.416 Rigby...what fun. But an ejection issue.

[Anonymous]

Finally got some ammo imported from Seattle and cracked a few downrange with the Ruger RSM Rigby.

What a hoot! ker-BOOM.

I've notice the first round ejected (with the next round fed from the left side of the magazine) has a tendency to hang up and not eject clean unless you really reef on it. The other two rounds have no issues. Obviously not something desirable in a DGR.

Any ideas? Worn ejector perhaps?

 

[nvbroncrider]

Possibly or check your feed rails or magazine spring. Those are the things I can think of. Is it a MKII style with the true Mauser style ejector or the plunger type?

 

[Guy Miner]

Don't overlook Ruger's ability to get to the bottom of a problem like that.

I had a beautiful Number One in 7mm Rem mag that had an extractor issue - it would often leave the fired case in the chamber. Not good.

A decent local gunsmith fussed around with it doing this and that for quite a while. Finally gave up.

Ruger had it back to me, fixed perfectly, in something like two weeks. For free.

Guy

 

[PJGunner]

"Ruger had it back to me, fixed perfectly, in something like two weeks."

Two weeks? :shock: When I sent my Ruger #1A 7x57 back it took a little over seven months to get it back. They had to replace the barrel on mine. Chamber throats in excess of two inches do not shoot very well. Guess it was worth the wait because now the gun does very nicely depending on what bullet I shoot. It seems to like the 175 gr. Hornady round nose the best with 140 gr. Ballistic Tip a close second. I've decided that when I want to hunt like the old timers did, I'll use the 175 gr. Hornady's at 2300 FPS. I'll save the hotter 175 gr. load for the M70 Featherweight should I want to go that heavy a bullet. I'm thinking 150 gr. Partitions or 160 gr. Grand Slams for the custom Mauser.
Paul B.

 

[Guy Miner]

"When I sent my Ruger #1A 7x57 back it took a little over seven months to get it back."

Maybe they like Marines? :mrgreen:

Who knows? But I tell you, if I ever have a problem with a Ruger rifle not working well, I'd have no hesitation about sending it straight to them, first. They do seem to know how to fix what they build.

And I'll bet that .416 was a hoot to shoot - but I'd for sure want a rifle like that to be 100% reliable. Absolutely.

Guy