Have owned 3. The first shot excellent patterns with all loads. New barrel fixed that. 7x57
The other two were consistently in the .7-.8 range at 100 yards with a variety of loads though the .257 flat refused to shoot anything longer than a 85 gr. BT. (.22 Hornet/.257 Roberts.) Both required the fore end hanger mod and trigger work to get there. The Hornet was so boring I put 21-22 shots into .77" one morning. Bob put 9 in a 1.5" group one day. Offhand. Then I shot the last round and made it just over 3". Lucky me.
A #3 in .22 Hornet with new wood would shoot any load, any bullet into .7", any day of the week.
They are good guns, probably better with more recent production. I do wish Ruger would put proper twists in their barrels.
