mgmorden
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Great, great work. That effort took that rifle from a beater to something to have pride in.
Sucker for projects
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WestKentucky
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Long long ago in a galaxy far away I was looking to buy my first deer rifle. The stock on Ruger rifles is what pushed me away. Kinda blocky and funky, like a K car is how I looked at it then, and I just couldn’t realistically be excited about them. Eventually settled on a Savage 110 Because it was cheaper than the Remington 700 I really wanted, but I couldn’t find exactly what I wanted in stock anywhere local, and this was long before online gun sales were a thing. Bass Pro ran an ad the first year that the Nashville store was open and they listed the 700 in .270 on sale for the same price I had been seeing the savage, so to Nashville I went and I returned home with my 700. 20 years later I still can’t shake the looks of that ruger stock, but I know it’s likely a better rifle than my 700 is. I can’t say that I like the rifle, because I don’t, but I do like the fact that you brought it back from the graffiti horror that it was and got it back into very nice shape and looking like new. Well done.
I like the Ruger safety, Remington stock, and Savage accutrigger.
If I'm forced to choose. I usually go Savage.
I personally think the Ruger looked better in camo than it does in stainless.
I can do pretty decent camo patterns.
Just not into camo really.
Hell my bow is all black.
Tiger striped 700 adl synth I did hangs on a peg. Like the HS splatter paint better.
Im not diggin the stainless screws on this rifles panels. Might black em out
Proly buy black med Leupold rings and put my Freedom VX 3-9x in em.
I'd say your doing some nice work. I admit I have a few older surplus guns, and one thing that bugs me about them, more than the beat up bluing, is the screws just look terrible, the little details can change the look as much as the larger things.
Yup. Have some small files.
Have redone/replaced quite a few screws on used guns purchased.
Cleaned some up on a set of vertical split Ruger rings (for a 4 digit #1).
Those rings are $$$$, only made first 2 yrs of the #1.
Short slotted screws for the top holes, same as horizontal split Ruger rings.
Long screws for the bottom?
You gotta get one for a single action, grip frame to frame.
About $9 bucks shipped (for one screw).
Have redone/replaced quite a few screws on used guns purchased.
Cleaned some up on a set of vertical split Ruger rings (for a 4 digit #1).
Those rings are $$$$, only made first 2 yrs of the #1.
Short slotted screws for the top holes, same as horizontal split Ruger rings.
Long screws for the bottom?
You gotta get one for a single action, grip frame to frame.
About $9 bucks shipped (for one screw).
This clean up took no skill. Just work.
But being such a mess, a bit of determination helped.
I am however, now void of any determination for future saves LOL
The scope has been moved back, exposing some ring marks.
My Birchwood paint pen, maybe used twice..............has dried up.
Grrrrrrrrr.
Rifle needs a sling. Andys reg strap in black w stainless buckle proly.
Saw nothing worth a darn at LGS or chain sporting store.
Just a reg black mil type sling would work. But I have an Andys that I got for my fingergroove 10/22.
A black buckle might make the reddish brown tolerable on this rifle. Def too pimptastic with the brass.
But being such a mess, a bit of determination helped.
I am however, now void of any determination for future saves LOL
The scope has been moved back, exposing some ring marks.
My Birchwood paint pen, maybe used twice..............has dried up.
Grrrrrrrrr.
Rifle needs a sling. Andys reg strap in black w stainless buckle proly.
Saw nothing worth a darn at LGS or chain sporting store.
Just a reg black mil type sling would work. But I have an Andys that I got for my fingergroove 10/22.
A black buckle might make the reddish brown tolerable on this rifle. Def too pimptastic with the brass.
wiscoaster
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"Sucker for projects". Ya!! Thread title caught my eye because it describes me. Last night I took apart and started debluing a cheap .22 LR revolver simply because I was bored and needed something to do.
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