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Subject: Re: Ruger #1 Accuracy
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Date: 4 Jun 91 20:04:28 GMT
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In article <35077@mimsy.umd.edu>, cvedc!pdx.csd.mot.com!
    brian%nosun.uucp@RELAY.CS.NET (Brian Vandewettering) writes:
#
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# Brian Vandewettering wrote:
##>Is anyone aware of a .223 lefty bolt action?  I know that Savage,
##>Remington and Ruger make a lefty in the big game calibers but I'm
##>interested in a varmit rig.  I've considered the Ruger #1; however,
##>I would like the accuracy edge the bolt action can give.  
#
## Kirk Hays - NRA Life. wrote:
## 
## Whoa, there, son!  If you glass bed the forearm on that Ruger #1, it will
## be *more* accurate than a bolt action rifle of equivalent expense.
#
#Can you give me more details on glass bedding the Ruger #1?  Is it
#something I can do at home?  Is the barrel floated or bedded along 
#it's length?
#
# Kirk wrote:
## Not to mention the aesthetic values.
## My favorite rifle.
#
#I have a Ruger #1 in .375 H&H.  Other than the weak extractor, it too is
#my favorite (hunting) rifle.  With good handloads it will shoot 1.5 MOA.
#Not much fun to shoot paper with though.  OUCH!!!
#
## Kirk Hays - NRA Life.
#
#-- 
#Brian Vandewettering - NRA, NRA-ILA, OSSA  -- Opinions are MINE!!!
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#brian@pdx.csd.mot.com                 . . .  tektronix!nosun!cvedc!mcspdx!brian

	I've been waiting for Kirk Hays' response.  I saw an article some
  months back about glass-bedding the forend on two-piece stocks improving
  accuracy, but the Ruger #1 was not mentioned.  I wrote Sturm, Ruger & Co.
  and asked if this was something that could improve accuracy on a #1 rifle.
  Their response was to the effect that "We feel that our rifles should shoot
  accurately the way they come, and if I am unhappy with the accuracy of any
  Ruger firearm, I should send it back to them and they will fix it." They
  specifically stated that they did not recommend glass-bedding the forend
  on Ruger #1 rifles.
	Now, I have two Ruger #1's (7mm Magnum and .375H&H Magnum) - they are
  just about my favorite rifles, and they both shoot very well, but one is 
  always looking for ways to tighten that group size a little more (how can
  any gun be TOO accurate!).  If anyone actually has any personal experience
  with glass-bedding forends on Ruger #1's, I would be very interested in
  hearing the details as to methodology and results.  Otherwise, I'll just
  happily keep shooting mine the way they are!

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