I took ownership of a new sr45. I did some research and decided it was a good purchase. I took it to the range today and shot half a dozens rounds (230gr magtech). The mag dropped on every round! I changed up my grip a bit and that didn’t help. It also had a few light primer strikes. 
looks like ill be calling Ruger on Monday, im super bummed. the sr9 I shot a few months back was great. Updates will come. Looks like im a guinea pig after all.
Mine spit out a string of light strikes in the 150-200 round range all in a couple of magazines, I ended up going home to figure out the problem. I cleaned the striker channel completely and seem to have cured this really disappointing failure. IMHO the tolerances of the channel aren’t that close that a little grease and brass shavings should not cause light strikes.
As for the mag drop issue I’ve never experienced any issue like that. When it was new I did have a hard time seating it properly with the slide closed and a full mag. But that’s not what you are experiencing. I really don’t like the painted magazines, and if you inspect close enough the “lip” of the mag catch isn’t much thicker than the paint on the mags. The feel of the release also fails to inspire confidence…another poor design issue again IMHO.
I like my SR45, it’s accurate and fun to shoot but it needs some refinements…I suppose there’s a reason it’s sub 400. And to think I was at the show to pick up a M&P 45 but couldn’t find on with a manual safety so I bought the SR instead.
I suppose we’ll have to wait and see what rugers new “combat” series brings.
I’ve never forgiven Ruger for the P-90 I had. Soured me to any non-rimfire Ruger semiauto pistol. Every time I think a new one looks like it deserves a shot, I just have to remember that P-90 and I go look somewhere else.
You might wanna try a G21 or USP if you’re looking for an okay to good relatively cheap to mid price .45 ACP pistol. I hear the FNX 45 is a nice gun too.
I really like the way the Pistol feels. It’s quite thin compared to the others. I hate to sell it and take a hit. I’ll see about getting it’s issues handled and possibly look into a trade. The mag catch is wimpy, it looks like it doesn’t have much purchase on the mag itself. I gave it a good cleaning, I’ll give it another go this week. I know there are great 45’s out there. I’m always after a good value. I accepted some fit and finish for the low price. I didn’t expect it to fail this early!
My buddy had one of these at the academy and he was always having problems with it.
Small update. I loaded a few snap caps on top of the real stuff and found this out. On a loaded mag with 10 rounds with the slide locked back than released( not using the slide lock ) the mag would release. When inserting a loaded mag with the the slide closed ( in battery? ) than I pull the slide back and release, it loads a cartridge than releases the magazine. ( I did make sure my hands were not touching the mag release!)It almost seems like a mag catch problem to me. it’s quite hokey compared to the Glock I have.
Update after some further fiddling. It seems as if the bullet is releasing the magazine as they move up the magazine. Ill post a few pictures later.
Dude, that’s worse than the new M&P follower which gets caught when the mag release is installed on the left hand side! If I were you I would seriously consider trading or selling that if customer service won’t fix it. Have you called Ruger to see if they’ll fix/replace your pistol?
Seriously, bring it to the next gun show. Sell it ASAP. Buy a police return Glock if you can. That’s normally the best bargain at a gun show (although I used to see W German Police Sig 226’s for $350…)
Ruger makes great .22’s and single shot rifles. Excellent revolvers. Decent bolt action rifles and hunting shotguns. Semi-auto centerfires worth a very slight amount more than their weight as scrap metal.
Here is a pic of how close the bullet slides in the magazine. There isn’t much purchase on the magazine catch. It wouldn’t take much movement to un latch it. Called ruger and lefta a message. They say they are experiencing an unprecedented amount of calls! No, really :mad:
The phone message has been up for months. Good luck actually getting someone on the phone.
Out of curiosity, what did you do for research? I cannot think of 1 instance I have seen the SR45 or SR9 recommended. I cannot really think of a reason one would get one, unless their other choices were Taurus and Highpoints .
I have a history of researching stuff so much I end up not buying anything I was considering to buy. I’ll find something I don’t like about anything.
I did some searching on a few forums, not so much here though. I shot an SR9 and liked it, at least I shot it well. I have been wanting a .45 for a while. I saw a black SR45 and thought what the hell, why not give it a go, I like the size and look of it and the feel. I knew it had some teething issues with light primer strikes and occasionally the slide not locking back but everyone that seemed to have these issues had them supposedly solved quickly by Ruger. I figured waiting a wile and buying this month I may have gotten one that had the kinks worked out. Turns out I was wrong. Many of the posts I saw and read were dated early this year and I just didn’t weed though them enough. I know there are good pistols to buy and you don’t have to pay Sig or HK prices to get them. I made a gamble on a “deal” and its a fine example of, you get what you pay for. What I know now is I would not trust my life to a semi auto Ruger pistol. That being said I found it’s replacement. I’ll try and work with getting this Ruger fixed and sold, I will consult with the dealer I bought it though and see what can be done. I avoided the mistake of buying DPMS, Bushy, Oly AR but now I’ll make that up with a poor pistol. :sad:
A lady friend of mine had an SR9C that had the light strike issue. She had done maybe 5 or 6 USPSA matches and a few practice sessions so less than 1000 rounds total.
After a whole bunch of testing I figured out the extractor hook was not holding the case close enough to the breech face (about double the distance of a Glock, M&P or old Ruger P94 I have).
The striker was only able to protrude a fraction of an inch forward of the breech face (with the striker block depressed) vs. a Glock’s that can be pushed forward a virtual mile.
The end result of this seemed to be that the striker/firing pin was not always able to get a solid hit on the primer. I also got the impression that the striker block was not being pressed completely out of the way of the striker as the trigger was squeezed causing it to drag the striker and rob some energy from it.
It was returned to Ruger where they tried to say since it had been manufactured (not purchased) more than a year ago the warranty was expired. They accepted that wasn’t very reasonable and did whatever they did to “fix” it.
When we got it back the tolerances and striker protrusion seemed to be the same. She sold it without firing another round. A friend of my brother in law had the same problem. No idea how or what he did about it.
Well the SR has been replaced by a G21 sf ( rtf2) I found at the local shop ( used but still had the factory lube )
I was able to contact Ruger finally get through. I sent it back and I hope they fix it so I can sell it and crawl out of the hole i dug myself into.
I received my SR back from Ruger last night. They replaced the magazine catch and release button, they said they fired 30 rounds through it. The magazine catch seems to work much better. The magazine does not release with the test I performed above. It’s going up for sale now. I settled on a G21sf I found in the mean time. oh and they gave me a nice gun cloth. 
I will say this super nice people on the other side of the phone. I called following up on the repair and she tracked my pistol down and found the tech had it in the range for testing.
I’m glad you had it fixed before putting it up for sale. You did good!
If it now works properly, why get rid of it?
Not to be dismissive here, but I really have to ask: has Ruger ever produced a semi-automatic handgun beyond the Mark II that was really worth owning?
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No, they have not IMO. Not dismissive at all as far as i’m concerned.