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I really want. Ruger guide gun in 30/06! Can’t find a new or used!

Dr death, you can do better. 20 inch barrel a bit short for a 30-06 too heavy barrel countour as well.

21 or 22 inches thin contour barrel with those dmn fine ruger sights:

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/915837798

I hear the Ruger African 9.3's are terrible. I'm a nice guy and am willing to relieve some one from there misery if they cannot stand to be around theirs any longer..

My Dad always did quite well with an 18 1/2" barrel 30-06

I guess I just like the looks of the guide gun

I hate to hijack a thread but here goes. Being I’m looking to lighten up my Ruger Hawkeye. The stock is going to be the first change. Currently a Hogue, good stock but not light. I’m also likely to run open sights and shelf the scope. My style hunting permits that. It’s currently 9.5 lbs in current dress so I’d like a few pounds off if possible. I still hunt and track deer and run bear over hounds. I’ve found a Bell&Carlson stock at 2 lbs and haven’t found anything lighter. McMilllan doesn’t do Ruger. Any insight would be appreciated

If you looking for a lightweight stock for a Ruger MKII or Hawkeye. Give a good look at MPI. I now have 5, one kimber pattern and 4 ruger patterns. They finish out at between 22 and 24oz, (MPI has an even lighter option but I haven't tried that). I have has Rick Steinhour/extreme rifleworks, procure and fit and finish for me, They are very well bedded and finished and held up well. I haven't put one on a big cartridge yet but have them on a 358WIN, 338RCM, 300wsm, 308WIN and a 6.5 creed. I also have roughly a dozen McMillans in the classic pattern as well but they finish out ~32oz.

brinky,

Im at 6lbs 7 oz on my 338 rcm carbine with open sights. Thats lighter than a 30-30 i carried all day in the appalacian foothills of northern maine as 10 year old kid.

Goes 7lbs 3oz scoped with a 2.5 fx ll in low ruger steel rings.


The latest crop of idiots who advocate 5 lb rifles, ill never understand it.

Rugers are not difficult to get lighter than a featherweight compact.

Thanks gents. Mine is a 35Whelen that started life as an ‘06. 23” Shilen 1:14 tube. I usually go anywhere from 6-15 miles a day during deer season. I hardly call the old Whelen a boomer so lighter than the current 9.5 lbs but a 5 lb fly weight ain’t the goal either.

Brinky,
My walnut hunter stock was $247 directly from Ruger. It finishing out right at 25.8 oz.

Its much lighter than the injection molded garbage i pulled off the stainless carbine.

Ive been told that walnut is too heavy and cant handle the "extremes" of Alaska.

24hourcampfire, a great place for Alaskans to be schooled on what works and what doesnt.

LOL. You certainly need to pick and choose with the advice and definitely confirm the BS

Ive only had one 77, a MKII boat paddle .308.
Wore the factory "pad".
It wasnt as bad as people said, and it shot factory ammo decent.
Actually, a pretty darn nice package.
My only complaint would be the rings....i hate Ruger rings.

Trigger was on the heavy side but it shot well without any mod.

Proly shoulda kept it and just hunted the hell out of it.

I have a 77 blued lightweight in 30-06 I need to trade for something stainless.

You can also add to this the fact that many were prone to cracking the stock in the wrist area, just behind the tang. I have a .358 Win 77 tang safety that's gone thru 2 wood stocks. Next stock will be a composite - when/if I find one.

Did you bed both of them and relieve around the tang? I never shoot a Ruger 77 without bedding it first

Sorry, you can't have mine. It's one of my favorites.

Brinky72, there is a lot lighter Ruger hiding in there if you want to rework it. My MK ll .308 started out heavy, but I turned it into a 7mm-08 with a 20" #1 taper Shilen barrel and a Brown Precision Kevlar Pounder stock. 7# 2 ounces wearing a 30mm Zeiss 1.5-6x42 in Ruger rings. I was going to replace the trigger, but Brown Precision reworked it to perfectly acceptable. Full camo paint, Teflon coated bolt and sewn on Nylon sling.

I know for sure they made an African in .308 with a 20" barrel cause I got one from Whittakers a few years back. Wood is fence postish compared to my 9.3 African. The scope on it now is a 2.5x8 Leupold which is a better size than the 3.5x10 it has it this pic. Not pretty but I like it.

I don’t think that was marketed as an African model…. Do you have the code on the box label ????

That looks like the RCM variant they made in 308