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Post by jimh on Jan 15, 2007 21:53:08 GMT -5
well i never was one to leave well enough alone. this past fri i dropped my .17hmr off at the smiths for a bedding job and a little tweek. he'll bed the action and float the barrel, and check the head space on my aftermarket barrel. this is a m77/17 and is a pressed fit barrel with a locking wedge that secures it to the action. he suggest and other places have said the same thing that when he re-assebles it he will plce some lok-tite on the shank before he slides it into the action. i have been hearing this same aproach from a variety of places and even lija mentions it on their web site for their ruger rimfire barrels. anyway the rifle has shot pretty good but everyone i have talke to said the green mountain barrel realy likes to be floated without the pressure point at the forearm. we'll see if i get anything out of this other than a thinner wallet.  |
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 15, 2007 23:38:20 GMT -5
You know, if you would of just spent 300 on the Marlin you wouldn't have to pay for all this extra stuff just to get your Ruger shooting decent.  |
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Post by twomoons on Jan 16, 2007 14:51:35 GMT -5
I either glass bed or thread all my rugers. This should chop off about 1/2" at 100 yards.
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Post by jimh on Jan 16, 2007 19:43:40 GMT -5
well Red i was waiting for that remark. ;D it's not that it isn't shooting good, it's just that i think i might be able to get it to shoot great! tm's i'm hoping to pick up just that, we'll see what happens but i figure i piss away good cash on a lot of other less than worthwhile events that i'll live with the results either way. |
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Post by bounce on Jan 16, 2007 20:29:00 GMT -5
Well i think the ruger is a nicer looking gun than a marlin so it would be nice if only it would shoot as good. Beauty cost bucks$$$$$ so I shoot marlin and am use to cheap & ugly lol
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Post by Purebred Redneck on Jan 16, 2007 21:23:03 GMT -5
I'm used to cheap and ugly too. That also goes for guns... Jim, I'm half tempted to buy the marlin just to prove my point Matter of fact, I went to bass pro to see if they had any of the short magazine marlins and ended up drooling over a (gulp) RUGER GP and Blackhawk. It's going to be just like last year - go in looking for a rifle, instead looked at a pistol, eventually bought a bow |
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Post by jimh on Jan 16, 2007 21:42:37 GMT -5
Well i think the ruger is a nicer looking gun than a marlin so it would be nice if only it would shoot as good. Beauty cost bucks$$$$$ so I shoot marlin and am use to cheap & ugly lol i hear ya bounce and i think my signature line says it all. by the way my Ruger shoots fine i'm just tweaking |
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Post by bounce on Jan 16, 2007 22:01:46 GMT -5
Yeah,Yeah the only thing anyone tweaks on a marlin is the trigger pull
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Post by jimiowa on Jan 16, 2007 23:39:43 GMT -5
Jim I understand I can't leave a rifle alone either And the Ruger is a lot better looking rifle........ Now if you gold plated a Marlin it would still look and shoot like a Danged ol Marlin  Mind you I'm right pleased with my .444, just never had a Marlin longer than it took to trade it for anything else. |
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Post by jimh on Jan 17, 2007 7:45:36 GMT -5
Jim I understand I can't leave a rifle alone either And the Ruger is a lot better looking rifle........ well the model 39a is a work of art in it's own. can't take nothing away from that rascal. i knew i shouldn't of mentioned i was tweaking it, i was expecting Red's abuse though. |
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Post by bounce on Jan 17, 2007 8:26:25 GMT -5
jimh it's a cold slow winter, just finding fun were I can if it's warm!!
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Post by twomoons on Jan 18, 2007 19:39:21 GMT -5
Rest assured when you are finished your Ruger willput 5 under 1 1/2" at 100 yards. So far our best groups from the Ruger have went into just under 1".
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Post by bounce on Jan 18, 2007 19:46:09 GMT -5
Best group of 5 from a marlin at 100 yds is 5 touching, don't happen all that offten though!!!
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Post by jimh on Jan 18, 2007 20:32:12 GMT -5
Best group of 5 from a marlin at 100 yds is 5 touching, don't happen all that offten though!!! i would like to see that one! two moons i'm wondering if i should have just bit the bullet and had the danged thing threaded into the receiver. |
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Post by jimh on Jan 30, 2007 22:41:05 GMT -5
well the guy said 2-3 weeks and i called today just to see if it would be ready this week or next. i was told that he expected it to be done by fri and for me to call him then to check if i wanted to get it fri night. so hopefully i'll get out this weekend and have some sort of field report to post in this thread. what i realy dread though is me having a bad time of it in the field and haveing ti listen to Red's "I Told You So! " but hopefully i'll be tickled pink about all the improvements.
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