Hi, New to the Sig forum and looking for comments from Ruger PC9 (the new carbine) owners regarding reliability. I was thinking about buying one until I shot a friend’s. It was fun to shoot and fairly accurate at 50 meters, BUT would jam (smoke stack) every 5-6 rounds. He became frustrated with the gun after several similar outings and sold it. Hickock 45 had similar problems during his review. Have the reliability issues been corrected? Thanks, Tom
Originally posted by barryinpa: my pc9 has been 100% reliable for me. am using real glock mags. 115 & 124 bullets. fmj and hp. first I have heard of anyone having problems. Barry
Mine have been great as long as I use REAL Glock Magazines. When I used Korean 31 round magazines it would jam regularly.
Mine works great with Magpul Glock mags and 124/115 grain projectiles. I did have trouble with some 158 Subsonic loads, but just tried those for giggles.
Posts: 443 | Location: Central TN | Registered: July 02, 2008
Mine was 100% reliable with Glock Factory Mags. It would jam every time on the second to last round using my Magpul 21-round Glock p-mag (which works flawlessly in my Glock).
Posts: 10490 | Location: In the Cornfields | Registered: May 25, 2006
Yes it is a reliable platform but it is important to do the barrel nut tighten down procedure correctly. Take the weapon down, barrel off, then tighten one click. Put the barrel back on. Do that again (ie one click tighten and put back on) until it is impossible to turn the barrel back on. Now back off one click. That will be the best spot and very reliable PCC.
Posts: 1597 | Location: Central MO | Registered: November 20, 2007
100 % reliable but have only used OEM Glock mags. That was because I had Glock mags around. I just assumed that they were all reliable... I enjoy my gun but was surprised that it hand more recoil than I expected. Not bad recoil but I expected very little.
Posts: 1340 | Location: Idaho | Registered: October 21, 2007
You didn't say whether your friend's carbine was set up for Glock or Ruger magazines, and whether he was using factory or aftermarket mags. I'd be curious to know the answer.
I haven't run a ton of rounds through mine, but I haven't had a problem with it, and I've only used factory Glock mags.
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Only put 34 rounds through mine before my rifle range became closed for renovations. It worked 100%. Now that the range is reopening, more visits and reliability texting to continue.
Posts: 3219 | Location: Manheim, PA | Registered: September 04, 2007
