585 Nyati
Bearcat
:evil: Has anyone on here bought, owned, fired on of these things using the companion Factory Hornady ammo?
Some of these rifles finally found their way to Canada where upon a buddy and I both thought they looked like a short handy package with 'thump. Iintended to use mine for bear and Moose in the thick stuff, while my buddy planned to use his on an upcoming african trip for Buffalo. We bought two rifles..then tried to locate ammo. Not an easy task in the current ammo shortage scenario. Finally locating some, both solid and softpoint Hornady DGX, imagine our dismay when a trip to the range showed that neither rifle would feed the only factory ammo available for it!! Rounds would jam on nearly every occasion while cycling the bolt.
Discussions were held with the retailer and we were put in touch with the sole Ruger warranty centre in Canada..at opposite side of the continent.
We were advised to forward the rifle to their location and did so at our own cost! We were later contacted by the repair centre and told that Ruger had opted to replace these rifles rather than repair them. (Note: we were previously told that Ruger had already identified this problem and that a 'kit' was available to fix same? We were further told that a few rifles with the problem had got out onto the market before they were corrected??!!) In any event approx 4 months passed..missing the hunting season) and we each received a new rifle from Ruger. Off to the range again..New rifles have the same problem as the old. They constantly Jam using Hornady 400 gr DGX ammo. These rifles are a joint venture between Hornady and Ruger, and yet will not reliably feed the only factory ammo available for them. They bill this as a Dangerous Game Rifle. I think Not!!! Four out of Four guns exhibited this problem. Any confidence to face a Buffalo or Grizzly with one of these has evaporated.
This is obviously a design issue at play here. Any comments from anyone with similar experience with these 416s is welcomed as we have yet to resolve this issue with Ruger/hornady.
Some of these rifles finally found their way to Canada where upon a buddy and I both thought they looked like a short handy package with 'thump. Iintended to use mine for bear and Moose in the thick stuff, while my buddy planned to use his on an upcoming african trip for Buffalo. We bought two rifles..then tried to locate ammo. Not an easy task in the current ammo shortage scenario. Finally locating some, both solid and softpoint Hornady DGX, imagine our dismay when a trip to the range showed that neither rifle would feed the only factory ammo available for it!! Rounds would jam on nearly every occasion while cycling the bolt.
Discussions were held with the retailer and we were put in touch with the sole Ruger warranty centre in Canada..at opposite side of the continent.
We were advised to forward the rifle to their location and did so at our own cost! We were later contacted by the repair centre and told that Ruger had opted to replace these rifles rather than repair them. (Note: we were previously told that Ruger had already identified this problem and that a 'kit' was available to fix same? We were further told that a few rifles with the problem had got out onto the market before they were corrected??!!) In any event approx 4 months passed..missing the hunting season) and we each received a new rifle from Ruger. Off to the range again..New rifles have the same problem as the old. They constantly Jam using Hornady 400 gr DGX ammo. These rifles are a joint venture between Hornady and Ruger, and yet will not reliably feed the only factory ammo available for them. They bill this as a Dangerous Game Rifle. I think Not!!! Four out of Four guns exhibited this problem. Any confidence to face a Buffalo or Grizzly with one of these has evaporated.
This is obviously a design issue at play here. Any comments from anyone with similar experience with these 416s is welcomed as we have yet to resolve this issue with Ruger/hornady.