I recently bought a new late series stainless mini. I took it to the range and it worked flawlessly (fired about a hundred rounds). After a very thorough cleaning, I put it in a wood stock (per instructions found in this forum...not too complicated).
Today I took it back to the range and tried firing it again. The ammo was decent quality (brass cased), though different brand than the ammo I shot the first time out. Roughly half of the shots had a failure to extract. Three or four times the trigger assembly unlatched (during recoil vibration) and actually fell out the bottom. It seemed to be latched securely (no different from how it was in the synthetic stock).
Is it possible that I bent the trigger guard when I disassembled the rifle (so that it doesn't latch as securely as it should)? It doesn't look any different, but perhaps this happens sometimes(?) Could this somehow also be related to a failure to extract? If I end up sending it back to Ruger, do I need to put the original parts back on (the original stock and remove the choate handguard I also put on) ...or will they work on it as is? I appreciate any ideas or advice. Thanks.
Today I took it back to the range and tried firing it again. The ammo was decent quality (brass cased), though different brand than the ammo I shot the first time out. Roughly half of the shots had a failure to extract. Three or four times the trigger assembly unlatched (during recoil vibration) and actually fell out the bottom. It seemed to be latched securely (no different from how it was in the synthetic stock).
Is it possible that I bent the trigger guard when I disassembled the rifle (so that it doesn't latch as securely as it should)? It doesn't look any different, but perhaps this happens sometimes(?) Could this somehow also be related to a failure to extract? If I end up sending it back to Ruger, do I need to put the original parts back on (the original stock and remove the choate handguard I also put on) ...or will they work on it as is? I appreciate any ideas or advice. Thanks.