{"id":417,"date":"2018-04-13T10:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T10:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2018\/04\/13\/recall-of-certain-ruger-mark-iv-pistols\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:28:52","slug":"recall-of-certain-ruger-mark-iv-pistols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=417","title":{"rendered":"Recall Of Certain Ruger Mark IV Pistols"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:7472,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ruger.com\\\/dataProcess\\\/markIVRecall\\\/?r=banner&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nRuger has issued a recall for Ruger Mark IV .22 pistols (including the 22\/45) made before June 1, 2017. They have a potential to discharge unintentionally. This does not apply to the Ruger Mark I, II, or III line of pistols.<\/p>\n<p>From Ruger:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Ruger recently discovered that all Mark IV\u2122 pistols (including 22\/45\u2122 models) manufactured prior to June 1, 2017 have the potential to discharge unintentionally if the safety is not utilized correctly. In particular, if the trigger is pulled while the safety lever is midway between the &#8220;safe&#8221; and &#8220;fire&#8221; positions (that is, the safety is not fully engaged or fully disengaged), then the pistol may not fire when the trigger is pulled. However, if the trigger is released and the safety lever is then moved from the mid position to the &#8220;fire&#8221; position, the pistol may fire at that time.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Although only a small percentage of pistols appear to be affected and we are not aware of any injuries, Ruger is firmly committed to safety and would like to retrofit all potentially affected pistols with an updated safety mechanism.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Until your Mark IV\u2122 pistol has been retrofitted or you verify that it is not subject to the recall, we strongly recommend that you not use your pistol.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i><b>How To Determine If Your Pistol Needs The Retrofit<\/b><\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>How to find your serial number All Mark IV\u2122 pistols produced prior to June 1, 2017 are potentially affected and therefore are being recalled. This includes Mark IV\u2122 Target, Hunter, Competition, 22\/45\u2122, 22\/45\u2122 Lite and 22\/45\u2122 Tactical models. These models bear serial numbers beginning with &#8220;401&#8221; (2017 models) or &#8220;WBR&#8221; (2016 models).<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i><b>Firearms NOT subject to the Recall<\/b><\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Newly manufactured Mark IV\u2122 pistols will begin with serial number &#8220;500.&#8221; Thus, if you have a Mark IV\u2122 or 22\/45\u2122 pistol with a serial number beginning with the number &#8220;5,&#8221; your pistol is not subject to the recall.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i><b>Firearms That Have Been Retrofitted Already<\/b><\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Finding Retrofit Marking Mark IV\u2122 and 22\/45\u2122 pistols retrofitted with the updated safety mechanism are easily identified by the letter &#8220;S&#8221; in the white safety dot that is visible when the safety is engaged.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ruger.com\/dataProcess\/markIVRecall\/?r=banner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Go to this page<\/a> to view the video describing the potential safety issue and to access the serial number verification tool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruger has issued a recall for Ruger Mark IV .22 pistols (including the 22\/45) made before June 1, 2017.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1049,682],"class_list":["post-417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ruger-mark-iv","tag-safety-recall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11410,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417\/revisions\/11410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}