|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 17,731
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 17,731 |
I think one of these in .338 win mag is about the best all around rifle for here in AK. And I think you are right. Put many miles on the trails with one of those.
NRA LIFE MEMBER
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS!
"Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself."
-Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,228
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,228 |
I have stainless bp .270 that was my first deer rifle and is on SceneKit accurate with 130 and 140 Ballistic tips but for some reason I rarely shoot it anymore. I also have a NIB blued bp 7mm-08 that I got about 5 years ago from a small mom and pop shop for my wife's first deer rifle. Paid the princely sum of $349.99 despite telling the man it was easily worth twice that much. He said he paid $299 for it almost 20 years ago so $50 profit was fine by him.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 17,731
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 17,731 |
What do those take-off Boat Paddle stocks usually sell for?
I've got one in new factory shape (magnum barrel channel forearm) that I've had for a while. You should be able to get $100 pretty easily. Long action stuff is the most available. Short action can run upwards of $140 or so. I've got 2 extra L/A stocks, one standard, and one Magnum. It's also hard to find the original Mk II stainless rifles. Looking for a 338WM and I'm not sure for the other one. Hard to find the short action stocks for sure, even the ones that already have the rifle.
NRA LIFE MEMBER
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS
ESPECIALLY THE SNIPERS!
"Suppose you were an idiot And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself."
-Mark Twain
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,799
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,799 |
Had to chuckle today. Was watching the Keanu Reeves movie "John Wick" off the DVR. In it, a professional assassin portrayed by Willem Defoe uses a Ruger Boat paddle as a sniper rifle. It's even a take-down, split right at the front of the receiver. I about sh*t myself when I was that.... Kaiser Norton
The Kaiser- "If it ain't broke, I can fix that!"
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 14,138
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 14,138 |
I've got one on my Whelen, love it!
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,285
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,285 |
Has anyone put one of those stocks on a Hawkeye? I'm assuming they would fit alright. .308 Hawkeye, drops right in. ![[Linked Image]](http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/308LD/Rugerpaint001.jpg)
Ed
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 50,619
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 50,619 |
Ugliest, most brutal recoiling stocks of all time! There are few stocks I have as many bad things to say about as the boat paddles and few with as few good...
Combined with the ridiculous 45 degree lug and they created a rifle I want no part of...
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 17,251
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 17,251 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,518
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 6,518 |
Ugliest, most brutal recoiling stocks of all time! There are few stocks I have as many bad things to say about as the boat paddles and few with as few good...
Combined with the ridiculous 45 degree lug and they created a rifle I want no part of... I don't really care for the boat paddle stocks either, but the rifles? I'll take all the MkII stainless rifles I can afford to buy. Especially in .308, 7mm-08, .260, or .243.
If we live long enough, we all have regrets. But the ones that nag at us the most are the ones in which we know we had a choice.
Doug
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 12,651
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 12,651 |
Ugliest, most brutal recoiling stocks of all time! There are few stocks I have as many bad things to say about as the boat paddles and few with as few good...
Combined with the ridiculous 45 degree lug and they created a rifle I want no part of... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I've seen stocks I think are much harder on the eyes and far less functional. As to recoil, I don't mind mine in .30-06 or .300WM but I did put a Limbsaver on my .338. The Limbsaver made a big difference in perceived recoil.
Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!
No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.
A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 22,884
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 22,884 |
Has anyone put one of those stocks on a Hawkeye? I'm assuming they would fit alright. .308 Hawkeye, drops right in. Very nice. How much weight did you whittle off the metal?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,285
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,285 |
Has anyone put one of those stocks on a Hawkeye? I'm assuming they would fit alright. .308 Hawkeye, drops right in. Very nice. How much weight did you whittle off the metal? Not as much as I had hoped.  As it is 7 lbs. 11 oz. The skeleton stock weights 1oz more than the factory Hawkeye full synthetic (by my fishing scale).  Just about 5oz.
Last edited by 308ld; 02/12/17.
Ed
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 25
Campfire Greenhorn
|
|
Campfire Greenhorn
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 25 |
I have the boat paddle in 22. I looked for 4 years to find one in 7mm mag here in Saskatchewan. Finally got it done. Topped with a zeiss with the rapid z reticle. Be nice to shoot gophers all summer with the same model as my go to big game rifle now. Hopefully have it ready for next season if we ever get rid of the snow and a guy can get shooting. Both of them are phenomenal rifles.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 14,138
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 14,138 |
Sorry to hear about that! But I have a Ruger in 35 Whelen, and the dealer I bought it from had 4 more like it!
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,560
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,560 |
I believe that rifle is one of the 500 Davidson Special Edition 35 Whelens that Ruger produced about 20 years ago. I bought one, and like three others that I personally knew about, it had an occasional failure to fire issue with factory ammunition. After fighting with this problem for a while, I had a Lija ss barrel with the exact contour and sights installed-problem solved. I killed a few elk with it and retired it to the back of the safe. Someday one of my kids will inherit it and I’ll bet it will kill again.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,560
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,560 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2017
Posts: 832
Campfire Regular
|
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Aug 2017
Posts: 832 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2019
Posts: 281
Campfire Member
|
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Aug 2019
Posts: 281 |
I have two Ruger boat paddles that I bought the year they first came out, in 300WM and 338WM for around $300 each. They both have adjustable open sights. I rarely see open sights on these rifles. Does anyone know how long they made open sights on these rifles, or when they stopped equipping them with sights?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,186
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,186 |
|
|
|
|
|
92 members (6mmbrfan, 280shooter, 14idaho, 10Glocks, 2500HD, 300_savage, 8 invisible),
1,561
guests, and
719
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,190,599
Posts18,454,519
Members73,908
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
![[Linked Image]](http://s21.photobucket.com/user/308LD/media/Rugerpaint001.jpg.html)
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/8ajR9n7l.jpg)
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/hfjYnHNl.jpg)
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/m1yZJScl.jpg)
![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/FnBlD67l.jpg)