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Picked up a new Ruger Hawkeye compact laminate stainless 223 from SFRC, I've always wanted one of these, fit and finish is real good, after unpacking gun i noticed there was ding in the stock on top of the pistol grip from what appears to be from the bolt making contact upon removal or instalation likely at the factory, i contacted SFRC the same day and told them about the minor damage and provided pictures, hats off to them as they provided great customer service and provided more than adequate compensation without hesitation and was resolved immediately, very impressed! The gun has a nice weight and shoulders very nice....even better after i installed a Limbsaver recoil pad which looks pretty good on the gun. As the weather has been to miserable to go to the range i thought i would work on the gun abit before i had a chance to shoot it, i lapped the scope rings which were very uneven, relieved all contact points on stock and barrel and torqued action screws so i would have a starting point when i tried out my handloads, which i have a few different powders and charges ready to go. I chambered a few resized brass and to my suprise they were very tight and some i would have had to forced to chamber, was suddenly bummed out, lol, had no issues with my Browning Abolt....went and bought a box of factory ammo and had no issues, prob a tight chamber and my Lee die was not quite sizing small enough .3745 at the base of the brass, borrowed my brothers small based dies and they callipered .373 same as the AE AR223 which both chamber nice and smooth without issue. Hopefully i will have a chance to go to the range tomorrow and post some results. Thanks for reading!
 
Great rifles..... I own a .243 and they really fit the bill in the smaller cals..... I am looking to replace a .223 I sold and debating on the compact and the scout (since I have the .243 in compact).... Congrats on your purchase......
 
I got a 375 Hawkeye in the grey laminate/stainless config a little over a year ago and just picked up its glass (vx3).

The fit and finish impressed me for the price point and mine is a shooter with the irons. Haven't been to the range with the scope.

Looking for its little brother in .243 one of these days... Congrats on a nice rifle!
 
Well I made it out to the range today, a bit windy (20km/h+) obviously not the best conditions to test loads but I coudnt resist to shoot the new toy, I tried IMR 3031, Varget, Accurate 2460, H322 and IMR 4064 in multiple charges, did not fire all loads as the wind was getting worse and had issues with several tight brass that I was unable to chamber, anyhoo i'm really happy with this gun so far and it seems to like Varget the best, all were loaded with 40gr V-max, heres a few pics for now untl I can make it back to the range on a calmer day.






 
I had the same rifle but mine was marked m77-mark II. I touched up the crown, bedded it the action and floated the barrel - it helped very much.

Cute rifles.
 
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