Re-boring

[bod]

Contact JES he is a honest guy and will tell you if he thinks it will work.

[Angry Perch]

Contact JES he is a honest guy and will tell you if he thinks it will work.

He says there is plenty of barrel. It's heading down there this week. Time to shop for a scope.

[Angry Perch]

Got the Rifle back From JES Reboring, and it looks great. I bought a Leupold FXII fixed 4X, and the scope tube is really short. With the scope mounts as far forward as they are on the Ruger No. 3, I need offset rings. The Ruger 90276 offset rings look perfect, but I can't find any in stock with the matte finish. Anyone have experience with any other models of offset rings? Both the front and rear rings need to be offset, as the front bell and the turrets are touching rings. 

[j_h_nimrod]

I used som Millet offsets that worked pretty well. Not a real big fan, they seem a little delicate but never had problems with them.

[Angry Perch]

I looked at the millets, and I agree, they didn't look real beefy. One of the downfalls of shopping online is not being able to handle things. I ordered a set of Weaver offsets tonight. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any dual (front and rear both offset) in low/medium height. Maybe it's a clearance issue? We'll see how it goes. 

[Angry Perch]

Weaver top mount offset rings showed up today. Just what the doctor ordered. Hope to take it to the range tomorrow and see what she can do. It's an old rifle of Dad's that he handed down, and he's here on vacation, so looks like he'll get the chance to shoot it.

[Biggerhammer]

Way cool .

[Angry Perch]

Finally got to the range. Took one shot after bore-sighting, and adjusted up. Shot two more and adjusted right. Shot two more groups of 3, and a group of 2 (due to cease fire on the range). It's no sniper rifle, but I'm very pleased with the result. it shoots a heck of a lot better than it did as a .223. Oh, and as expected, it kicks like a mule!