I bought a Ruger American Predator a while back. The good : Right out of the box it would shoot factory stuff under MOA for three shots. That is with the floppy stock hitting the barrel and the factory trigger at 3.5 lbs.
with handloads most three shot groups were .5" and 5 shots usually ,75 with occasional fliers opening up to 1"
Opened up the factory stock to float the barrel and put a spring kit and the trigger is now 1.75 lbs. the fliers are gone. All good.
The NOT GOOD It will not feed anything. Called Ruger and they sent another magazine. Will not feed anything. Several fixes on you tube with questionable results
the even worse!! Since the stock has been modified they will not work on the rifle unless the stock is replaced on my nickel. Of course the trigger spring has to come out.
Six weeks turn around.
So I have a cheap accurate single shot
Perhaps I can mess with one magazine before I send it in. I really don't want to buy another schitty stock.
Lefty C
UPDATE
Looking closely at the magazine as I manually push rounds through I can see that the front of the case right at the case shoulder junction is tight. This causes the front of the case not to rise to the top of the magazine, but the back of the case to raises to the top thereby pointing the case downward causing the point of the bullet to jam into the front of the magazine.
Factory rounds work a little better as they are about .010 smaller in dia. But they still jam.
Solution: Set magazine up in my mill and took about .005 off each side for 1/4" of the front of the magazine. Problem solved! Rounds pop up, feed straight to the feed ramp and into the chamber. Every time.
Magazines still suck. They are egg shell thin plastic. I know this rifle is built to a price point, but Ruger could do better.
Rest of the rifle is great.
Lefty
