Ruger American tactical problem

[darkcloud]

A friend bought a new RAT in 6.5 Creedmore. Every shell when fired sticks and is difficult to extract. Some to the point you have to beat the bolt with the palm of your hand to remove the fired case. There as scratches on every case from mid point to the base. He took it back and they said they fired 3 rounds and found no issues. When he got it back it was lubed with grease including the chamber. I wiped the chamber clean and took it out and shot one round and the fired case stuck and wouldn't extract easy until it has cooled for 20 mins. Anyone else have issues with extraction with Ruger American rifles? The bolt operates fine it just won't pull back to extract the case from the chamber. Unfired rounds feed and extract with out a hitch.

 

[LoonWulf]

Most likely rust, pits, machine marks, or really grungy chamber.
I'd never deal with someplace that greased the chamber and sent a gun home, that has a mechanical problem like that.

I suggest he (or you if you want to continue helping him with it) contact ruger about the issue. If he let the chamber rust it will likely be on him, but if theres some other issue than id bet ruger makes it right post haste.

 

[jmr40]

To my knowledge they don't make a "tactical" rifle. Are you talking about the Predator, the Precision rifle or maybe the Hawkeye?

I have 3 Americans, two are Predators in 308 and 6.5 as well as a standard rifle in 223. The chambers are cut on the tight side on all of them. Which is probably part of the accuracy. Sounds like it could be an ammo problem.

 

[LoonWulf]

A tight chamber wouldnt cause scratches tho.

 

[darkcloud]

It is the Predator. My bad. Rifle is brand new. Not 3 days old form the day he purchased it. AFAIAC the gunsmith the shop has is lots of mouth and little on knowledge. Told me they were junk and would never sell them last summer because the barrels were pressed in with a hydraulic press. Seems to me they get decent reviews and are accurate. I suspect poor reaming form a worn chamber reamer is the culprit.

 

[LoonWulf]

Seems possible, again Id go straight to ruger about it tho.

Try shining a bright light into the chamber and taking a look, pretty often you can see if theres damage bad enough to stick a case.

 

[dieselchief]

somewhere somehow I read the chambers are not cut with a reamer but hammered out the same time the barrel rifling is hammered. also read Winchester was doing that eons ago. but this is hearsay.

 

[H&Hhunter]

A friend bought a new RAT in 6.5 Creedmore. Every shell when fired sticks and is difficult to extract. Some to the point you have to beat the bolt with the palm of your hand to remove the fired case. There as scratches on every case from mid point to the base. He took it back and they said they fired 3 rounds and found no issues. When he got it back it was lubed with grease including the chamber. I wiped the chamber clean and took it out and shot one round and the fired case stuck and wouldn't extract easy until it has cooled for 20 mins. Anyone else have issues with extraction with Ruger American rifles? The bolt operates fine it just won't pull back to extract the case from the chamber. Unfired rounds feed and extract with out a hitch.

You got a lemmon. Just by pass the idiot gun smith and contact ruger.

 

[Sunray]

What ammo? What you're describing except the scratches is a headspace or excessive pressure issue.
Like H&Hhunter says, it's a warrantee issue.
http://ruger.com/service/index.html

 

[FL-NC]

I have seen that happen with Rem 700's that had too long screws going to the scope base. Whatever the problem is, go straight to Ruger. In my experience, their customer service is top notch.