.....and the Ruger Hawkeye saga continues

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Well after free floating the barrel, this is the best the new .30-06 Hawkeye will do. Accubonds??? Nosler Partitions?? Hornady SST's??? Nosler Balistic tips?? Nope, stinkin 180 grain Remington Core loct's.:mad: Here is a 4 shot group with H4350. Trouble is i dont' want to shoot 180's in an 06:mad: Time to get a bedding kit next week me thinks.:rolleyes:

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If i wanted ugly though i would just shoot an old sporter Ross M10 i have tucked in the back of the closet.:D


.................In all seriousness though, someone on this site bought a Stevens 200 in 06 from me last year that shot 1/2" at 100 and an easy 1" at 200.:rolleyes: Those ugly Savages and Stevens sure shoot!!!
 
Win94 said:
Trouble is i dont' want to shoot 180's in an 06:mad:
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So Mark, what's the problem? From what I have heard is that most 30-06's only like 180gr. The deer/moose/elk/bear is not going to know the difference - or care.;)

If it makes you feel any better, my Hawkeye (in .358win) likes plain old Hornady SP's in 200gr. In fact, I might even try some of the boring Remington bulk 200gr.:eek::p Oh yeah, all I did to the rifle was polish the trigger - didn't touch the barrel/bedding. "If it ain't broke, don't f*&# with it."

Good shooting by the way.

James
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If that vertical stringing is typical it's probably a foreend bedding problem. Every Ruger I have ever worked with shot better with a free floated barrel. I'd sand out the channel, get rid of that vertical stringing and have a hunting rifle.
 
After you've bedded it, I'd also try 165 Game Kings. They shoot great out of all the rifles I've tried them in.
 
If I'm 1/2 serious about keeping a rifle, I get it floated, bedded, & trigger done before I even shoot it. Removes second guessing.
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...............This is the first rifle i have ever bought that needs all this done out of the box though. A new rifle shouldn't need all that to be capable. I am also kind of fussy though i guess. It shoots the 168 grain Nosler balistic silver tips at a consistant 1.27" which should do okay for this fall.
 
Win94 said:
A new rifle shouldn't need all that to be capable.
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True, a new rifle shouldn't, but it seems quite a few do to realize it's full potential, unless it's a Tikka, Sako or Kimber. They have a VERY good reputation for accuracy, out of the box.



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SuperCub said:
True, a new rifle shouldn't, but it seems quite a few do to realize it's full potential, unless it's a Tikka, Sako or Kimber. They have a VERY good reputation for accuracy, out of the box.



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Don't forget Savage, Stevens and CZ....or are the uglies not allowed? :p:D
 
Guys, forget the different powders! It doesn't need $150 in components to "see" what it likes. The target posted above? That load is TRYING to shoot, but the rifle needs a hardwood dowel with a sheet of sandpaper wrapped around it. Slightly smaller than the barrel channel, 10 minutes to knock off the high spot or spots near the foreend tip, then seal the exposed wood in the channel with verethane of some type to weather seal it.

You're right. you shouldn't "have" to do this. But that's the little bit of handfitting that if done at the factory would raise the price $100 and we'd all be screaming. That rifle is trying to shoot. It's the ones that give big round groups with no discernible pattern that scare me, somethimes those never come around.
 
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