Mark III damage

[bman1962]

I have a 2 year old Ruger mark III hunter that has been flawless in the past. I went to the range Sunday and the gun would not feed after the first shot.
I decided to check it out later at home. Tonight I found the problem. The breech face has been hit and damaged by the firing pin and I can get a round chambered due to the damage.
The bolt has the stop pin in it and all is intact. I have dry fired it but I use dry wall anchors to protect the breech and if you go Rugers site in the q and a section it says you can dry fire this weapon.

Has anyone else had this problem and is there a reasonably priced fix to it?

It has had a VQ trigger kit installed last summer and have shot guessing 1000 rds since the install.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks, Bruce

 

[billybob44]

Ruger MKIII

From what you have described, I believe that Ruger will repair your MK.
Check your owners manual, or Ruger web site for the #,+ call them after the first of the year...Bill.

 

[Hookeye]

Find somebody with a chamber iron.
$22 plus shipping.

.22 CHAMBER IRONING TOOL | Brownells

 

[chizzle]

Got a photo of the damage? I probably dry fired my MKIII more than 1000 rounds and put 1000-2000 rounds through the gun. I didn't see any breach face damage, but I did break the firing pin retaining pin and had to replace it with a spring steel roll pin.

 

[bman1962]

Damage

Let me see if I can add a picture. I like the responses so far. It sounds like I have not ruined it completely. I failed to add the picture. If someone emails me I think I will be able to add the picture to the email.

 

[BGDave]

Find somebody with a chamber iron.
$22 plus shipping.

.22 CHAMBER IRONING TOOL | Brownells

As noted, check your firing pin stop, uh, pin. Can get pretty good results with an automatic center punch from Harbor Freight or other hardware stores. Set the tension to very light strikes. Use the tapered portion, not the sharp part. Go easy and check results often. May not work on Ruger Marks because of the ejector being in the way.

 

[Dargasonus]

Just a important note if you decide to send it back to Ruger to be repaired, it will NOT be returned with your upgraded parts! They will replace them with factory parts when returned.

Make sure to put in your factory parts and put your VQ stuff away until you get the gun back.

 

[bman1962]

Just a important note if you decide to send it back to Ruger to be repaired, it will NOT be returned with your upgraded parts! They will replace them with factory parts when returned.

Make sure to put in your factory parts and put your VQ stuff away until you get the gun back.

Thanks

 

[bman1962]

I am going to try the chamber iron. Thanks for the tip.