Gtscotty
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I have a Hawkeye in 7mm-08. Everything about my example is great...except the bolt is gritty and rough. I hope it smooths out with use.
Wood is very nice. Accuracy is very good(hunting gun).
I paid 350.00 for mine second hand. Guy who sold it wanted a Magnum of some flavor. I threw a low ball offer and got it.
Good thing you have good laws over there. Get your money back and get AR10 for your hunting rifle. LoL!!! I have no complaints about my mine.
That was really the root of my issues with my GSR, the visual coarseness didn't really bother me, but I can't abide a rough and binding bolt, and it exhibited both issues. My M77 African, on the other hand was smooth, only issue with that rifle was that it shipped with the wrong height front sight for the chambering, which was a little annoying, but Ruger sent one out. My SR22 has also developed a problem where when fired the disassembly tab/buffer pops out... Probably need to send that one in, but thus far I've corrected the issue by putting it in the back of the cabinet and shooting the excellent Sig P322 in it's place.
My last 3 Ruger rifles have had to go back to Ruger to get straightened out post-sale:
-My 77/44 had abysmal accuracy (even for a 77/44) and got recrowned.
-My PC Carbine went back for the early stovepipe issue.
-Most recently my Ruger SFAR came with a gas block that was visibly off center, pressing against the left inside of the handguard and couldn't be straightened because the set screw divots in the barrel we're also off center. Ruger put a new barrel on it. On The Hide there is a running SFAR thread and at least two other guys have had to send their rifles in for various problems, I believe one is sending his in a second time.
My SR22, PC Carbine and SFAR are all early models because I liked the designs, maybe that's part of the issue, but I buy other companies first gens (Sig Cross and P322 recently) and Ruger is by far my highest problem/return rate. They do usual take care of it the second time around, but by then I've wasted time and money on something that, in most cases, probably should have been caught before shipping.
I will say, my RPR (also early production) was excellent, and my LCP and 22/45 lite have also been fine.
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