Ruger precession rifle , can't remove magazine

[Metal God]

Like it says , I can't remove the mag from my Ruger PR . Only second time out and worked fine last time . How ever It came with two mags and I likely only used one last time because I mostly single feed . So maybe I used the second mag today and there's a issue with it .

The mag release moves but does not feel like much to me . The rifle is to new to me to remember how it felt when working properly . I had only removed the mag a few times and don't remember anything odd last time out .

The mag is one of the mags that came with the rifle NIB .

Any ideas ? I figure it's either the mag or something was up in the mag well before I inserted the mag .

I took the floor plate off and removed the spring and follower . That did not help and could not see how the mag release works .

[divingin]

Not sure how it works either, but often putting some upward pressure on the mag eases the catch clearing the mag.

[tokenr]

Push the magazine release tab forward until you hear a sound as that is what I hear from PMAGs. Then you should be able to pull the magazine out by itself or while holding the tab.

[Metal God]

I ended up using a .010" feeler gage to slide up in between the mag an mag well at the mag catch area . I was then able to finagle it between the catch and the mag allowing me to pull the mag out .

After it was out , when depressing the mag release I could see the catch was not moving enough to allow the mag to drop . I pushed the release a few more times and all of a sudden the catch started moving fully out of the way as designed . So I fiddle with it a few times then inserted a mag and released it . I repeated that several times to the point I was confident it was working properly .

When I went to set the lower assembly down on the bench I noticed a small piece of metal or something . I know it was not there before I started because I cleaned the area before hand .

Here is what I believe fell out . It measures .030 x .060



At first it just looked like a chip or shaving of metal . Upon a closer look it was brass/yellow in color with a touch of red in it . hmm What could that be and where could it have come from I thought to my self . I then remembered I was shooting A-max bullets . Maybe the red is part of the polymer tip and the rest was of the jacket that may have chipped off .

After cutting a small chuck off the tip of an A-max bullet to compare .

Bullet chunk on left , what I believe fell out of the gun after removing the stuck mag on the right . To me they look to be different colors and materials .




Either way I think that little piece of scrap metal got lodged in the mag release somewhere jamming it up inside .

[Garv]

Thanks for the update.

[traveler1952]

Good to know what to look for in the event it happens to someone else