Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats How come you dont see custom rugers?

Indeed. Huh, don't US armed forces use Remington actions? (hint)

Laffin

"When is the last time you saw a custom Ford Pinto?

I love it.

Good- not real good all purpose rifle. Not worth building on.
I use ruger rifles in crappy weather.

That's different , most guys I know either don't want to or won't work with a ruger

Same reason you don't see anyone courtin' the fat chicks at the bar......

Hmmmmm. May be just my beer goggles talkin', but the one on the right doesn't look too fat.

Throw a little Cher in there and I'm down!

A custom Ruger. Why not. And I call the skinny one!

I just bedded a ruger MKII this weekend. Forgot what a crude receiver they are. They might as well have started with a brick and hooked a trigger to it.

I did a 375 and 416 Taylor on the tang safety 77 action. put a weatherby type stock on the 375, best group to date is 7/8" with 270 gr Hornadys and IMR 4064.Does kick alittle though ;0)

There's a whole bunch of custom barreled Rugers floating around Montana. They get used because of their bulletproof scope mounting system, which is one of the only mounts I've had that actually stays in line.

Many of these rifles spend their lives in a saddle scabbard or in a pickup gun rack, get the living schit shot out of them, and get cleaned once every decade or so. They work great. I know, because I have a couple.

The reason there are so many aftermarket parts for Model 700's is because Model 700's need them.

Factory rifle? Hot load? Did you use a mallet on it or what?? Who did the jeweling? How else was it modded? Is that galling on the rear of one lug?

Yes.

No. Sierra 55 gr. Spitzer, 21.5 gr. IMR4198, that's 1/2 grain below Sierra's listed max load for this bullet.

Nothing, I simply opened the bolt with my hand normally.

Remington.

Out of the box Model 700 VS .223. In the interests of full disclosure I did swap out the factory trigger for a Jewell. That may have weakened the bolt handle.

No, that's part of the terrycloth towel.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/5548128/1

Here's another thread about the first one falling off of a different Model 700 back in 2005.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/473366/1

I don't think the Ruger is a terrible action upon which to build a custom rifle. It requires a substantial amount of work to correct the factory polishing but the action has a couple of neat design features. One such is the angled front guard screw. Pulling the recoil lug back into the seat isn't a bad idea. I like it. Another is the bolt stop. After re-polishing, it looks pretty good and it functions very well. I wish the Ruger rings were lower but one can always modify the receiver and fit Talley bases (we are talking custom, right?)
I have one tang safety model which I re-barreled and re-shaped the stock. It's a decent sporter.
Another has been made into a single shot and modified for a rimmed cartridge. It is barreled for the 30/40 Krag cartridge and fitted with a Remington 2 oz trigger.
Although they are a pushfeed, I like the tang safety models better than the MKII. GD

Looks like it has warts! miles

Because a Ruger is a working rifle.

While not a true "custom" here's one I rebarreled for my left handed son three years ago. It was a Mark II stainless 30-06 that left the factory in a laminate stock.
I rebarreled it to 35 Whelen with a 14" twist King barrel at 22-1/2" and put it in a walnut stock.
I had my reamer modified to shorten the leade .080" which puts a 225 Accubond in the mag box with about .040" clearance when seated .030" off the lands...perfect.
After these pics were taken I tore it down and beadblasted the shine off and he mounted a 2.5-8X Leupold in lower rings.
I've reworked the trigger to a bit less than three pounds without creep.

'cuz they work fine as delivered? That said, and it did, I tweaked my old tang RS Whelen by bedding it in a Bansner stock I trimmed and finished, adding a No.1 swivel band, an NECG front sourdough blade and a fixed rear blade I filed in for the 225 gr TSX load I use. All manner of critters including elk and moose have readily tumbled to the piece. My handload runs a consistent 1.5" 5 shot average that just works.