I am a fan of that rifle combination. I often ponder upon a re-barrel of a Mark II or Hawkeye. I think the 416 Ruger barrel contour might work with a 20 or 21" barrel.
That seems like a great weather resistant and handy rifle.
Used that Ruger Hawkeye Alaskan on a brown bear in Alaska. Very good rifle in that weather. Back then it was a 375 Ruger but now it’s a 404-375 Ruger. At 20” it’s very handy and now even more decisive.
I’m considering installing the 23” Hawkeye African barrel which came off the now 458 WM Hawkeye African, on the stainless Alaskan action. About 75 fps more MV with any of the 400 grain bullets used on brown bears. The expanded bullet in the photo is a Barnes 300 gain TSX extracted from the offside hide of an 8’ 8” square brown. Not huge but respectable.
Rebarreling that action to 458 WM would work quite well.
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