Hey Blkhawk73,
The manual tells you not to take the magazine apart. Will they even sell you parts for it?
They've replaced two for me, free of charge.
No one was irritated as far as I could tell.
Don't you see, that's the way Ruger keeps us buying Ruger, great CS.
I was thinking the next time one screwed up I'd take it apart and clean it real good.
So, how many turns are you supposed to give the spring? I'll need to know when the time comes.
And you follow every word in the manual for everything, right? Never deviating from exactly what it says? :roll eyes: I'm not sure about Ruger themselves, but there are other sources for parts and pieces. If not, if a whole $20 for a new magazine is such a financial burden, the sport as a whole may not be the best choice of where $ should be going.
The irritating part is that everyone expects everything to last forever and if it doesn't, it's a knee-jerk reaction to just expect another for free. Yes, it's great cs but think just how much they spend on just giving away stuff? Wonder if all those that jump on this route guarantee everything they do forever... If some of your work it's 100% in 10, 20 years, will you freely and willingly jump back and fix to for free? Now if these were brand new, maybe a year old I'd be bothered but anything past that, especially with a respectful amount of use...keep for parts, spend the whopping $20 for a new one.
Now, remember, you can't take that apart next time it messes up, the manual says so!

Shudder thinking how many times I've broken this rule. :duck: Disassemble, do my thing to them (usually dye 'em), reassemble and done...a whole 10 minutes of hands-on time turning the screws and making those 8 full turns of the spring.
I think I will ask Blkhawk73 for detailed repair instructions. Not now, I'd lose them, but when the occasion arises.
No, no, the manual says not to do that.

However...there's this thing called youtube... Shhhhhh.....:rayoff: