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I just purchased an unfired Ruger American Predator in 308 with the rotary magazine. I have a Ruger Am. Ranch in 5.56 with the detachable magazine. I'm really impressed with the Am. Ranch in 5.56 but the rotary magazine on the Predator 308 seem about as cheap and flimsy as could possibly be made. I inquired to Ruger customer service to see if the detachable magazine conversion could be used on my rifle (it does have the removable mag well); but they told me that it wouldn't work as the serial number of my rifle was below the cut off were they started to make the rifle compatible with the detachable (AI) mags. They said it had to do with the bolt on my model not having a cutout that the newer bolts have. There is a pretty long thread on this board where some people incorporated the detachable mag conversion on an older rifle and it worked; some others had a problem with it.
Anyone have any more recent experience with this? Also I'm looking at the Magpul Hunter line of detachable magazine stocks as an option to use the AI mags. Has anyone here used the Magpul stock on an older Predator ( the prefix of the serial number on my rifle is 699 followed by a dash)?
Anyone have any more recent experience with this? Also I'm looking at the Magpul Hunter line of detachable magazine stocks as an option to use the AI mags. Has anyone here used the Magpul stock on an older Predator ( the prefix of the serial number on my rifle is 699 followed by a dash)?