Ruger American AICS mag conversion trouble

[snowplow]

Hey guys, a long time ago Ruger sent me the new style two-piece stock for my gen 1 Ruger American predator 308. I had a lot of life happen since then and I'm just getting around to putting it all together. The reason they sent it to me is because I called with trouble with my original rotary magazine. The spring wore out which sounds like it's common, so I bought the upgraded single stack one and it never clicked in my old stock. So I called them and asked about it and they sent me this stuff. That's the background.

Now I have it all installed, but I'll be darned if I'm not having the same problem. The magazine won't click in. Actually it will if I push ridiculously hard using two hands, but you get the idea. This is with a 10 round Magpul. I tried my Gen 2, 6.5 Creedmoor factory Ruger five round magazine and the same thing. Worse actually, I never couldn't get it to click in.

Has anybody else ran into this?

Also it seems like I'm only a couple threads into my action bolts now. Was l supposed to receive longer ones?

 

[david walter]

If you call Ruger and give them your serial number and a picture of your bolt, they’ll tell you whether they’re not it works with an AICS magazine. Apparently they changed the bolt to be able to use those mags and if you have the earlier version you’ll never get it to work.

 

[snowplow]

Hmm, that's how this whole thing started. I gave him my serial number and they said I was eligible for the upgrade. That's a good idea though. I'll call them back and check. Could I put my Gen 2 rifles bolt in and see if that's the issue? Are they the same?