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I bought my 10 year old son a Ruger American in .243 back in September. Between the 2 of us, we've put around 50 reloads through the gun without any issues.
I took the boys hunting yesterday evening & he got a shot on a big doe, but when he squeezed the trigger, all he got was a click. Of course being a reloader, you can imagine the things that went through my mind, #1, not letting him open the bolt for several minutes & keeping the rifle pointed in a safe direction.
I inspected the round in the blind & found a very light firing pin impression on the primer, which leads me to believe something went wrong with the rifle. I've noticed a couple times that the bolt will partially open fairly easily & I've had to stop him a couple times to make sure the action was completely closed.
The good news is a 5 point stepped out about 30 minutes later & he hammered him, nice double lung. It's his 1st buck, so he went from lowest of lows to highest of highs in a span of 30 minutes.
Anyway, I'm attaching a pic of the 2 rounds in question, you can tell an obvious difference in the firing pin impressions. I guess I'd just like to know your opinions on this & specifically could the bolt being partially open have caused the problem?
Thanks for any help & info you can give.
I took the boys hunting yesterday evening & he got a shot on a big doe, but when he squeezed the trigger, all he got was a click. Of course being a reloader, you can imagine the things that went through my mind, #1, not letting him open the bolt for several minutes & keeping the rifle pointed in a safe direction.
I inspected the round in the blind & found a very light firing pin impression on the primer, which leads me to believe something went wrong with the rifle. I've noticed a couple times that the bolt will partially open fairly easily & I've had to stop him a couple times to make sure the action was completely closed.
The good news is a 5 point stepped out about 30 minutes later & he hammered him, nice double lung. It's his 1st buck, so he went from lowest of lows to highest of highs in a span of 30 minutes.
Anyway, I'm attaching a pic of the 2 rounds in question, you can tell an obvious difference in the firing pin impressions. I guess I'd just like to know your opinions on this & specifically could the bolt being partially open have caused the problem?
Thanks for any help & info you can give.
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