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| 08/11/07 12:39 AM |
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Re: Best Alaskan Big Bore Bolt??
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I have both the Alaskan and the African model 375 Rugers and have carried one or the other of them since May. Rugers have always had an outstanding ruputation for durability here in Alaska and these new Rugers feed better and are more accurate than the old ones and in my opinion better than many custom and most semi-custom rifles.
They are my first pick for the ideal Alaskan rifle and far ahead of anything in second place.
As posted elsewhere, I am a diehard Ruger fan, but I have to admit I modify every one I buy; freefloat the barrels, bed the action, relieve the tang, rework the trigger.
Feeding and functioning I've never had a problem with except for one old tang-safety 7x57 that had a bad extractor which once switched with a new one has lived happily ever after. When you say the new ones feed better than the old ones, that is really saying something as I haven't ever had a functioning problem with Rugers except for the 7x57 above-mentioned.
Phil, what about the new trigger?
I have handled a couple of the standard "Hawkeyes" and I was not impressed at all. Spongy, lots of creep, in short, no difference between the factory Hawkeye trigger and the old M77MKII. A real letdown as I know Savage has set the bar high for all the companies and a bad trigger is not going to play well in Peoria, or I suppose up there where you are.
How about the ones you have used?
Maybe that is an irrelevant question though since you are a very well-respected fellow in the industry and unless you just bought one off the rack I reckon the gents at Ruger made sure yours was a good'un {??}. Every one I have tried here in North Idaho was BAD and I am a bit sore about it because I read all the advertising hype in print before I saw the guns and really anticipated a dramatic improvement over the old M77MKII. If they are all as bad as the ones I tested I just hope they are as easy to work on as are the M77MKII's...