Sounds Like the same problem they had with the SR9
BTW I Have 2 LCP’s affected by this. One of which I carry just about everyday
How to determine if your pistol needs the retrofit: All LCP pistols bearing prefix “370” (that is, serial number 370-xxxxx) may be affected. Newly manufactured and retrofitted “370” prefix LCP pistols with the new hammer mechanism installed have been marked with a diamond in the flat portion of the slot just behind and below the hammer as show to the right. Going forward, new pistols will be marked with the serial number prefix “371” (serial number 371-xxxxx). Pistols with the “371” prefix are not affected.
Ruger has had one of my LCP’s for about 2 months now.
Sent it in for a relief cut job to the frame that they forgot to do on some early models.
Called three weeks ago and they said “yes we’ve got yer gun here, we are rather busy now, just try to be patient”. Yeah yeah yeah OK, I’m patient as an oyster. :rolleyes:
I’m NOT sending my second one in for this recall.
The LCP is one of my favorite pistols.
Every time the UPS truck pulls up at work, I run to the door to let the guy in hoping he’s bringing my gun back. Every day its the same…
FWIW, I think this affects every LCP on the market. I don’t believe any have been produced with a 371- prefix yet.
I purchased one for a buddy as a gift, it shipped directly from the factory to his FFL two weeks ago. If his is a 370- it’s safe to assume essentially every gun on the market is affected.
After the SR9 recall earlier this year, this is certainly another black eye for Ruger. There’s a joke in there somewhere … What do you call a gun company with two black eyes?
Perhaps Ruger will now begin drop testing its guns more seriously.
They are giving everyone a free new magazine by way of apology, and all shipping, etc. is being covered free of charge.
It’s a little amusing to see some people on other forums, die-hard 1911 guys who eschew any kind of firing pin safety mechanism on their 1911’s, but who are complaining bitterly about the lack of drop safety on the LCP.
Personally I’m not too worried about it. I’ve carried 1911’s without any sort of firing pin safety for years. I won’t be in any hurry to send my LCP in.
I still like mine; it carries more easily than any CCW I’ve ever had. Ruger has great service, so I know they’ll fix them up.
Still, having yet another breakdown/defect issue in a new gun is annoying. This is Ruger’s 2nd big recall this year, after the SR9 was recalled earlier. IMHO, the overall build quality on MOST new guns these days seems frustratingly low.
Agreed that most LCP’s must be affected. Mine was one that had just come into a dealer I bought it from, and I just got mine 3 weeks ago, and it’s affected.
Also, I agree that this has got to be really embarrassing for Ruger. As I said in my other post, it seems like poor quality with newly manufactured guns is endemic, though some companies seem to have a higher percentage of issues than others. Ruger having to recall 2 out of 2 of their new pistol designs for safety reasons is not good. And it’s not really like them either, I cannot remember any time in my life when they’ve had to recall two consecutive new items that they released, especially items that were as visible as these.
My LCP has also now experienced an unrelated (I assume) problem: it occasionally fails to fire when I pull the trigger, but instead discharges when the trigger is released. So I pull, get nothing, and when I take my finger off the trigger BANG. I’m not amused.
I was going to call a buddy at Ruger about it, but I think I’ll just wait and include a note when I send it in for the recall.
I wouldn’t fret too much. Plenty of people have LCPs which have gone far more than 600 rounds without this problem. It’s more likely a fluke than a design defect of any kind. They’re swapping out half the internals for the recall anyway, right?
That makes sense–hopefully the recall work will address both the issues of AD’s during drops, and your issue with the trigger.
I’m curious what the other LCP owners’ take is on this whole recall thing. I’ve never owned a pistol that was “recalled” before. If you’re not actually experiencing any problems and your pistol seems to be working fine, should an owner still send it in anyway?
yes, you should send it in ,to get the free magazlne. mine was one of the first ones made, definitely will be in re-call. when i get around to it, i will send it to them, pretty spiffy little pea-popper i might add.
The change that Ruger is making is similar to a chance KT made earlier this year.
The difference is that Ruger is having a recall because they consider the change an important safety issue that is worthy of huge expense on their part to correct. KT looked at it as a “rolling improvement” and issued no recall.
I’ve been involved in more than a few recalls (both large public ones and smaller agency-specific ones) with two different gun companies. It happens. Should it happen to the same company twice in one year for the same problem? Probably not. But better a company that says “we messed up, let us fix it” than one which ignores the problem or worse, denies it exists.
