soft lead bullet? I've heard many other people grousing about UMC ammo on other forums but that's all I would find in town.

I also found that the large end of the inner spring had worked over the head of the guide rod. Can it hit the sides of the slide? I didn't see any wear marks I didn't expect to see.

380 ammo in Albuquerque is non-existent in any gun store, Wallies, etc. at this time. I guess those 87k LCPs Ruger sold hit the ammo shelves like a ton of bricks, lol. I have some on Sellier & Bellot FMJ, some Golden Sabers and Some Critical Defence on order. If I still have FTF issues, I wonder if the KT springs would help.

Dan in ABQ

Mine came back installed backwards too.

I have a suspicion that the people making the recall changes were NOT actual techs but a bunch of people trained specifically, to make the changes.... just a thought.

 

[rwsnc]

Mine came with the large end of the inner spring toward the "head" of the guide rod, towards the handle end of the gun. I shot 50 rounds on the first time out with no problems. Then another 100 on the second time out with FTF about 70% of the time. I had to tap the heel of slide with my off hand to get it to feed. I had plenty of grease on the rails from it's prefiring inspection and cleaning. I hope the gun is just breaking in and not a lemon. I hate buying new stuff that's broken out of the box.

When I cleaned it after the second round of shooting, I noticed a lot of build-up of copper or whatever the Remington UMC FMJ ball ammo is coated with on the feed ramp. I always hit the feed ramp and breech with a brass tooth brush. Does Remington use a soft lead bullet? I've heard many other people grousing about UMC ammo on other forums but that's all I would find in town.

I also found that the large end of the inner spring had worked over the head of the guide rod. Can it hit the sides of the slide? I didn't see any wear marks I didn't expect to see.

380 ammo in Albuquerque is non-existent in any gun store, Wallies, etc. at this time. I guess those 87k LCPs Ruger sold hit the ammo shelves like a ton of bricks, lol. I have some on Sellier & Bellot FMJ, some Golden Sabers and Some Critical Defence on order. If I still have FTF issues, I wonder if the KT springs would help.

Dan in ABQ

Mine came back installed backwards too.

I have a suinappropriateion that the people making the recall changes were NOT actual techs but a bunch of people trained specifically, to make the changes.... just a thought.

I just noticed this and it's too late to modify my post. I don't know what happened, but I typed "s u s p i c i o n" in my original post, but it was somehow automatically changed to "suinappropriateion" . Apparently, that word is "inappropriate" on this forum.

 

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Hey.... I know... Let's all try every "slang" word we can come up with to see if it picks them all up. >>>>>>> ;D Just kidding. Let's not, this place would be closed down for sure, but I'd be interested in knowing if they'd catch all of them.

 

[rwsnc]

Sent mine in for recall and it came back with the old springs. I emailed Ruger to see if they the springs should have been upgraded and they said that they don't change the springs unless you tell them there is a problem with the old springs when you send it in for recall.

Whomever you spoke to is wrong! Mine went to Ruger with an inner spring that would pass through the outer spring and it came back with a belled inner spring. This end was toward the muzzle end.

Exactly...