Ruger SR9 Recall

As an outdoor enthusiast, I admit that I am not a big gun enthusiast. However, I do own a few guns for hunting purposes even though my primary choice for big game is archery. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania now allows archery hunters to carry a handgun for protection. This spring I bought a Ruger SR9 for that very reason. I had it for about 5 months and never fired it.

If you own an SR9 and haven't heard about the recall, you may want to check out the link which gives you more information about this very important safety retrofit. According to Ruger.com, "some Ruger SR9 pistols manufactured between October 2007 and April 2008 can, under certain conditions, fire if dropped with their manual safeties in the "off" or "fire" position. The pistols will not fire if the manual safety is in the "on" or "safe" position."

More specifically, the guns that are affected have a serial number of "330-29999 or lower." Also, you will know if your gun needs to be retrofitted because the trigger assembly looks different.

Before retrofit, your trigger assembly looks like this:

After retrofit, your trigger assembly looks like this:


If you're unsure about whether your gun needs to be retrofitted, you should call the SR9 recall hotline at 1-800-784-3701

You should also call the hotline if your SR9 needs retrofit. There is no cost to you, the consumer. Ruger is replacing all parts for FREE.

To participate in the recall, you may go online to the recall page or call the the recall hotline number. Once Ruger is ready to retrofit your pistol, the company will send you a box to ship your pistol directly to their factory free of charge. They promise to return your pistol within 2 weeks at no cost to you and send you an extra magazine. In the mantime, Ruger advises that you do not use your SR9 until it is retrofitted.

I just received my retrofitted SR9 (still haven't fired it) 4 business days after it was sent back to the factory for recall. They did send the extra magazine, as well as a Ruger hat and bumper sticker back with the repaired pistol. I also found that the customer service staff was extremely friendly and helpful during this process - something rare these days (Jeff Quinn, editor of gunblast.com agrees - see his article here). Even more rare is that the customer service staff spoke English and were not outsourced to some company in southeast Asia.

If you want to know specifically which parts are being replaced, you can view the PDF of the retrofit changes here.

Please note that this post merely serves as a public service to owners of the SR9 and is not intended to serve as a means to argue for or against gun ownership rights. This post was neither solicited nor approved by Ruger.