Buy, Sell or Hold?

[Blkram]

You could try Hunter with the 120 gr BT.
QuickLoad shows max @ 51.3 gr for 2923 fps with 100.8% case fill, at 63,041 psi pressure in a 18 1/2" barrel.

 

[longrangehunter]

You could try Hunter with the 120 gr BT.
QuickLoad shows max @ 51.3 gr for 2923 fps with 100.8% case fill, at 63,041 psi pressure in a 18 1/2" barrel.

I don’t have any of the RamShot powders on hand. I tried them over twenty years ago and none of them really worked well for me back then, and I never tried them again.

 

[PJGunner]

To give you an idea of the difference in velocity I compared the speed from the 18.5" .308 Win. Ruger M77 RSI vs the 22" barrel from a Winchester M70 Youth Ranger. in .308. The load duplicates the now long gone Speer Nitrex ammo with the 165 gr. Grand Slam. I used the 165 gr. Speer Hot Core bullet.
Ruger RSI: 2550 FPS
Win. M70 Youth Ranger: 2610 FPS.
Paul B.

 

[longrangehunter]

Well I had to box up the Ruger and send it back to them so they could fix a few issues.

I couldn’t understand why it would put two shots touching at 100 yards and then the next day and/or after letting it cool completely down throw a shot?

So I looked up the torque specs and took the floor plate and trigger guard out to see if any part of it had cracked? I saw nothing out of the ordinary, it was all very tightly fitted to the wood stock, but unfortunately there’s no way to remove the barreled action unless the front cap around the muzzle end can be removed!?!

I was going to take a round oak dowel and cut a curve into the end of it to help tap the end cap off, but I thought just tell Ruger to do what doesn’t fit correctly.

I also noticed the floor plate was grinding over the top of the action lug screw head when closing it down and it would not move on its own without a considerable amount of force! As such nothing was going to fix that issue unless I took a Dremel tool to it! Easiest to fix, but then again why not let Ruger fix their own problems?

The muzzle cap needs to be aligned so it’s not touching the barrel banded front sight, and parts of the stock relieved that’s making contact with the barrel near the rear site and back to the action lug so it’s basically free floated.

I figured that I’ll have them do the work for me and see what happens when it comes back in 6-8 weeks?

Either they’ll fix the issue’s or not, but at least I gave them the chance at it first and foremost.

 

[longrangehunter]

Ruger received the gun a week ago, and I was notified that it’s been given to a Technician for evaluation today!

Pretty efficient service for such a large company!

The floor plate should have never left the factory that way. Simply unacceptable for something so apparent to notice, but in hindsight I didn’t notice it either until I removed the spring. Then it was clearly noticeable that it would not close without considerable force!

Hopefully it’ll come back as a house fly killer!!

That said I’m going to let this one go more than likely. It’s a great handling rifle, super quick to point and shoot, but I bought it thinking I’d take it to Europe and go Boar hunting with it. I just don’t think it will stand up to the amount of shooting it would be put into practice on these type of hunts.

So for that reason I’m going to sell it! I rarely ever have done a catch and release firearm, the last one I wish I had not sold. But that was a Kimber Tactical full build in 308 that was a tactical dream gun that shot some of the smallest groups with multiple bullets.

It’ll be a factory fresh reset for someone else to enjoy.

 

[longrangehunter]

One day to complete the work. New stock, something to the bolt, fix the floor plate problem, the crown was worked on, and they polished the chamber!!

Checked it for function, test fired it, and then cleaned it up and shipped it!

Plus a target for peace of mind.

 

[JD338]

Excellent. Hopefully it will exceed your expectations.

JD338

 

[longrangehunter]

Excellent. Hopefully it will exceed your expectations.

JD338

I’m fairly satisfied that it will. But I want its new owner to know that it was never played with and better than just any factory gun sent out the door.

 

[Blkram]

While it may have had some issues to start with, I think Ruger did a good job for you to rectify those issue; I would shoot it and see what you think before you kick it down the road. It could prove to be a gem you'll want to keep!