Having shot many light and medium loads through my stainless 77/44, I thought I'd try some full loads to see if I could get good accuracy at 100 yards. I loaded 24 grains of H110 with a 240 grain jacketed bullet and Remington primer. Groups were good, but after thirty shots, there was a covering of unburned powder on the bench. I then tried Winchester primers that were claimed to be suitable for magnum loads to try and eliminate this unburned powder and accuracy did further improve. But - I'd fired thirteen rounds when I noticed that there was a black ring around the primer on my fired cases. The primers didn't look particularly flattened and extraction was normal.
I then checked my bolt face and saw that it was pitted around the primer periphery. Aargh!! My perfect rifle is not perfect anymore! I live in the UK. Does anyone know if I would have any chance of buying from Ruger a new bolt front half? I could do any machining that might be necessary to set the headspace correctly.
I then checked my bolt face and saw that it was pitted around the primer periphery. Aargh!! My perfect rifle is not perfect anymore! I live in the UK. Does anyone know if I would have any chance of buying from Ruger a new bolt front half? I could do any machining that might be necessary to set the headspace correctly.