good points except i would make one correction. ruger is likely not initiating a $$ multi-million recall campaign because of an abundance of caution. they have gathered a little bit of field evidence, did a root cause analysis on the data from the reports, and discovered what may be a potentially defect part. whether they are able to recreate this is unknown. however, their corrective action is to replace part(s) that could be defective (maybe even a design flaw or parts that are out of spec) and since the problem is safety related, they initiated a product safety recall. if there were anything else, they would make a running change like they have been doing in the past, which is called an upgrade. this is the way all top companies handle the manufacturing process, ruger included. ruger believes your post-recall firearm will be safer than your pre-recall firearm.
of course, i don't work for ruger and i don't have the inside track. but let's not kid ourselves, ruger is a great company but they aren't going to recall 50,000 pistol without a good reason. not trying to be harsh or impractical because it is commendable how ruger has executed this recall so far and the free magazine is a pretty good incentive (one of the many recommended steps of a good recall). this recall appears to be voluntary which probably means no one is forcing them to recall the product against their will (i.e. no lawsuit).
i apologize if your meant this to begin with.
