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OK, here's the (near) end of the story, if anyone is still interested. :) I sent the pistol back to the Ruger Prescott, AZ service center shortly after my last post. I finally received a response a couple weeks ago. Yes, it really took that long. (!) To paraphrase the response from Ruger, 'The recei...

Great thread, very informative. Thanks to all, I found answers here to questions I hadn't even thought of yet.

I just bought a new LBC Concept I, and wondered about the brass deposits on the slide. Glad to hear this should go away once I get it broken in.

CM

My best guess, and it definitely a guess, is that maybe I had some weird case separation that pushed part of a spent case down the barrel, and then the following round caused an overpressure situation? Otherwise, I'm thinking it's a manufacturing defect. I am definitely puzzled as well. I'll let you...

The ring is indented, almost as if some of the rifling is missing. No, it has not always been this way. I noticed it about a year after I bought it. I guess I'm off to research Ruger warranty procedures. I've installed the VQ sear and trigger, so I guess It's a good thing I kept the originals so I c...

Has anyone run into this? Recently when cleaning my 22/45 MkIII Hunter I noticed something strange in the bore. I usually run a brush through a couple times to loosen up the grime, and I noticed that the brush hit a 'loose' patch near the center of the barrel where there was a very noticeable drop i...

I have full ammo can of surplus .30-06 with the headstamp OJP 60 IV. A quick search found several sources identifying OJP as Austrian in origin. A got a single hit which was a posting in a (different) forum which identified something stamped OJP 63 as being corrosive. Hardly authoritative, but it ra...

Bullseye has already kindly provided a description and photo, so I'll skip that part. From the photo, I see that Pachmayr makes grips for the 669, so I'll look into that. Otherwise, I suppose I'll let it be what it is, and use it as such. I have a ready supply of reloads for practice, but am told I ...

I was recently gifted with a very lightly used, nearly pristine, S&W model 669. This pistol is ultimately intended for home defense (my nightstand). Initial test firing tells me what seems obvious. This pistol is designed for short range fire and/or concealed carry. I have this habit of wanting to m...

add a +1 agree on the VQ sear. It made a real difference in the trigger pull in my MK III. I also added the VQ trigger with the pre and post set screws as an added bonus.

toyfj40, The stock included the studs for the sling, but not the sling. I picked up the sling, which included the clips, at a local sporting goods store for $20. The only downside I've noticed with the stock so far is the short length (it's about the same as the original wood stock, just slightly lo...

Bullseye, I looked up the ATI part number at the company site, then did a google search. This yielded an ebay seller offering the stock for MSRP+s&h. The stock arrived in a couple days in the original packaging. Assembly is very straightforward and intuitive. I first assembled the rifle without even...

OK, This is my repaired rifle, with it's new updated modern good looks. I now have a lighter weight companion to my heavy 10/22 target rifle. :) Here's the final product (so far) with the ATI stock and the new style trigger assembly from Numrich. The new trigger guard appears to be made out of nylon...

I just ordered a Pachmayr pad that should do the job. I'll post an update once I have it fitted and have tried it out.

-Chris

From the tables on the linked page, my rifle was built in 1910, which appears to have been a 'good' year.

Thanks for the info,

-Chris

I have a sporterized '03 Springfield with a serial number in the mid 400K range (Springfield Armory). I have read varying opinions as to the safety of this rifle due to possible bad heat treatment of the receiver. I have read everything from "It's somewhat less desirable" to "hang it on the wall and...