Thread: Brand new rifle missing a screw? Help?

Hi Everyone,

Just got my brand new Ruger scout rifle from reloaders today, was rapt with the overall quality and feel of it, till I noticed there seems to be a hole where a screw should pass up through the rear of the trigger guard to the back of the receiver? It is threaded at the top

Surely this isn't normal? Does anyone else have one of these?

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I have one very similar.. I will have a look for you after I Pick up and eat my fish n chips.

Yep should be a screw in there!

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Definitely missing - call them and they should supply the missing part.

kj

don't you just hate that pay all that stack to have bits missing.

I just checked my m77 with the same action and kimjon and vc were right, a screw is missing. Hopefully reloaders can get you the right part and not screw you.

Yea here is the pics

I hate to say it but you have defiantly got a screw loose!!

Probably a second hand unit, ask for a discount

Thanks everyone, and cheers twoshotkill for the pics, yeah it really pisses me off paying that kind of money for stupid crap like this, this is the third rifle I've bought new, (the previous two being ARs) and every damn time something has been amiss. Thought I'd buy a bolt action and surely that'd be right from the start, but it was not to be.
Hope they can send me a genuine part without much trouble. I don't want a mitre 10 mega fix.
Also the bore is filthy as all f***, is that normal?

See if you can get a whole new gun?

Test fired and not cleaned. Yep normal.

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Originally Posted by Dan

Thanks everyone, and cheers twoshotkill for the pics, yeah it really pisses me off paying that kind of money for stupid crap like this, this is the third rifle I've bought new, (the previous two being ARs) and every damn time something has been amiss. Thought I'd buy a bolt action and surely that'd be right from the start, but it was not to be.
Hope they can send me a genuine part without much trouble. I don't want a mitre 10 mega fix.
Also the bore is filthy as all f***, is that normal?

Dunno... I have never purchased a second hand gun