I think I ruined my PC carbine

Eddie Gunks · Jul 14, 2019

See what you get for cleaning your guns?

Stop doing that!!!

Eddie Gunks · Jul 14, 2019

Put it together and try it. I bet is is not bent.

ArmedCorgi · Jul 14, 2019

Depick said:
I was reassembling my pc carbine after a cleaning and it took a spill off of my work bench onto the basement floor. The barrel assembly was almost fully seated into the receiver when my butterfingers went into full effect. The barrel assembly took the worst of it. The piece that fits into the receiver is marred up pretty bad and I think it may be slightly bent. I’m extremely mad at myself and at a loss of what to do with it.

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Oh no!! Does it go back together with no problems? Do you have snap caps to see if it'll chamber properly? I know Ruger has a good rep for CS, so maybe call them? I know accidentals usually aren't covered, but you never know with them. They may just help you out.

ArmedCorgi · Jul 14, 2019

Eddie Gunks said:
Put it together and try it. I bet is is not bent.

I second this. If it can take the pressures of modern cartridge ammunition, I don't think being dropped 3 feet is going to break or bend it.

Podmonkey · Jul 14, 2019

I bet you just put a burr on a surface somewhere and that is what is keeping it from going together. If Ruger won't repair it under warranty just try putting a little more ass on it, see if goes together then, work it back and forth and see if that improves the fit, smoothes the burr out.

Eddie Gunks · Jul 14, 2019

Depick said:
It will not reassemble. The barrel will not sit deep enough into the receiver to actually twist it into place. The fit between the two is much tighter now and I’d have to force it which I don’t want to do.

Send it to ruger.

Stop cleaning your guns!

If you MUST clean them, sit on a carpeted floor and do it.

Podmonkey · Jul 14, 2019

I clean and drop my guns all the time time. I have never seriously damaged one by droping it though. My 590A1 fell out of a moving pickup once. It was fine.

Marine Cpl · Jul 14, 2019

Don’t listen to this dude about not cleaning your weapons. Accidents happen. A guy that doesn’t clean his weapons, also lives in a pigsty with dirty underwear all over the place.

You’ll get it fixed or perhaps Ruger can sell you a new barrel assembly if they don’t fix it.

Podmonkey · Jul 14, 2019

Depick said:
I only cleaned it to get the oil it was packaged with off. I haven’t got to shoot the damn thing yet.

Oh. Well that sucks!

Celt · Jul 14, 2019

Sorry to hear that man, everyone has messed something up at some point. Like others said, call ruger and get it fixed.

Calculon · Jul 14, 2019

Ruger's CS is pretty good. They should get you squared away.

Kirk_STNY · Jul 14, 2019

I know the feeling. I dropped my brand new 70 inch TV when trying to mount it.

2A all the way!

Camaro45th · Jul 14, 2019

Mark it up to bad luck. It happens. Sucks it’s brand new and you never got to shoot it yet, like everyone else has said: contact Ruger. I have one of those padded fake diamond plate mats where I stand at my work bench. I drop stuff sometimes but it’s nice to have a little padding for your feet, and the stuff you drop.

Podmonkey · Jul 14, 2019

Kirk_STNY said:
I know the feeling. I dropped my brand new 70 inch TV when trying to mount it.

2A all the way!

I once dropped and destroyed a $5,000 security camera during installation.

MoMan · Jul 14, 2019

That sucks! Ruger has really great CS, they'll probably help you out.
Keep us posted on what they say/do.

Acer-m14 · Jul 15, 2019

get some 1000 grit paper and polish off the burrs ..

thegatman · Jul 15, 2019

I will buy it for $50 bucks. Just kidding. Send it in. Call first. You might have to just send in the barrel.

Exonautic · Jul 15, 2019

Now that I'm sitting here thinking about it, I've never really broken anything super expensive. I broke a window climbing into it once when I forgot my house key. Maybe I should stop typing before my luck changes.

Gonzobird · Jul 15, 2019

Don't listen to @Eddie Gunks. When it is time to clean a gun he just gets/builds a new one.

Podmonkey · Jul 15, 2019

Exonautic said:
Now that I'm sitting here thinking about it, I've never really broken anything super expensive. I broke a window climbing into it once when I forgot my house key. Maybe I should stop typing before my luck changes.

I threw a new $2,000 flat screen out the window once.

ArmedCorgi · Jul 15, 2019

Podmonkey said:
I threw a new $2,000 flat screen out the window once.

On purpose?

Kirk_STNY · Jul 15, 2019

Kirk_STNY said:
I know the feeling. I dropped my brand new 70 inch TV when trying to mount it.

2A all the way!

I made out OK. Returned it Sam's Club. Told them the truth. Got the exact replacement. I had three days of feeling like crap before I went there.

2A all the way!

Podmonkey · Jul 15, 2019

ArmedCorgi said:
On purpose?

I did it-

on paw-pose!

I was mad.

Eddie Gunks · Jul 15, 2019

Depick said:
I only cleaned it to get the oil it was packaged with off. I haven’t got to shoot the damn thing yet.

Damn!

You wont do that again will you?

I think I ruined my PC carbine

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