Well, I picked up another No. 1- at least it was bought for a buddy who wants one and I told him I would wring it out for him! LOL!
Anyway, I checked the chamber last night and holy smokes that chamber is LONG!!
It also has a 22" barrel which really raised flags with me.
I checked with Ruger and yup, it was built in 1983 and came with a 26" barrel. Hmmmm, extra long throat, barrel cut- yup flags going up!
He already had some 150's loaded so we took it to the range today and bore sighted the thing at a 20" gong at 200 meters, and hit it. We then messed around and it was here, there, and here again, basically all over the map but not on the steel!
"Enough of this crap" says I, and I took the forend off ( Which had been sanded - more flags)and wedged a piece of wood under the forend hanger , and screwed the forend back on .
BINGO! next three went right on the steel, and I stood on my hind legs and dropped one onto the steel as well.
Next step is to drill the forend and install a pressure screw, then we will take the loading gear to the range and "schit is gonna get real" as my son says!
Updates as they happen :>)
Cat
