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I posted this on the Big Bore Forum, seems I sure try here to ? I just got a Ruger Alaskan in 416, dam thing, load the mag with three rounds rake the bolt back hard from unloaded chamber & first round jumps out of the mag ever time ! Second round feeds in, third round misses chamber high ever time ! Any body have thoughts on this ? I actually got this to rebarrel to 458Win as a work/hunting rifle & when I load 458 rounds it does not do this, but the last round misses chamber high to . | ||
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Some will tell you it's the spring... _______________________ | |||
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Don't take it to Africa unless you can fix it definitely and finally. The short answer might be CZ. | |||
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It is not the spring. The Tyro thinks that a stronger magazine spring will cure all feeding ills. The problem with the 416 Ruger, and to a lesser degree the 375 Ruger, is cartridge shape and geometry compared to the geometry of the receiver that it's put into. I have found the 416 Ruger to be the most difficult of all big-bore cartridges to get to function properly in any bolt action; Ruger, CZ, Winchester, etc. Just by looking at it you woud think it would be a piece of cake to get it to work, but it's not. The 458 Lott, 500 Jeffery, and other carts. that have a reputation for difficult feeding are a breeze to get to function compared to the Rugers. I really don't like them. | |||
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What gets me is Rooger (rhymes with booger)put their name on the cartridge and didn't even bother to make it half-way function in their rifle. Sarg's rifle is not a unique case. Get a Rigby. | |||
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Thank you for the comments guys . here are a couple of pic's of the bolt face (not the reason for the bad feeding) but could the guys that know say if that botton step should be flat ? In fact if you look hard you can see a cross on the bolt (easy to see in the hand) looks like the reamer marks when it stoped ? Should these be polished flat to ?   | |||
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Sarg, If you mean the step from the bottom to the face where the cartridge base will sit, yes, that is normal. It is a remnant of Ruger opening up the bolt face to accept the magnum case. You see it on most bolts opened up on a lathe. Your bolt face looks identical to my 30 year old M77mk2 in 300 Win mag. Jeremy | |||
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Learn something new every day!  Rooger, rhymes with booger! Get a Rigby. Get a Model 70. Get a CZ. Get anything but a Rooger! Suwannee Tim | |||
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I agree that too many recommend a stiffer spring when one is not needed. I don't agree that the .375/.416 Rugers are difficult to get to feed. Being as I don't work on Rugers, I will reserve comment on how factroy rifles behave. That said, all the Mausers I have built in 375 or 416 Ruger feed beautifully. It is espeically helpful to have bottom metal with the proper geometry.  Aut vincere aut mori | |||
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