Ruby Stuck? No problem!

[@johngulyas695]

Grandpa had a Ruby. I never had a problem stripping it. I would sit at the dining room table & take it apart until Grandma yelled at me to put it away so we could eat. Good times, thanks for the reminder!

[@TheOz91]

Never had a Ruby, never interested in the Ruby, and didn't even watch the Ruby, Ruby, Ruby episode, but I'm somehow interested in this one. Maybe I'm just a mechanical geek and like seeing how a pistol is put together and gives an idea of how manufacturing and design were like over 100 years ago.

[@brianmead7556]

Come south, we have room for you in America!

[@TheOz91]

@@brianmead7556 I gotta go really far west or really far east as I live on the other side of the world and from there. Lived in the States for a short while as a student but I would love to come back!

[@mikebabb2155]

@@TheOz91 come on dude you are more than welcome. Just please remember not to vote democrat if you do come here.

[@TheOz91]

@@mikebabb2155 I'm not American anyway and basically a centrist moderate with classical liberal (pro-liberty) leanings, so I won't vote Democrat even if I manage to get US citizenship. Still what a wonderfully simple design the Ruby is. Contemporary pistols were so complicated or horrendously unreliable, many of them.

[@joeltowle2737]

​@@TheOz91John Browning design!

[@RicArmstrong]

That little sketch was great. I hope you do more in the future. 🇺🇲🇨🇭

[@jopeteus]

Wow, the effort of filming the same video twice in two different languages!!

[@hanktorrance6855]

If necessity is the mother of invention, Chappie is clearly the father! always love your presentations! please continue!

[@StacheMan26]

I can only assume that, most of the time, the inability to properly field strip a certain percentage of Rubies didn't matter. They'd either sit on the hip of some officer or HMG crewman who was highly unlikely to fire so much as a full magazine from it before either being rotated to the rear, or made a casualty by artillery, or they'd go forward and, ninety something percent of the time, be damaged beyond repair, lost in the muck, or expended along with the soldier carrying it before this became an issue. And if the Ruby did last long enough for that to become a problem, and the soldier survived discovering so, then it clearly required armorer level repair, turn it in, get issued a replacement from the pool, and let them deal with fixing it. (Please ignore that you turned in your "new" pistol to them last week with the same problem)

[@hanktorrance6855]

I would love to have a ruby, such a historic yet somewhat under-recognized pistol, esp here in the states!😊

[@stevailo]

Next on the channel, Ruby trigger job and how to machine a dot mount on it. Stay tuned!

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

:)

[@kenibnanak5554]

The pistols were made on a rush basis, and as you allude it is possible disassembly was not part of the inspection process. A 3rd option for the more skilled past simply bobbing the hammer round is fill in the sear notch with a Tig welder, then re-cut the sear notch in the proper position. :)

[@thebotrchap]

Making a new taller sear is also relatively easy 😉 🤫

[@wadekirby8575]

A 4th option (that requires a little less skill) you could silver solder (or brase) a small piece of steel into the sear notch.

[@whiskeytuesday]

Merci M. Le Chap! The ruby (and all other handguns now, now I think about it) is streng verboten in Canada but perhaps someday this rather esoteric knowledge will come in handy nonetheless. One can hope.

[@mikebabb2155]

I absolutely love my Ruby! It was extremely well made and is beautifully worn.

[@petesheppard1709]

I don't ever see myself getting one of these, but it's fun watching you tinker with them. 😎

[@simonjones6128]

Love the history and workshop tech Chappies

[@Felix-fy7ki]

I'm amazed you did the effort to build that device. Well done, fun to watch! I've got a Ruby type in my collection which was stripped and somehow put together by some fool who caused some internal damage to the plunger of the hammer spring and to the main spring. I had some problems stripping to rebuild it correctly but finally I was successful. At least it was cheap at 30€. :-)

[@captainahab3355]

Golden star for you and your video. I never saw it coming but it’s just the one I was looking for. Now hopefully get her cleaned up and ready to go. Pretty sweet little p shooter. Thank you

[@Gabby6060842]

Great vid. Thanks. Pre-plague I was buying these for 150 Amerikan Francs. I have one with this problem. Wish the price of .32 acp didn't double. Fun shooters and so simple compared to the guy across no man's land trying to clean a Mouser 1914.

[@mikethomas5510]

Tap the pin back in. Find the fly away punch later🤞

[@thebotrchap]

Far easier to find than an ejector spring 😁

[@fritz_ersatz]

The clamp is ingenious. I’d watch a video of you designing and making it.

[@thebotrchap]

I do most of my designing when trail running and then wing it with the materials on hand 😅

[@garylangley4502]

Thanks!! My Dad's old Ruby that he "liberated" from a German POW has that problem. The only reason that I can think of as to the cause of the problem is that there may have been a fair amount of drinking going on at the various factories were the guns were made.

[@timblack6422]

Interesting! You are the Ruby man!

[@jackusmc2542]

Thank you sir. Very good video. I keep seeing Ruby Pistols popping up in gun stores lately, may have to grab one.

[@xtangero]

Good info, thanks! I’ve been pondering a Ruby, would like to find a war production example (or at least one made by one of the contractors) and knowing my luck, whatever I find will likely be afflicted in this way. Good info to keep in my back pocket

[@lwrii1912]

Interesting, I like seeing how the internals of firearms interact and function.

[@johnhans2929]

I saw a Ruby at a local gun show yesterday, and I thought of you, of course.

[@garyneilson1833]

Little bit disappointed you didn't have a Baguette in 1 of your pockets at the start of the sketch 😂

[@thebotrchap]

Ah but you see a baguette would be unlikely to be sent in a food parcel by a loved one. The devil is in the detail 😉

[@keithplymale2374]

Chap is amazing as always. The also amazing thing is when these pistols were assembled originally it would all have been by hand.

[@bakauf4300]

With the number of jigs and fixtures you have invented for older firearms, be it assembly/disassembly fixtures like this or your paper cartridge tool sets, have you considered selling them? Some folks have tee-shirts for merch, you can have gunsmithing supplies. 👍

[@thebotrchap]

It's a nice idea but I don't have the time.

[@jediknight129]

@@thebotrchap throwing a pdf book of plans together would be something I'd DEFINITELY buy

[@alun7006]

Fascinating! Such a design would never get through initial trials today. Neat little beastie though. Maybe one day I'll live somewhere where such things aren't verboten.

[@nayar-renard]

j'aime beaucoup l'accent au début pas si loin de la réalité de certains de nos grands parents !

[@thebotrchap]

J’ai essayé de me rappeler l’accent bourguignon des grand parents paternels 😁

[@PendragonDaGreat]

Note: I've never even seen a Ruby in person so I may be completely off, but in a situation where you can't get to a punch to fully disassemble might you be able to stick a wooden dowel or similar down the slide after removing the barrel and use that to push the hammer back and down a skosh?

[@thebotrchap]

No, there is the breech block in the way, nor can you poke something up the mag well nor hook up under the rear of the slide.

[@PendragonDaGreat]

@@thebotrchap makes sense. Thanks for clarifying.

[@RUSTYSURPLUS]

Hey BLOKE thanks for that. I am just about to get my first RUBY. I might need that.

[@thebotrchap]

Bloke? Who he 😜

[@RUSTYSURPLUS]

@@thebotrchap The guy that made the video .. who else could it be ?

[@BlokeontheRange]

He made the video... I didn't!

[@RUSTYSURPLUS]

@@BlokeontheRange ok THX

[@loquat44-40]

I guess someone likes ruby type pistols and why not. Having a slight interference between the hammer and slide assuming the slide can still return does slow down the cycling a bit to allow more time for a weak magazine follower spring to position the next round for feeding. I have seen an AK that had the hammer riding up a little too high. Happens with replacement parts mandated by US 922r requirements for no more than 10 foreign parts in an imported semiautomatic rifle that is not deemed suitable for sporting purposes by our government.

[@bigandlittlefirearms8395]

I've never had this issue happen to my Ruby will it eventually happen to all of them

[@Chlorate299]

I wonder whether that's a design or manufacturing whoopsie - design not getting the tolerance stack on the seer notch right, or defective parts being approved for some reason - possibly even both!

[@malo5050]

Bonjour très belle collection de tous vos Ruby j’ai une question svp j’ai celui qu’il vous manque dans vôtre collection c’est un AG celui où vous dites qu’il empêchai la sécurité de s’enclencher lors du degainage avec un rivait en plus vous en parler à la 10eme minutes de la vidéo. Je voulais savoir j’ai 2 chargeurs HE est-il compatible avec mon AG merci par avance

[@cedhome7945]

Are these pistols cheap or are they a collector item ?

[@Zorglub1966]

the both.

[@thebotrchap]

Cheap, historical, collectible and shootable.

[@hammerstein5012]

i got mine for 60 bucks

[@princeoftonga]

OH GOD!! To the person who thought a SCREWDRIVER was the correct way to REMOVE RUST! I absolutely hope that that person wakes up one morning and TEN THOUSAND INSECTS have nested in their underpants!

[@thebotrchap]

May his camel’s ticks fleas have fleas for a thousand years

[@saderissa6451]

I have an old Ruby it says Browning Patent on it I don’t have any idea why, I hope you can help me out with this. It also has a problem when I fire a round the hammer is not cocked for the next round can you please help?

[@Gus123]

Just curious and have no gun exp at all. Can you not get a shim under the back of the slide and over the hammer then pull slide forward?

[@thebotrchap]

To summarize: No

[@cheesenoodles8316]

You should have posted this on Tuesday. Excellent post on the Ruby.

[@chrismayo4902]

I have a RUBY pistol marked “Looking Glass” on the slide along with a Spain’ it also has gutter snipe sights and is in excellent condition’ it is an accurate little .32’ my dilemma is finding magazines for it’ no one seems to know who or where let alone what? If anyone has any answers I’d appreciate it’s

[@HistoryNeedsYou]

What is the correct and appropriate translation into French of ‘if at first you don’t succeed, hit it with a hammer’?

[@Zorglub1966]

Second person polite plural => Si ça ne marche pas du premier coup, tapez("tapay") dessus avec un marteau Second person =>Si ça ne marche pas du premier coup, tapes("tap") dessus avec un marteau Second person polite plural => Si vous n'y arrivez pas du premier coup, tapez dessus avec un marteau Second person => Si tu n'y arrives pas du premier coup, tapes dessus avec un marteau

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

What is a ruby... Are they rare... Hard to find.. etc

[@wadekirby8575]

They are a Spanish made 32 auto pistol the French bought a lot of in WW1. They were made by a lot of small shops to the same design but with different tolerances so parts and magazines don't necessarily interchange.

[@RA-lc2hx]

Hi nice vid man thanks for the effort i just have a problem with the spring at the back of the mag i cannot push it back with my hands its to strong do you have maybe a solution for this

[@thebotrchap]

That‘s why I have the press 😅 There’s no trick to it. You could use a wooden vice or metal vice with soft jaws. I’ve done it my simply using my bodyweight pressing the pistol against my workbench. What really helps is having someone there to insert a rod/drift/drill bit in where the mag catch axis pin should go as soon as the hole in the mag catch lines up with the holes in the frame. You can then relax the pressure a bit and tap in the axis pin from one side of the frame and whatever temporary pin you’ve put in there will be tapped out.

[@RA-lc2hx]

@@thebotrchap thanks for the quick response man! I already cut the spring because i have no clamp or something and i think that i really messed it up any advise what now can i buy another one or are they hard to get?

[@RA-lc2hx]

@@thebotrchap also my spring was sticking out like 2 cm and i saw yours wasn’t so thats why i cut it maybe it was not original?

[@thebotrchap]

@@RA-lc2hx I’m afraid you’re just going to have to see if it works in a shortened state and if not, find a new spring that fits.

[@RA-lc2hx]

@@thebotrchap okay thanks man yes it works but i thinks there is not enough pressure on it the hammer pops up but i doubt that it will go far did your spring also stick out?

[@jediknight129]

man I really want to have a collection of these ww1 into ww2 small pistol designs.

[@mike_nolan]

Jesus that poor ruby. Is there a French term for a bubba?

[@hammerstein5012]

my ruby's slide doesn't stick, it just loves to slam fire.

[@thebotrchap]

Ouch!

[@peternicol3439]

Here we are waiting for the Hammer to Fall.

[@GOINGNOMAD]

Good vid chap.

[@patrickshannon4854]

Ruby Armorers Kit: 3 items 1) 8oz hammer 2) 12oz hammer 3) 18oz hammer Master Armorers Kit 1) 2lb hammer

[@peteraugust5295]

Help Step Chap, I'm stuck!

[@thebotrchap]

I have no idea what you’re talking about 😇

[@peteraugust5295]

@@thebotrchap No one does.

[@ML-dz5ix]

I’m not familiar with the Ruby at all. After watching this video, I have to ask: Is it a copy of the Colt Hammerless?

[@ghalmarraz8706]

Bits and gubbens

[@pawel5914]

Jak już wyjąłeś lufę, spróbuj włożyć śrubokręt lub coś innego na tyle długiego żeby od przodu nacisnąć kurek tyle ile musisz żeby zdjąć zamek.

[@thebotrchap]

Not possible, the breech block is in the way.

[@GCho733]

Gotta love your trenchcoat.

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

C’est une accent québécois?

[@tomarmstrong750]

Once the barrel is out, one could stick a screwdriver or something similar down the slide and depress the hammer, thus allowing removal of the slide without full disassembly. This technique can also be used to open handcuffs without a key.

[@thebotrchap]

I guess handcuffs don’t have breech blocks and hammer stop bars inconveniently blocking access to the hammer then.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Le Chap a treasure.

[@BIG-DIPPER-56]

Nice - Thanks ! ! 🙂😎👍

[@georgebatsakis1866]

Από τον παππού μου έχω ένα Ruby pistol ακόμα και τώρα μετά από 100 και κάτι χρόνια δουλεύει άψογα .

[@sqike001ton]

am i just being dumb but couldn't you pull the trigger that would lower the sear kinda dumb I realized its a hammer not a sear that's blocks it i had an early am brain fart

[@vladinica6003]

I want to show you a picture of Ruby in caliber 6.35...25 acp ...capacity 10/11 rounds

[@faustovieira]

Wouldn't it be easier to insert a rod through the front of the pistol to force the hammer down?

[@Celebmacil]

Sure, aside the fact of there being a breech face and everything in the way.

[@thebotrchap]

And how exactly do you propose that said rod goes through the breech block 🤔

[@BlokeontheRange]

No quantum tunneling or no-clipping cheat codes in this timeline, sorry...

[@faustovieira]

@@thebotrchap and getting a hook to depress on the hammer going up the magazine well?

[@thebotrchap]

@@faustovieira Breech block still in the way. You’d think I would have spotted it if it was that simple 😜

[@LadyAnuB]

Of course it's a Spanish Ruby that can't be disassembled 😅