zacho233
05-06-2004, 12:52 AM
Greetings all!
I made my first rifle purchase finally, a Ruger Stainless standard.
I had a hard time picking out what rifle I wanted, mainly due to caliber choices. This being the first year I will hunt (starting with deer) I chose this rifle as an entry into the sport. I honestly don't know whether or not I am going to like hunting, so before I jumped up to a .308, or 30.06 I decided that perhaps this 25.06 would better suit me for now. This way I can try deer hunting, and still have a rifle that is versatile enough to go after small to large varmints.
Fine, I finally stared at 50 or so rifles and picked one.
Gee, no one told me how fun it was to pick a scope out.... I finally settled on a Burris Fulfield 4-16x42.
Whew, finally ready to go shoot.... But then I realize, I purchased the one round that my father seems to know nothing about. Figures, I tell myself. So, I proceed to buy 2 boxes of the cheapest ammo I could ifnd to run some rounds through the barrel. This will give me some time ot "get aquainted" with the rifle, and a start on sighting it it.
I have had a few problems getting this rifle to settle down and shoot. I think I have them licked finally, have one more trip out to the range to see.
The first problem I had was the rifle refused to group. We finally managed to track this down to the scope rib mount. After removing it, and grinding on it a tad, it finally started to group decent. Then.... The wind came up, and another shooter was crowding me somewhat, so, I stopped for the day. I have found, in my quest to make this rifle shoot as good as I beleived it could, an article that I am sure all the Number 1 guys already know about, but I think that it is prudent to post it up again, in case some don't know of its existence.
http://members.tripod.com/~Rbertalotto/ruger/ruger.html
This guy, really knows his stuff. I haven't gone as far as to float my barrel yet, but I did notice some strange wear marks on the forearm, and cut out a small square of permatex gasket making sheet, and shim it up, just a tad. This material is very thing, and very strong, and I thought, hey, what the heck, I don't even know if it has a verticle stringing problem yet... So far so good, even with the wind, and shooting it off of some old towels due to my lack of being able to afford a better alternatice, I managed to shoot a .75 group twice at 100 yds.
I haven't had a chance to experiment with the Burris fulfield rangefinding stuff yet, but have heard good things about it.
I own perhaps the worlds only polished to a mirror finish mini-14, and I am quite familiar with unsatisfactory rifles. This rifle was my last chance at Ruger Firearms. I am happy to let you know that I am quite pleased with it, and now feel alright about demoting the mini to the wife to shoot :p
I have a few questions for you number 1 vets out there however. Like many Rugers, this rifle has a very "so so" trigger. Can this trigger be worked on and smoothed out by a gunsmith? Or should I buy an afermarket adjustable trigger? I have read from several sources that the sintered steel that the factory trigger is made of, isn't prone to polishing well, and doesn't hold trigger work. Anyone able to verify this?
It seems, that this rifle of course, like my lady, likes the expensive stuff... So far the silver cased, coated 115 grain winchester cx2 is its favoorite factory ammo. At 20 dollars a box, I am looking into buying the necessary reloading parts to spend some time with my father in his reloading/gun room and work out some handloads.
Anyhoo, glad to have found this forum, and enjoy reading what you all have to say!
regards, Zach
I made my first rifle purchase finally, a Ruger Stainless standard.
I had a hard time picking out what rifle I wanted, mainly due to caliber choices. This being the first year I will hunt (starting with deer) I chose this rifle as an entry into the sport. I honestly don't know whether or not I am going to like hunting, so before I jumped up to a .308, or 30.06 I decided that perhaps this 25.06 would better suit me for now. This way I can try deer hunting, and still have a rifle that is versatile enough to go after small to large varmints.
Fine, I finally stared at 50 or so rifles and picked one.
Gee, no one told me how fun it was to pick a scope out.... I finally settled on a Burris Fulfield 4-16x42.
Whew, finally ready to go shoot.... But then I realize, I purchased the one round that my father seems to know nothing about. Figures, I tell myself. So, I proceed to buy 2 boxes of the cheapest ammo I could ifnd to run some rounds through the barrel. This will give me some time ot "get aquainted" with the rifle, and a start on sighting it it.
I have had a few problems getting this rifle to settle down and shoot. I think I have them licked finally, have one more trip out to the range to see.
The first problem I had was the rifle refused to group. We finally managed to track this down to the scope rib mount. After removing it, and grinding on it a tad, it finally started to group decent. Then.... The wind came up, and another shooter was crowding me somewhat, so, I stopped for the day. I have found, in my quest to make this rifle shoot as good as I beleived it could, an article that I am sure all the Number 1 guys already know about, but I think that it is prudent to post it up again, in case some don't know of its existence.
http://members.tripod.com/~Rbertalotto/ruger/ruger.html
This guy, really knows his stuff. I haven't gone as far as to float my barrel yet, but I did notice some strange wear marks on the forearm, and cut out a small square of permatex gasket making sheet, and shim it up, just a tad. This material is very thing, and very strong, and I thought, hey, what the heck, I don't even know if it has a verticle stringing problem yet... So far so good, even with the wind, and shooting it off of some old towels due to my lack of being able to afford a better alternatice, I managed to shoot a .75 group twice at 100 yds.
I haven't had a chance to experiment with the Burris fulfield rangefinding stuff yet, but have heard good things about it.
I own perhaps the worlds only polished to a mirror finish mini-14, and I am quite familiar with unsatisfactory rifles. This rifle was my last chance at Ruger Firearms. I am happy to let you know that I am quite pleased with it, and now feel alright about demoting the mini to the wife to shoot :p
I have a few questions for you number 1 vets out there however. Like many Rugers, this rifle has a very "so so" trigger. Can this trigger be worked on and smoothed out by a gunsmith? Or should I buy an afermarket adjustable trigger? I have read from several sources that the sintered steel that the factory trigger is made of, isn't prone to polishing well, and doesn't hold trigger work. Anyone able to verify this?
It seems, that this rifle of course, like my lady, likes the expensive stuff... So far the silver cased, coated 115 grain winchester cx2 is its favoorite factory ammo. At 20 dollars a box, I am looking into buying the necessary reloading parts to spend some time with my father in his reloading/gun room and work out some handloads.
Anyhoo, glad to have found this forum, and enjoy reading what you all have to say!
regards, Zach