I was showing my neighbor my Ruger P94. I was in the process of safing the gun, and as I dropped the clip, I shot him in the head. What do I do?

Ok, really, when I was dropping the clip, a small piece fell out of the gun. It is obviously a piece that has broken off the casting. After a little investigation, I found that one of the cast bosses that suport the trigger pin has broke off.

I bought the gun a little over a year ago from a local gun store. The gun has maybe 200 round through it and has not been shot in almost a year. It has been in the top of my closet.

Are their warranties on these things? Should I call the shop that sold it to me? Should I call Ruger?

 

Call Ruger. They used to have the best rep for fixing defects. Tell us how it goes.

 

Well. I called them this morning. They said send it in and that they would more than likely replace the entire gun.

I guess I will know in 3 to 4 weeks.

I'll post back.

 

You'll be fine. Ruger is good, and reputable manufacturers would not want any sort of defect to go uncorrected. Expect a new pistol. And when you do receive it, you should gripe about the 3-4 weeks you waited, sleep you lost, etc. Maybe get yourself a few extra mags out of it...

 

That's right, reward their good service by taking them for a bit more than you deserve

 

^ i agree. bad karma and firearms do not mix.

 

I shoot blanks.

 

Yea, they will do that if they see it wasn't due to abuse. My brother's .357 broke in half one day, the barrel just came off, not even the range owner could believe it. He said he had never heard of it and so did Smith and Wesson, but they still replaced it. Walther also replaced my P99 40sw when the frame cracked, the second one has over 6000 rounds without a problem.

 

That's kind of d!ck response...

A. I would contend that the OP "deserves" to purchase a weapon which is free of defects, operates safely and reliably, and does not require 3-4 weeks time to be lost with a bunch of manufacturer grab-a$$.

B. Said grab-a$$ seems to ME, in MY OPINION, to be worth a gesture above and beyond simple replacement, especially if the weapon owner will have to be without said weapon for an extended period of time. Honestly, I would have to think twice about owning another weapon of the same model as my confidence in their QC would be rattled. That's for the OP to decide, and if you disagree with me, that's fine, but I can do without your self-righteous eye-rolling.

C. Their "good service" remains to be seen. Having a self-defense weapon exhibit a potentially dangerous manufacturing flaw which might present risk to the owner and then leaves him without protection for 3-4 weeks is not 'good service', again IMHO.

If that's the way you roll, God bless ya. If you think the OP should get down on his knees and beg Ruger to play nice because they delivered a defective and dangerous item, fine. I think an additional gesture of good will is not out of line.

And, for whatever it's worth, I don't remember seeing any of your snarky comments on all the posts about people raking Honda over the coals about defects or 'issues' with their S2000s...

 

I'd say a brand new gun is more than anyone would deserve, even if you have to wait a few weeks to get it.