Man, I couldn't wait to get this rifle. I got it a little while back and finally got a chance to take it out about a week ago. I am so disappointed That it makes me sick...

I LOVE Rugers and thought this would be a fun little rifle. Well, it probably would be, except for the shit-show engineering behind making the Mini-30 mags work with it.

The mags don't positively lock in. There is NOTHING to support the front of the mag when it is "locked" into the magwell. It wobbles front-to-back when inserted, significantly changing the feed alignment for the rounds. If I don't apply forward pressure on the bottom of the mag, the nose of the bullets will not feed, the just smash into the bottom of the action. It's a bitch to cycle the bolt AND apply forward pressure to the mag AND hold the rifle.

I've been looking all over Google and there are lots of people bitching about the mini-30 mag springs, but I don't think this is the magazine's fault. This is a shitty magwell design. There just isn't any forward support to maintain proper feeding alignment. There isn't a stud or lug or anything for the cutout in the front of the mini-30 magazine to fit onto for support.

Had same result with both of the 20rd factory Ruger mags I tried.

I was so excited to go shoot it, but ultimately left the range disgusted with it.

I'm not sure now if I want to call Ruger to hear what their possible fix could be or pony up the money and try the Aftermarket AKM magazine well available online that accepts Magpul AKM Pmags...



Anybody else have similar issues?

Well, that's disappointing.

It seems that generally the Ruger American rifles are good performers for the price; I have a couple of them (.223 and 300BLK) and I have no complaints.

You have the versions that take AR mags? I have been considering one, but now am not 100% sure, lol.

My .223 takes AR mags, yes. My 300BLK is older and uses the small Ruger mag.