Slide Catching on LCP

[BHay]

I purchased my LCP last November and found the slide, unless racked with excess vigor, would catch just a small bit and stick open. A small push or even a shake was enough to jar it loose and the slide would then feed the round perfectly.

After 250+ rounds I called Ruger. The took the gun back with no complaints and no charge. Two weeks later it was returned with a new barrel and slide yet the same problem albeit a bit less noticeable, continued.

I've run another 200+ rounds through the gun and the problem continues.

I can't see where it's sticking but it feels as if it's somehow catching on the ridge between the bullet and the casing.

I've cleaned and lubed the gun many times and checked the ramp. I've tried a dozen different types of ammunition. It seems to be worse with the first few rounds in the magazine and then diminish with each round as the magazine empties. The problem never interferes with the cycling of the gun during normal firing. I'm a big guy that's been shooting for years so I don't think it's the way I'm racking the slide.

Has anyone seen this problem before and can you suggest a cause and cure?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mad Magyar]

and cure

Send it back till they get it right....Whatever you do, do not try homemade remedy for the situation....Might void the warranty. Good luck...

 

[hiram2005]

I just tried mine and if I slowly let the slide forward it does like yours, but if I just pull it back and let it go....it's fine. I see no problem. I have seen this with a lot of semis if you ride the slide.

 

[ohwell]

Wolf recoil springs the 11 lb worked great for me cured all problems

 

[hunter25]

Mine did the exact same thing even while being fired and after being sent back once. In my case it turned out to be a faulty magazine and once replaced with a new one has been 100% ever since.
Ruger never figured this out. I learned by accident when i tried a second one on my own.

 

[VegasAR15]

Mine has done the same thing about three times in the fifty or so rounds that I have fired out of it. I had been hoping that it would work itself out. Maybe I will try a new magazine or a wolf spring. I would really like to be able to count on this as much as my Glocks if at all possible, since I will probably carry it more than anything else.

 

[BHay]

One point I left out for brevity was that I included the mag with the gun when I returned it to Ruger and it came back with the same mag. That's fine but it lead me to think they had considered the mag and found it okay. I need a second mag anyway so I'll buy one and see if that fixes the problem. The gun is just a delight to carry and generally high quality. If that doesn't work I'll call Ruger again. I appreciate the responses. It sounds like I'm not alone and that's one thing I was trying to figure out. Perhaps this is an issue Ruger consider in the quality system.

 

[JDGray]

Sorry for your grief, but its just typical Ruger beta testing, and yes send it back till they get it right. Every new model they come up with, they end up recalling for something, shoddy QC if you ask me. For instance, my 22/45 had extractor issues, and Ruger happily sent me a free replacement, which did the same thing. A Volquartsen extractor fixed it, and should be Rugers vender for extractors, but Ruger just keeps pumping bad ones out. Why?

Does the LCP ever fail to chamber while shooting? Or is it just the initial chambering by you?

 

[351 WINCHESTER]

Sounds like you need a heavier recoil spring. I think the gun comes with a 9lb. I've got a k/t p32 with a 13lb. spring and it runs like a champ.