Newbie mistake - Ruger SR22

[Boylerman]

I'm such an idiot - I was going through the manual on my new Ruger SR22 and decided to swap out the extended magazine end extension to see how it felt in my hand. The manual was silent on the procedure, so I just "winged" it and went ahead and slid the old endcap off in order to replace it with the extended one. Unfortunately, I had no idea the sucker was spring loaded, and once the old cap was removed, a long spring went flying out of the magazine with a small black plastic bracket. I have torn my living room / kitchen apart looking for this plastic piece, but have not been able to find it. The spring had quite a bit of tension, so I'm sure there was the potential for that bracket to land just about anywhere!

If I can't find that plastic cap bracket / cap, am I stuck? Do I have to replace the entire magazine, or can you purchase individual magazine components from Ruger?

Thanks!

 

[greencobra]

Pretty sure Ruger will take care of you under warranty. Just explain what happened like you did in your post and I'd be surprised if they didn't replace the mag for you. Of course they probably would expect you mail the broken one in.

 

[ColdDayInHell]

I have been there taking my AR-15 and Glock apart. I looked for hours trying to find a piece sent flying due to my carelessness. Ruger is an excellent company and will hopefully send you a new part. Keep looking, I always find the part in the easiest possible place.

 

[DavidC77]

Just give Ruger a call, they will take care of you if you don't find it.

Ruger http://www.ruger.com/contact.


I had that happen to me before also so don't feel bad, it happens.

My wife wanted to go over to her folks house to do some gardening, so I said "OK I need to clean my Trap Gun". I get over there and I'm sitting on the deck cleaning it, I start to really strip it down and I see a plunger and a spring go flying past my head, it drops right onto the dirt driveway. I looked and looked, never found it that day. We went back the next day so she could do somemore work on the gardens and I say "OK I think it landed right here................................................." I look down at my feet and there is the darn plunger, I think I ran around for 10 minutes doing the happy dance.............

So don't give up, you might find it, good luck

 

[TOY539]

Man as an auto mechanic can't even begin to tell you the number of times parts have disappeared into some mysterious dark hole. Some times never to appear and other times reappearing in the darnest places. Don't give up. It'll turn up and if not just follow the guys suggestions here and contact Ruger.

 

[mikes45]

I'm such an idiot - I was going through the manual on my new Ruger SR22 and decided to swap out the extended magazine end extension to see how it felt in my hand. The manual was silent on the procedure, so I just "winged" it and went ahead and slid the old endcap off in order to replace it with the extended one. Unfortunately, I had no idea the sucker was spring loaded, and once the old cap was removed, a long spring went flying out of the magazine with a small black plastic bracket. I have torn my living room / kitchen apart looking for this plastic piece, but have not been able to find it. The spring had quite a bit of tension, so I'm sure there was the potential for that bracket to land just about anywhere!

If I can't find that plastic cap bracket / cap, am I stuck? Do I have to replace the entire magazine, or can you purchase individual magazine components from Ruger?

Thanks!

I had the same thing happen to me last night. I called Ruger this morning and they said they don't sell them as separate parts, so they will ship me a new magazine free of charge. A+++ to Ruger and its customer service.

Mike

 

[CTpatriot]

I have torn my living room / kitchen apart looking for this plastic piece, but have not been able to find it. The spring had quite a bit of tension, so I'm sure there was the potential for that bracket to land just about anywhere!

do you own a cat or dog, because i can suggest the next place to look.