Hi,

I recently bought two original Ruger 30 round magazines. I was led to believe that Ruger build them like tanks, but I seem to have gotten two run over by tanks.

With a pair of calipers I see the width of the magazine varying by about four millimeters, narrowing towards the middle. That is just enough for the follower to stop at 16 - 17 rounds. I didn't notice this narrowing until I tried loading them up, about a week after they arrived.

I have thrown away all the packaging so I have no chance of retuning them now. I'm toying with the idea of trying to open them up and fixing them myself, but I'm open to suggestions.

Give Ruger a call, they might trade them out for you.

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I second that.

A big plus to this ^.....how could they deny it isn't a factory production mag?

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- Ruger GSR, M30, M14, 10/22
- Walther P22 (2) & .22 Crickets (2) both sets for kids
- Springfield XD Tactical, M1A Scout
- Saiga 7.62, Sig 516, Mossberg 500, Mosin 91/30, Para Warthog .45

Ya give em a call. I'm currently in the middle of figuring out if my rifle is bad or I really did get 2 bad Ruger factory mags. I called em and was really helpful. Told me to send my mags in and they'll give me replacements. Reading your thread has me believing it's more the mags than my rifle now.

I really wish Ruger would make 30rd Mini-30 mags. I may be wrong but I have searched high and low and I don't think they make em. Someone correct me if I am wrong please.

Ruger does not make 30 rounder for the mini 30. However, there are aftermarket mags out there but I do not personal experience with them.

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- Ruger GSR, M30, M14, 10/22
- Walther P22 (2) & .22 Crickets (2) both sets for kids
- Springfield XD Tactical, M1A Scout
- Saiga 7.62, Sig 516, Mossberg 500, Mosin 91/30, Para Warthog .45

It must have just been a bad batch, I just got a 30 rnd factory mag from Impact Guns Home and had no issues with it. Really tough to load after the first 20 rnds though, lots of tension.

Thanks, I'll give Ruger a chance and rapport back.