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Paul B. · July 22, 2013, 03:44 PM

I too have an affinity toward full stocked rifles. I have three Ruger M77 RSI rifles, all in .308 Win. Don't ask. It just worked out that way. Got inot all three because their original owners could not get decent groups from them. I won't go ito all the details but it took me a hair over two years to get the first one shooting a group I could live with. I expect a hunting rifle to do no worse than 1.5" at 100 yard consistantly. I finally got them to do that. I then removed a slight bit of metal from the muzzle cap where it contacted the barrel and groups are now in the 1.25" range. So far, they all shoot one load only and it's the same load in all three. I call them my one trick ponies.
On uger #1 rifles, I have about 20 as I collect the danged things. They run from .22 Hornet to the massive .416 Rigby.
Paul B.

July 22, 2013, 03:44 PM	#10
Paul B. Senior Member Join Date: March 28, 1999 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 3,802	I too have an affinity toward full stocked rifles. I have three Ruger M77 RSI rifles, all in .308 Win. Don't ask. It just worked out that way. Got inot all three because their original owners could not get decent groups from them. I won't go ito all the details but it took me a hair over two years to get the first one shooting a group I could live with. I expect a hunting rifle to do no worse than 1.5" at 100 yard consistantly. I finally got them to do that. I then removed a slight bit of metal from the muzzle cap where it contacted the barrel and groups are now in the 1.25" range. So far, they all shoot one load only and it's the same load in all three. I call them my one trick ponies. On uger #1 rifles, I have about 20 as I collect the danged things. They run from .22 Hornet to the massive .416 Rigby. Paul B. __________________ COMPROMISE IS NOT AN OPTION!