Loaded Chamber Indicator causing malfunction

[ke6guj]

While I am not a fan of a LCI I am not going to state that they always the cause of feed or extraction failures. I thought that was the case with one of my Ruger Mark IIIs. One had failures, the other did not. I removed the LCI in both but the jamomatic still had its problem which I traced to the ejector. Some Dremel work and the problem cleared. But I didn't go back to put them back into the two guns.

Ruger MKIII standard only gun with LCI I have, that thing was remover the first day an replaced with a faux LCI

I liked how the first-gen LCI on the Ruger MKIII could actually cause an AD

seems that if the LCI was hit hard enough, it could actually dent the rim of the case just like the firing pin did, and the round doesn't care if the firing pin or an LCI caused the primer compound to be ignited, bang goes the round. Ruger ended up changing the design from a one-piece LCI to a two-piece LCI so that would be less likely to occur.

[Mithrandir13]

the LCI on my shield goes unnoticed.... it affects nothing for me and if someone drugged me and removed it.. I prolly wouldn't notice for a few months!

Just a real non-issue for me....

I don't see a downside so far......
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[JoshuaS]

OP,
Let me guess. Overlubricated gun and extra dirty ammo combo -> gunk all over the gun -> gun malfunctioned.

Here is another extreme stretch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPnbesiEsnc

Gun was actually dry. But the lci is a bugger to clean out. I usually hold it up, and guide a patch with my finger nail along the red strip of it, and use a pic to try and get any gunk out of that channel. Without removing it or using an ultrasonic bath, it couldn't have been cleaner and freer of lube. That doesn't mean that there wasn't a glob in the channel it sits in, beyond sight and missed by my attempts.

The ejector didn't seem "clogged" or gummed up when I cleaned the gun, but to be sure I used a pipe clear and flossed it as it were. I suppose if the ejector had been the culprit, it could have launched the case into the lci rather than out of the gun? Is that what you are thinking?

[Yreka]

LCI is an added complication that could cause a failure, while providing 0 additional value/benefit for the risk (IMO)

Just like many of the new gun regulations, its a fix to a problem that doesn't exist.

[SB1964]

I removed mine on the Ruger MK111 before I even shot it. Just another part that can & does cause malfunction. There was a thread & even a debate about this awhile ago. Vendors make a part that bolts up nice & flat, no worries, change it out you'll love it.

[Dinosaur Jr]

OP,
Let me guess. Overlubricated gun and extra dirty ammo combo -> gunk all over the gun -> gun malfunctioned.

Here is another extreme stretch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPnbesiEsnc

That was 6.5 minutes of time that I will never get back...

[D_ninja]

I've seen 2 S&W shields where the LCI caused FTF. I would steer clear of any LCI that was not designed with the original blueprints for the gun. It's just one more part that can cause problems.