Things being the way things are.... one of the catalysts of purchasing this rifle was that I had 400+ handloads that I received from a friend's father. I had bought his Ruger no. 1 and the dies and ammo. I passed on the 10 lb Ruger and have been sitting on the ammo for a long time. The first box of ammo I tried in this rifle would not chamber. As it was a good bit longer tha SAAMI, I assumed that was the issue. I finally got everything together and set the bullets back - still no dice. I tried samples from several of the containers and can't get any round to chamber. ( FWIW - what I mean is the bolt won't close. ) So I will be pulling a dozen bullets today to start fresh with resized brass. ( I don't where I put the few pieces of brass I fired in the No. 1)
So. While none of this is diabolical, I do roll my eyes at the thought of pulling down 400 rds, but I guess time will tell!
