Thread: Ruger Ranch II Bolt face - do I have a problem?

Originally Posted by Dan.22-250

I've had a .22-250 Weatherby do the same thing. Was using federal brass and Winchester primers, happened with light normal and hot loads and the primer pockets all felt perfectly fine.

Ended up switching to Norma brass and the problem went away. Bolt head is etched from it but there doesn't appear to be any ongoing problems using it as is.

Was there evidence of gas leak like blackening of the case head and bolt face? This is what has me stumped.. I concede I'm not perfect and on the face of it there has been primer failure and gas etching I simply have not noticed...fuckit! So I'm keen to understand what someone else was seeing re their case heads when it was happening to them..