Beauty rifle. I almost bought the African when I bought my Alaskan. I am a huge fan of the wood/blue combo. If you have a chrono I would be interested in the velocity of the factory Hornady 270 grain SP-RP, if you shoot any, from the 23" barrel. Those factory shells went average of 2720 FPS from my 20" Alaskan. If you reload, try the Gatehouse load of 260 grain Accubond, 84 grains H4350. I get 2712 FPS and 5/8" groups if I can hold on......
Nice rifle! I'd splurge for one of those myself if I was a lefty. Ruger needs to do something better than those ugly Hogues. That laminated is a big improvement.
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Nice rifle! I'd splurge for one of those myself if I was a lefty. Ruger needs to do something better than those ugly Hogues. That laminated is a big improvement.
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