Have You Contacted Ruger And informed them of the problems You describe ?
I’ll bet You’ll find they will fix or replace it at no charge.
Contact them and let Me know the results please.
I will dig it out and contact them, was just plain disappointed in the fact that it did it enough that I lost faith in it.
Only a .22 mag, but my daughter is tiny with small hands and arms, it was better than nothing and she wasn’t afraid of it at all. Probably the biggest reason I bought it in that caliber.