So pops bought this rig used. Ruger #3 wearing orig buttstock and homemade oak front end ( flat for bench work ). Barrel is McGowen in .219 Donaldson Wasp. A friend of his made some loads for it and said it shot good.
Ended up coming my way. So put a #1 buttstock on it and throwing away homemade crap forend. A regular B forend looked wrong on the fat 24" bbl so started shopping around. Took a chance w a Tropical forend, used. Figured tropical models have thicker bbls so less wood to remove.
Wrapped XM 177 style flashider w sandpaper and it got the channel done right.
Has Canjar trigger but is light enough I run without using set feature.
Whoever D&Td the bbl did the rear off line. Barrel contour is not same as reg #3. So bases for a #3 dont sit right. Was able to build shims w tape and use Brownells alignment bars.
Smooth transfer through bushings.
But....the rear windage base has the ring pretty far off to the right.
Kinda sets off my OCD.
Burris Posiline offset bushing ordered. Found polished blued set of med sig rings used.
No longer made apparently.
Got an old M8 10X too ( CPC reticle ).
Ended up coming my way. So put a #1 buttstock on it and throwing away homemade crap forend. A regular B forend looked wrong on the fat 24" bbl so started shopping around. Took a chance w a Tropical forend, used. Figured tropical models have thicker bbls so less wood to remove.
Wrapped XM 177 style flashider w sandpaper and it got the channel done right.
Has Canjar trigger but is light enough I run without using set feature.
Whoever D&Td the bbl did the rear off line. Barrel contour is not same as reg #3. So bases for a #3 dont sit right. Was able to build shims w tape and use Brownells alignment bars.
Smooth transfer through bushings.
But....the rear windage base has the ring pretty far off to the right.
Kinda sets off my OCD.
Burris Posiline offset bushing ordered. Found polished blued set of med sig rings used.
No longer made apparently.
Got an old M8 10X too ( CPC reticle ).
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