Guys,
I'm evaluating a Ruger Mark III Competition stainless to buy. Owner claims the gun has only been fired a few times and it certainly looks it. Practically mint in the box with all the original items, locks, rail, mags, etc.
I don't have a chance to fire it for a week or two but I tried cycling some live .22 rounds through it yesterday, just working the action. Only about 60% of the rounds would eject. The rest would just sit in the chamber, either all the way in the chamber, or just rest on top of the top round of the mag and not eject--just sit there loose on top.
After some investigation, it looks like there actually might be two issues:
1. The loaded chamber indicator is actually getting to the rear of the rim of the cartridge and holding it in the chamber to the point where the extractor isn't strong enough to pull it out
2. When the extractor grabs the rim and pulls the cartridge back, it's not hitting the ejector every time and really looks like the rim of the ejected cartridge is hitting the rim of the top round in the magazine and not the ejector?
Reading the Ruger manual though, it says basically that you can have jams cycling live rounds through the gun by working the action but that when the shells are fired, it won't jam (or words to that effect).
I've never had one of these guns but I know there are tons out there. The gun looks literally brand new, not beat up, so I can't imagine something's been abused too far to be fixed.
What do you guys say? Ever have these problems with this gun? What are the solutions (other than not buy it)?
Thanks.
I'm evaluating a Ruger Mark III Competition stainless to buy. Owner claims the gun has only been fired a few times and it certainly looks it. Practically mint in the box with all the original items, locks, rail, mags, etc.
I don't have a chance to fire it for a week or two but I tried cycling some live .22 rounds through it yesterday, just working the action. Only about 60% of the rounds would eject. The rest would just sit in the chamber, either all the way in the chamber, or just rest on top of the top round of the mag and not eject--just sit there loose on top.
After some investigation, it looks like there actually might be two issues:
1. The loaded chamber indicator is actually getting to the rear of the rim of the cartridge and holding it in the chamber to the point where the extractor isn't strong enough to pull it out
2. When the extractor grabs the rim and pulls the cartridge back, it's not hitting the ejector every time and really looks like the rim of the ejected cartridge is hitting the rim of the top round in the magazine and not the ejector?
Reading the Ruger manual though, it says basically that you can have jams cycling live rounds through the gun by working the action but that when the shells are fired, it won't jam (or words to that effect).
I've never had one of these guns but I know there are tons out there. The gun looks literally brand new, not beat up, so I can't imagine something's been abused too far to be fixed.
What do you guys say? Ever have these problems with this gun? What are the solutions (other than not buy it)?
Thanks.