No need to make up a story! Just send in the mini and ask them to fit you a new bolt assembly. They will contact you with a preapproval list of cost's for parts and labor. If you are in agreement, they will proceed with the work and send the mini back to you (When the charge or check clears). Good luck.DO NOT purchase a bolt from Numrich unless you're a qualified gunsmith or plan to take it to one. These rifles aren't like ARs, where you can just throw in another BCG and fire away. The bolt MUST be properly headspaced to prevent catastrophic failure.
In the event you do this yourself and something bad happens, Ruger will not back you up.
If you want a new bolt, your best bet is to send it to Ruger without the bolt and tell them you lost it. They'll charge you for it, but it's better than missing fingers.
90% of the bolts will headspace GO on a headspace gauge.DO NOT purchase a bolt from Numrich unless you're a qualified gunsmith or plan to take it to one. These rifles aren't like ARs, where you can just throw in another BCG and fire away. The bolt MUST be properly headspaced to prevent catastrophic failure.
In the event you do this yourself and something bad happens, Ruger will not back you up.
If you want a new bolt, your best bet is to send it to Ruger without the bolt and tell them you lost it. They'll charge you for it, but it's better than missing fingers.
Was going to say something to this effect, with how high the manufacturers are running on capacity these days I'd hold off on going without a rifle for what may be a long time until Ruger catches up, just for a spare part.I talked to Ruger a few weeks ago about having a Bolt / FP installed. CS said they would do it but weremt taking in any Elective work till March. You might want to contact them if you go this route. YMMV
No...Sorry I am new to this forum but my ? is: If you take the bolt a part for cleanning do you have to have the bolt adjusted for head space.
The bolts don't fail, its the parts on the bolts or in that fail. If you are out shooting somewhere, its not the best place in the world to change parts out on a Ruger bolt. There's lots of small parts that can be lost if you disassemble in the field. (I won't do it, you can easily lose stuff). I simply swap bolts and fix the other bolt when I get home. On my Ruger bolts (AC-556), I have two small springs, a plunger, extractor piston, extractor, and a firing pin. Not that its hard to change any of these, but I'd rather do it on my bench at home.Oh, forgot to ask, do mini bolts fail very often? I just wondered exactly why some want an extra bolt. Seems to me that is something bad enough happened to crack the bolt, that would also crack and ruin the receiver too so the extra bolt would be useless. Just curious.
I've Just have one with a ton of spare parts for it.maybe I read too much, but just curious Dacotua, how many AC's do you have??? and please tell me you haven't posted anything on YouTube, I watched one vid., where the guy ripped off 3 or 4 30rd. mags one after the other, and considered it "abuse"... err, maybe i'm jealous.... not sure.