David Van Horne in Gilbert had someone cast him some replacement pieces for the floor-plate hinge part that has the guard screw through it. Instead of being angled, it is strait. He taps a new hole into the receiver and pulls it straight down instead of in on an angle. The angled received bedding are quite sensitive to torque on the guard screw. I guess he figures he knows more about this than the Ruger engineers and gets them to shoot better this way. I haven't tried it myself, so can't comment. I have a new Ruger Hawkeye but haven't taken it out of the stock so can't comment on whether they are the same or not. I thought Ruger barrels were pretty good so it surprises me that just changing barrels makes all the difference!
