Ruger or Howa Bolt Gun?

[Jake TN]

Yes. Feeding. Inconsistent and aggravating, especially for lower-grain bullets as they are somewhat shorter than the 123 eldms.
The mag rocks back and forth. the bullets tend to hit the vertical barrel face below the chambering hole. The various mods you try to the mags are handmade and inconsistent as well, can not find a consistent solution.

So much so that I sold it off and bought the howa mini. Much happier feeding now.

The gen 2 (coming 1Q24) may fix that, I don't know. will have to see.
But I'm already down the road with my howa, I did rebarrel it for 2" more and better shooting, although the 20" you can definitely get it to shoot. I wanted a bit more fps without ruining brass from overpressure. The howa mags have been no problem for me.

The Ruger Gen 2 has me thinking about getting a bolt action.

[Harpoon1]

The Ruger Gen 2 has me thinking about getting a bolt action.

I have a gen 1 and cutting 2 coils of the mag spring turned mine into a completely reliable, almost impossible to jam with any size projectile gun! YMMV!

IDK, maybe I just got lucky?

[grayfox]

Good for you! I did try that, no success on mine.
O well, for me that is all in the past.

[grendelnubi]

I cut two coils off then took a third coil after doing a little testing and now it works perfectly. Also prior to removing coils, it was near impossible to manually feed a round with an empty mag but after removing coils, it works with no issues.