Gleefully took possession and finished loading my first rounds and before heading to the range tried to cycle a round. The round stuck about half way through the cycle of closing the bolt. To be more precise it stuck just after clearing the magazine and while it was at its steepest angle before entering the chamber. After close scrutiny it appearead obvious to my very inexperienced eyes the lip of the case was getting stuck under the ejector plunger (part #10 in the owners manual). So after many tears and mashing of teeth I decided to run by my gunsmith instead of immediately packing the weapon back to Ruger. I thought maybe "I" was just being stupid in a no stupid zone an doing something stupid. But wonder of wonders the gunsmith agrees with me and says heck lets fix that so we proceed to probably void my warranty and knock the roll pin out to free the extractor plunger and grind .035 off the offending plunger, hammer it back together and off to the range I go. Its about 5 miles out to the range and all the way out there I am trying not to become despondent over what I feel may be another of my poor experiences with Ruger quality control. I have no confidence that my unit is going to be one of the good ones, but Lo And Behold after about 10 rounds thru it starts shooting group after group sub 1/2 moa groups. I am extatic! Needless to say I did call Ruger customer service and advise them of my experience and ask them to send me a new extractor plunger, and asked them also about why no where on this rifle the caliber of the barrel is not stamped on the unit. The lady I talked to said she had an RPR sitting right there in her office an she looked and there was no stamp on it either. Is it unusual to not have the caliber stamped on the barrel? All in all I am very pleased with the outcome and the Ruger lady was very nice.
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