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Doe anyone know or have a recommendation for someone that could rebarrel a ruger 44 mag carbine. I think the factory has a 38 twist and i would like it to be accurate to 100 maybe 18 or 16 twist
thanks

I would have no idea , considering the gas system on this rifle.

Never heard of a Ruger semi-auto .44 being fitted with an aftermarket barrel.

If it needs a new barrel, you may want to think about sending it back to Ruger. That's what I would do.

DF

Note that in spite of their lifetime warranty, Ruger will not touch your older .44mag semi auto.

Hmmmm....

That's a bummer.

Don't know of a Ruger semi auto .44 smith. Surely someone works on them. I would suspect that with a custom barrel retrofit, one could spend more than the gun is worth. Provided you can even get that work done.

DF

PAC nor will make the barrel and they have a smith that will fit it.it may cost more than its worth but it will be more accurate. The factory barrel is only good for real short 25 yards shooting. I want to shoot hogs off a swamp buggy and would like to feel good out to 100

You might try numrich they may have a factory take off, got a buddy of mine a mini 14 take off for around a $100 a couple of weeks back.

You may just need a different load. My Ruger .44 Carbine shoots into 2.5" at 100 yds. with a Speer 270g GD handload.

Have you looked at the bore with a scope?

If I had that gun, I'd scope the bore. If it looked OK, I'd start working up loads, realizing that it's not a match rifle.

If you need cutting edge accuracy, you probably need to trade that one on an AR or similar. There are multiple round choices available for that platform.

DF

+1. Same here and the 250 gr Partition even a bit better. Both driven with IMR4227.

Does anyone know of a smith that will work on Ruger carbines? I love mine, but the trigger is horrible. 8-10 lbs with lots of creep.

If you are having accuracy problems you think are due to the slow twist, try a lighter (shorter) bullet. Rebarreling a 44 Ruger carbine would be very expensive.

Mine shoots 265 grain quite nicely out to 100. You don't need a heavier bullet than that.

this rifle trigger shouldn't be all that hard to tune and should be in the same category as the 10-22 trigger when tuning .