Glad you got it working. I was ready to say send it back to Ruger on their nickel. I had a problem with my new stainless .44 spl Blackhawk. The loading gate was stiff and I thought, "Hell, for 20 bucks, I'll get my local smith to look at it rather than the hassle of sending it back. " When I got it back, the gate was smoother but the bolt was now dragging on the cylinder because it wasn't retracting all the way with the gate open. Turns out, he had over-polished some part and we had to order and install a new one from Brownells. If I had it to do over again, I would have shipped it back to Ruger.