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Could you order the spare pin, and then compare it directly to the original ? I appreciate that after the original breaks you are out of luck, but what if you just duplicate the original before it breaks. I am assuming that a replacement pin may be longer rather than shorter.
Is the fitting process simply a matter of shortening the pin a bit?

 

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I think that some of us are concerned about the possibility that we won't be able to send the rifle back for whatever reason and just want to have a few of the parts most likely to break or wear out. I shoot a lot of Silver Bear and Golden Bear in my 582 Mini 14 and I am a bit concerned. I also use Tulammo, but it is boxer primed, so probably no problem.

I have read elsewhere about some people acquiring a whole bolt assembly to keep as a spare, but I think that Ruger won't sell that either.

 

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I wonder if you could ship the rifle sans bolt and get Ruger to replace it? I mean if I wanted to get a spare bolt would Ruger supply one if I sent the rifle back with no bolt. I understand that it would be at my expense. I think I read here or maybe over at Perfect Union that someone did that.

 

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OK, the next try would be to ship the entire rifle back and request a spare bolt assy. There must be some way to acquire a spare firing pin. the firing pin is probably the most likely thing to break, so I would sure like to have a spare.

Update: I just called Ruger and they say "no way" to any method of acquiring a spare firing pin. Still, there must be saome way.

 

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I went to the Ruger website and used the "letter to the CEO" or whatever it is and indicated that we should be able to return the rifle to Ruger to have a spare bolt assy. built . I also said that I would be willing to pay for the shipping and part cost. There is no good reason to be in this situation. Many of use some berdan primer ammo and it should not be a problem. I am also curious as to why the Mini 30 is more prone to the problem.

 

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I went to the Ruger website and used the "letter to the CEO" or whatever it is and indicated that we should be able to return the rifle to Ruger to have a spare bolt assy. built . I also said that I would be willing to pay for the shipping and part cost. There is no good reason to be in this situation. Many of use some berdan primer ammo and it should not be a problem. I am also curious as to why the Mini 30 is more prone to the problem.

Follow up:

I received a phone reply/voice mail from this "letter to the CEO" and the rep said that they would fit a replacement bolt assy with firing pin if I returned the rifle. IDK if they want the old bolt included, so I will check before I send it. The cost would be $120.83 return shipping included. Seems like a fair deal to me.

I guess I have to ship it on my own $$, but I would use the LGS where I bought it. The message left a phone # 603-865-2442. I will probably do this in the very near future