Ruger LCR Kaboom

[capbyrd]

Ruger needs to stick with SA revolvers, and what they do best.

And what exactly would that be?  10/22?  Mark series?  P-series?  As an owner of all of them, I'd say Ruger has their stuff together.  Just like any company, failures happen and in the gun world, where everything is rushed to market, recalls happen.  This kaboom though, is one of kind as far as I can tell.  I'll continue to buy my ruger autoloaders. 

[MAUSERMAN]

+ one on the last comment. I own a few rugers and none of the them have ever failed me.
p89-p95-p90-kp345
gp100-sp101-superredhawk-blackhawk
10/22-pc9-pc4-mini14
M77 .270

[tombogan03884]

I don't like the styling on Ruger P series or other centerfire semi autos .
I've never shot one of their shotguns, But rifles, revolvers and .22's they rule.

[ellis4538]

Anyone hear anything about this from Ruger?

Richard

[Michael Bane]

Steve over at The Firearm Blog runs kabooms all the time...this week's boom is an M14...yet only the Ruger gets recycled here. Why might that be?

If a specific type of handgun was blowing up all over the place, I'd expect whatever company involved to be all over it. That's not the case here. I'm sure the company is dealing with this ONE specific incident. If there is a systemic failure, believe me, the recall will be breath-taking, because doing anything less risks the entire company. That goes double for a public company, where stock prices are volatile.

You guys are smarter than the average bears, and you have a lot of experience. I know it's not the first time you've seen a gun kaboom. In your experience, how many times has a catastrophic failure been been the result of a badly designed gun versus ammo or what I might call "operator failure," e.g. firing a round with an obstruction in the barrel, firing a round unsuitable for the gun (a 9 X 23 in a 9mm Largo chamber), etc.? I've blown up 2 guns myself (a BHP and a 1911) and seen many more let go. In EVERY case it has been ammo or operator failure. 

Guns do indeed fail, as do all the constructs of men. But when I lit up my own guns, my first thought wasn't, "Those damn fools at Browning and Colt don't know how to build a gun! If only I had bought a...whatever. Those SOBs had better cough up an explanation pretty darn fast!!!"

As far as ammo, I personally do not use aluminum-cased ammo. I tried it years ago as a competitor and had case-splitting issues. Not a huge number of them, but enough that I decided that the (then) price savings weren't worth it. Your mileage may vary.

Okay, rant mode off!

Michael B

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[ellis4538]

Sorry Michael, I was just curious to see what they blamed, reloads, OE or what.  I am not ragging on Ruger or anything, just curious which I have a tendency to be.  Don't want to make the same mistake myself!  I took the post as a FYI and my ? was a FMI.

Richard

[rich642z]

So far,I havent had any KABOOMSKIS yet after 2,000 rounds of Hornady Crutucal Defense Ammo yet on either my .38 or .357 LCRs.   I dont use that crappy aluminuim cased ammo either.   rich642z

[Badgersmilk]

Safe to say there isn't a single person here who hasn't used tons of CCI ammo before right?  Probably been using it for YEARS just like I have.  Even been through thousands and thousands of rounds of the stuff myself.

A few months ago I bought several box's that happen to be packaged in clear plastic (Maxi-Mag HP's).  After having the stuff a few weeks I was preparing to load a magazine when I saw one round actually had the bullet pressed into the case at about a 60 degree angle!  The plastic box was in perfect condition.  NO WAY the damage occured after manufacturing.  The outside of the cartridge was still round enough that it very likely would have chambered and fired in my bolt action.  But the bullet was completely mutilated.  Would it have caused a "kaboom" in the gun had it been fired?  I'd guess YES!  All the other rounds in the box appeared to be fine.  They all fired and functioned fine.  Just like the thousands of rounds of CCI stuff I used before that day and after.

When this chick didn't even notice the barrel was cracked in half after "the trigger of her gun appeared to be stuck".  Do you think it's possible she may have loaded a defective round in the weapon?

[Walter45Auto]

Safe to say there isn't a single person here who hasn't used tons of CCI ammo before right?  Probably been using it for YEARS just like I have.  Even been through thousands and thousands of rounds of the stuff myself.

A few months ago I bought several box's that happen to be packaged in clear plastic (Maxi-Mag HP's).  After having the stuff a few weeks I was preparing to load a magazine when I saw one round actually had the bullet pressed into the case at about a 60 degree angle!  The plastic box was in perfect condition.  NO WAY the damage occured after manufacturing.  The outside of the cartridge was still round enough that it very likely would have chambered and fired in my bolt action.  But the bullet was completely mutilated.  Would it have caused a "kaboom" in the gun had it been fired?  I'd guess YES!  All the other rounds in the box appeared to be fine.  They all fired and functioned fine.  Just like the thousands of rounds of CCI stuff I used before that day and after.

When this chick didn't even notice the barrel was cracked in half after "the trigger of her gun appeared to be stuck".  Do you think it's possible she may have loaded a defective round in the weapon?

I've had boxes of PMC cowboy loads (in .45-70) that had 1/4 inch bulges near the case mouth of a couple of the rounds. (Used those rounds as pistol targets. My brother found one after I shot at it and said "Man! What happened here?" I told him "I shot at it because it had a big bulge in the case.")

[billt]

I have reservations even calling this a "Kaboom". All I see is where the gun shed some Polymer off the side of the barrel, exposing the steel barrel sleeve itself. Could be simple timing, possibly ammo, or all of the above. But this is hardly what I would classify as an exploded piece.

THIS IS A KABOOM!