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just happened upon this YouTube video while following along the trail of "recommended links" (what a huge time waster - I need to ban myself from that site )

Anyway, I don't own one of these but just curious if anyone else experienced this? The guy claims he took the gun back to the store and got a full refund ...

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=V0h3tz4pAF0[/youtube]

I saw this video when the LCR was very new to the market. It kept me from even looking in the direction of purchasing that revolver. I don't believe in short life firearms...I have seen some pistols like back up guns or mouse guns that don't have a very long life expectancy...not for me. I buy guns to shoot. Sucks to see something innovative like a polymer revolver fail due to things like this.

i doubt the store took it back, just my opinion, but most gun and ammo sales are final

I also saw this video back when the LCR first came out, too. I've got a .38 SPL LCR that I've had for about a year and I have about 500 rounds through it and nothing like that has happened to mine. I've run both standard and +P loads through it, heavy and light bullets, and have had ZERO issues. I wonder if the owner was being 100% truthful in his ammo claims. It seems like some hot reloads may have caused that. My cylinder is nice and shiny still, no "white powder" on the front of it at all.

After doing a Google Search for "LCR flame cutting", it appears that this was an issue with one certain batch, or that rapidly running +P ammo through the gun in volume may cause this.

I am fully confident in my LCR, and have no qualms about my purchase or the use of it. Right now, my carry load is 110gr. Hornady Critical Defense 38 SPL +P.

To add I don't think this one video is going to be the downfall of this design or model. And also doubt the owner was 100% honest about his ammo choice or the amount of rounds down tube.

I've shot about 150 rounds out of my LCR, about 50 rounds of +P, and the gun looks and functions as new. I've been keeping an eye on that issue, but it seems to not be inherent to the LCR as a design.

The LCR is the single most common handgun that we sell, I owned the 38 version and have replaced it with the 357 model. My 38 had a few hundred rounds through it and it had no marks what so ever when I sold it. So far the 357 model has no marks as well. I would not be surprised to see the 357 model get some flame cuts, although if it does I believe that Ruger will step up and repair or replace the gun. The S&W 357 J-Frames had this problem early on and the rectified with a small piece of metal. Like the others I feel that something may be missing in this video....

I own an LCR, and to be honest I don't have a clue as to how many rounds have been fired from it. I do know it has been shot extensively and while it has some signs of flame cutting it is well within expectations.

That video is old news to say the least.If you look at the video, you can see that it was added a year ago. But if we're doing old but new, here is some more:
http://lonelymachines.org/2009/11/08/pu ... #more-1478" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.thegunzone.com/sw340pd.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;