Ruger American Predator 6 CM feed issue

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I've found some info on this issue, but no real fixes. I have a Ruger American Predator 6mm Creedmoor that shoots great, but last year it stopped feeding correctly. It literally just jams the bullet at an angle and won't feed. I've tried a few different bullets, but they all do the same thing. I've read that Ruger is a pain to deal with pertaining to this specific issue. Anyone else have this issue and actually fix it? It's the AI style magazine.
 
Apparently I’ve been the luckiest guy in the entire world with Rugers. I have Americans Gen1&2, Predator Gen1, and the dreaded SFAR and all perform flawlessly. I’m hard on guns and don’t baby them at all.
 
I would think if it fed correctly at first but doesn't now, it would have to almost be a mag issue, worn spring or something of that nature.
 
I did buy some subsonics to play with and they did that now that I’m thinking about it.
Are you shooting store bought ammo or hand loads? The only thing we could figure was that something about those subs was they had to be slightly different in the length. I could load my CoreLokts and they cycle fine, but those subs would on the first bullet, but after that they’d jam as you described.
And what’s even stranger is the subs would cycle fine in the American. Of course it’s not threaded which does me no good.
 
It had maybe 14 rounds through it when the issue occurred. I've only been using factory ammo and i did try different brands. The gun is about 3 years old at this point. It's a shooter so I don't want to give up on it.

I did have someone say that the spring in the magazines are garbage paired with the bullets being seated too far out causes major issues.
 
Yeah, for “cheaper” rifles, they shoot extremely accurate! The mags are easy to take apart and I tried adjusting the spring but it made no difference for those subsonics. It’s still shooting the CoreLokts like a champ so I ain’t complaining.
 
Maybe, before you tear into your magazine, load your mag, chamber a round, then drop out your mag, look at your remaining rounds, are they pointed down, nosedive? If so, slap your mag and try and move them back in position, with the shell bases all against the rearward side of the mag. If they lined back up, try running your action again and see if it loads a round with no trouble, recheck mag, I have had issues like this, I found out, when I would load my first round out of the mag, it will drag my second round out of position. I took mag apart, compared it to 2 other mags, I did not see a problem, so, I just have gotten in the habit of checking my mag after I charge the first round, slap the back to make sure they are correct, and it solved a large percentage of the feeding problem. That same issue raised its head on my Tikka rifles, I backed my mag capacity down 1 round, cured the problem, but I still drop my mag and check it every time...We all know the first shot counts and nothing sucks more than a feed problem but finding an issue with the mags didn't happen. Sorry for the long message, side note, purchased metal mag. for my tikka, no luck, same issue, I set it on my toolbox, and it is still there.
 
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