Model12Win
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Guys got my Ruger Mark IV to the range and it was great, 300 rounds of CCI mini mag 40 grain round nose without a hitch. But, I noticed I was getting peppered with little particles upon firing the gun.
Took it home to clean it and found a bunch of copper shavings that are no doubt from the bullet coating:
Went outside and carefully cycled some rounds through it (safe direction etc.) and inspected the cartridges. Upon chambering, the gun is scraping the bottom edge of the bullets and causing these metal shavings to go flying. Looking at my feed ramp I think it is somewhat sharp at the bottom and this might be digging into the bullets.
The first two on the left are scraped, the one on the right was not cycled through the action.
Can I expect this to go away after a break in? Is this normal for .22 auto pistols? Should I send it back to Ruger, or just polish the feed ramp? If so, how do you do that?
Please help guys. Thanks!
Took it home to clean it and found a bunch of copper shavings that are no doubt from the bullet coating:
Went outside and carefully cycled some rounds through it (safe direction etc.) and inspected the cartridges. Upon chambering, the gun is scraping the bottom edge of the bullets and causing these metal shavings to go flying. Looking at my feed ramp I think it is somewhat sharp at the bottom and this might be digging into the bullets.
The first two on the left are scraped, the one on the right was not cycled through the action.
Can I expect this to go away after a break in? Is this normal for .22 auto pistols? Should I send it back to Ruger, or just polish the feed ramp? If so, how do you do that?
Please help guys. Thanks!