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Does anyone have one in .270 or 7RM and would be willing to measure LOP for me?
Thanks in advance.
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Thanks! How thick is the pad? Half inch?
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Tell me you didn't buy one in .270�...
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No, not to worry. But they sure are nice looking, aren't they. I can pick one up, NIB in .270, but I'd have to have it reamed to .280 or something. And I'd have to have about a half inch more of pad since I'm a long armed bugger.
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Thanks! How thick is the pad? Half inch? Yep. About half inch. Replace it with a Limbsaver or similar and you should be about right.
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The 270 Ruger Express I have has a LOP of 13 5/8". The hard rubber butt plate is 1/2" thick. It weighs 9# 1.5oz. with a 2.5-8 Leu.
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Very nice! A one-inch Decelerator would put the LOP right in the comfortable ballpark for me.
Thanks again.
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By the way, any idea what calibers the Express was originally made in? I know .270, .30-06, 7RM, and I'm pretty sure .375 and .416 Rigby. That about it?
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No, not to worry. But they sure are nice looking, aren't they. I can pick one up, NIB in .270, but I'd have to have it reamed to .280 or something. And I'd have to have about a half inch more of pad since I'm a long armed bugger. Rev you need to get that 270 and exercise those demons. Come on in the water is fine
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By the way, any idea what calibers the Express was originally made in? I know .270, .30-06, 7RM, and I'm pretty sure .375 and .416 Rigby. That about it? There was a 338WM for sale in the classifieds awhile back.
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No, not to worry. But they sure are nice looking, aren't they. I can pick one up, NIB in .270, but I'd have to have it reamed to .280 or something. And I'd have to have about a half inch more of pad since I'm a long armed bugger. Rev you need to get that 270 and exercise those demons. Come on in the water is fine No sense in trying to get the old boy to see the light at this late date. His system likely couldn't stand the shock. Besides, what would the pigs think?
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Ha! Y'all are killin' me! Elk might understand but I'd never hear the end of it from Ingwe. As I said, the first thing I'd have to do is get it rebored to 7x64 or something.
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Ha! Y'all are killin' me! Elk might understand but I'd never hear the end of it from Ingwe. As I said, the first thing I'd have to do is get it rebored to 7x64 or something. Don't let Ingwe fool you, he would understand. He may not admit it but would understand Come on in the waters fine
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They're pretty nice and it's tempting.
Too bad it wasn't made in 7x57!
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Just to keep Ingwe happy I did buy a 7x57, but not a 77 Express. Think a Ruger No. 1a will pass muster?
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By the way, any idea what calibers the Express was originally made in? I know .270, .30-06, 7RM, and I'm pretty sure .375 and .416 Rigby. That about it? IIRC, the Express was offered in the 338 Win that Tatelaw mentioned, 270, 30-06 and 7RM you cited plus 300 Win Mag. .375 and .416 Rigby was offered in the Magnum Rifle, plus .458 Lott. There could be more.
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Just to keep Ingwe happy I did buy a 7x57, but not a 77 Express. Think a Ruger No. 1a will pass muster? Yes..it will�.
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Did someone mention Express. I'm shooting a Merkel .470 NE,using Paladin's "full power load."
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This is with a "light load."
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