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Calm down mountain man, or im gonna send u another thoughtful care package of reloading goodies.

What's the deal with those alaska arms+ 1 mag plates for 416/375 ruger?

Hook me up with a deal, I want one!

Morris Melani at Alaska Arms makes them and they are a nice addition. They actually feel good in the hand and add one additional round for the 375 & 416 Ruger and two additional rounds for standard calibers! I can even get two additional rounds in my 375 H&H M77 rifle that Bill Atkinson built for Bill Ruger.

Sht I'm sold! My birthday is in middle of November

Hint hint.......

If Morris doesn’t have one In stock I bet I might be able to

I find it HILARIOUSLY fitting,that "THE Guide Rifle" is such an EPIC Goat Fhuqk. Hint.

I've yet to meet a "Guide" who had the FIRST Fhuqking Clue about Rifles or Bullets. Hint.

Bless their hearts,for trying.

Hint.

Fhuqking LAUGHING!..................

Pard, you forgot to say Pard.

And I have never met a logger who knew how to sharpen an ax or chainsaw

The extended floor plate is a excellent idea. If I ever own another Ruger 77 it will wear one.

Come on Aces tell us how you really feel and no sugar coating it.

Ruger firearms, and their owners, seem to get a lot of flack from internet experts but since Ruger’s inception rural Alaskan hunters and guides who actually get out and use and often abuse their guns appreciate their rugged reliability.

Phil: I bought a Ruger 416 with 20" barrel and Hogue stock to hunt Africa Cape Buffalo. Before I would face dangerous game with the rifle I had to polish the barrel feed ramp, polish the trigger, change slightly the angle of the sear notch, smooth the feed rails of the receiver and magazine edges, polish the ejector hole, polish the magazine follower and change the magazine spring to a more beefy replacement. I also spent more than few nights in front of the idiot box working the action to smooth it up. To me the work was worth it for a $900 rifle.
Personally I like the Hogue over molded stock but your excellent suggestion to plane off the rubber for those that don't is an option. One day of riding around in dusty Africa fixed the stickiness issue. The integral mounts are excellent and NECG has a receiver sight that fits in case of scope failure. Because I am not the 9mm pistol shot you are I find the Ruger with receiver sight a good alternative while wandering in Alaska bear country.
I am not an internet expert flinging internet flack but before I spend $1619 for an APHS rifle I would explore other alternatives. These might include reboring a Model 98 Husqvarna to 416, buying a Model 70 in 416 Remington or barreling any controlled feed action to 416 Ruger.
If you hunt Africa one draw back to a 416 Ruger versus a 416 Remington is ammunition availability. 416 Remington is a lot easier to find.

I have thought about travelling about in a van cross country buying up paddle Mark II rugers and hauling up here where they bring a high premium. Rugers work.

I think the price will be more in alignment with the current 300 Winchester and 338 Winchester in this configuration. As already stated the first order will be less expensive than those are selling for at other local large and small businesses.

I replace the stocks on M70 stainless Tupperware rifles. So the Ruger Hogue is no different. H-S Precision & Bell & Carlson stocks have replacements that fit these Rugers. I am not sure if McMillan still does for the Rugers. These rifles have grouped well with my Barnes hand loads, and the DoubleTap 270 grain TSX load. Very little difference in groups with Hogue and aftermarket bedded stocks. The Hogue is definitely suitable for purpose. I did not care the dimensions and replaced.

Where I moose hunt, 230 yards is about the limit of visibility between alder patches, from a side hill elevation. The Barnes 350 TTSX get me to 250 yards with 2000 FPS or more remaining. I am confident the 325 grain CEB Maximus will do the same or better. Most of my opportunities are well under that, and the 350 grain TSX has worked at substantially less than max velocity.

One of my favorite rifles is an older Alaskan with a McMillan stock. I spent over 30 days with it this year.
It might of seen 5 days of dry during that period and spent the nights in an unheated tent. Maintenance was an occasional drop of oil on the blued sights and sometimes a wipe down with a paper towel at night. I have another one of these rifles in H-S Precision stock without scope. Right at 8 pounds 1 ounce, it makes for a pretty handy walk-about rifle.

It took me a couple of years after the introduction of this cartridge to buy one. I have pretty much had a 416 Remington since Winchester made it in the M70. I still have 2 of them. One is a re-barreled 22" stainless. Nice rifle but the 20" Ruger is my preferred.

Retirement plan, Thomas! 👍

Dumasses anyway, right? Probably find them using Partitions or something too....even getting their clients close instead of launching at 700 yards just because they can get glass on them....bunch of dumbasses anyway. Sheesh!

Guilty as charged

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