Originally Posted by
W.R.Buchanan
thehouseproduct:
You read this in the NRA mag and I read this too, and it is BS. This gun is not "100% CRF" in the normal sense of the word. It is however about 70% CRF in the normal sense and that last part is the part that matters. It feeds the round forward about one third of the way into the chamber before the feed lips of the mag release the cartridge. Then the bolt taks over and it feeds just like a Mauser or Winchester does. It is true controlled round feed from there on in. Actually when you look at it the magazine controls the round for part of the feed cycle and the bolt controls it for the remainder, so it is controlled round feed just not in the conventional sense of the term.
A Marlin Lever rifle is also controlled round feed, Essentially.
Heres the deal if you can turn the gun upside down and slowly feed a round in the chamber the the action is controlling the round. A Rem 700 is a push feed action and as soon as the round leaves the magazine it will fall out the top. The Ruger is NOT LIKE THAT. As soon as the round leaves the magazine the bolt has ahold of it.
This was a misnomer that should have been edited out or expanded on before it was printed as it gives the wrong impression, and I doubt the author even knows the difference anyway. He probably over heard someone talking about it and didn't hear or understand the whole conversation.
This is a perfect example of someone who doesn't understand all he knows about something, and because he is a writer for AR he is deemed to be knowledgable. He may in fact be knowledgable, but he is definately NOT one of them that knows.
I'm sure Curly James who actually has one of these guns would agree. And I got to play with mine before it went into the waiting period yesterday and One of the things I looked at closely was this very point. That's why I know the article is mis leading.
Randy