I have more than a handful of older 375 & 416 Ruger Alaskans. A few months ago, I purchased one of the newest production runs. I had not done anything with it until just a few minutes ago. I was expecting to do a little polishing of feed rails and feed ramp.
I loaded some of the Hornady non-bonded DGX in it, to cycle through. These cartridges in my experience can have a non-smooth flat nose on the bullet. It appears the jacketing can at times be a little jagged around the lead core. Not an enhancement for feeding.
The right side cartridges did not feed worth a crap. At times the bottom one would not feed at all. I visually compared feed ramp angle, rail retention of the cartridge to two other older Alaskan. All looked good.
What I did notice was the magazine box on the new one was jammed tight by the forward trigger guard screw. I loosened it slightly, until the magazine box had a little movement up and down movement. Feeding issue was "fixed". It will cycle the DGX and TTSX types, fast or slow. Floor plate still latches / unlatches as normal.
I loaded some of the Hornady non-bonded DGX in it, to cycle through. These cartridges in my experience can have a non-smooth flat nose on the bullet. It appears the jacketing can at times be a little jagged around the lead core. Not an enhancement for feeding.
The right side cartridges did not feed worth a crap. At times the bottom one would not feed at all. I visually compared feed ramp angle, rail retention of the cartridge to two other older Alaskan. All looked good.
What I did notice was the magazine box on the new one was jammed tight by the forward trigger guard screw. I loosened it slightly, until the magazine box had a little movement up and down movement. Feeding issue was "fixed". It will cycle the DGX and TTSX types, fast or slow. Floor plate still latches / unlatches as normal.
