Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by Klikitarik
Originally Posted by DigitalDan
That's awful and I am being generous.


It looks absolutely horrible for sure but it shoots alright so I've never had it done properly. The original arrangement was to have included barrel shortening and a bead blast of the exterior surfaces.

I have never trashed the guy publicly since he told me beforehand that he couldn't guarantee a Ruger barrel- especially a stainless- but he would apply the expense to his cost of rebarreling with an after-market barrel if it didn't work. I should have known .......

Anyway, since no one here has mentioned him I won't name him (though I will via PM.)


Seems like he believed Ruger's steel was prone to tearing by the hook cutter.


The late Dick Nickel (Ridgetop Sporting Goods) said the Ruger barrel I sent him was "stringy" and he had never had that problem before. This was in the earlly '90s and it was the first rotary forged Ruger he had worked on. The earlier production "cut" barrels were more amenable to a rebore.

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