416 calibre choice? ***now a feeding issue post 20***

hawk-i said:
Took the rifle out yesterday. ..I like the way it handles and shoots but it feeds terribly.
Unless I ram the bolt closed hard it has probably a 30% jam rate with Hornady 400 gr DGX ammo. The ammo will feed to high to the left and jam the bullet into back of the barrel instead of into the chamber but only when feeding from the right side of the mag. Feeding from the left side of the mag is good.
As it stands now I would not want to take this rifle hunting for anything that would be considered dangerous game!
Anyone else have this problem?
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Had a similar problem with a brand new camp rifle in 375 Ruger while I was hunting Buffalo in Zimbabwe. Jammed the round on my follow up shot so hard it pushed the bullet back into the case. Thankfully one shot was all my buffalo needed.
 
Mentioned that when I first got my 416 Ruger it wouldn't feed rounds with 350gr Barnes FN banded solids. Just revisited this and these now feed just fine.

So the issue with my rifle was that it just needed to be smoothed out with use. Rounds shown here with FN solids. 350gr Barnes RN solid shown for comparison.

Now that I think of it, my 416 Ruger Alaskan is about the most useful and most trusted hunting rifle (after I fixed the funky trigger) in the collection. An accurate, reliable and rugged Moose stomper. The best 1 grand I've burned to date on a rifle. :cool:

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Slamfire said:
So the issue with my rifle was that it just needed to be smoothed out with use.
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Or you can save the intervening frustration and take five minutes with some emery paper...

It looks like those cases have taken a beating from biting the feedlips while the bolt drives forward... "emery paper."
 
Slamfire said:
Then maybe it's the roughness on various critical surfaces on hawk-i's rifle that's causing issues? Send it back. Or simply DIY?
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Sending it back is the best choice "if" the telltale drag marks are not showing on the cases. If the cases do show drag marks and/or dings from the bolt, then I would smooth out the feed lips and bolt before sending it back... but remember before starting, modifications can void the warranty, so you might want to be in consultation with Snapshots (1-450-427-0052) throughout the process.
 
BigUglyMan said:
Had a similar problem with a brand new camp rifle in 375 Ruger while I was hunting Buffalo in Zimbabwe. Jammed the round on my follow up shot so hard it pushed the bullet back into the case. Thankfully one shot was all my buffalo needed.
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" Never " would of had that problem with a Remmy M700 XCR 11 in 375 H&H ! :dancingbanana: :p RJ
 
BigUglyMan said:
That's winter weight buddy. It'll go away towards hunting season!
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Zactly... three months on the couch doing "Netflix & Chill" with my right leg in a cast and my right hand in a bag in a bag of Ms. Vickie's chips didn't help either.
 
I'd be leery in dealing with them - my brother's gunsite scout had a safety issue where you could have it on position 2 (lock the trigger out, but still cycle the bolt) and if you cycled the bolt, it would slide the safety into the fire position. Rifle went back and forth across the country twice, over the span of 10 months and eventually they gave up and the gun was shipped to Ruger for a replacement.
 
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