It was unfired.
I cycled a couple of dummy rounds (no powder, no primer) and it chambered and ejected perfectly.
Today, I braved the 39 degree weather and took it shooting.
I doesn't eject empty rounds for shit. Rounds with the bullet eject OK, but forget empties.
Toward the end of 60 rounds I could fling the bolt back enough to get the empty to dribble out 1 out of 4 times.
I'll tear it down and look at it tomorrow. I can probably live with it, and develop the move where you roll the rifle to the right to drop the shell out.
After the god-awful wait after I sent Ruger my SA revolver, I am hesitant to sent it off for work.
[EDIT 3/23 - fixed the ejection issue. It was not the rifle's fault. viewtopic.php?f=137&t=83103 ]
There is no space between the barrel and the stock. I could not slip a piece of paper in there. Not sure if I am going to dig out all but the first 4 inches of the barrel or leave it be. I can't afford a good stock right now. The stock does flex, so I did not use a bi-pod - I used a sandbag just forward of the magazine, and a rear bag.
it was gusty, and cold. I am using a Burris MTac 1x-4x scope.
I love the 1x-4x, but the center dot is too big - covers 3 inches at 100 yards - must be 3 moa. I could not get the groups I wanted.
The dots below the center are too small. When using them for holdover, they got lost in the target. Even on the brightest illumination.
The brightest illumination is too dim, for use on some targets.
On the other hand:
it was quiet compared to my store built AR.
It was almost as accurate as the AR with a Wilson COmbat barrel. I'll be able to tell more after I work on the stock.
It is nice and light - that AR with a fat barrel and a hand-guard as long as the barrel looked cool, but was heavy.
And, this draw less negativity these days, than the AR did, but having a silencer on it brings some of the negativity back.
I had "one big hole" groups at 25 yards, 1/2"+ groups at 50 yards (my zero distance), and maybe 2" at 100 yards, but it was getting colder and windier and I was trying to use hold-over with scope dots I could not see.
I think if I had a different reticle I could have smaller groups. But, this will be a hunting/plinking rifle, so extreme accuracy is not mandatory. A 3" group at 100 yards will be good enough.
Call it, a work in progress.
