Take it back to the dealer you bought it from. No sense paying for it to send to ruger on your dime. Get your money back obviously that gun has been shot with jacketed ammo.
Rafe
I just picked up a 48 and did the shield 15 round mag modification. Like the slim fit of the grip tried the 19 and 17 but hated the way it felt. Used to the 1911.
Rafe
I don't lug a jug of water around the match, I bag my brass until I get to the truck then dump the brass in the jug and let it roll around the back of the truck. Just like a washing machine the brass is clean and ready to dry and takes less tumbling to get shiny.
Rafe
You can load regular plastic hulls with app or black powder, I'd save the brass hulls for style points. Cheaper and easier to use plastic hulls, load the same way as smokeless just have to adjust your load data to accommodate more powder just be careful to not blow a hole in your pattern by using way to much powder.
Rafe
I've been shooting app for years, as beartrap said just dump your brass in a jug of water, I squirt a little dish soap in it after shooting. By the time I get home all I need to do is rinse the brass, dry then tumble.
Rafe
Good thing I didn't send in my renewal check, was going to last week but got busy. I've been burned in the past by magazine subscriptions that took the money and ran or sold out.
Rafe