I couldn't find a place on the ruger web-site allowing me to ask a question. I did try to google as many combinations of "345 magazine disconnect" for as many different hits as I could muster.......I couldn't find a single reference to them doing away with the controversial feature.
To James B and Gundigest, ... when you say your gun functions even without the magazine in it, by that I'm guessing you maen that with the gun cocked and the magazine out you can pull the trigger and get the hammer to drop. But does this necessarily mean the firing pin has dropped?

Or did you actually fire the gun with live rounds when the magazine was out?