I owned both of these pistols and I could not get rid of the Ruger fast enough. What a jamming, hard to reassemble piece of junk. The Buckmark Camper is the way to go in that price range. MV out!
I've fried several thousand rounds through mine and have never had it jam. It is not unusual to shoot two or three bricks through them on a weekend. You must of got a bad one because everybody I know that has had one has never had any problems at all with them.