Ruger American Gen 1 magazines

[wvbuckbuster]

I guess this is the proper place for this question if not please place correctly. Does anyone make a replacement magazine not made of plastic for the Ruger American Gen 1? I have one of these in 223 Rem that is a great grouper and enjoy it, but the magazines leave a lot to be desired. Have two to break, so far. A metal one, same size would be great. Dan.

 

[3 Meter Para Bellum]

I have heard endless bad things about Ruger's mags for this rifle. It really ticks me off because I really like everything else about the gun for the price, but um, Ruger, if the mag don't work, the gun don't work. I've literally e-mailed them just to say they need to get that figured out.

 

[RL338]

Ruger’s plastic rotary mag does suck. My daughter’s 22-250 is hard for her to load and doesn’t feed worth a crap.
Ruger does offer a single shot mag kit for short actions. They claim any AR/AI mag with work with the new mag well. Might want to check with Ruger to see if it will work with the 223.

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[bdbrown66]

Ruger’s plastic rotary mag does suck. My daughter’s 22-250 is hard for her to load and doesn’t feed worth a crap.
Ruger does offer a single shot mag kit for short actions. They claim any AR/AI mag with work with the new mag well. Might want to check with Ruger to see if it will work with the 223.

Ruger News

ruger.com

And yet, my Browning XBolt has a plastic rotary mag and it's slick as can be. There are no excuses for Ruger (I used to have one and I'm familiar with this issue).

 

[wvbuckbuster]

I wouldn't want a magazine to hang down below the stock. I like the ability to carry it holding onto the magazine area. Just wish they made one of better quality and the same size.