Field Striping Prob w/ Ruger 22/45

[Intel486]

I accidentally started to try to take my handgun apart without first uncocking the hammer. I'm not sure what to do now as the whole thing is jammed.

I can pull the bolt back but when I pull the trigger it won't fire. The bolt also gets a little tight half-way back...

When I try to pull (don't know the name of the part) the trap door type part out of the handle it just jams up and won't move...

Afraid I really messed this one up... What do I do?

Thanks

[surbat6]

Sounds like you're down to about 3 choices:
1. Send the pistol to Ruger (after calling first for instructions and a go-ahead from the company). Their service is often free, so your cost might be limited to shipping expenses. You do not need to ship the pistol via an FFL dealer, you can do it yourself.
2.Take the pistol to a professional gunsmith and pay him to unsnarl your pistol's innards.
3.Take it to a trusted and knowledgeable friend and let him fool with it for an hour or two (I've occasionally had malfunctioning or disassembled/badly reassembled guns brought to me to be straightened out). This is admittedly the riskiest option, as many gun owners think they know a lot more about guns than is justified by the evidence. If the friend looks it over and can't remedy the problem, he'll tell you to resort to option #1 or #2 above (if he's REALLY knowledgeable about guns) rather than resort to the 3-pound hammer.

[Intel486]

Thanks for the response... WAs just seeing if anyone had ever done this before and knew what to do.

I think I'll probably be heading off to the gunsmith...

[YourLocalNerd]

LOL, I did the exact same thing right after I got mine a few years back. Trust me m8, keep on tryin to wiggle it back in there and it will go. It took me an hour or two but it did finally go.

And no, lol, I didnt use a hammer.

Good Luck Bro :2guns: :2guns:

[Intel486]

Originally posted by YourLocalNerd@Nov 28 2004, 12:36 PM
LOL, I did the exact same thing right after I got mine a few years back. Trust me m8, keep on tryin to wiggle it back in there and it will go. It took me an hour or two but it did finally go.

And no, lol, I didnt use a hammer.

Good Luck Bro :2guns: :2guns:
What am I trying to wiggle back in there? The main housing spring thing that comes out of the back of the handle? It goes back into the handle and when I try to pull it out it jams up.

[M1911]

Yeah, me too.

I did the same thing with my 22/45 last year. I messed with awhile and was finally able to get it back to the initial condition. I can't remember exactly what I did but I didn't use any excessive force - I just tried various combinations of things trying to repeat in reverse what I thought I did to cause the original problem.

Did you actually release and then resecure the locking lever in the grip? If so, you may have jammed that little flat lever inside the grip that is supposed to seat in the circular recess on the inside of the locking lever....I think you know what I mean, its the short flat lever that you have to flop over when you secure the locking lever in the grip.

experiment to see what you can do when the pistol is held in different orientations.

you might also try giving Ruger's customer service a call. We can't be the only three guys ever to have done this.

sorry I can't be more help. good luck

:(

[Intel486]

Originally posted by M1911@Nov 29 2004, 07:36 PM

Did you actually release and then resecure the locking lever in the grip? If so, you may have jammed that little flat lever inside the grip that is supposed to seat in the circular recess on the inside of the locking lever....I think you know what I mean, its the short flat lever that you have to flop over when you secure the locking lever in the grip.
lol... I still haven't had time to mess with it yet. It's still sitting in my rifle case.

What I did was I pulled the bolt back to see if it was loaded, then started to pull the piece out of the handle and it wouldn't move... And then I remembered I forgot to fire it first.