Broken Takedown Pin- Ruger LCP

Darkemp · Mar 25, 2012

Cleaning tonight after a session at Freestate, when I went to pull my takedown pin on my Ruger LCP with my fingernail the head of the pin snapped off. I don't feel like going through warranty repair, I went ahead and ordered the $2.50 pin from Shop Ruger. Anything similar happen to anyone with an LCP? I'm at 1yr and about 500 rounds into mine.

smokey · Mar 25, 2012

any wear marks un the underside of your slide on that side where it may have come in contact with the takedown pin?

Darkemp · Mar 25, 2012

smokey0118 said:
any wear marks un the underside of your slide on that side where it may have come in contact with the takedown pin?

Nope, it broke clean at the taper just before the pinhead. It's not a steel pin, looks like some alloy, maybe aluminum.

jmcgonig · Mar 25, 2012

Mine hasn't but I've heard of a few that have. It does feel "weak" though. I guess its pretty minor and cheap though.

Marauder · Mar 25, 2012

That sucks! If I had a LCP it would now become a range toy..

Darkemp · Mar 25, 2012

As far as I can tell the gun still would function fine, the rest of the pin is still in place and being held by a tension spring. Getting that stub out will be a little challenging though I can tell, more on that once Ruger ships my replacement pin.

Maryland Hunter · Mar 25, 2012

Haven't noticed that problem with mine. Sounds like a bad batch of pins. I would go ahead and call Ruger about it, at least to let them know of the problem, if they don't already. They may have already found a solution for it. I'll bet that they send you a new pin for free, too.

MH

jmcgonig · Mar 25, 2012

Marauder said:
That sucks! If I had a LCP it would now become a range toy..

Why? That's not usually a failure during shooting. Probably broke when cleaning. Gun still will work also. Doesn't seem like something I would worry about it during carrying.

Marauder · Mar 25, 2012

jmcgonig said:
Why? That's not usually a failure during shooting. Probably broke when cleaning. Gun still will work also. Doesn't seem like something I would worry about it during carrying.

A failure is a failure..

Darkemp · Mar 25, 2012

Marauder said:
A failure is a failure..

My USP 9 had it's first failure yesterday too, a FTE which caused a double feed. About 2000 rounds or so into that one. Not hard to clear though and was fine afterwards.

Darkemp · Mar 25, 2012

jmcgonig said:
Why? That's not usually a failure during shooting. Probably broke when cleaning. Gun still will work also. Doesn't seem like something I would worry about it during carrying.

Broke when I slipped my fingernail underneath to pull it out.

motox79 · Mar 26, 2012

didn't have quite the same problem with my takedown pin....but it was a problem non the less. WHen i first got my LCP it would not cycle, FTE, FTF, etc. CLEARLY not working as it should. I took it to the (then) local shop for the guys to check it out. They pulled out another LCP and noticed that my takedown pin was actually about 1mm TOO short. It was actually walking out and binding up the slide! Anyway, long story short, my local shop actually GAVE me a new pin on the spot and sent the one i had back....great guys, other than that, no real problems with the LCP (other than the sights SUCK!). But i have also only put through about 150 rds in all.

HT4 · Mar 26, 2012

I would make sure this is not a symptom of a larger problem. Check the TDP for strikes or wear (there should be none), or take it to a gunsmith. It might have been best to send it to Ruger because they would definately check it out before returning it to you.

Good luck with this.

SmokingGun · Mar 26, 2012

motox79 said:
didn't have quite the same problem with my takedown pin....but it was a problem non the less. WHen i first got my LCP it would not cycle, FTE, FTF, etc. CLEARLY not working as it should. I took it to the (then) local shop for the guys to check it out. They pulled out another LCP and noticed that my takedown pin was actually about 1mm TOO short. It was actually walking out and binding up the slide! Anyway, long story short, my local shop actually GAVE me a new pin on the spot and sent the one i had back....great guys, other than that, no real problems with the LCP (other than the sights SUCK!). But i have also only put through about 150 rds in all.

A Nitesiters dot on the front "sight" does wonders :thumbsup:

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