Is one of the nations leading manufacturers of rugged, reliable firearms for thecommercial sporting market.Īs a full-line manufacturer of American-made firearms, Ruger offers consumers over700 variations of more than 40 product lines, from the ubiquitous 1022 andMini-14, to the new and exciting PC Carbine, Security-9,EC9s, Ruger Precision Rimfire, LCP II, Mark IV, RugerAmerican Pistol and Ruger Precision Rifle. If it helps, the serial number of the one I had seperate is 501-10445. Im not surprised that whoever you spoke to at Ruger didnt know of it as it was so few of them it affected. Yes, Im one of the very few people who actually had this happen.Yes, it was a Redhawk, NOT the Super Redhawk.Iron Mike did a very good job of summing it up.It was basically a VERY SMALL bunch, and it was due to the prolonged time the lube sat on the barrels, (over a long weekend, etc) vs an overnight type of issue. Shoot it and enjoy it.BTW, that bear wont care how long your barrel is, just keep shooting.Skip. If there is a problem with a Ruger, their customer service has been very good to me in the past.Skip. I also believe that the problem was very tiny in scope, so nothing to be really concerned about. Got an e-mail back from them saying they were unaware of a problem like that ever existing. I E-mailed Ruger to see if my serial number fell in the problem range. Some time back, I bought an unfired 5 12 Redhawk, still in the box, that was made back in the mid to late eighties. My understanding is if there are any guns still out there that have not been fixed, then a free trip to Ruger will make it safe. I do think Ruger has a serial number list, though, so a phone call with the serial number should put it to bed for a particular gun. Put it in high humidity, uncovered, for a few days and it does.So, theres no last serial number you can go. The thin film left in place after assembly didnt have enough of whatever bad chemical to cause a problem.Ī comparison would be the moisture in exhaling once over the sugar bowl wont casue the sugar to cake up. Instead, they sat overnight or over the weekend, to be assembled to frames on the next workday.A thick covering of the lube over time caused the issue. The problem guns were ones where the threads were lubed, but barrels not immediately assembled to frames. The barrels had a generous amount of lube applied to the threads and the excess wiped off after assembly with the frame.
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