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Good day. Went shooting my favorite rifle this morning and after 103 rounds of factory ammo it stopped firing. No dimple on primer and upon disassembly I see that the firing pin tip is jagged and won't go through the bolt face when pushed forward. I couldn't find any pieces of the tip. Anyone know of this happening before? I just e-mailed Ruger asking them for advice.
Thanks for any information!

 

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Just a tip. You can't find firing pins for the Mini 14/30 anywhere except direct from Ruger. They won't allow you to swap it out for liability reasons. So they will tell you that it needs to be "specially" fit to your rifle's bolt. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but sadly it is true.

Numrich won't list the firing pin or bolt, and I doubt that you will find Ruger brand firing pins anywhere else. So you can't stock up or anticipate the event, and will have to service the rifle if it ever does. One major bummer for an otherwise sound and reliable rifle.

Thanks everyone for all the good information! Hopefully Ruger will want me to send the bolt in to them and they'll take care of it.

 

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Don't buy an after market if that's even an option check e- gun parts and ask if factory if not ruger will fix for free I have sent two guns in the past 5 weeks and 10 days was turnover.

When possible I only use factory parts and equipment and hope Ruger will want the bolt shipped to them so they can repair it the Ruger way.

 

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I just heard back from Ruger and was unpleasantly surprised that they want me to send the complete rifle back to them. No mention of free shipping which I understand because the gun is 4-years old. But what a hassle. I don't have any rifle boxes anymore and don't where to get one that will work. I thought for sure that they would only want the bolt sent back.
All comments welcomed.

 

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When I called for the RMA I asked if I could just send in the bolt but they said no. They wanted to inspect and test fire it after repair.

 

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Too bad there's no stainless steel option to keep it all the same.

 

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It took 9 total days to get the gun back which I thought was fast. They replaced the bolt assembly which by-the-way was defective from the factory. On the side of the bolt there was a "hole" where I could see the firing pin move and I thought was a lubrication hole or something and the replacement one doesn't have that. They also replaced the recoil spring assembly, and repaired the slide and safety which I never knew I had a problem. Shot 230 rounds yesterday and it was all good.