I have a 77/22 that will not chamber stingers without jamming the projectile into the lands of the rifling. I believe that there are different chambers for an auto, bolt,
or target. Can not explain more but I must have a target chamber on mine.
I have read through all the posts on this subject. I have two 77/22 wmr's and one 77/22 lr. If I am reading this right, there is no way that that kind of damage could occur to the rifle if the bolt was closed. It must have fired out of battery. I think that the 77/xx's are built strong...
I fired 24 rounds of 38's through her and then loaded 6 357 magnums.
On the sixth 357 round I launched the ejector rod housing over my head.
I called Ruger and told them I did not want to spend $50.00 to overnight the firearm to replace a screw. The threads were pulled a little and I could not...