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Grabbed a display model gen1 American Predator from in 6.5CM today for what I think was a good price considering it’s my first foray into the caliber and a learning tool before upgrading.

On thing I noticed when I popped the bolt out, about the 4ish 5ish o’clock position on the bolt opening (sharp, as expected on budget machining) but I got a pretty gnarly metal splinter that broke off in the pad of my thumb. No worse for wear, tweezed it out, hit the opening with a a light file (coarse is all I had) and all good now. No interference with bolt, no scratching on the bolt, can’t even catch the area on a fingernail anymore.

Hit it with a little blue to blend and called it a day. I’m guessing these sorts of things are expected in the $400 range - but I ask the group, anything else I should address for “free” while I’m at it? The bolt “zipper” sound doesn’t bother me to I’m not doing any work there.

I know this is a long shot but has anybody put the Boyd’s thumb hole rimfire stock on the 77/357? I would really like a thumb hole stock but Boyd’s says they are built to the 77/22. Are they the same overall size and is there a lot of figment issues that come with it? Any help is appreciated

The last two I bought a GP100 and SP101 both had the wood inserts but no disassembly rod in the slot behind the inserts. Is this something Ruger has stopped including or is it just random?

So I just picked up my lc carbine in .45 and for some reason my suppressor piston is not threading on and I tried the direct thread mount both are in .578x28 the right thread count, the thread protector that came with goes on fine, I have tried both on a 1911 that has the same thread pitch and both go on fine.

Just recieved mine today and my dum dum father in law decided to put it off safety, and dry fire it with no bolt in the pistol.. and now its stuck. I am stressing out.

I should've told him it wasn't ready since I've only recieved one of the two part shipment, and dry firing .22s is bad in itself. I just expected more from a dude thats been in the military.

The safety wont work and I cant disassemble. If I press the button it slightly relieves pressure but then gets stuck, have to push it down again to snap back into the frame.

Hello,

I own a ruger american predaror short action with the original magazines and was wondering if it's possible to convert it to the ar mags?

And does anyone know the weight of the factory stock on the short action rifle? I'm looking to shave weight on my overall setup with mayne buying a custom stock.

Thanks!

Hello! I'm planning on getting a PCC soon and wanted to ask if anyone uses a PA Micro Prism on their PCC? I heard those are great for people with astigmatism and I have it bad. Appreciate any advise!

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I was just on mag shack, they have SR9 17 round twin packs on sale 48 bucks. If anyone is wanting to get some factory mags

So I used my SFAR for the first time tonight. It's the 16" 308 version. When running S&B 200 grain, subsonic 308, it does not cycle. I tried all the gas settings but nothing. It just will not cycle. But shooting PPU 165 grain 308, no issues. Cycles perfectly fine. Tried with both Rex MG7 and Diligent Defense Enticer L. Any tips to get it to cycle properly when shooting suppressed subsonic ammo?

Dumb question I’m sure, does anybody else have play on their trigger from left to right? I just recently noticed it.

I had a little oopsie and I figured one of you could help me:

When I got my Mark IV, I secured all the screws that could wobble themselves out with low-strength LocTite. Unfortunately, I overlooked the two grub screws holding the rear sight in place. That I noticed only yesterday after some shooting, but at that point one screw was barely holding on and the second one was already lost god knows when. I tightened and secured that screw yesterday, the sight is still on there firmly, but my "mild mechanical OCD" requires me to replace that screw anyway. The Problem is: Since I live in a metric country, imperial threaded screws aren't really around that much to test fit. I can order some, but I'd rather not order 4 packs of screws in different sizes just to find out which one I need. The Owner's manual isn't helpful either and the shops that are around selling guns don't carry space screws as far as I'm aware.

So, to help me out: Can anybody please tell me what size screw I need so I can order the correct ones?