Jaguar,
Interesting story!
But it fits some other experience with tang-safety Rugers. In general the barrels were pretty good--but once in a while there was a real dog. Mentioned in my earlier post on this thread that a friend who had a 7x57 that he could NOT get to shoot asked me to try it. I couldn't get it to shoot either, and eventually slugged the bore. Turned out the TIGHT spots in the rifling were .287" in diameter--and there were far more loose spots.
