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Give it all up Rev! I'll walk you through the steps of building a stainless McFlame.....  Ingwe, what I think I'm going to wind up doing is talking my BIL out of his Cabela 7x57 Super Grade, then finding someone who can do to it what you did with yours; only I'd like to have steel bottom metal, add a quarter-rib, and extend the stock about a half inch. It's rare that I shoot in anything other than shirtsleeves - and short ones, at that. I don't expect "Flave and the Gang" would have any issue with dinking up one of those. 
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Thats actually a good idea Rev. Only issue there is the forend...its too long and has a Super grade Swivel installed......so it would have to be rasped a bit, set back, re-install ebony cap and maybe rechecked...
Also, I don't know whats on the butt of those, but if its not English Red, it will have to go too....
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Was your rebore a stainless barrel? Yes, but he said it was a Ruger thing, the most troublesome being the stainless….sometimes. And you find the name Ruger nowhere on the JES website, so……. ? (I'm betting it ain't just one reborer who isn't crazy about the structure of the metal in the hammer-forged Ruger barrels.) That's sort of what I was getting at. Somewhere I got the idea Ruger has used something different than the usual firearms grade 416 stainless. I don't think it's the hammer forged part. I believe Cliff LaBounty said Remington barrels cut pretty well, and they're hammer forged. The Ruger express barrel is 4140 which shouldn't be a problem material.
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Thats actually a good idea Rev. Only issue there is the forend...its too long and has a Super grade Swivel installed......so it would have to be rasped a bit, set back, re-install ebony cap and maybe rechecked...
Also, I don't know whats on the butt of those, but if its not English Red, it will have to go too.... The forend tip on the Dakota 76 is 9.5 from the action face. Any idea of the distance on yours? Also, how far is the barrel swivel from the muzzle on yours? Shoot, you just need to leave me yours in your will and you'll save me a lot of headache!
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Mikey old boy, I think we've covered some of this ground before. Like Travis said, there's lots of ways to get there without trashing a valuable 77 Express.
Consider:
A new Hawkeye in .338 or .375 Ruger
A CZ Express model
One of the many FN Deluxe Sporters that can be had for $600 to $1000 on GB and then re-bored.
Is this for a trip overseas, or are you going to start lining up pigs for 2-at-a-time shots? For that, the 77 Express stuffed with 160gr NPs should be fine.
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Mikey old boy, I think we've covered some of this ground before. Like Travis said, there's lots of ways to get there without trashing a valuable 77 Express.
Consider:
A new Hawkeye in .338 or .375 Ruger
A CZ Express model
One of the many FN Deluxe Sporters that can be had for $600 to $1000 on GB and then re-bored.
Is this for a trip overseas, or are you going to start lining up pigs for 2-at-a-time shots? For that, the 77 Express stuffed with 160gr NPs should be fine. Yeah, actually now that I think about it, it's not only the same song but the same verse as well. I need to just stick with original plan of a putting together a duded-up 7x57. Speaking of 160gr NPs, I just bought four boxes of .284, 160gr Deep Curls. That gives me 5 boxes each: 160gr and 175gr. At the ranges I shoot I expect they'll slay doubles all day long!
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Sorry, Friend, it was never my intention to be the voice of reason!
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That's alright. What I really ought to do is spring for either a Blaser or Helix...but I'm not sure I could show my face amongst the "traditional" crowd.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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No, absolutely not! Don't you have someone else's money - other than mine - to spend??? 
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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Yup,spending mine on a project of my own. Besides,it's fun picking on you. 
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Brother, I am easy pickings!
What are you building?
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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A big-bore.
Reamer,go-gauge,brass,bullets,rifle to re-chamber etc.... A looney's looniness is always in all bloom.
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Brother, I am easy pickings! You are indeed. That's why we keep you around.
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At least I haven't been relegated to "Ignore" status yet! 
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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I reserve that honor for very "special" folks. I recently added one to the list, but pardoned another to compensate.
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"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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That's alright. What I really ought to do is spring for either a Blaser or Helix...but I'm not sure I could show my face amongst the "traditional" crowd. OK.... I think maybe its time for an Intervention....
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If I ever do that I'll hide it under the bed. But man are they fast, especially the Helix. Have you ever watched Prince What's-His-Name hunting driven boar? I won't pretend to ever be able to do that, but man is he fast.
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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He's like the German Pigman!
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